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Review

Typist Artist Pirate King review – cleverly picks apart biopic clichés

by David Jenkins

Car­ol Mor­ley con­structs a cre­ative trib­ute to the artist Audrey Amiss, who cre­at­ed thou­sands of art­works but remained most­ly unknown until her death in 2013.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Cat Person review – sorry, I’m allergic

by Hannah Strong

This twist­ed tale of gen­der pol­i­tics based on Kris­ten Roupe­ni­an’s 2017 short sto­ry is a major let­down in con­cep­tion and execution.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Group of women in traditional Spanish clothing, seated around a table with various accessories like fans, shawls, and hats. Vibrant red, pink, and brown colour scheme with intricate patterns and textures.
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
Older woman in black cardigan standing in a room with bookshelves.
Review

Golda – a smokey, talky historical biopic

by David Jenkins

Helen Mir­ren dons heavy pros­thet­ics as one-time Israeli prime min­is­ter Gol­da Mair in this drab geopo­lit­i­cal retelling of the 1973 Yom Kip­pur War.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

BlackBerry review – Glenn Howerton is on top form

by Hannah Strong

Cana­di­an indie film­mak­er Matt John­son crafts an off­beat dra­ma about the cre­ation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two individuals in formal attire, a man and a woman, gazing intently at each other with intense expressions.
Review

Fair Play review – disappointingly generic corporate drama

by Hannah Strong

Alden Ehren­re­ich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young cou­ple claw­ing their way up the cor­po­rate lad­der in Chloe Domon­t’s dour thriller.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
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

The Creator review – welcome, benevolent A.I. overlords!

by Leila Latif

Gareth Edwards serves up a visu­al­ly ambi­tious sto­ry of war between humans and A.I. beings in this heart­felt sci-fi spectacle.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Brother review – touches on a spectrum of pertinent issues

by Isabelle Gray

Clement Vir­go adapts David Chariandy’s 2017 epony­mous nov­el about the com­plex bond between two Jamaican-Cana­di­an brothers.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Exterior of 'The Old Oak' pub, with a person standing outside the boarded-up windows and doorway.
Review

The Old Oak review – trades largely on didacticism and sentimentality

by Mark Asch

In what could be his final film, Ken Loach fix­es his gaze on a pub land­lord in a town reck­on­ing with a new pop­u­la­tion of Syr­i­an refugees.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect