Talent Michael Fassbender

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Review

Kneecap review – energised Irish pride

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A couple of Belfast likely lads set out on a journey of rap-based resistance in Rich Peppiatt's cheeky pseudo-bio of the band Kneecap.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Next Goal Wins review – chillingly eager to please

by Mark Asch

Taika Waititi's feel-good comedy about the plight of a hapless Samoan football team strives for nothing more than maintaining the status quo.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Killer review – throwback to the golden age of pulp fiction

by Hannah Strong

Michael Fassbender plays a contract killer suffering some professional setbacks in David Fincher's lean, mean new thriller.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Snowman

by Manuela Lazic

Michael Fassbender heads up this dodgy Nordic noir based on a novel by bestselling thriller writer Jo Nesbø.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Song to Song

by David Jenkins

Terrence Malick’s dazzling romance is a film that will be talked about for decades to come.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Alien: Covenant

by Adam Woodward

Ridley Scott delivers a baroque monster movie that’s better than Prometheus.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Trespass Against Us

by Phil Concannon

Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson are terrific in this sturdy traveller drama from first-time director Adam Smith.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Assassin’s Creed

by Elena Lazic

Michael Fassbender attempts to rescue the humble video game movie in this fantasy epic. The results are baffling.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Light Between Oceans

by David Jenkins

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander get hit by a deluge of Emotion in Derek Cianfrance’s period melodrama.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

X-Men: Apocalypse

by Adam Woodward

The third instalment in the rebooted comic book franchise is a colossal failure on every conceivable level.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

Steve Jobs

by Ashley Clark

This triple-pronged character study of the Apple godhead is bogged down in reams of self-satisfied Sorkinese.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Macbeth

by Anton Bitel

A vital reimagining of ʻThe Scottish Play’ with stellar turns from Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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