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Three people walking through a dense, overgrown landscape surrounded by tangled branches and foliage.
Review

28 Years Later review – Danny Boyle is finally back

by David Jenkins

Dan­ny Boyle kick­starts a new zom­bie tril­o­gy with this gen­uine­ly anar­chic explo­ration of iso­la­tion­ism with superb turns from Jodie Com­er and Aaron Tay­lor Johnson.

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Bearded man and woman embrace passionately, their faces close together.
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The Return review – skirts on the am-dram

by David Jenkins

Ralph Fiennes and Juli­ette Binoche star as Odysseus and Pene­lope in Uber­to Pasolin­i’s retelling of Home­r’s epic.

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Ralph Fiennes in Conclave, standing in an ornate red and gold liturgical vestments, surrounded by other clergy in similar attire.
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Conclave review – a slick romp with delusions of grandeur

by David Jenkins

A pow­er strug­gle at the heart of the Catholic church is the con­ceit for Edward Berg­er’s quite sil­ly papal drama.

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An elderly man wearing a grey suit stands between two younger men in white coats, with other people visible in the background of a hospital setting.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Dahl lovingly brought to life as only Anderson knows how

by Hannah Strong

Wes Ander­son adapts a Roald Dahl short sto­ry with his sig­na­ture atten­tion to detail and visu­al panache.

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Two people at a formal dinner, man in white tuxedo, woman in pink dress, standing and speaking.
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The Menu

by David Jenkins

Mark Mylod’s one-dimen­sion­al dark com­e­dy serves up an under­cooked feast of pro­found­ly smug commentary.

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Review

The Forgiven

by Josh Slater-Williams

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain and Ralph Fiennes are unhap­pi­ly mar­ried in John Michael McDon­agh’s unin­spired cul­ture clash drama.

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Review

The Dig

by David Jenkins

Carey Mul­li­gan shines in this dour arche­o­log­i­cal dra­ma on the dis­cov­ery of the Sut­ton Hoo his­tor­i­cal payload.

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Three men in a dance studio, one wearing a waistcoat, practising ballet positions with raised arms.
Review

The White Crow

by Matt Thrift

Ralph Fiennes directs this staid biog­ra­phy of bal­let mae­stro and polit­i­cal dis­si­dent, Rudolf Nureyev.

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Review

The LEGO Batman Movie

by Manuela Lazic

With great jokes and a sub­ver­sive moral core, this ani­mat­ed com­e­dy man­ages to have its brick-based cake and eat it.

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A helmeted figure wielding a sword, against a dark, atmospheric background with a glowing sun-like symbol above.
Review

Kubo and the Two Strings

by Charlie Theobald

Lai­ka Stu­dios may have deliv­ered their mas­ter­piece with this stag­ger­ing stop-motion fable.

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Four people walking on a dirt path surrounded by lush greenery.
Review

A Bigger Splash

by Craig Williams

Til­da Swin­ton and Ralph Fiennes are in irre­sistible form in this heady roman­tic thriller from Luca Guadagnino.

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A man in a dark jacket sitting at a chess board, deep in thought.
Review

Spectre

by Adam Woodward

Bond 24 is an enor­mous, mul­ti-ten­ta­cled beast. Some­times for bet­ter, some­times for worse.

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