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  • Dance First (2023)
    Review preview for Dance First

    While offering some notion of Beckett’s feelings towards key people in his life, his works feel very underrepresented.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Biopic of author and playwright Samuel Beckett.
  • The King (2005)
    Review preview for The King

    The degree to which this film is unsettling is testimony to the strength of the acting and direction.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A man goes in search of his father and embarks on a relationship with tragic consequences.
  • King Of Thieves (2018)
    Review preview for King Of Thieves

    This gang may look like lovable rogues but they're as hard as a boot in the bollocks when things get sticky

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The famous Hatton Garden jewel robbery carried out by a team of retired villains in 2015 that became "the largest burglary in English legal history"
  • Man On Wire (2008)
    Review preview for Man On Wire

    This little gem has a narrative structure that Hollywood movies seem to have forgotten how to employ - all the ingredients for a classic thriller are here.

    Tony Sullivan · 4.5 out of 5
    Documentary about tightrope walker Phillippe Petit's attempt to cross between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
  • The Mercy (2018)
    Review preview for The Mercy

    This is a film full of notions about the way dreams shape our personal stories as much as being shaped by them.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, who enters a round the world competition in the Sixties in an unfinished boat and decides to fake his journey to save face and impending bankruptcy.
  • Project Nim (2011)
    Review preview for Project Nim

    A thorough and provocative portrait.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The turbulent life of a chimpanzee whom scientists tried to teach sign language.
  • Smallville: Season One (2001)
    Review preview for Smallville: Season One

    Though brought down substantially by too many villain-of-the week plotlines, the show excels in all other areas.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    A sly spin on the Superman mythology, as we return to Kansas.
  • Smallville: Season Three (2003)
    Review preview for Smallville: Season Three

    The production values are impressive as ever and the cast (particularly Welling) continue to elevate even the strangest material.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    The continuing adventures of the young Clark Kent, aka Superman.
  • Shadow Dancer (2012)
    Review preview for Shadow Dancer

    Marsh takes no prisoners, makes no apologies and kicks you when you're down, all of which makes his films dangerous, inifinitely watchable and almost unbearably surprising.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.
  • The Theory Of Everything (2014)
    Review preview for The Theory Of Everything

    This ought to be the stuff of powerful drama; instead it feels like a life insurance commercial.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A partial biopic of Stephen Hawking, focused on his relationship with his first wife.

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