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Review

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – pleasant but forgettable

by Hannah Strong

Renée Zell­weger dons her big knick­ers again as the fraz­zled hero­ine, this time get­ting her groove back after her hus­band’s death.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Merchant Ivory review – an affectionate yet shallow biodoc

by Marina Ashioti

Stephen Soucy delves into the cre­ative and per­son­al part­ner­ship of Ismail Mer­chant and James Ivory which pro­duced some of Britain’s great­est lit­er­ary adaptations.

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Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Anora | Heretic + Scott Beck and Bryan Woods | Pretty Woman (1990)

On Truth & Movies this week we com­mence with Palme d’Or win­ner Ano­ra. We then review Hugh Grant’s twist­ed turn in Heretic and spoke to its direc­tors Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. Final­ly, for film club, we revis­it Gar­ry Marshall’s Pret­ty Woman.
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Review

Heretic review – Hugh Grant is a horror natural

by Leila Latif

Two Mor­mon mis­sion­ar­ies get more than they bar­gained for when they drop in on Hugh Grant in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ effec­tive psy­cho­log­i­cal horror.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Wonka review – Timothée Chalamet is simply sensational

by Adam Woodward

Gath­er round and lis­ten close… Paul King’s daz­zling pre­quel to Roald Dahl’s beloved sto­ry is a joy­ous expres­sion of pure imagination.

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In Retrospect
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Review

The Gentlemen

by Hannah Strong

After spend­ing a decade in Hol­ly­wood, Guy Ritchie returns to his gang­ster roots with this all-star crime caper.

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In Retrospect
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Incoming

Guy Ritchie stirs up some trouble in the first trailer for The Gentlemen

by Charles Bramesco

Matthew McConaugh­ey, Hugh Grant and Char­lie Hun­nam team up for the director’s return to action comedy.
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Queer Cinema

Why Maurice remains one of the great queer romances

by Annie Jo Baker

James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s stun­ning 1987 love sto­ry prizes sen­su­al­i­ty over intellectualism.
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Review

Paddington 2

by David Jenkins

The friend­ly lit­tle bear spends some time behind bars in this fan­tas­ti­cal­ly delight­ful fam­i­ly sequel.

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In Retrospect
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Review

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

by Matt Bochenski

There’s adven­ture all right, and sci­ence in spades, but some­one buried the pira­cy in Aardman’s lat­est stop-motion treasure.

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