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  • Castles In The Sky (2014)
    Review preview for Castles In The Sky

    Worthy, entertaining, but suffers in places from heavy-handedness.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of the Scottish engineer and developer of radar Robert Watson-Watt.
  • Regeneration (1997)
    Review preview for Regeneration

    Jonathan Pryce conveys the burden of inner conflict with exceptional subtlety, as James Wilby carries Sassoon's intellectual fury with fortitude.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    War poets meet in a military hospital for shell shocked soldiers.
  • Tara Road (2005)
    Review preview for Tara Road

    The plot is as real as a bouquet of silk roses.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Love hurts for an innocent wife in Dublin and a grieving mother in New England.
  • Whisky Galore! (2016)
    Review preview for Whisky Galore!

    This particular malt is a wee charmer in its own right.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Remake of the island classic.

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