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  • Beloved (1999)
    Review preview for Beloved

    Thandie Newton plays it full blown, too self-consciously physical to become anything but caricature.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A slave is visited by the spirit of her dead daughter.
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
    Review preview for The Manchurian Candidate

    Jonathan Demme directs with utter simplicity.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    Gulf War soldiers are brainwashed.
  • Married To The Mob (1988)
    Review preview for Married To The Mob

    For sheer style, the film is electric. Demme is incapable of being boring and consistently comes up with surprises.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Michelle Pfeiffer is a Mafia widow on the run and under surveillance by Matthew Modine (FBI).
  • Rachel Getting Married (2008)
    Review preview for Rachel Getting Married

    Rachel Getting Married wants to boldly explore unknown territory and should be praised for it.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A young woman's wedding arrangements are disrupted by the arrival of her demanding, obnoxious, and painfully vulnerable sister.
  • Ricki And The Flash (2015)
    Review preview for Ricki And The Flash

    There’s lot of music along the way, thrown in to the mix in a none too subtle manner, although Streep manages to carry off most of it with verve and true grit.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A rock star tries to make things right with the family she sacrificed for the sake of her career.
  • The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
    Review preview for The Silence Of The Lambs

    The parallel stories of the two serial killers exponentially increase the tension of the whole and this unrelenting film never lets the audience relax.

    Tony Sullivan · 5 out of 5
    Outstanding thriller about serial killer mind games.
  • The Truth About Charlie (2002)
    Review preview for The Truth About Charlie

    Jonathan Demme manages to mangle the comedy/romance/thriller genre, because this is not his thing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Charade remake sees a widow implicated in the theft of $6million.

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