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  • Fake Tattoos (2017)
    Review preview for Fake Tattoos

    In an age where punk aesthetics are sufficiently mainstream that corporate monoliths like McDonalds seek to leverage them to sell chicken wraps, its modesty, modernity, magic work to its advantage.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young punk couple's one-night stand develops into something more meaningful.
  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
    Review preview for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

    In the end, this isn't the obnoxious film it might have been but it isn't a very interesting one either.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A journalist tries to solve a murder from the past with the help of a brilliant but damaged young woman.
  • Millennium: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
    Review preview for Millennium: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

    Whilst the story is ultimately fairly straightforward thriller stuff, the things it has to say are anything but. It's also a stunningly beautiful, atmospheric piece of work.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A disgraced journalist and a computer hacker stumble on a chain of undiscovered serial killings.
  • Tattoo (2002)
    Review preview for Tattoo

    On the strength of this film, writer/director Robert Schwentke is a talent to watch.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    Stylish German Se7en style thriller.

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