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Review

Doctor Jekyll review – gives Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing a run for their money

by Lillian Crawford

Ham­mer Hor­ror returns with a gen­der­flipped take on Robert Louis Steven­son’s icon­ic nov­el, star­ring Eddie Izzard as a lead­ing fig­ure of the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try with a dark secret.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed review – gossipy, entertaining look at a mythological man

by Patrick Sproull

Stephen Kijak speaks to Rock Hud­son’s friends and lovers to build a lov­ing – but per­haps a lit­tle one-note – por­trait of a Hol­ly­wood star.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Foe review – bewitching and terrifyingly plausible

by Leila Latif

Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre star in Garth Davies’ unnerv­ing sci-fi dra­ma, based on Iain Rei­d’s nov­el about a cou­ple’s dis­turbed exis­tence in an Amer­i­ca rav­aged by cli­mate change.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Trolls Band Together – NSYNC fandom rise up!

by David Jenkins

The very-belat­ed ref­or­ma­tion of US boy­band NSYNC is the cen­tral hook for this day-glo sec­ond sequel to the sur­pris­ing­ly beloved Trolls franchise.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s prestige epic

by David Jenkins

Mar­tin Scorsese’s wist­ful remem­brance of tragedies that befell the Osage nation is a film of high seri­ous­ness and low spectacle.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour review – the story of a lifetime

by Lillian Crawford

The pop princess’s record-break­ing sta­di­um tour comes to the big screen with thrilling results for fans.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review – one to reflect on in the bath

by Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Anna Hint’s inti­mate, drowsy doc­u­men­tary observes a group of women cleans­ing their bod­ies and shar­ing secrets in a tra­di­tion­al smoke sauna.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

20 Days in Mariupol review – brave piece of frontline journalism

by Marina Ashioti

Ukrain­ian Asso­ci­at­ed Press jour­nal­ist Mstyslav Cher­nov chron­i­cles the the inva­sion of the port city of Mariupol.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Golda – a smokey, talky historical biopic

by David Jenkins

Helen Mir­ren dons heavy pros­thet­ics as one-time Israeli prime min­is­ter Gol­da Mair in this drab geopo­lit­i­cal retelling of the 1973 Yom Kip­pur War.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Exorcist: Believer – a trashy, overstuffed requel

by Anton Bitel

David Gor­don Green returns in his role of clas­sic hor­ror reboot guy to exhume and retool William Friedkin’s The Exor­cist for new audi­ences. The results are not pret­ty at all.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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