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28 Years Later review – Danny Boyle is finally back

by David Jenkins

Dan­ny Boyle kick­starts a new zom­bie tril­o­gy with this gen­uine­ly anar­chic explo­ration of iso­la­tion­ism with superb turns from Jodie Com­er and Aaron Tay­lor Johnson.

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Sinners review – links the past and present with music and blood

by Kambole Campbell

Final­ly free from the Mar­vel machine, Ryan Coogler deliv­ers the goods and then some with his music-pow­ered, genre-splic­ing latest.

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Back to Black review – a pointlessly cruel hash of Amy’s life

by Rógan Graham

This mis­er­able biopic claims to cel­e­brate the life and music of Amy Wine­house, but instead serves as a ghoul­ish encap­su­la­tion of every­thing wrong with the music indus­try and fame machine.

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by Patrick Sproull

A lone­ly new­ly­wed embarks on a clan­des­tine affair with her game­keep­er in Lau­re de Clermont-Tonnerre’s adap­ta­tion of the clas­sic DH Lawrence novel.

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Little Fish

by Keli Williams

An amne­sia-caus­ing virus threat­ens a young cou­ple, played by Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell.

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Seberg

by David Jenkins

Kris­ten Stew­art is woe­ful­ly mis­cast in Bene­dict Andrews’ biopic of the late screen icon Jean Seberg.

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Money Monster

by David Jenkins

Jodie Fos­ter swings for the Wall Street fat cats and miss­es by miles in this thin thriller which pre­miered in Cannes.

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Unbroken

by David Ehrlich

Angeli­na Jolie takes to the director’s chair and is over­whelmed by her deity-like sub­ject in this glossy, unex­cep­tion­al awards-baiter.

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’71

by Adam Woodward

Jack O’Connell con­tin­ues to impress in Yann Demange’s com­pelling take on The Troubles.

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Starred Up

by Adam Woodward

This bruis­ing and bru­tal jail­house carve-up rides on the back of an aston­ish­ing cen­tral turn by Jack O’Connell.

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