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The Alto Knights review – if it ain’t broke…

by Leila Latif

Robert De Niro does dou­ble duty as Frank Costel­lo and Vito Gen­ovese in Bar­ry Levin­son’s sur­pris­ing­ly enjoy­able gang­ster thriller.

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Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s prestige epic

by David Jenkins

Mar­tin Scorsese’s wist­ful remem­brance of tragedies that befell the Osage nation is a film of high seri­ous­ness and low spectacle.

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The Irishman

by Adam Woodward

A de-aged Robert De Niro takes cen­tre stage in Mar­tin Scorsese’s mus­cu­lar, melan­choly mob drama.

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Joker

by David Jenkins

Todd Phillips’ supervil­lain ori­gin sto­ry strains so hard for seri­ous­ness and rel­e­vance that it cracks into a mil­lion pieces.

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Review

Goodfellas (1990)

by David Jenkins

In tan­dem with a full Scors­ese ret­ro­spec­tive, this beloved meat­ball opera is served up once more.

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Dirty Grandpa

by Matt Thrift

Robert De Niro hits an all-time low along­side Zac Efron in this insuf­fer­able road trip comedy.

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Joy

by Adam Cook

An effer­ves­cent Jen­nifer Lawrence ele­vates the sly comedic tone of David O Russell’s eccen­tric film.

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The Deer Hunter (1978)

by David Jenkins

Mao! Mao! Mao! Michael Cimi­no invites hor­rif­ic ​’Nam flash­backs in his gru­elling ​’78 opus.

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The Godfather: Part II (1974)

by David Jenkins

Fran­cis Ford Coppola’s mag­num opus gets a big screen out­ing, see it if only to be able to under­stand The Simp­sons better.

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