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Two people in historical costumes on the steps of a grand baroque church.
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Cyrano

by Leila Latif

Joe Wright returns to his wheelhouse with a big-screen musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.

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A woman behind metal bars, looking concerned and making a hand gesture.
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The Woman in the Window

by Charles Bramesco

Joe Wright serves up a tepid slice of Hitchcockian suspense, with Amy Adams as a paranoid agoraphobe.

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A mature man in a suit and glasses holding a cigar in a dimly lit room.
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Darkest Hour

by Trevor Johnston

Gary Oldman is on career-best form in this standard issue Winston Churchill biopic from director Joe Wright.

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Two men in dark, brooding attire standing in a shadowy, dimly lit room.
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Pan

by Clarisse Loughrey

Cultural appropriation abound in Joe Wright’s iffy prequel to JM Barrie’s beloved children’s novel.

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A person in a fur-lined hood peering through a snowy forest, with bright blue eyes visible.
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Hanna

by Adam Woodward

Any intrigue established in Hanna is smothered by a director unable to overcome his own art house ambitions.

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Two men, one in a colourful jacket and the other in a grey coat, shaking hands.
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The Soloist

by Lorien Haynes

A big budget production sees director Joe Wright losing the reins on a film with some truly dire metaphorical moments.

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Two people embracing by the sea
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Atonement

by Lorien Haynes

Joe Wright’s World War Two weepie is a near masterpiece that only lacks the substance of great performances.

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