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Review

One Life review – protect Anthony Hopkins at all costs

by Adam Woodward

Antho­ny Hop­kins is sen­sa­tion­al in James Hawes’ oth­er­wise fair­ly con­ven­tion­al biopic of Nicholas Win­ton, who was respon­si­ble for res­cu­ing hun­dreds of Jew­ish chil­dren from Nazi-occu­pied Czechoslovakia.

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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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5
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Review

The Father

by Hannah Strong

Antho­ny Hop­kins is at the peak of his act­ing pow­ers in this mov­ing dra­ma about the banal­i­ty of ageing.

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Review

The Two Popes

by Charles Bramesco

Antho­ny Hop­kins and Jonathan Pryce give an act­ing mas­ter­class in Fer­nan­do Meirelles’ Papal tête‑à-tête.

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Two figures in an action-packed sci-fi scene, with explosions, smoke, and dramatic lighting.
Review

Transformers: The Last Knight

by Adam Woodward

Michael Bay once again puts the ​‘bro’ in Has­bro with this stag­ger­ing­ly inco­her­ent Arthuri­an epic.

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Review

Noah

by Paul Fairclough

Rus­sell Crowe’s surly sur­vival­ist fails to keep this Bib­li­cal block­buster from Dar­ren Aronof­sky afloat.

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Review

Hitchcock

by Glenn Heath Jr

The Mas­ter of Sus­pense gets his very own glib and psy­cho­log­i­cal­ly-stilt­ed Wiki-biopic.

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Review

360

by Paul Fairclough

Fer­nan­do Meirelles glo­be­trot­ting ensem­ble dra­ma is a con­trived, bub­ble-wrapped por­trait of the glob­al village.

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Review

Thor

by James Smith

Just sit back and try to enjoy this sto­ry of an arro­gant God and his ham­mer, and you prob­a­bly won’t be disappointed.

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Review

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

by James King

Like many of Allen’s recent out­ings, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger feels sur­pris­ing­ly slapdash.

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