Fantasy

Weathering with You

By Kambole Campbell

Your Name director Makoto Shinkai returns with a riveting fantasy romance backdropped by environmental ruin.

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Cats

By Hannah Strong

Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

By David Jenkins

The Star Wars saga comes to a close with a story that’s big on cameos and references, but short on excitement and surprises.

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Zombi Child

By Ella Kemp

A history lesson turns into a horror movie in Bertrand Bonello’s bold reclamation of the zombie legend.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

By Elena Lazic

Angelina Jolie and co are back is this muddled and misguided sequel to Disney’s inverted fairy tale.

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La Flor

By Matt Thrift

An epic in the literal sense of the world. Mariano Llinás goes long with this thrilling paean to genre cinema through the ages.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

By Anton Bitel

The third instalment in Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise is a clash of the titans on an epic scale.

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Avengers: Endgame

By Hannah Strong

The stars align one final time in this emotional and fitting finale to the Avengers saga.

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Diamantino

By Stephanie Watts

The world’s greatest footballer suffers a crisis of confidence in this colourful fantasy satire.

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Hellboy

By Anton Bitel

Neil Marshall’s reboot finds our red-skinned hero caught on the horn’s of his own destined dilemma.

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Little

By Charles Bramesco

Regina Hall is transformed into a younger version of herself in this derivative age-swap comedy.

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Dumbo

By Hannah Strong

Tim Burton’s overstuffed and underwhelming sideshow act lacks a sense of wonder.

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Love, Death & Robots

By Charles Bramesco

This NSFW animated anthology sees Tim Miller and David Fincher team up to disastrous effect.

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Border

By Anton Bitel

A customs officer falls in love with a strange traveller in Ali Abbasi’s twisted modern romance.

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The Kid Who Would Be King

By Jake Cunningham

A group of school kids embark on an Arthurian quest in Joe Cornish’s charming adventure movie.

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Mary Poppins Returns

By David Jenkins

Everyone’s favourite magical child carer is back in this strangely bland and uncatchy modern refit.

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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

By Karen Krizanovich

Frank Capra’s festive classic returns to the big screen this Christmas – and it’s an opportunity not to be missed.

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