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  • About A Boy (2002)
    Review preview for About A Boy

    What makes About A Boy so refreshing is the surprise factor - surprisingly funny, surprisingly unsentimental, surprisingly enjoyable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Hugh Grant, who hates kids and loves their mums, becomes friends with an odd 12-year-old boy.
  • American Pie (1998)
    Review preview for American Pie

    For a movie that treats penetration with military precision, it is not as radical as it appears. Traditional rites-of-passage sentiments surrounding the Prom remain intact.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    High-schoolers enter a pact to lose their virginity.
  • A Better Life (2011)
    Review preview for A Better Life

    Touching but never mawkish and with a steely point to make.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A Mexican illegal immigrant father and his son strive to improve their lot.
  • Down To Earth (2001)
    Review preview for Down To Earth

    The racist jibes aren't sharp enough. The love story beggars belief.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Budding black stand-up comic is killed and comes back in the body of a nasty white billionaire.
  • The Golden Compass (2007)
    Review preview for The Golden Compass

    Easily the most imaginative, energetic and engaging children's film to hit cinemas this Christmas.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A bold young girl with a mysterious destiny sets off to rescue endangered children from the frozen north.
  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
    Review preview for The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    If you're an emotional teenage girl, take a tissue. If you're not, take a cushion, for this is a film that lasts about three days. And a sickbag.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    Can love conquer all when your boyfriend's a vampire?

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