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Two individuals, a light-skinned person and a dark-skinned person, seated together in a dimly lit room.
Review

Three Thousand Years of Longing

by Catherine Bray

Mad Max direc­tor George Miller returns to the big screen with an adap­ta­tion of mod­ern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightin­gale’s Eye.

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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man standing by a wooden gate, wearing a grey t-shirt and leaning against a concrete wall.
Review

Beast

by Esther Rosenfield

Idris Elba is a father men­aced by a killer lion in this capa­ble but slight thriller.

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3
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2
In Retrospect
Two individuals, a light-skinned person and a dark-skinned person, seated together in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

Three Thousand Years of Longing – first-look review

by Catherine Bray

George Miller returns to our screens with an ambi­tious tale of desire and mag­ic fea­tur­ing Til­da Swin­ton and Idris Elba.
Close-up of a blue cartoon hedgehog character with large eyes and a mischievous expression, clinging to a red aeroplane wing.
Review

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

by David Jenkins

Dashed-off sequel to the 2020 hit which makes the Chip­munks films look like Tarkovsky by comparison.

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In Retrospect
Two masked figures on horseback in a Western setting, wearing cowboy hats and bandanas over their faces.
Review

The Harder They Fall

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Jeymes Samuel’s supreme­ly vio­lent revenge thriller is a bold and bloody rein­ven­tion of the movie western.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with blonde hair and intense expression, wearing a red and blue outfit, reaching forward.
Review

The Suicide Squad

by Lillian Crawford

James Gunn dou­bles down on his crass brand of humour in this charm­less, unfun­ny and facile fran­chise redo.

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1
In Retrospect
A man in a cowboy hat stands next to a woman in a blue scarf, leaning against a horse.
Incoming

The first trailer for The Harder They Fall revives the Black Western with style

by Charles Bramesco

Regi­na King, Lakei­th Stan­field, Idris Elba, and Jonathan Majors star in the yarn of cow­pokes and outlaws.
A tabby cat with facial features that resemble a human, sitting in a dimly lit room surrounded by glowing lights.
Review

Cats

by Hannah Strong

Tay­lor Swift, TS Eliot and Dig­i­tal Fur Tech­nol­o­gy com­bine to dis­as­trous effect in this feline musi­cal folly.

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1
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In Retrospect
Image showing a young Black man standing in front of a wall with a poster asking "WHAT IS WAR for?"
Review

Yardie

by Christina Newland

Idris Elba makes his direc­to­r­i­al debut with a par­tial adap­ta­tion of Vic­tor Headley’s cult 1992 novel.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A Black man wearing a futuristic grey and blue armoured suit with a stern expression on his face.
Review

Pacific Rim Uprising

by Hannah Strong

John Boye­ga game­ly fills Idris Elba’s shoes in this mad­cap sequel to Guiller­mo del Toro’s shiny robot romp.

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Anticipation
3
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In Retrospect