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Review

The Wild Robot review – a moving ecological parable

by Kambole Campbell

Chris Sanders crafts an expres­sive, visu­al­ly strik­ing fable about a robot forced to adapt to the envi­ron­ment of an unin­hab­it­ed island.

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Two people, one man and one woman, standing in a dark room lit by spotlights. The man is wearing a suit, and the woman is wearing a green jacket. They are holding a small white animal, possibly a cat or rabbit.
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A Quiet Place: Day One review – cat’s entertainment

by Hannah Strong

A feline steals the show in Michael Sarnowski’s ser­vice­able entry into the sound-focused hor­ror franchise.

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Two characters from a sci-fi film, a bald man in colourful costume and a woman in a grey outfit with an elaborate hairstyle, standing and looking at each other.
Review

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Writer/​director Ryan Coogler expands his colo­nial­ist cri­tique in this epic MCU sequel which also pays mov­ing trib­ute to the late Chad­wick Boseman.

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The 355

by Marina Ashioti

Jes­si­ca Chastain’s pas­sion project is a ques­tion­able espi­onage thriller that flaunts its inter­na­tion­al cast of A‑Listers.

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Review

Little Monsters

by Anton Bitel

Lupi­ta Nyong’o defends a group of school kids from a zom­bie horde in Abe Forsythe’s tame comedy-horror.

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Us

by Kambole Campbell

Jor­dan Peele’s sec­ond fea­ture dis­turbs, pro­vokes and tick­les in its arch dis­man­tling of the mod­ern Amer­i­can family.

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Review

Black Panther

by Hannah Strong

Creed wun­derkind Ryan Coogler takes the reigns to deliv­er Marvel’s best ori­gin sto­ry since Iron Man.

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Review

Queen of Katwe

by David Jenkins

Chess gets the Dis­ney sports movie treat­ment in this like­able tale of strat­e­gy and empow­er­ment from Mira Nair.

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Non-Stop

by Adam Woodward

More mile-high mis­ad­ven­tures as Liam Nee­son rolls out his machis­mo B‑movie thing on a packed pas­sen­ger jet.

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