Reviews

In A Violent Nature review – great premise, poor execution

By Hannah Strong

Chris Nash's innovative spin on a horror staple boasts an excellent set-up, but falls flat in its final act.

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Hundreds of Beavers review – the best live-action Looney Tunes movie ever

By Callie Petch

A ruined applejack maker attempts to become a successful fur trapper in Mike Cheslik’s hysterical and inventive love letter to slapstick cinema.

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review – generic cop flick falls flat

By David Jenkins

Eddie Murphy hits the nostalgia circuit with this depressing, algorithmic homage to the sparkling 1984 original.

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Problemista review – a fiercely confident and surreal New York fairytale

By Lex Briscuso

Julio Torres writes, directs and stars in his debut feature, playing an idealistic toymaker who ends up in the employ of Tilda Swinton's eccentric art critic while trying to navigate the US immigration system.

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Kill review – a bumpy ride along parallel tracks of heroism and villainy

By Anton Bitel

A young man sets out to save his true love and ends up caught in a bloody battle aboard a train in Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's riotous actioner.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Bikeriders review – a slow but enveloping saga

By Rógan Graham

Jeff Nichols' drama based on Danny Lyon’s photobook about a 1960s Chicago motorcycle gang finally cruises into cinemas.

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Inside Out 2 review – earnest but unambitious

By Hannah Strong

New emotions arise in Kelsey Mann's charming sequel to Pixar's 2015 hit about the internal machinations of an American tweenager.

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Sorcery – A witch trial movie with a magical-realist twist

By Anton Bitel

Christopher Murray directs and stars in this intriguing and original drama about an 1880s Chilean trial for witchcraft.

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