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  • Bug (2006)
    Review preview for Bug

    The script is well layered and clearly is designed to secure repeat viewings.

    Darren Amner · 2.5 out of 5
    A lonely woman finds romance with a stranger only for things to turn nasty when her ex-husband gets out of jail.
  • CSI: Complete Season 9 (2009)
    Review preview for CSI: Complete Season 9

    The anatomy of CSI remains hale and healthy and is, in the ninth season of the show, arguably strengthened by the loss of old characters and the introduction of new ones.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    It's all-change in Vegas as Gil moves on.
  • Cruising (1980)
    Review preview for Cruising

    Aided by a bug-eyed, intensely committed turn from Al Pacino, Cruising is a startling and haunting film.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    A detective goes undercover in New York's gay S&M scene to try and catch a serial killer.
  • The French Connection (1971)
    Review preview for The French Connection

    Friedkin's trend-setting handheld-camera gives a documentary-style feel, puting you right in among the tense surveillance and hunch-following legwork.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    An unorthodox cop and his partner are hot on the tail of a heroin shipment.
  • The Hunted (2003)
    Review preview for The Hunted

    Junk slush action fiasco.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A trained US army killer is tracked in American wilderness by his former teacher.
  • Killer Joe (2011)
    Review preview for Killer Joe

    Friedkin has fun seeing how far he can push the envelope with swift, bloody violence and frequent full-frontal female nudity.

    Scott Macdonald · 3.5 out of 5
    Life-insurance crime thriller.
  • Rules Of Engagement (2000)
    Review preview for Rules Of Engagement

    The flaws belong to the formula itself, not the argument.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Courtroom drama about an army officer facing trial over a botched rescue mission.

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