Review
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Julia Roberts is pretty great as a long-suffering mother, committed to her struggling, drug-addicted son, played by Luca Hedges. Download the podcast Read More
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An interstellar hit at the Chinese box office (4 billion yuan [US$600 million] and counting), Frant Gwo’s science-fiction epic The Wandering Earth finally touches down in Hong Kong, days after… Read More
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With Fall in Love at First Kiss, Taiwanese TV veteran Frankie Chen Yu-shan follows up the success of her feature film debut Our Times with another fanciful tale of adolescent… Read More
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The Academy Awards are upon us once again, and this year has had no shortage of drama in the lead up to the ceremony. My final predictions, including possible spoilers,… Read More
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Christian Bale gives another transformative performance as US politician Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s unwieldy yet often entertaining follow-up to The Big Short. Download the podcast Read More
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Olivia Colman plays Queen Anne, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone the women vying to control her, in Lanthimos’ grotesquely funny period comedy. Download the podcast Read More
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On 12 August, 2000, an explosion on the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk caused it to sink in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 naval personnel on board. The disaster… Read More
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Liam Neeson is on the road to revenge once again, but this time he is aided on his mission by some very welcome dark humour. Download the podcast Read More
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A shy woman with a bizarre physical appearance, yet very special gifts, meets a kindred spirit in Ali Abbasi’s weird and wonderful fantasy. Download the podcast Read More
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Glenn Close bags herself an Oscar nomination – and probable win – as the long-supportive wife of Jonathan Pryce’s celebrated author, who harbours a dark secret. Download the podcast Read More
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Oscar-nominated director Luca Guadagnino reunites with Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton for this controversial and truly horrifying remake of Dario Argento’s horror classic. Download the podcast Read More
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The third and presumably final chapter in the hugely successful tales of Hiccup and Toothless. Download the podcast Read More
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Emily Blunt bravely takes on the daunting task of filling Julie Andrews’ enormous shoes, as the magical nanny who returns to Cherry Tree Lane to once again take care of… Read More
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Japanese actress Kirin Kiki died last September, but the 75-year-old worked right up until her death and leaves behind an impressive body of work that continues to yield new treasures.… Read More
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Bi Gan’s mesmerising second film follows Chen Yongzhong’s lovesick protagonist as he returns to his hometown in search of Tang Wei’s enigmatic beauty. Featuring a fractured, kaleidoscopic first half of… Read More
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Documentarian Bart Layton blends fact and fiction in the story of an attempted heist of rare ornithological books, masterminded by hapless losers Evan Peters and Barry Keoghan. Download the podcast Read More
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Rosamund Pike gives a commanding performance as courageous war correspondent Marie Colvin, and is ably supported by Jamie Dornan and Tom Hollander, but outside of its visceral hot zone sequences,… Read More
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In the world of Japanese antiques, nobody can be trusted – or so it would appear in Masaharu Take’s comedy. We Make Antiques! portrays an industry overrun by duplicitous dealers… Read More
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