Films starring Nicole Kidman

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom review – a superhero sequel that sinks

By David Jenkins

Aggressively unmemorable return to a garish CGI Atlantis in which Jason Momoa’s sub-aqua regent wards off another potential apocalypse.

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The Northman

By Hannah Strong

Robert Eggers assembles an intrepid team for the epic tale of a wronged Viking prince’s quest for vengeance.

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Being the Ricardos

By Leila Latif

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem play TV legends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s snappy biopic.

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The Prom

By Emily Maskell

Ryan Murphy’s star-studded restaging of the hit Broadway musical hits all the right notes.

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Bombshell

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This starry post-#MeToo takedown of toxic masculinity grossly misrepresents its female subjects.

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The Goldfinch

By Adam Woodward

Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman star in this disastrously dull adaptation of Donna Tartt’s best-seller.

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Boy Erased

By Ella Kemp

Lucas Hedges plays a young man struggling with his sexual identity in this tender drama from director Joel Edgerton.

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Destroyer

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicole Kidman suffers through prosthetics and a patchy script in Karyn Kusama’s detective noir.

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The Upside

By Thomas Hobbs

Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart pair up for a wholly unnecessary remake of French dramedy The Intouchables.

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Aquaman

By Elena Lazic

DC Comics chance their arm with this zany, entertaining and frequently confounding underwater epic.

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How to Talk to Girls at Parties

By Hannah Strong

John Cameron Mitchell returns to the director’s chair with a tale of teenage intergalactic romance.

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

By Trevor Johnston

Yorgos Lanthimos is up to his old tricks in this typically strange and idiosyncratic psycho-thriller.

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The Beguiled

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sofia Coppola’s steamy Southern potboiler is her most arresting and assured movie to date.

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Lion

By David Jenkins

Dev Patel plays a displaced orphan retracing his roots in Garth Davis’ sentimental drama.

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Secret in Their Eyes

By Adam White

Despite the best efforts of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Julia Roberts this remake of Juan José Campanella’s Oscar winner is DOA.

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Stoker

By Adam Woodward

Operatic style can’t paste over the meagre, far-fetched substance in Oldboy director Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut.

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