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  • 10 Again (2002)
    Review preview for 10 Again

    Ellis uses a clever device, originated in Tom & Jerry cartoons, of never showing the face of adults.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Looking back at childhood from three different perspectives.
  • Do99ing: A Love Story (2009)
    Review preview for Do99ing: A Love Story

    As resolutely unerotic as it is paralyzingly unfunny.

    Mike Davies · 1 out of 5
    A man gets more than he bargains for when he dips his wick in the world of al fresco swinging.
  • Soft (2007)
    Review preview for Soft

    This is clever writing, smart filmmaking and excellent acting. It grasps your nerve endings and gives them a twist.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Youth Gang Terrorises Suburbia. Winner of European Film Academy Short Film Prix UIP.
  • Telling Lies (2001)
    Review preview for Telling Lies

    The script by director Simon Ellis is hilarious in a been-there-done-that-God-I-hate-myself kind of way,

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Telephone conversations animated in words that tell the real truth.
  • Tuesday (2008)
    Review preview for Tuesday

    Something of an oddity.

    Chris · 1 out of 5
    A man dances for video cameras.

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