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1/5
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Borderlands
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Director Eli Roth’s adaptation of the hit game about a looter is desperately unfunny and uninspired, often feeling like it is filmed in a simulator rather than on a movie set.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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3/5
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The Instigators
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Affleck gives a relaxed, amusing and believable performance, as does Chau, making this easygoing crime caper on Apple TV+ perfectly watchable. But you probably won’t go for seconds.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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2/5
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It Ends With Us
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Ryle being written as a good guy gone bad feels dated, making this Hallmark version of domestic violence ill-equipped to deal with the weight of the subject.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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1/5
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Not much makes sense in this Dairy Milk-hued world.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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4/5
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Kensuke's Kingdom
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Simple, unassuming but all the more deft and heartfelt for it, this film will resonate, whatever your age.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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4/5
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Dìdi
(2024)
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Laura Stott
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A Noughties soundtrack and brief touches of surrealism from a talking sea bass add extra quirk to this nostalgic, poignant and painfully funny teenage tale.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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4/5
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Thelma
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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A Mission Impossible homage on mobility scooters which is often laugh out loud funny.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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5/5
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blur: To The End
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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If this is The End, what a way to go out.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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4/5
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Shayda
(2023)
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Linda Marric
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Niasari delivers an engaging and deeply moving account of female empowerment in a film that is careful to never over-egg the symbolism, choosing pragmatism and authenticity instead.
Posted Jul 19, 2024
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3/5
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Twisters
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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A fun enough spin in the cinema, but Mother Nature does not feel like a mean enough monster.
Posted Jul 17, 2024
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3/5
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Kill
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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IF violence and epic fight choreography is your thing, then there’s little not to like about this Hindu language brawl-fest from director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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4/5
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Orlando, My Political Biography
(2023)
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Laura Stott
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Some scenes veer into pretentiousness – but for the most part this is a polished, fascinating exploration of what it means and meant to be a trans or transitioning person.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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4/5
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MaXXXine
(2024)
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Linda Marric
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With its seductive retro look and brilliant performances from Goth, Bacon and Debicki, MaXXXine is perhaps the ballsiest film in the series.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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3/5
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The Bikeriders
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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SUMPTUOUSLY crafted by writer-director Jeff Nichols, this feels like a passion project that just happens to have a stellar cast.
Posted Jun 24, 2024
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3/5
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Something in the Water
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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A little bit Bridesmaids-meets-Open Water, there are some laugh-out-loud moments, as well as decent drama.
Posted Jun 24, 2024
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2/5
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The Exorcism
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Perhaps the devil made [Crowe] do it.
Posted Jun 24, 2024
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4/5
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Freud's Last Session
(2023)
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Linda Marric
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Hopkins and Goode give two understated yet im- pressively precise performances.
Posted Jun 14, 2024
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1/5
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Treasure
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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There’s not much chemistry between the two actors, even though they’re meant to be related. A great shame that this important story is not given the care it deserves.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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4/5
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Freud's Last Session
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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The result is a film that manages to be full of tenderness and clever repartee.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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3/5
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Inside Out 2
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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It feels like it has gone through too many cooks and the ingredients are less appetising, getting very complicated and yet strangely slow.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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3/5
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The Watchers
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Frustratingly, like her dad, it seems Ishana doesn’t quite know how to end a movie. But this is still a strangely watchable first punt at a scary supernatural film with a twist.
Posted Jun 07, 2024
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3/5
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Food, Inc. 2
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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WHILE the subject is worthwhile and the topics raised are not unappetising, this sequel to the 2008 Oscar-nominated documentary does taste rather dry and overdone.
Posted Jun 07, 2024
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2/5
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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He teeters on the edge of tall buildings, plays chicken in traffic and tries to stroke an alligator. All of these are delivered with such painstakingly slow “jokes” that it feels like swimming through treacle to reach the “punchline”.
Posted Jun 07, 2024
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2/5
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Little Monsters
(2022)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Predictable, unrefined, but at least the dubbing from Russian into English is well executed.
Posted May 31, 2024
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3/5
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Sting
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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While it’s funny and jumpy enough to keep you just-about entertained for 90 minutes, there’s little to keep you enthralled.
Posted May 31, 2024
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4/5
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Young Woman and the Sea
(2024)
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Linda Marric
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Ronning’s film, although a little predictable, still manages to be entertaining and thrilling.
Posted May 31, 2024
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2/5
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The Garfield Movie
(2024)
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Linda Marric
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For an origin tale, there is little here that’s truly reminiscent of the simple comic strip about a lazy cat and his long-suffering owner.
