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Review

Thunderbolts* review – the best Marvel film in a while

by Fatima Sheriff

There’s a lot of superficial fun to be had with this superhero romp, which hasn’t been the case in the MCU for a long while.

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Psychlo killer: Battlefield Earth 25 years on

by Liam Murphy

Scientology’s spectacular flop went down in history for all the wrong reasons. A quarter-century on, what went wrong?
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Review

Until Dawn review – an insulting parade of tedium

by Esther Rosenfield

David F Sandberg’s tangentially related adaptation of Supermassive Games’ horror hit forgets what made its video game source material so great.

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Pretend it’s a video game: How films emulate gaming mechanics

by Daniel Schindel

As a (very loose) adaptation of Until Dawn hits cinemas, it’s worth investigating the successful – and unsuccessful – attempts to explore what it feels like to play a video game on the big screen.
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Podcast

Julie Keeps Quiet + Leonardo Van Dijl | April | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss power dynamics at play in Julie Keeps Quiet and spoke to its director Leonardo Van Dijl. We also review the abortion drama April and its predecessor, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
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Review

The Accountant 2 review – tonally wild and uneven but oddly sweet

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck’s autistic hitman with a gift for numbers returns in Gavin O’Connor’s mismatched action thriller.

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Review

Julie Keeps Quiet review – a slick, steely piece of storytelling

by David Jenkins

A young tennis star refuses to open about an abusive coach in Leonardo Van Dijl’s impressive feature debut.

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Bodies, Babies and Birth Control in April and All We Imagine as Light

by Anna McKibbin

At a time when access to birth control and abortion is banned, restricted or under threat around the world, work by Dea Kulumbegashvili and Payal Kapadia highlights the necessity of safe options for pregnant people.
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Review

Cloud review – all-time bleakest episode of Only Fools and Horses

by Josh Slater-Williams

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest treads similar thematic territory to his prescient 2001 cyberhorror, through the prism of an e‑commerce, vengeance-fuelled thriller.

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Review

The Legend of Ochi review – well-crafted but tame family adventure

by Isaac Feldberg

A shy young girl embarks on a mission to save a mystical creature in Isaiah Saxon’s throwback to the days of Amblin greatness.

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