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Review

The Idea of You review – a sultry unexpectedly entertaining romance

by Hannah Strong

Anne Hath­away plays a 40-year-old sin­gle moth­er who embarks on a tor­rid love affair with a 24-year-old pop star in Michael Showal­ter’s schmaltzy but not with­out charm rom-com.

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Two women in red and black outfits conversing, with a man in the background.
Review

Eileen review – an impressively crafted noir

by Katherine McLaughlin

A shy young prison guard devel­ops an infat­u­a­tion with her work­place’s new psy­chi­a­trist in William Oldroy­d’s twisty new thriller.

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Review

Armageddon Time

by Hannah Strong

James Gray inter­ro­gates his fraught child­hood in Regan-era New York City in this mas­ter­ful, unflinch­ing drama.

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Review

Locked Down

by Erik Nielsen

An afflu­ent cou­ple plot an auda­cious dia­mond heist in the Covid movie absolute­ly no one needed.

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Review

The Witches

by Leila Latif

Roald Dahl’s time­less children’s sto­ry is reimag­ined as a sac­cha­rine caper – but at least the cast are hav­ing fun.

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Review

Dark Waters

by Hannah Strong

Mark Ruf­fa­lo takes on a giant chem­i­cal com­pa­ny in Todd Haynes’ grip­ping pro­ce­dur­al drama.

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Review

The Hustle

by Charles Bramesco

Anne Hath­away and Rebel Wil­son play a pair of con artists in this gen­der-flipped remake of Dirty Rot­ten Scoundrels.

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Two people, a man with dark curly hair and a woman with long blonde hair, standing on a night-time street.
Review

Serenity

by Adam Woodward

LWLies inter­cepts a telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion between Matthew McConaugh­ey and his agent.

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Two people, a man with a beard and a woman with long hair, standing together in a dimly lit setting.
Festivals

Colossal – first look review

by Ross McDonnell

A drunk Anne Hath­away wreaks hav­oc in South Korea in this bril­liant, utter­ly bizarre mon­ster movie.

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Review

Interstellar

by David Ehrlich

Christo­pher Nolan’s sci-fi epic is his most ambi­tious film yet, if not nec­es­sar­i­ly his best.

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A man wearing a dark mask and a fur-lined coat stands in a snowy, urban environment at night.
Review

The Dark Knight Rises

by Adam Woodward

Christo­pher Nolan’s baroque opus is a wor­thy tril­o­gy clos­er, both seri­ous­ly epic and epi­cal­ly serious.

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A couple standing together in a forested area, the woman holding a large stuffed animal and the man holding a pink gift box.
Review

Valentine’s Day

by Nell Frizzell

Despite mar­ket­ing itself as a Hol­ly­wood rom-com, this is in many ways a Bol­ly­wood com­e­dy, set in LA.

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