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Review

The Boys in the Boat review – gentle, forgettable sports drama

by Hannah Strong

Cal­lum Turn­er puts in a fine per­for­mance as Olympic row­er Joe Rantz in George Clooney’s lat­est cosy slice of Amer­i­can history.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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The Beekeeper review – not enough bees

by Hannah Strong

David Ayer’s lat­est action thriller is an under­whelm­ing sto­ry about a retired secret agent who swears revenge against a tech bro scam company.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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The Disappearance of Shere Hite – a profile doc with hidden depths

by David Jenkins

The life of the idio­syn­crat­ic US sex­ol­o­gist is par­layed into a sto­ry of rank misog­y­ny and vio­lent moral conservatism.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Poor Things review – Lanthimos at his most playful and comedic

by Savina Petkova

Emma Stone gives a career-defin­ing per­for­mance in Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos’ opu­lent provo­ca­tion about the human body as a nexus for plea­sure and pain.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Scala!!! review – an exhaustive and lively document of a cult scene

by David Jenkins

An affec­tion­ate new doc­u­men­tary cel­e­brates one of Lon­don’s most beloved cin­e­ma insti­tu­tions and the patrons who made it mythological.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

One Life review – protect Anthony Hopkins at all costs

by Adam Woodward

Antho­ny Hop­kins is sen­sa­tion­al in James Hawes’ oth­er­wise fair­ly con­ven­tion­al biopic of Nicholas Win­ton, who was respon­si­ble for res­cu­ing hun­dreds of Jew­ish chil­dren from Nazi-occu­pied Czechoslovakia.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Ferrari review – Driver is fantastic, Cruz is even better

by David Jenkins

Adam Dri­ver por­trays the sin­gle-mind­ed Enzo Fer­rari in his mid­dle-age fol­low­ing the death of his son Dino in Michael Man­n’s uncon­ven­tion­al take on the bio­graph­i­cal drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Priscilla review – subtle and sensational

by Hannah Strong

A star is born in Sofia Cop­po­la’s bio­graph­i­cal dra­ma based on the rela­tion­ship between Priscil­la and Elvis Pres­ley, with Cailee Spae­ny deliv­er­ing a remark­able performance.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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The Boy and the Heron review – poetry, philosophy, pure emotion

by Mark Asch

Less a swan­song and more a heron­song from the Japan­ese mae­stro Hayao Miyaza­ki, a mys­ti­cal and ambi­tious mes­sage of hope for the future.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Raging Grace review – combines righteous anger with well-executed chills

by David Jenkins

An undoc­u­ment­ed Fil­ip­ina immi­grant secures a care job to pro­vide a bet­ter life for her young daugh­ter, but it turns out to be some­thing more sin­is­ter in Paris Zarcil­la’s horror.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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