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Review

Kensuke’s Kingdom review – a heartfelt adaptation

by Joel Oiku

Michael Morpurgo‘s beloved chil­dren’s nov­el gets an ani­mat­ed adap­ta­tion, cour­tesy of Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry.

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A man in a red cap and argyle jumper crouching on a golf course, with a group of people standing behind him.
Review

The Phantom of the Open

by Adam Woodward

Mark Rylance plays an aver­age joe flung into the spot­light in Craig Roberts’ good-natured but bland comedy.

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Review

Eternal Beauty

by Caitlin Quinlan

Sal­ly Hawkins excels as a woman search­ing for sta­bil­i­ty in Craig Roberts’ off-kil­ter sec­ond feature.

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The Shape of Water

by Matt Thrift

Guiller­mo del Toro’s lat­est is a fairy tale for grown-ups with a cinephile twist – it may be his most per­fect con­fec­tion to date.

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Review

Paddington 2

by David Jenkins

The friend­ly lit­tle bear spends some time behind bars in this fan­tas­ti­cal­ly delight­ful fam­i­ly sequel.

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Review

Maudie

by David Jenkins

A fine per­for­mance from Sal­ly Hawkins shores up this por­trait of a trag­ic folk artist.

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Review

Paddington

by Adam Woodward

This one-for-the-ages fam­i­ly movie based on the books by Michael Bond is a full-blown Christ­mas triumph.

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Review

Blue Jasmine

by David Jenkins

A career-best Cate Blanchett daz­zles in Woody Allen’s heart­break­ing missive.

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Review

Submarine

by Tom Seymour

British cin­e­ma isn’t good at being cool, but Sub­ma­rine has bucked that trend; defi­ant­ly so.

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Review

Cassandra’s Dream

by Emma Patterson

Woody Allen’s lat­est is thor­ough­ly enter­tain­ing – but for all the wrong reasons.

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Review

Happy-Go-Lucky

by James Bramble

A light-heart­ed trib­ute to the care­free, from foot­loose direc­tor Mike Leigh.

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