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Review

Seeking Mavis Beacon review – Delightful search for missing icon

by Thomas Boyd

This inquis­i­tive and thought­ful doc takes the mas­sive­ly-pop­u­lar dig­i­tal typ­ing school pro­gramme as its cue for adventure.

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4
In Retrospect
Colourful, surreal interior with assorted dishes, plates, and a mysterious figure in red costume.
Not Movies

How Mouthwashing continues Alien’s condemnation of worker exploitation

by Alex Masse

Tak­ing cues from Rid­ley Scot­t’s jug­ger­naut, Mouth­wash­ing is a fas­ci­nat­ing game about work­er exploita­tion and the vio­lence of the patriarchy.
A man with curly hair and a beard wearing a beige t-shirt and a black jacket with a fur collar, standing in front of another person.
Review

Hounds – This contrived crime story outstays its welcome

by David Jenkins

Two bum­bling hoods in Casablan­ca are charged with dis­pos­ing of a corpse in Kamal Lazraq’s dis­ap­point­ing thriller.

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Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two men, one with curly hair and one with a moustache, in a close, intense conversation.
Review

The Blue Caftan

by Marina Ashioti

In her sec­ond fea­ture, Maryam Touzani fash­ions a com­plex tale about love that apt­ly deals with the com­plex­i­ties of repressed sexuality.

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4
In Retrospect
Four superheroes in colourful costumes standing on a city street.
Review

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

by David Jenkins

It’s a case of mas­sive­ly dimin­ish­ing returns for Zachary Levi’s snap-talk­ing teen super­hero in this sequel which strug­gles to locate a rai­son d’être.

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In Retrospect
Two men in formal wear, one in a dark suit and the other in a white military-style uniform, standing in an indoor setting.
Incoming

Don’t lose your lunch at the first trailer for the puke-flecked Triangle of Sadness

by Charles Bramesco

Male mod­els, a mas­sive cruise lin­er, and a whole lot of vom­it her­ald the com­ing of Ruben Östlund’s latest.
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Review

Nitram

by Hannah Strong

Direc­tor Justin Kurzel renews his obses­sion with mass mur­der in this well-act­ed but prob­lem­at­ic retelling of the Port Arthur massacre.

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In Retrospect
Two men in casual clothes standing in front of a stone wall.
Review

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

by Hannah Strong

Nico­las Cage plays an out-of-work ver­sion of him­self in Tom Gormican’s well-mean­ing but under­whelm­ing meta action-comedy.

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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
Man wearing a fedora hat and sunglasses, smoking a cigar by the ocean.
Incoming

Nicolas Cage plays himself in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent trailer

by Charles Bramesco

Pedro Pas­cal plays an obses­sive fan who draws the mas­ter thes­pi­an into a real-life shootout in the action-comedy.
A man in ornate religious robes stands with arms outstretched in a dimly lit interior.
Not Movies

Midnight Mass is a thrilling tribute to Stephen King’s literary legacy

by Leila Latif

Mike Flanagan’s lat­est Net­flix out­ing, set in a small island com­mu­ni­ty, is his most ambi­tious and per­son­al work to date.