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At The Movies - The Innocents

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25 May 2022

The Innocents is a critically acclaimed Norwegian horror film about a small group of children who gain strange powers. Written and directed by Eskil Vogt (The worst person in the world).
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Review: The Northman

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25 May 2022

The Northman is a chilly, violent retelling of a traditional Icelandic story that was later the inspiration for Shakespeare's Hamlet. Starring Alexander Skarsgård (Godzilla vs Kong) and Anya…
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At The Movies - To Olivia

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25 May 2022

Beloved children's author Roald Dahl (Hugh Bonneville) and his actress wife Patricia Neal (Keeley Hawes) are struck by family tragedy in To Olivia.
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Review: Operation Mincemeat

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18 May 2022

Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary true story of a fake spy dropped off to fool the Nazis about the Allied battle plans. Stars Colin Firth, Matthew McFadyen and Kelly McDonald.
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Review: The Velvet Queen

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11 May 2022

The Velvet Queen sees French author-adventurer Sylvain Tesson travel with wildlife photographer Vincent Munier to the Tibetan wilderness in search of a rare big cat. In competition at Cannes 2021.
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Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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11 May 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness features Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel Comics' resident sorcerer trying to make sense of several alternate universes. Featuring Benedict Wong (The Martian…
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Review: A Hero

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4 May 2022

A Hero is the latest from Iranian master Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman). A winner at the Cannes Film Festival last year, it tells of a bankrupt man who gains a popular reputation when he…
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Review: Everybody Hates Johan

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27 Apr 2022

Everybody Hates Johan covers almost as long a period, as title character Johan's hobby - and later profession - of blowing things up, gets in the way of his relationship with the patient girl next…
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Review: Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)

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27 Apr 2022

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) is a documentary looking at the longest-reigning monarch in British history, Elizabeth II. It's told in chapters covering everything from her love of horses, her mixed…
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Review: The Last Bus

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20 Apr 2022

In The last Bus, Timothy Spall uses his bus pass o get from John O’Groats to Land’s End. Trouble is it’s a Scottish one.
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At The Movies - The Lost City

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13 Apr 2022

Movie stars Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum attempt to bring back the romantic comedy by disguising it as an action spoof in The Lost City. Simon Morris likes both actors and Romancing the Stone - …
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At The Movies - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

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13 Apr 2022

Despite its expensive-looking costumes and flash digital effects. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a bit of a mess, says Simon Morris.
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At The Movies - X

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13 Apr 2022

In the horror movie X – which was mostly shot around Whanganui – an adult movie shoot goes bad. X stars Martin Henderson and Mia Goth and is directed by Ti West.
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Review: Benedetta

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6 Apr 2022

Benedetta sees the return of Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct) in the story of a real life nun in Renaissance Tuscany who's accused of scandalous behaviour at the height of a plague.
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At the Movies - Night Raiders

At the Movies
30 Mar 2022

A totalitarian government kidnaps indigenous children and brainwashes them in the NZ-Canadian sci-fi Night Raiders.
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At the Movies - Nowhere Special

At the Movies
30 Mar 2022

One of the most moving films in last year's International Film Festival was the British-Italian co-production Nowhere Special. It stars James Norton as an ailing window-cleaner trying to bring up a…
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Review - Drive My Car

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30 Mar 2022

The multi-award winning Drive My Car is about a man throwing himself into work after the sudden death of his wife. He rebuilds his life with the unexpected help of his new driver.
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At the Movies: Dog

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23 Mar 2022

Dog is the debut directing gig for movie star Channing Tatum. He also takes the lead as a burnt-out ex-army man babysitting a neurotic dog.
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Review - The Duke

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23 Mar 2022

The Duke is the true story of a man who stole a famous painting of the Duke of Wellington, planning to give the proceeds to charity. Starring Jim Broadbent and Dame Helen Mirren, and directed by the…
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Review - Bergman Island

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16 Mar 2022

Bergman Island, sees two married film-makers (Tim Roth and Vicky Krieps) go to stay at the former home of the late Swedish legend Ingmar Bergman. Will they be inspired, or will it destroy their…
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Review - The Batman

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9 Mar 2022

Robert Pattinson takes on the mask and cowl in The Batman. After years of nocturnal misery in Bat Land, Simon Morris is nostalgic for the campy '60s TV series.
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Review - Carbon

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9 Mar 2022

Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography is a documentary about "the least understood element on Earth". Featuring a parade of big-name scientists, and Sarah Snook (Succession) as the voice of Carbon.
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Review - Skies of Lebanon

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9 Mar 2022

Skies of Lebanon is the romantic story of a young Swiss woman who went to Beirut to work and fell in love - with a professor and the land of Lebanon.
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Review: Hive

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2 Mar 2022

Hive tells the true story of a group of war widows in a village in Kosovo attempting to go into business, despite the objections of the local men.
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