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  • Back To The Future Trilogy (2005)
    Review preview for Back To The Future Trilogy

    Each of the films in all their glory.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    Box set release of the time-travel trilogy.
  • Back To The Future (1985)
    Review preview for Back To The Future

    One of the most deservedly popular movies in cinema history.

    Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
    A time travel classic of supreme comic invention, involving Marty McFly, a mad scientist and a DeLorean motorcar.
  • Back To The Future Part II (1989)
    Review preview for Back To The Future Part II

    All the humour, excitement and pleasure of the first film are intact.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The continuing story of Marty McFly and Doc Brown, in which they discover bad things in the future.
  • Back To The Future Part III (1990)
    Review preview for Back To The Future Part III

    The western genre, with its classic cliches, tends to bog down the story.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Marty and the Doc head back to the Wild West.
  • Beowulf (2007)
    Review preview for Beowulf

    Literary responsibilities and moral ambiguities aside, Beowulf remains a rollicking good story of man versus monsters, full of gory violence, sexy women, heavy drinking, treasure and shouting.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An imaginative retelling of the Old English story about a hero who saves a kingdom from a monster and its mother.
  • Cast Away (2000)
    Tom Hanks plays a modern-day Robinson Crusoe stranded on a desert island with a punctured football for a friend.
  • Contact (1997)
    Review preview for Contact

    Sentimentality washes over the cold, technical body of the screenplay.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A radio ham finds proof of aliens.
  • A Christmas Carol (2009)
    Review preview for A Christmas Carol

    The enhancements here come, not to the source material but to the look of the film, which is beautifully rendered in immersive 3D.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Charles Dickens tale of Christmas spirits gets a 3D makeover.
  • Death Becomes Her (1992)
    Review preview for Death Becomes Her

    Both female stars are on fine form here, relishing the chance to let go and unleash the full force of their personalities.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The rivalry between two ageing actresses only becomes more bitter when they acquire the gift of eternal youth.
  • Flight (2012)
    Review preview for Flight

    Self-hatred and lies, stuck on the merry-go-round of never-ending temptations... give Flight its tension.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    An airline pilot who lives on the wild side becomes a national hero... until his blood tests come back.
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
    Review preview for Forrest Gump

    Whether Forrest's crippled state of mind represents America's tattered prestige is open for discussion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Tom Hanks is a simple Southern boy who achieves fame and fortune by being himself.
  • Here (2024)
    Review preview for Here

    He manages not only to reveal a thesis statement on his entire career, but also dive into the experimental territory like never before.

    Nikola Jovic · 3.5 out of 5
    A typical middle-class family struggles with financial troubles in an ever-changing world, caught in a historical web of circumstances they’re unaware of.
  • The Polar Express (2004)
    Review preview for The Polar Express

    Robert Zemeckis has created a unique and (dare I say it?) magical work of art.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    A sceptical boy rides on a magic train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. Out on re-issue.
  • Romancing The Stone (1984)
    Review preview for Romancing The Stone

    Issues of originality aside, Romancing ultimately succeeds thanks to the natural on-screen chemistry between Douglas and Turner.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    Odd-couple romance and adventure in the jungle.
  • The Walk (2015)
    Review preview for The Walk

    Everything is wired for excitement.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
  • What Lies Beneath (2000)
    Review preview for What Lies Beneath

    The best thing that director Robert Zemeckis does in this tribute-to-Hitchcock is create a feeling of unease surrounding Michelle Pfeiffer.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Michelle Pfeiffer is haunted by the ghost of a murdered student.
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1998)
    Review preview for Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    Not without its silly and over-the-top moments, Who Framed Roger Rabbit remains a very entertaining technical marvel.

    Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5
    When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, his only hope is an animation-loathing gumshoe.

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