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Review

BlackBerry review – Glenn Howerton is on top form

by Hannah Strong

Cana­di­an indie film­mak­er Matt John­son crafts an off­beat dra­ma about the cre­ation of a since-slain mobile phone giant.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two individuals in formal attire, a man and a woman, gazing intently at each other with intense expressions.
Review

Fair Play review – disappointingly generic corporate drama

by Hannah Strong

Alden Ehren­re­ich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young cou­ple claw­ing their way up the cor­po­rate lad­der in Chloe Domon­t’s dour thriller.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man in a black suit stands on a ladder in a dimly lit room with red walls.
Review

Reptile review – less “whodunit”, more “who cares?”

by Charles Bramesco

Music video main­stay Grant Singer makes the leap to fea­tures with this real estate-based detec­tive thriller, but the results are dis­ap­point­ing­ly underwhelming.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Eerie, sinister-looking puppet with red bowtie and tag, in a dark, moody setting.
Review

Saw X review – America’s most blood-thirsty civil engineer is back

by Hannah Strong

Tobin Bell returns as the twist­ed killer Jig­saw in this back-to-basics sequel, which sees him exact revenge on a group of med­ical scam­mers prey­ing on the ter­mi­nal­ly ill.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Creator review – welcome, benevolent A.I. overlords!

by Leila Latif

Gareth Edwards serves up a visu­al­ly ambi­tious sto­ry of war between humans and A.I. beings in this heart­felt sci-fi spectacle.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
An elderly man wearing a grey suit stands between two younger men in white coats, with other people visible in the background of a hospital setting.
Review

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review – Dahl lovingly brought to life as only Anderson knows how

by Hannah Strong

Wes Ander­son adapts a Roald Dahl short sto­ry with his sig­na­ture atten­tion to detail and visu­al panache.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing face-to-face in an outdoor setting with a geometric steel structure in the background.
Review

Brother review – touches on a spectrum of pertinent issues

by Isabelle Gray

Clement Vir­go adapts David Chariandy’s 2017 epony­mous nov­el about the com­plex bond between two Jamaican-Cana­di­an brothers.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Old Oak review – trades largely on didacticism and sentimentality

by Mark Asch

In what could be his final film, Ken Loach fix­es his gaze on a pub land­lord in a town reck­on­ing with a new pop­u­la­tion of Syr­i­an refugees.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Expend4bles review – the living end

by David Jenkins

Sur­re­al­ly awful action spec­ta­cle which rep­re­sents noth­ing more than the quick­est route to a pay­day for every­one involved in its sor­ry creation.

1
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

R.M.N review – effortless brilliance

by David Jenkins

Roman­ian direc­tor Cris­t­ian Mungiu returns with a superb social real­ist west­ern with its fin­ger on the errat­ic pulse of Europe.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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