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Review

Wicked Little Letters review – a flimsy comic farce

by David Jenkins

Olivia Col­man is ham­pered by thin mate­r­i­al in this over­ly-quaint parochial Brit­com which con­tains a fair bit of swearing.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Settlers review – a brutally violent anti-western

by David Jenkins

This haunt­ing debut by Felipe Gálvez Haber­le dis­man­tles the vio­lent colo­nial trap­pings of the clas­sic western.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Anatomy of a Fall review – Sandra Hüller is one of the finest to ever do it

by David Jenkins

A woman has to stand tri­al after her hus­band dies in sus­pi­cious cir­cum­stances in Jus­tine Tri­et’s com­pelling court­room drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Killer review – throwback to the golden age of pulp fiction

by Hannah Strong

Michael Fass­ben­der plays a con­tract killer suf­fer­ing some pro­fes­sion­al set­backs in David Fincher’s lean, mean new thriller.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s prestige epic

by David Jenkins

Mar­tin Scorsese’s wist­ful remem­brance of tragedies that befell the Osage nation is a film of high seri­ous­ness and low spectacle.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Reptile review – less “whodunit”, more “who cares?”

by Charles Bramesco

Music video main­stay Grant Singer makes the leap to fea­tures with this real estate-based detec­tive thriller, but the results are dis­ap­point­ing­ly underwhelming.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Fast X

by Jake Cole

Jason Momoa puts in a fine show­ing as a new vil­lain in Louis Leterrier’s zany entry into the mus­cle car franchise.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

by Hannah Strong

An ensem­ble of rad­i­cal cli­mate activists attempt to sab­o­tage an oil pipeline in Daniel Gold­haber’s envi­ron­men­tal­ist action-thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

A Thousand And One

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

A woman recent­ly released from prison rais­es her young son against the back­drop of a rapid­ly-chang­ing New York City in AV Rock­well’s Sun­dance prizewin­ning feature.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Night Of The 12th

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Dominik Moll grap­ples with an unsolved mur­der case tak­ing place in a small Alpine town in this dark, true crime drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect