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Review

Oppenheimer review – Cillian Murphy’s finest hour

by David Jenkins

This com­bustible and relent­less­ly-paced biog­ra­phy of the ​“father of the the atom­ic bomb” is a con­tender for Christo­pher Nolan’s best film.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Air

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck returns to the direc­tor’s chair, fic­tion­al­is­ing the fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry of how an icon­ic shoe was born.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A knight in chainmail armour, looking stoically off into the distance.
Review

The Last Duel

by Rafa Sales Ross

Matt Damon, Adam Dri­ver and Jodie Com­er star in Rid­ley Scott’s blunt-edged tale of mas­culin­i­ty and betray­al in the 14th century.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two figures, a man and a young boy, standing on stone steps in an urban setting.
Review

Stillwater

by Hannah Strong

Matt Damon fights for his daughter’s free­dom in Tom McCarthy’s turgid dra­ma based on the mur­der of Mered­ith Kercher.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A group of men standing around a red sports car, one holding a trophy aloft. The men are smiling and appear to be celebrating a victory or achievement.
Review

Le Mans ’66

by David Jenkins

The might of Ford takes on the mag­ic of Fer­rari in this full-throt­tle motor­ing dra­ma from James Mangold.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Downsizing

by Trevor Johnston

Matt Damon gets minia­ture in writer/​director Alexan­der Payne’s daffy sci-fi parable.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Suburbicon

by Ed Gibbs

George Clooney adds a dark direc­to­r­i­al flour­ish to the Coen broth­ers’ tale of mur­der and moral pan­ic in small­town USA.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in police uniform riding motorcycle at night, lights illuminating street.
Review

Jason Bourne

by Manuela Lazic

Matt Damon’s black ops action man returns in a sequel primed for our social media-obsessed times. Uh-oh…

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
An astronaut in an orange spacesuit sitting on a desert landscape.
Review

The Martian

by David Jenkins

Matt Damon cracks wise on Mars in Rid­ley Scott’s rose-tint­ed paean to human endeavour.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Monuments Men

by Adam Woodward

George Clooney socks it to the Nazis in this ram­bling adven­ture yarn with an all-star cast.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two heavily armed and armoured soldiers in combat gear engaging in close-quarters fighting.
Review

Elysium

by Adam Woodward

Matt Damon suits up for Neill Blomkamp’s high-tech celes­tial epic. But we’re left want­i­ng more.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman in a green jacket and a man in a black coat, walking together in a park with trees and fencing in the background.
Review

We Bought a Zoo

by Dan Stewart

The type of old-fash­ioned fam­i­ly enter­tain­ment that Gen­er­a­tion Xers would’ve tossed their stale bong water at.

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3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect