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  • 8 Mile (2002)
    Review preview for 8 Mile

    Produced and directed by middle-class white men, the movie crawls through sewage to appear genuine.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Eminem plays a budding white trash rapper in a black ghetto of Detroit
  • In Her Shoes (2005)
    Review preview for In Her Shoes

    One of the years best and most underrated films.

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    Sex, shopping and eating. What more could you ask for? Jimmy Choo stilettos?
  • L.A. Confidential (1997)
    Review preview for L.A. Confidential

    What is unexpected in this self-conscious pander to the cult of genre cinema is the violence. It lacks the dignity of constraint.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Hard-boiled expose of Fifties corruption in the City of Angels.
  • Lucky You (2007)
    Review preview for Lucky You

    Though Barrymore isn’t terrible she pales in comparison to Bana’s raw presence and Duvall’s subtle talent.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    Two poker players find romance.
  • Wonder Boys (2000)
    Review preview for Wonder Boys

    The most intelligent American movie since The Ice Storm to deal with the dissolution of promise, the death of ideals and how creative passion is a form of insanity.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Mid-life crisis for once-famous writer in snowy Pittsburgh.

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