Reviews

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Review

Despicable Me 4 review – a paper-thin fourquel

by David Jenkins

Another chunk of glossy, silly content rolls out for the Steve Carell-fronted behemoth animation franchise.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Orlando, My Political Biography review – a dive into the collective trans consciousness

by Esmé Holden

Spanish philosopher Paul B Preciado makes his feature documentary debut with an innovative homage to Virginia Woolf's seminal 1928 novel.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Nature of Love review – cinematic and exuberant

by Josh Slater-Williams

A university professor's life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a construction worker in Monia Chokri's understated romantic comedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

MaXXXine review – it kinda suxxx

by David Jenkins

Mia Goth’s porn starlet cleans up her CV with a bloody vengeance in this underwhelming and overreaching horror threequel.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

A Quiet Place: Day One review – cat’s entertainment

by Hannah Strong

A feline steals the show in Michael Sarnowski's serviceable entry into the sound-focused horror franchise.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 review – Kevin Costner’s blood, sweat and tears

by Isaac Feldberg

In the first half of his epic passion project, Kevin Costner charts a cost across the vast expanse of the American west.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Bye Bye Tiberias review – gets under your skin and stays there

by Rógan Graham

Lina Soualem’s poignant new documentary traces the stories of four generations of Palestinian women in her family.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Kinds of Kindness review – a salacious, sun-bleached fable

by David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos returns with his merry band to explore – in triptych form – all the funny and sick ways in which we entrap ourselves inside psychological prisons of our own making.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Green Border review – brilliant and tense

by Charles Bramesco

A stirring depiction of the refugee situation in Europe, as Syrians fleeing war face harrowing interrogation at the Polish-Belarusian border.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Something in the Water review – not likely to make a splash

by Billie Walker

A bridal party find themselves sharing the ocean with an aquatic killer in Hayley Easton Street's shark thriller.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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