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Christopher Nolan’s stirring World War II epic is a nerve-racking, experiential odyssey that rewrites the language of cinema in its use of overlapping time frames and sensory storytelling. Read More
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Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy are the highlights of this wonderfully realised tale of Britain during the Blitz, and the Ministry of Information’s efforts to make propaganda films with a… Read More
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Tom Holland gets his own stand-alone Spidey movie as Marvel finally brings their young web-slinging hero into the MCU, under the watchful eye of Tony Stark. Read More
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Andy Serkis showcases his exceptional performance capture skills once again in the powerful third chapter of the rebooted franchise. Read More
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Brian Cox and Miranda Richardson star in this modest dramatisation of the days leading up to D-Day. (at 16:00) Listen to my review Read More
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Bong Joon-ho’s controversial Netflix feature is a scathing takedown of GM foods and corporate greed built around the touching story of a young girl’s relationship with an experimental super-pig. (at… Read More
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Reformed supervillain Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) returns to a life of crime, while the minions go in search of a new employer, in the latest instalment of the ever-expanding… Read More
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Mark Wahlberg is joined by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the fifth installment of Michael Bay’s blockbuster behemoth about intergalactic robots blowing stuff up real good. (at 18:30) Read More
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Adapted from David Harrower’s acclaimed stage play Blackbird, Una broaches the volatile subjects of paedophilia and the reintegration of sex offenders in compelling fashion, thanks in large part to excellent… Read More
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After making waves with 2012’s Confession of Murder, writer-director Jung Byung-gil’s follow-up delivers some of the most kinetic action sequences ever witnessed in a South Korean film. Read my review Read More
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A ruthless headhunter must choose between his career and his family in the directorial debut from veteran producer Mark Williams. Read my review Read More
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Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey recreate the iconic, though admittedly bizarre, encounter between The King and The President. Read More
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Anchored by an energetic central performance from 18-year-old Suzu Hirose, Let’s Go, Jets! repackages the well-worn sports drama into an engaging coming-of-age tale about competitive cheerleading at a remote Japanese… Read More
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Taiwanese director Cheng Wei-hao follows up his supernatural horror film The Tag-Along with the story of a disgraced journalist attempting to solve a forgotten hit-and-run case. Read my review Read More
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Few pastimes are less fruitful than watching someone else play a video game, although this full-length feature does its utmost to prove otherwise. Unlike the seemingly endless stream of Milla… Read More
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Following the success of last year’s What a Wonderful Family!, veteran Japanese filmmaker Yoji Yamada reunites the Hirata clan for a second round of family misfortunes. Read my review Read More
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Zhang Dalei’s autobiographical drama lovingly evokes that Taiwanese New Wave of the 1980s as it depicts a summer of great change for a young boy and the Chinese nation. (at… Read More
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With The Mummy, Universal Pictures launches its Dark Universe, a series of horror-tinged blockbusters that will reintroduce the studio’s classic movie monsters in a modern-day setting. But not even the… Read More
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