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  • Battleship (2012)
    Review preview for Battleship

    If you’re looking for explosive, mind-boggling special-effects driven set-pieces coupled with broodingly patriotic one-liners from Neeson et al, you won’t be disappointed.

    Merlin Harries · 3.5 out of 5
    A film based on the board game (yes board game) of the same name, in which a fleet of ships battle an unknown enemy.
  • Deepwater Horizon (2016)
    Review preview for Deepwater Horizon

    You cannot begin to understand what's going on, or not going on

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in US history.
  • Friday Night Lights (2004)
    Review preview for Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights never wavers in its commitment to that perfect, quintessentially American moment.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    A high school football team offering hope in a depressed American town.
  • Hancock (2008)
    Review preview for Hancock

    Smith delivers a characteristically subtle performance in a role which could easily have been played without a hint of self-awareness.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A public relations professional decides to improve the image of a dropout superhero who just can't get things right.
  • The Kingdom (2007)
    Review preview for The Kingdom

    Although at times it verges on turning into CSI Riyadh, The Kingdom is ultimately much smarter and better informed than most of its ilk.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An FBI team investigates after a US compound is attacked by terrorists in Riyadh.
  • Lone Survivor (2013)
    Review preview for Lone Survivor

    One of the dullest films about war ever made.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A dramatisation of a failed US assassination mission in Afghanistan.
  • Very Bad Things (1998)
    Review preview for Very Bad Things

    The ensemble playing is on a level of communication that hardly requires a script, flowing like sick down the front of a summer dress.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Things get nasty for a group of friends after a prostitute is killed on a stag night.
  • Welcome To The Jungle (2003)
    Review preview for Welcome To The Jungle

    The plot may be a pot-pourri of action cliches, but the film has a healthy sense of humour and an easy way with itself.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    The Rock goes to Brazil to bring Seann William Scott back from the rainforest.

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