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Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

by David Jenkins

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos returns with his mer­ry band to explore – in trip­tych form – all the fun­ny and sick ways in which we entrap our­selves inside psy­cho­log­i­cal pris­ons of our own making.

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Poor Things review – Lanthimos at his most playful and comedic

by Savina Petkova

Emma Stone gives a career-defin­ing per­for­mance in Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos’ opu­lent provo­ca­tion about the human body as a nexus for plea­sure and pain.

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Cruella

by Hannah Strong

Emma Stone plays the fur-lov­ing fash­ion­ista in this over­long and large­ly unin­spired ori­gin story.

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Zombieland: Double Tap

by David Jenkins

A tire­some fol­ly that rejoins us with the char­ac­ters of a mild­ly suc­cess­ful 2009 hor­ror-com­e­dy which absolute­ly no-one remembers.

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The Favourite

by David Jenkins

Olivia Col­man is sub­lime as Queen Anne in Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos’ absur­dist peri­od tragicomedy.

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Battle of the Sexes

by David Jenkins

Emma Stone and Steve Carell go head-to-head in this fas­ci­nat­ing true sto­ry of sport and sexism.

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La La Land

by Christina Newland

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are a match made in old-school movie heav­en in this daz­zling musical.

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Irrational Man

by David Ehrlich

Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone go back to school in this charm­ing­ly off-kil­ter com­e­dy-thriller from Woody Allen.

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Birdman

by Adam Woodward

Michael Keaton soars in direc­tor Ale­jan­dro González Iñárritu’s tri­umphant return to form.

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Magic in the Moonlight

by David Ehrlich

Woody Allen effort­less­ly does Woody Allen in a light­weight, none-too-hilar­i­ous peri­od comedy.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

by Chris Blohm

Your friend­ly neigh­bour­hood web-slinger returns for more of the same, albeit with much less charm.

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The Amazing Spider-Man

by Matt Bochenski

Despite a few com­ic book movie trap­pings, The Amaz­ing Spi­der-Man is a major suc­cess story.

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