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  • The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
    Review preview for The Cars That Ate Paris

    The Cars That Ate Paris is no ordinary horror film.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Trouble brews for a stranger in a town where car crashes seem to be a little too frequent.
  • Dead Poets Society (1989)
    Review preview for Dead Poets Society

    Sentimental and broad but well made and enjoyable.

    James Benefield · 3 out of 5
    An inspirational teacher transforms the lives of boys at a strict private school.
  • Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
    Review preview for Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

    Has the courage of its convictions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Life at sea on a fighting ship of the Royal Navy in South American waters at the time of Nelson.
  • Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
    Review preview for Picnic At Hanging Rock

    This is a film that seems somehow subtly different every time you watch it, full of tantalising possibilities.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A group of schoolgirls and their teachers mysteriously disappear whilst visiting Hanging Rock.
  • The Truman Show (1998)
    Review preview for The Truman Show

    Jim Carrey throws off his clownish mannerisms and gives a sympathetic performance of a naive man discovering a little knowledge.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Happiness is a man made creation.
  • The Way Back (2010)
    Review preview for The Way Back

    The story is a singular achievement, but the film is overly episodic.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Soldiers escaping from a Siberian gulag decide to walk all the way to India.
  • Witness (1985)
    Review preview for Witness

    A patient, affecting study of human connection in unusual circumstances

    Antoni Konieczny · 4 out of 5
    When an Amish boy witnesses the murder of an undercover cop, a detective seeks refuge in the community as he tries to protect the child and his mother.

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