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The final starring role for actor Robin Williams is an uncharacteristically reserved performance in what proves a disappointing swansong for the late comedian. Read my review Read More
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Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, The Naked Prey remains the only film directed by Cornel Wilde to be widely available, a situation that based on this example, is a… Read More
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Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks join forces once again for a rip-roaring Cold War thriller, featuring a knockout performance from Mark Rylance. Listen to my review (at 08:48) Read More
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Ian McKellan stars as an elderly Sherlock Holmes wrestling with senility and lingering dissatisfaction surrounding his final case years earlier. Listen to my review Read More
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In the year when transgender culture made headlines around the world, Sean Baker’s micro-budget drama shines a spotlight on their unique experience in electrifying fashion. Read my review Read More
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A film – based on the historical event – billed as “the Chinese Titanic”, The Crossing tells the true story of the Taiping, a heavily overloaded Shanghai-Taiwan ferry that sank… Read More
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Jake Gyllenhaal underwent an incredible physical transformation to play the lead role in this otherwise by-the-numbers boxing drama. Listen to my review Read More
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Denis Villeneuve directs a breathlessly tense thriller about the war against the South American drug cartels, featuring a cracking lead performance by Emily Blunt. Listen to my review Read More
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Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain star in Guillermo del Toro’s visually rich gothic romance. Listen to my review Read More
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The directorial debut from Australian actor Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Exodus: Gods and Kings) twists an awkward encounter with an old high-school acquaintance into a cracking psychological thriller that offers some… Read More
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Asif Kapadia, director of Senna, turns his documentarian’s eye to the troubled and tragic life of musician Amy Winehouse. Listen to my review Read More
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Robert Zemeckis helms this dramatised version of Philippe Petit’s death-defying high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. Listen to my review Read More
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Following his adaptations of Pride & Prejudice and Anna Karenina, Joe Wright next turns his attentions to J.M. Barrie’s boy who never grew up. But instead of bringing the adventures… Read More
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Ed Skrein inherits the mantle of Frank, courier to the underworld, in Luc Besson’s ludicrous reboot. Listen to my review Read More
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Adapted from the novel by Gone Girl scribe Gillian Flynn, and reuniting Mad Max: Fury Road co-stars Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult, Dark Places has suggestions of a moody true-crime… Read More
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A renegade cop takes on the spoilt heir of a family-run conglomerate in Ryoo Seung-wan’s tightly-paced and sharp-witted crime thriller Veteran. Read my review Read More
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A hilarious high school comedy about life in South Central Los Angeles, Dope is a loving callback to such films of the 90s, particularly Boyz N The Hood, Friday, House… Read More
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Jennifer Phang’s ambitious sci-fi drama presents some intriguing ideas about identity and sacrifice in a uniquely female context, but she invests her budget into the wrong elements, and is unable… Read More
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