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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

By David Jenkins

Where do trailers end and movies begin? Zack Snyder has the answer with his fever-pitched latest.

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Deadpool

By Adam Woodward

Marvel’s lewd crude crime-fighting dude, as played by Ryan Reynolds, is as unfunny as he is uninteresting.

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8½ (1963)

By Ian Mantgani

Federico Fellini’s iconic masterpiece is back on the big screen. Don’t miss it.

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Cinederella

By David Jenkins

Kenneth Branagh’s refreshing, irony-free retelling of Cinderella with Downtown Abbey’s Lily James sliding on the glass slipper.

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Jupiter Ascending

By Adam Woodward

Not even Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis are enough to save the Wachowskis’ gnarly, garish space opera.

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Into the Woods

By Adam Woodward

A sing-a-long review of this delightful screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical.

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Horns

By David Ehrlich

Daniel Radcliffe summons his dark side in this darkly comic fantasy horror.

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The Wizard of Oz (1939)

By Trevor Johnston

The glorious, all-American fantasy land of Oz retains its power to charm despite a few questionable ideas.

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Mood Indigo

By Katherine McLaughlin

Michel Gondry’s woozy take on an ‘unfilmable’ Boris Vian novel offers a cloudburst of astonishing visuals.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

By Chris Blohm

A cast of thousands join together for this romping and witty superhero sequel from Bryan Singer.

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La Belle et la Bête (1946)

By Glenn Heath Jr

Jean Cocteau’s ravishing and erotic masterwork is restored as part of BFI’s huge survey of Gothic cinema.

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Thor: The Dark World

By Adam Lee Davies

Familiarity trumps originality in this fun and very funny comic book sequel with Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston.

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Byzantium

By Anton Bitel

Bloodsuckers hit the beach in Neil Jordan’s woozy and extremely violent British noir.

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

By David Jenkins

How could a gore-flecked take on the beloved Brothers’ Grimm fairy tale turn out to be such a write-off?

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Cloud Atlas

By Adam Lee Davies

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry go all out to give the mad, multi-stranded sci-fi folly a bad name.

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Life of Pi

By Andrew Schenker

Ang Lee’s dazzling CG dreamworld basks in the danger of sea-bound solitude, but it all cloaks a big, banal religious metaphor.

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The Dark Knight Rises

By Adam Woodward

Christopher Nolan’s baroque opus is a worthy trilogy closer, both seriously epic and epically serious.

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