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Cynthia Erivo in Prima Facie
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Prima Facie review – falters despite best intentions

by Laura Venning

The lauded one-woman play receives a big screen adaptation with Cynthia Erivo at the centre, but fails to command the same gravitas as the source material.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people sitting in tall grass between large moai stone statues on Easter Island, under a blue sky with white clouds.
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Wild Horse Nine review – a double act for the ages

by David Jenkins

A revitalising shot of pure entertainment from writer/​director Martin McDonagh that also operates as a salty critique of modern US foreign policy.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Godzilla emerging from crashing waves behind an aircraft, dark spines visible, grey stormy sky, low-angle cinematic shot.
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Godzilla Minus Zero review – a rock ’em sock ’em slog

by David Jenkins

Takashi Yamazaki’s quick turnaround sequel to 2023’s Godzilla Minus One replays the hits but with massively diminished returns.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Young man in grey tracksuit and black beanie running on a beach with a pug on a lead, sea and pastel sky in the background.
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I Play Rocky – featherweight but fleetingly engaging

by Hannah Strong

Peter Farrelly‘s dramatisation of Sly Stallone‘s journey to the big screen is carried by the strength of its central performance.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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La Bola Negra review – a whirlwind of poetry and passion

by Rafa Sales Ross

The directorial twosome known as Los Javis deliver a head-spinning, era-spanning ode to political liberty inspired by the writings of Federico García Lorca.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man wearing a salmon-pink sweatshirt looks downward, against a teal background.
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Animol review – boyhood behind bars

by Katherine McLaughlin

Ashley Walters’ directorial debut is a bruising portrait of masculinity behind bars, hampered by a frustrating screenplay.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Four people in bold, colourful fluffy outfits standing in front of a vintage car outside a pastel-coloured building.
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I Love Boosters review – a technicolour takedown of capitalism

by Leila Latif

Boots Riley’s riotous anti-capitalist caper is a technicolour fantasia brimming with scathing social commentary.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Young woman with light brown hair in a half-up style, wearing a brown leather jacket, seated outdoors at a table with flowers, other guests blurred behind her.
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Gentle Monster review – provocation without purpose

by Rafa Sales Ross

Léa Seydoux stars as a mother whose life unravels when her husband is arrested on suspicion of child abuse, in this frustratingly evasive drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people seen through a rain-covered window, bathed in blue light. One person wearing glasses is visible on the right side.
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Primetime review – Pattinson's uncanny take on Hansen is a career high

by Hannah Strong

Robert Pattinson cleanses the world of an ancient evil in Lance Oppenheim’s take on the murky story of Chris Hansen and NBC’s To Catch A Predator.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A bloodied woman leans over a white cot as a bearded man in a plaid shirt looks on, in a teal-walled room with a white tiled stove.
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Nightborn review – bad baby, bad movie

by David Jenkins

Hanna Bergholm maternal folk horror avoids logic and credibility at every turn as it tells of a couple’s attempts to nurture a nightmare child.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two performers dancing closely on stage, one in a beast costume with fur prosthetics, the other in period dress, smiling. Onlookers visible in background.
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Wicker review – a swooning comic fairy-tale with a large side of spice

by Katherine McLaughlin

Olivia Colman finds her romantic ideal in Alexander Skarsgård’s literal wicker man in Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s entertaining, saucy fable.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Fatherland review – Sandra Hüller is arguably our greatest working actor

by David Jenkins

Paweł Pawlikowski’s striking miniature on author Thomas Mann’s return to Germany after the war in 1949 hums with emotion and insight.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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