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Review

Promising Young Woman

by Hannah Strong

A ferocious lead turn by Carey Mulligan super-charges this shocking, outspoken debut that pulls none of its punches.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two men, one in a police uniform and one in a suit, standing near a police cordon tape.
Review

The Little Things

by Erik Nielsen

Denzel Washington and Rami Malek play LA cops battling their demons while trying to catch a killer.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Murder Me, Monster

by Josh Slater-Williams

A headless woman sparks a search for a mythical creature in Alejandro Fadel’s taut mountainside thriller.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Possessor

by Leila Latif

Brandon Cronenberg follows up his impressive debut Antiviral with a visceral slice of hallucinatory ultraviolence.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Spree

by Hannah Strong

Joe Keery stars as an aspiring streamer driven to extremes in his never-ending quest for viral fame.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A person in ragged clothes runs through a muddy, chaotic scene, surrounded by swirling water and debris.
Review

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula

by Leslie Byron Pitt

Yeon Sang-ho’s sequel-of-sorts to his breakout zombie hit fails to deliver the gut punch of its predecessor.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Burnt Orange Heresy

by David Jenkins

This austere artworld thriller, starring Elizabeth Debicki and Claes Bang, could’ve done with a little more humour.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Cordelia

by Leila Latif

Sporadically absorbing psychodrama in which a traumatised woman has a fling with her mysterious neighbour.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man standing in a doorway of a dilapidated room, wearing a white t-shirt and dark trousers.
Review

His House

by Anton Bitel

Generational trauma and a fear of the unknown power Remi Weekes’ bone-chilling haunted house horror.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two men, one adult and one child, sitting on a fallen tree trunk in a wooded area.
Review

The Devil All the Time

by Hannah Strong

Antonio Campos’ star-jammed Southern potboiler fails to capture the poetic misery of Donald Ray Pollock’s source novel.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect