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Joseph Walsh CineVue Jul 9, 2026 4/5 ...Boyz n the Hood still manages to strike a chord, remaining pertinent as an artefact that has the power to touch mainstream audiences with its moving tale of three men living in a community stricken with gun crime, drugs and poverty. Go to Full Review Boyz N the Hood (1991) 93% 93%

Joseph Walsh CineVue Jul 7, 2026 2/5 Nolan creates a pleasing parallel and link between the disparate characters, which is ultimately jettisoned in favour of building the mystery and tension to provide a satisfying conclusion. Go to Full Review Following (1998) 87% 85%

Tom Watson CineVue Jun 2, 2026 4/5 It’s the perfect ‘time capsule movie’ that enshrines every facet of eighties Hollywood, with all of its madcap erroneous imperfections in tow. Go to Full Review Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 65% 82%

Joseph Walsh CineVue May 6, 2026 5/5 Russell’s finest film superbly engages with very real and troubling issues in a complex, well-crafted and disturbing manner – The Devils is, and will always remain, a cinematic British masterpiece. Go to Full Review The Devils (1971) 55% 88%

Adam Lowes CineVue Apr 7, 2026 4/5 The musical numbers are highly memorable, yet subtly done, and the tropes of the genre (pretty much in their infancy here) see a series of misunderstandings threaten to pull the two young lovebirds apart, until the (inevitable) happy ending. Go to Full Review On Moonlight Bay (1951) 87% 80%

Margherita Pellegrino CineVue Mar 4, 2026 4/5 ...Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a tale about escapism, about realising that life’s events become different if we change the way we see them, and about finding a place where we can feel good about ourselves... Go to Full Review Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 87% 91%

Adam Lowes CineVue Jan 30, 2026 The notion that things going bump in the night may just be a figment of the writer’s active and disturbing imagination is never satisfyingly explored. Go to Full Review House (1985) 49% 46%

Adam Lowes CineVue Jan 30, 2026 Director and screenwriter of the first film Ethan Wiley doesn’t possess the same storytelling knack as Miner and attempts to compensate by throwing everything he can at the screen to see what will stick. Little does. Go to Full Review House II: The Second Story (1987) 15% 42%

Adam Lowes CineVue Jan 30, 2026 [A] schlocky wannabe Elm St. Go to Full Review The Horror Show (1989) 0% 27%

Adam Lowes CineVue Jan 30, 2026 Shot like a cheap, over-lit 1990s TV movies, the film is almost unwatchable and the makers seem to derive enjoyment from presenting something which is wilfully nonsensical. Go to Full Review House IV (1992) - - - -

Craig Williams CineVue Jan 13, 2026 5/5 While the romance is indeed achingly beautiful and played out with remarkable maturity, A Place in the Sun’s searing indictment of the American Dream, tinged with both anger and regret, makes it one of the best films to come out of 50s Hollywood. Go to Full Review A Place in the Sun (1951) 90% 84%

Daniel Green CineVue Oct 15, 2025 4/5 As you’d expect from the heyday of American animatronic and physical effects, eye-balls pop and heads are severed with satisfying hyperealism, as likely to leave gorehounds giggling in delight as shrinking into their seats in repulsion. Go to Full Review Re-Animator (1985) 88% 82%

Adam Lowes CineVue Oct 10, 2025 4/5 It’s the committed turn from Day-Lewis and Hanif Kureishi’s socially-astute, Oscar-nominated screenplay that manages to compensate for the film’s technical shortcomings, alongside the (then) landmark casual representation of a gay relationship on screen Go to Full Review My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 95% 74%

Adam Lowes CineVue Sep 25, 2025 3/5 While Hard Times is absent of the kind of playfulness with genre which grew to be Hill’s forte, it’s a solid enough debut with a strong showing of craftsmanship and a trio of fine performances. Go to Full Review Hard Times (1975) 71% 81%

Daniel Green CineVue Aug 27, 2025 4/5 At just over 40 minutes in length, It’s Not Me offers tantalising hints and suggestions rather than defined pathways and set conclusions. Go to Full Review It's Not Me (2024) 90% - -

Daniel Green CineVue Aug 27, 2025 4/5 Ralph Fiennes approaches top form as a spiritually and morally-conflicted cardinal during a Vatican Conclave in Edward Berger’s gripping, oft-humorous follow-up to the multi-Oscar-winning All Quiet On the Western Front. Go to Full Review Conclave (2024) 93% - -

Robert Savage CineVue Aug 6, 2025 4/5 The film is a spectacularly crafted and perfectly formed piece of genre filmmaking. Go to Full Review The Return of the Living Dead (1985) 71% 79%

John Bleasdale CineVue Jun 2, 2025 4/5 With a fantastic stunt team, a gamely macho star and some wonderful editing, Rollerball is so convincing, urban legend had it there were fatalities during the shoot. Go to Full Review Rollerball (1975) 55% 62%

Craig Williams CineVue Feb 26, 2025 5/5 Nashville is an undisputed masterpiece. Add to that the biting comedy and knockout musical sequences and it's certainly tempting to make the claim for Altman's all-star gem being the best American film of the 1970s. Go to Full Review Nashville (1975) 89% 84%

Christopher Machell CineVue Oct 8, 2024 3/5 Blood Rage is cheap, daft and irresistibly entertaining. Poorly shot, badly acted and lazily conceived, it is a terrifically entertaining and gory thrill-ride and at 82 minutes, never out-stays its welcome. Go to Full Review Blood Rage (1987) 75% 56%