Posted May 24, 2024
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4/5
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Hoard
(2023)
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Linda Marric
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Director Luna Carmoon draws from her own experiences of growing up in 1980s London, to tell this captivating account about overcoming loss and childhood trauma.
Posted May 17, 2024
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4/5
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Hoard
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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The film is often elevated by some impressive performances from its two leads.
Posted May 17, 2024
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3/5
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Two Tickets to Greece
(2022)
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Dulcie Pearce
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[Kristin Scott Thomas] fires up her latest risqué French flick with a barnstorming turn as a dope-smoking, hippie swinger.
Posted May 17, 2024
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2/5
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IF
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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It has all the ingredients to make a tear-jerker of a blockbuster, but unfortunately, and oddly, this poor man’s version of Monsters Inc lacks imagination.
Posted May 17, 2024
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4/5
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La Chimera
(2023)
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Hanna Flint
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Helene Louvart’s gorgeous cinematography captures the sublime mundanity of this traditional Italian setting and the magical realism of Arthur’s heightened, melancholic senses.
Posted May 13, 2024
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4/5
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(2024)
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Grant Rollings
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But, just like the film- making duo, Made In England deserves attention.
Posted May 10, 2024
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3/5
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
(2024)
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Grant Rollings
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But a lack of human interaction could be the downfall of this movie empire... Freya is impressive enough, but she is hampered by a lack of decent dialogue.
Posted May 10, 2024
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2/5
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The Idea of You
(2024)
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Grant Rollings
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What Notting Hill had, and this really doesn’t, is big laughs, loveable characters and half decent dialogue.
Posted May 02, 2024
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3/5
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Love Lies Bleeding
(2024)
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Grant Rollings
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THIS is a new take on the incredible hulk, but it ain’t no Marvel movie.
Posted May 02, 2024
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4/5
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The Fall Guy
(2024)
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Grant Rollings
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The only place where it falls down is the romance, whose obstacles feel false. But lovey-dovey stuff was never going to be the reason why you fell for The Fall Guy.
Posted May 02, 2024
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3/5
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I.S.S.
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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There are no great surprises as to who we should root for thanks to a hilariously over-the-top Soviet-era-style casting, but there is still a lot to like about this timely space drama.
Posted Apr 26, 2024
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2/5
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The American Society of Magical Negroes
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Sadly, this muddled satire fails to cast a spell.
Posted Apr 26, 2024
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5/5
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Challengers
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Directed by Call Me By Your Name’s Luca Guadagnino, the up-close-and-personal style means you practically feel the sweat spray from the screen, the baseline of the music pulsing through your chest.
Posted Apr 26, 2024
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3/5
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Sometimes I Think About Dying
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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As much as I longed to get to know Fran in this well-made indie flick, it ended up feeling that perhaps there’s just not much to discover.
Posted Apr 22, 2024
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2/5
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The Book of Clarence
(2023)
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Andy Lea
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The jokes are pretty lame but the unhinged first half is endearingly unpredictable.
Posted Apr 22, 2024
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3/5
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Abigail
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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If you enjoy some creepy capers with a demonic child and lashings of the red stuff, this looks good enough on the big screen to keep you amused.
Posted Apr 22, 2024
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4/5
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Swede Caroline
(2022)
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Laura Stott
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It is daft, but the perfectly observed characters and home-grown humour make it impossible not to laugh.
Posted Apr 12, 2024
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4/5
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Civil War
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Lee is hard to like, but Dunst’s performance is captivating.
Posted Apr 12, 2024
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Back to Black
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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A Disney version of Amy’s decline, but still a desperately sad lost love.
Posted Apr 09, 2024
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2/5
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Seize Them!
(2024)
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Andy Lea
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Frost gets a few amusing lines, but Blackadder and Monty Python fans may wonder if British comedy has entered its own Dark Age.
Posted Apr 05, 2024
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3/5
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Monkey Man
(2024)
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Dulcie Lee
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Monkey Man takes itself too seriously but Hollywood’s unlikeliest action man has the moves and charm to keep you watching.
Posted Apr 05, 2024
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4/5
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Scoop
(2024)
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Dulcie Pearce
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Anderson shines as the standout performance, morphing into Maitlis.
Posted Apr 05, 2024
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3/5
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Drift
(2023)
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Dulcie Pearce
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But it is mostly the gentle lapping of the sea that you hear more than dialogue in this deeply sensitive film, where a little too much is left unsaid.
Posted Apr 01, 2024
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