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Review

Bugonia review – an absolute blast

by Hannah Strong

Yorgos Lanthimos’ stylish and sardonic take on the Korean sci-fi caper Save The Green Planet! defies the remake odds.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Hedda review – Tessa Thompson reshapes the molecules around her

by Leila Latif

Nia DaCosta reimagines Henrik Ibsen’s ​‘Hedda Gabler’ with Tessa Thompson in a lush, 1950s-set fever dream.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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The Mastermind review – another Reichardt dream

by Hannah Strong

An art theft spells disaster for Josh O’Connor in Kelly Reichardt’s excellent Vietnam-era heist dramedy.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere review – a middling rock biog

by David Jenkins

Jeremy Allen White plays The Boss during a period of deep introspection and emotional confusion in this risk-averse film biography.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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After The Hunt review – Julia Roberts' best role in yonks

by Hannah Strong

Luca Guadagnino’s knotty psychodrama confronts our most selfish impulses against the backdrop of a Yale University scandal.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Good Fortune review – a mostly unremarkable body-swap comedy

by Jenna Mahale

Aziz Ansari writes, directs and stars in this frothy, big studio concoction of little substance and even less style.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Ballad of a Small Player review – a wispy, neon-hued gambling drama

by Rafa Sales Ross

Colin Farrell dons a pencil moustache as a down-and-out in Macao frittering away his money in the local casinos.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Souleymane’s Story review – a sobering work of social realism

by Marina Ashioti

Abou Sangaré delivers a magnificent performance as the Guinean man preparing to face the French bureaucratic maze in in Boris Lojkine’s propulsive drama.

4
Anticipation
4
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4
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Roofman review – another ep of the Channing Tatum show

by Katherine McLaughlin

Poppy star charisma drives this ripped-from-the-headlines comedy-drama from the usually morose writer/​director, Derek Cianfrance.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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The Black Phone 2 review – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 on ice

by Anton Bitel

Scott Derrickson and his co-writer C Robert Cargill bring Ethan Hawke’s ​‘The Grabber’ back to life for a classic slasher sequel.

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4
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3
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