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Young boy in a blue shirt sitting in a blue, glowing boat on a dark, shadowy lake, with a small white creature floating nearby.
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Elio review – a touching treaty on the search for belonging

by Yasmine Kandil

A social­ly awk­ward young boy dis­cov­ers alien life in Pixar’s sweet new inter­galac­tic adventure.

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4
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A person in a red dress gesturing on a dark stage, with other people visible in the background.
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Emilia Pérez review – a musical that barely wants to be a musical

by Juan Barquin

This ghast­ly musi­cal melo­dra­ma from Jacques Audi­ard tells of a Mex­i­can car­tel boss’ gen­der affirm­ing surgery.

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1
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1
In Retrospect
Blue humanoid figure with tribal jewellery, against a mountainous landscape with flying creatures.
Review

Avatar: The Way of Water

by David Jenkins

A gaudy blue fol­ly which encap­su­lates James Cameron’s strength as an image-mak­er, but weak­ness as a storyteller.

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2
In Retrospect
Three animated characters: a man with blue skin, a large hairy creature with a red nose and teeth, and a woman with black hair and a red dress. They are set against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains and a waterfall.
Review

Missing Link

by Adam Woodward

Hugh Jackman’s intre­pid explor­er makes a star­tling dis­cov­ery in Laika’s lat­est stop-motion treasure.

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3
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Two young women wearing casual clothing, one with glasses and bunny ears on her head, standing on a pebbly beach.
Review

I Kill Giants

by Eve Jones

A teenag­er enters a world of mys­tery and mon­sters in this mud­dled fan­ta­sy from direc­tor Anders Walter.

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2
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Racoon and small tree creature in forest setting with fire in background
Review

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

by David Jenkins

This big shiny super­hero sequel deliv­ers on expec­ta­tion, but nev­er threat­ens to do any­thing more than that.

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2
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Man in hat and coat standing by wooden door.
Review

Live by Night

by David Jenkins

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this sprawl­ing, ambi­tious and flawed east coast gang­ster epic.

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3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two heavily armed men in dark outfits stand in a gloomy, industrial-looking setting.
Review

Guardians of the Galaxy

by Adam Woodward

Chris Pratt and co deliv­er big in Marvel’s smartest and most sur­pris­ing film to date.

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3
In Retrospect
A man in a white T-shirt holding a rifle, standing in front of a wooden structure.
Review

Out of the Furnace

by Matt Thrift

A mag­net­ic Chris­t­ian Bale adds much-need­ed grav­i­tas to this oth­er­wise con­ven­tion­al blue-col­lar revenge saga.

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