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  • After Earth (2013)
    Review preview for After Earth

    It’s not over-the-top enough to be so bad it’s good, and the occasional scenes of genuine tension aren’t enough to make up for the meandering action.

    David Graham · 1.5 out of 5
    A millenium after humans abandoned earth, a father and son find themselves stranded there.
  • The Happening (2008)
    Review preview for The Happening

    This film basically consists of some worried looking people running about a bit and hoping that the bad things will all go away.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    After people spontaneously begin to kill themselves in big cities, a few survivors go on the run.
  • Knock At The Cabin (2023)
    Review preview for Knock At The Cabin

    While it's familiar enough to ring a bell, it struggles to straddle a line of uncertainty.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.
  • Lady In The Water (2006)
    Review preview for Lady In The Water

    If you don't believe in parallel universes, fairy stories or the power of the puzzle, Story's story will leave you as cold as her skin.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A lonely janitor struggles to save a lost fairytale creature.
  • Split (2016)
    Review preview for Split

    It's not just sexist, ableist and desperately badly researched, it's also, purely and simply, not very good.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    Three young women kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
  • Signs (2002)
    Review preview for Signs

    Shyamalan continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood, while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Alien invasion as experience by Mel Gibson and his family on a Pennsylvanian farm.
  • The Sixth Sense (1999)
    Review preview for The Sixth Sense

    The pace is slow, not that that matters, because Osment is such a compelling actor.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Psychologist tries to help a boy with a spooky secret.
  • Trap (2024)
    Review preview for Trap

    Serves as a reminder of a talent who despite some failures hasn't forgotten how to direct thrillers.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realise they've entered the heart of a dark and sinister event.
  • Unbreakable (2000)
    Review preview for Unbreakable

    Matching the subtlety of the story and the assurance of the camerawork, the acting shines.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A man who survives a train wreck begins to suspect he may be super-human.
  • The Village (2004)
    Review preview for The Village

    Gentle, touching, amusing, terrifying, shocking and dramatic all rolled up into a beautifully shot and skilfully rendered film.

    Josh Morrall · 5 out of 5
    The secrets and passions of an isolated community, trapped by the fear of mythical beasts.

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