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  • Fear The Night (2023)
    Review preview for Fear The Night

    Maggie Q is on good form, both as an actor and as a fighter.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    When women attending a hen party at a remote property find themselves under siege, it's up to an army veteran to get them through the night.
  • In The Company Of Men (1997)
    Review preview for In The Company Of Men

    The film is clever, too clever. It is like watching torture in slow motion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Two men conspire to ruin a girl's life.
  • Lakeview Terrace (2008)
    Review preview for Lakeview Terrace

    Overall, this is a disappointment from LaBute.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A widowed LAPD officer is determined to make his new neighbours leave because they're in a mixed-race marriage.
  • Nurse Betty (1999)
    Review preview for Nurse Betty

    A romantic comedy that cuts up cliches and scatters them across the mid West.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A waitress becomes obsessed with chasing her soap opera dreams after witnessing her husband's murder.
  • Possession (2002)
    Review preview for Possession

    Aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An academic and a descendant of a poet find love is on the cards as they investigate a romance from the past.
  • The Wicker Man (2006)
    Review preview for The Wicker Man

    This remake is so clearly aimed at US audiences, it almost constitutes an international incident.

    Max Blinkhorn · 2 out of 5
    A detective searches for a missing child in a mysterious Pagan community.
  • Your Friends And Neighbours (1998)
    Review preview for Your Friends And Neighbours

    LaBute thinks the act of love is an oxymoron. If he wasn't so acerbic and witty, you would wash your hands, walk out and become a monk.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Bed-hopping shenanigans for a group of frustrated married couples.

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