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  • Argylle (2024)
    Review preview for Argylle

    Argylle isn't a delicate or even restrained construction, thread-bare and candy-coloured to the point that if it were underwear it'd be both crotchless and edible.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realises that the plot of the new book she's writing is starting to mirror real world events, in real time.
  • The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)
    Review preview for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

    It is a character piece, an actor’s picture, supremely atmospheric and secure in its knowledge of place and time.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    The title says it all...
  • The Bad Guys (2022)
    Review preview for The Bad Guys

    A heist movie that should be given the chance to steal the attention of a variety of audiences.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Several reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals attempt to become good, with some disastrous results along the way.
  • The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
    Review preview for The Bad Guys 2

    The Bad Guys 2 is proper entertainment.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do 'one last job' by an all-female squad of criminals.
  • Blue Iguana (2018)
    Review preview for Blue Iguana

    Rockwell could have played this role in his sleep but makes as effort nonetheless, and Schwartz holds his own.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Two small time US criminals get out of their depth after being persuaded to travel to England to steal a mysterious package.
  • Charlie's Angels (2000)
    Review preview for Charlie's Angels

    The script has a sense of humour that doesn't dazzle with punchy one-liners, but is consistently witty, without showing off.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Can girls kick it in big-screen adaptation? Course they can.
  • Choke (2008)
    Review preview for Choke

    Despite the busy plotwork, surprisingly little actually happens.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A sex-addicted med school dropout pays his mum's hopital bills by running a restaurant scam... but with her memory fading fast, will he ever find out the truth about his dad?
  • Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2002)
    Review preview for Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind

    This is Clooney's debut as a director and he does a terrific job.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A game show host becomes a CIA hitman in his spare time.
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
    Review preview for Cowboys & Aliens

    With so much good work involved in the cowboy side of the film, it's a real shame that the aliens appear to have been hastily sketched on the back of an envelope.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Groups of Wild West settlers, outlaws and native tribespeople have to band together when faced with an alien threat.
  • Conviction (2010)
    Review preview for Conviction

    We shouldn’t feel so obviously manipulated and steered away from everything else towards the leads’ performances.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    Based on a true story, this drama tells of a sister's struggle to prove her brother's innocence.
  • Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Review preview for Frost/Nixon

    It’s Frank Langella’s towering interpretation of Nixon that eventually makes every other character real.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    Timely restaging of the Frost/Nixon televised interview and duel of wits.
  • Galaxy Quest (1999)
    Review preview for Galaxy Quest

    The film should be hilarious, but isn't.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Star Trek spoof.
  • G-Force (2009)
    Review preview for G-Force

    It's big, it's flashy, it delivers on thrills, and it's almost completely character-free.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A team of special agent guinea pigs whose funding is cut by the FBI must go it alone to try and save the world from an evil genius.
  • The Green Mile (1999)
    Review preview for The Green Mile

    The film is as soft as butter. Sentimentality clogs the air ducts until it is difficult to breathe.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A prison guard's relationship with a death row prisoner. Now out to own on Special Edition two-disc DVD.
  • Heist (2001)
    Review preview for Heist

    To watch actors work with such unity of purpose is a scary thing, like balancing between probability and deception.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Thriller proving there's no honour amongst thieves.
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
    Douglas Adam's classic end of the world comedy finally makes it to the silver screen.
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
    Review preview for Iron Man 2

    Anyone who enjoyed the first Iron Man will love this, but if they expected something better then they will be disappointed.

    Max Crawford · 3 out of 5
    Tony Stark faces new challenges and meets new enemies, both in his own life and in that of his alter-ego, Iron Man.
  • Jojo Rabbit (2019)
    Review preview for Jojo Rabbit

    As Jojo, Davis delivers one of the finest performances of the year.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Satire following a lonely boy and his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler, whose nationalistic views are challenged when he discovers his mum is hiding a young Jewish girl.
  • Joshua (2006)
    Review preview for Joshua

    Move over, Damien.

    Moominkat · 3.5 out of 5
    Jealous of his baby sister and ignored by his parents, a nine-year-old boy plans a terrible revenge.
  • Matchstick Men (2003)
    Review preview for Matchstick Men

    The plot has holes as big as horses, but you hardly notice, because the performances have their hooks in early and Ridley Scott's direction runs as smooth as mercury.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Nicolas Cage is an emotionally disturbed con artist who discovers a daughter.
  • Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
    Review preview for Misery Loves Comedy

    A tighter focus on the misery that drives people may have made this a more indispensable glance at the industry, but for anyone with a love of comedy, it’s sure to harbour a few gems.

    Luke Shaw · 3 out of 5
    Comics are asked why they do it and whether it is necessary to be miserable to be funny?
  • Moon (2009)
    Review preview for Moon

    Moon represents a return to a more sedate and thoughtful science fiction of the Seventies and Eighties.

    Tony Sullivan · 4.5 out of 5
    An astronaut starts to lose the plot at the end of a mission to the moon - but is there something else going on? Plus read our exclusive interview with
  • Poltergeist (2015)
    Review preview for Poltergeist

    Unfortunately the malicious ghouls of the title aren’t the only spirits haunting director Gil Kenan’s prefab carnival ride.

    Luke Shaw · 2 out of 5
    A family's suburban idyll is shattered after they youngest daughter is taken captive by evil forces.
  • Richard Jewell (2019)
    Review preview for Richard Jewell

    The pace is well controlled and never too breathless to lose direction.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Story of a security guard wrongly accused of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.
  • Say When (2014)
    Review preview for Say When

    Rom coms can damage your health

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Girl on the brink of a disastrous marriage escapes into the teenage world for life enhancing R&R
  • Seven Psychopaths (2012)
    Review preview for Seven Psychopaths

    McDonagh just about makes this ultra violent meta train ride all hang together.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    A booze-fuelled screenwriter becomes entangled in the Los Angeles underworld.
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
    Review preview for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Fortunately, McDormand never lets Mildred's hold on us slip, balancing the conundrum of a woman who is simultaneously a mum, who likes a beer and a game of pool, and a Rambo-style avenging angel.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A grieving mother takes on a town's police chief after the murder of her daughter goes unsolved.
  • Vice (2018)
    Review preview for Vice

    Compelling viewing.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The story of Dick Cheney's rise to power and manipulation of US policy, presidents and process.
  • The Winning Season (2009)
    Review preview for The Winning Season

    As the film progresses, its identity crisis becomes increasingly evident as standard indie tropes are interrupted by cackhanded attempts and comedy of the broadest type.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A misfit is brought in to coach his local girl's high school basketball team.
  • The Way, Way Back (2013)
    Review preview for The Way, Way Back

    Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's directorial debut may not be breaking any new ground but this is a warm and funny tale, helped enormously by good performances and a snappy script.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An introverted teenager finds friends and confidence over the course of a summer holiday.
  • Welcome To Collinwood (2002)
    Review preview for Welcome To Collinwood

    Does not live up to its promise, but is worthy of encouragement, nevertheless.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A group of hapless crooks attempt to pull off the perfect heist in Cleveland.
  • Wild Horse Nine (2026)
    Review preview for Wild Horse Nine

    Malkovich and Rockwell are magnetic.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Rapa Nui.

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