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Four individuals wearing robes and headpieces in a dimly lit room with a decorative curtain and framed artwork.
Review

Haunted Mansion review – feels more like a product than a story

by Leila Latif

Justin Simien attempts to breathe life into Dis­ney’s lat­est ride-based fran­chise starter, but despite a fine cast the results are a lit­tle scattered.

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3
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Group of well-dressed people at formal event, man and woman in centre wearing formal attire, colourful lights and decorations in background.
Review

Marry Me

by Rógan Graham

Eas­i­ly digestible hunk of rom-com fluff with Jen­nifer Lopez and Owen Wil­son doing the mis­matched cou­ple thing.

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3
Enjoyment
2
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Two people, a man with greying hair and a woman with long dark hair, standing together outdoors against a colourful background.
Review

Bliss

by Charles Bramesco

Mike Cahill’s dis­as­trous sci-fi para­ble sees Owen Wil­son and Salma Hayek slip into a sim­u­lat­ed realty.

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Two people, a man and a young boy, shaking hands in a crowded outdoor setting with people in the background.
Review

Wonder

by Emily Bray

An explo­sion of cud­dly warmth can be found in this gen­tle tale of a dis­fig­ured boy com­ing up against school bullies.

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Two colourful cartoon cars racing on a winding road at sunset, with dramatic lighting and motion blur effects.
Review

Cars 3

by Elena Lazic

This lat­est Pixar sequel is a dig­i­tal­ly-ren­dered block­buster which cel­e­brates the joys of the ana­logue world.

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3
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Two well-dressed individuals, a man and a woman, standing next to a dark grey luxury car on a city street.
Review

Zoolander 2

by David Jenkins

As direc­tor and star, Ben Stiller sleep­walks through this drab, incon­se­quen­tial com­e­dy sequel.

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Two men seated at a table, one in a denim jacket and the other in a suit, engaged in conversation.
Review

Inherent Vice

by David Jenkins

Paul Thomas Ander­son charts the end of the hip­py dream in this bliss­ful gumshoe chimera.

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Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A woman reclines on a bed, reading a book in a dimly lit room. A man in a suit stands in the background. The image has a moody, atmospheric quality with warm lighting and dark, rich colours.
Review

Midnight in Paris

by Adam Woodward

Mid­night in Paris isn’t a clutch at yes­ter­year; it’s a state­ment that Allen still has some­thing left to say.

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Animated car characters with explosions in the background.
Review

Cars 2

by Nell Frizzell

A long, mean­der­ing sub-James Bond pas­tiche set in the con­found­ing world of talk­ing cars.

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Red car with headlights and racing decals on a racing track with crowd in the background.
Review

Cars

by Matt Bochenski

John Las­seter has described the film as ​‘a present to the world’. You might want to keep the receipt.

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