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Typist Artist Pirate King review – cleverly picks apart biopic clichés

by David Jenkins

Car­ol Mor­ley con­structs a cre­ative trib­ute to the artist Audrey Amiss, who cre­at­ed thou­sands of art­works but remained most­ly unknown until her death in 2013.

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I Came By

by David Jenkins

George MacK­ay plays a graf­fi­ti artist who uncov­ers a dark secret in Babak Anvar­i’s effec­tive – but dis­tract­ing­ly ugly – new thriller.

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Two people embracing, a woman in a red dress and a man in a black suit, in a dimly lit room.
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Operation Mincemeat

by David Jenkins

Col­in Firth and Matthew Mac­fadyen team up to foil a Nazi plot in this like­able World War Two caper.

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Puzzle

by Hannah Strong

Kel­ly Mac­don­ald shines in this char­ac­ter study of a woman with a knack for problem-solving.

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Goodbye Christopher Robin

by Trevor Johnston

The cre­ation of Win­nie the Pooh is the fas­ci­nat­ing sub­ject of this unfo­cused screen biography.

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Special Correspondents

by David Jenkins

A ridicu­lous com­e­dy film that may well rank as the lamest thing Ricky Ger­vais has put his name to.

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