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Two women sitting at outdoor café table under umbrellas, one in dark top, one in white shirt, Spanish flag visible on wall behind.
Review

Hot Milk review – never properly gels

by David Jenkins

Rebec­ca Lenkiewicz adapts Deb­o­rah Levy’s best-sell­ing nov­el, but the result is lacklustre.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic World: Rebirth
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Jurassic World: Rebirth review – struggles to find a justification for its existence

by David Jenkins

There’s just too much that’s wrong and sil­ly and deriv­a­tive about this tired, tired run-out.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two men standing amongst concrete construction materials and metal posts on grass with modern glass building in background.
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The Shrouds review – precision filmmaking of the highest stripe

by David Jenkins

David Cronenberg’s melan­choly explo­ration of how we retain our con­nec­tion with the dead makes for one of his most beau­ti­ful love stories.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two people sitting on a railing, a man in a suit and a woman in overalls holding a container.
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Chicken Town review – how do you make a granddad selling weed boring?

by Thomas Boyd

Two school­friends join forces with an old man who acci­den­tal­ly start­ed grow­ing weed on his allot­ment in Richard Bracewell’s painful­ly unfun­ny comedy.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
M3gan in a beige outfit standing in dimly lit room with lamps.
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M3gan 2.0 review – a silly sequel shooting for action grandeur

by Kambole Campbell

The bot is back in this wink­ing AI-themed caper movie which goes all out to expand the lore of the M3GAN universe. 

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people with the Sudanese flag painted on their face at a night-time event, with colourful lights and a crowd visible in the background.
Review

Sudan, Remember Us review – extremely powerful stuff

by Leila Latif

Hind Meddeb’s doc­u­men­tary poignant­ly cap­tures the activist spir­it of post-rev­o­lu­tion Sudan.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people playing sitting at a table, bottle of drink on the table, warm lighting from window.
Review

From Hilde, With Love review – too staid to make an impact

by Laura Venning

Andreas Dresen’s Nazi Ger­many-set biopic on resis­tance fight­ers Hilde and Hans Cop­pi fails to do their sto­ry justice.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Three people walking through a dense, overgrown landscape surrounded by tangled branches and foliage.
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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.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Young boy in a blue shirt sitting in a blue, glowing boat on a dark, shadowy lake, with a small white creature floating nearby.
Review

Elio review – a touching treaty on the search for belonging

by Yasmine Kandil

A social­ly awk­ward young boy dis­cov­ers alien life in Pixar’s sweet new inter­galac­tic adventure.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men walking together, one wearing a navy suit and the other in a yellow jacket and jeans.
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F1 review – speed is king, subtlety is yellow-flagged

by Adam Woodward

Brad Pitt is in scin­til­lat­ing form in this shame­less PR exer­cise, which also hap­pens to be one of the year’s most pure­ly enter­tain­ing cin­e­mat­ic experiences.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A close-up of a shirtless man with a bloodied and bruised face, his expression stern and intense.
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Protein review – nasty, funny, soulful

by David Jenkins

A gang of small-town drug deal­ing gym rats are set upon by a mur­der­ous stranger in this sat­is­fy­ing Welsh genre piece.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Black dragon-like creature with horns and green eyes resting on sandy ground.
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How To Train Your Dragon review – never quite catches the updraft needed to soar to uncharted heights

by Yasmine Kandil

Dream­works’ first for­ay into the world of live-action remakes is fair­ly unre­mark­able despite occa­sion­al sparks of magic.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect