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Terminator: Dark Fate

By Matt Thrift

New model, same result: Cameron, Schwarzenegger and Hamilton reunite for this serviceable belated sequel to T2.

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Joker

By David Jenkins

Todd Phillips’ supervillain origin story strains so hard for seriousness and relevance that it cracks into a million pieces.

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Hotel Mumbai

By Adam Woodward

Anthony Maras depicts a real-life tragedy in this grim action-thriller.

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Ready or Not

By Elena Lazic

An eccentric board game dynasty instigate a deadly game of hide and seek in this fun, gore-splashed horror.

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Rambo: Last Blood

By Anton Bitel

Rambo starts off breaking horses before breaking skulls in this strangely laconic revenge fantasy involving the Mexican cartels.

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Oldboy (2003)

By Kambole Campbell

Park Chan-wook’s revenge thriller mixes stylish thrills and perverse twists with a surprising amount of humour.

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Kursk: The Last Mission

By Anton Bitel

Thomas Vinterberg reconstructs the K-141 Kursk submarine disaster but throws in a few too many gimmicks.

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The Hummingbird Project

By Thomas Hobbs

The thrill-a-minute world of fibre-optic cable laying backdrops this uneven tale of humanity versus capitalism.

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#Like

By Anton Bitel

A teenager exacts revenge on her sister’s cyber stalker in Sarah Pirozek’s socially-conscious thriller.

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Ma

By Anton Bitel

Octavia Spencer reckons with teenage trauma in this suspenseful and darkly funny smalltown horror.

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The Perfection

By Josh Slater-Williams

There’s shades of Brian De Palma and Park Chan-wook in this Allison Williams-starring Netflix thriller.

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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

By Matt Thrift

Keane Reeves’ ‘excommunicado’ protagonist wages a one-man war in this ante-upping threequel.

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Woman at War

By Aimee Knight

An Icelandic choir teacher stakes a stand against big business in this compelling eco-thriller.

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Ash is Purest White

By Trevor Johnston

Jia Zhangke combines gangster pic and social critique to thrilling effect with help from his regular partner in crime Zhao Tao.

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Styx

By Anton Bitel

Susanne Wolff plays a woman lost at sea in this smart nautical allegory from Wolfgang Fischer.

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Dragged Across Concrete

By Hannah Strong

Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn play a pair of corrupt cops in S Craig Zahler’s ultraviolent latest.

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Greta

By Caitlin Quinlan

Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz star in this enjoyably silly cat-and-mouse thriller.

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