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Fish Tank, 15
In her first film, Katie Jarvis gives a fabulously sullen performance as Mia, a hostile teenager stuck in high-rise, low-income Britain. She lends a human vitality to a film of bleak, impersonal spaces.
Nationwide
Katalin Varga, 15
Sombre Romania-set revenge drama, starring Hilda Peter as a woman driven from her home by her husband who, young son in tow, begins a search for the men who raped her 10 years before.
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Zombieland, 15
A zombie comedy funnier than Shaun of the Dead? They said it couldn’t be done, but here it is. The oddball tone, wicked irreverence and excellent performances mean the undead have never been as vibrant.
Nationwide
Army of Crime, 15
A sombre and gripping drama about a band of immigrant partisans who formed a part of the French Resistance in the Second World War.
Nationwide
Up, U
Pixar’s latest animation is imbued with texture, detail, warm humour and physics-defying action sequences, and has a genuinely touching story about old age and new beginnings.
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