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Review - If Beale Street Could Talk
13 Mar 2019The Academy Award-winning If Beale Street Could Talk is based on the novel by distinguished writer James Baldwin. Directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight).
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Review - Everybody Knows
6 Mar 2019Everybody Knows is a Spanish kidnap drama, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and directed by Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi (A Separation).
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Review - Vox Lux
27 Feb 2019Vox Lux stars Natalie Portman as a young woman who uses a high school shooting to build a career as a pop star with music by Sia and the legendary Scott Walker.
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Review - Stan & Ollie
27 Feb 2019Stan & Ollie is a British film that remembers the final tour of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Written by Jeff Pope (Philomena) and starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly.
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Review - Colette
20 Feb 2019Colette stars Keira Knightley as the woman who became one of the best-known writers in French literature.
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Review - On the Basis of Sex
20 Feb 2019On the Basis of Sex tells of the early years of gender-equality campaigner - and later Supreme Court Judge - Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Stars Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer.
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Review - Capernaum
5 Feb 2019A 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his deadbeat parents for bringing him into a world where they couldn't care for him, reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Year in review: At The Movies for 19 December 2018
19 Dec 2018On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back on a year of gigantic blockbusters, successful musicals and films that tackled 2018's big issues - race, gender and fake news.
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'Roma': Cuaron's masterpiece
12 Dec 2018Review - A wonderful B&W portrayal of '70s Mexican family life directed by one of the best in the world - Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity, Children of Men) - Roma is a hot favourite to do well at the upcoming…
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‘Mortal Engines’: Too much steampunk, not enough character
12 Dec 2018Review - A gigantic blockbuster with franchise ambitions, Mortal Engines has enough detailed gadgets to fill a dozen films, but skimped on big-name actors to carry it, Simon Morris writes.
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'I think his life, even in defeat, is wonderfully inspiring'
5 Dec 2018Rupert Everett talks about writing, directing and starring in The Happy Prince, the story of the last months of the life of Oscar Wilde.
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'Sorry to Bother You': A little too self-consciously arty
5 Dec 2018Review - Sorry to Bother You is a surreal satire about capitalism that seems to rejoice in its "cult" status, and while it's done well with the critics it forgot to invite the audience in, writes…
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'Widows': Brilliant, unpredictable, endlessly compelling
28 Nov 2018Review - This is the first movie in years you can talk about in the same breath as Chinatown, Heat or The Godfather, with unlikely director Steve McQueen proving the mark of a great director is…
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'Old Man & the Gun': Redford brings heart to his swan-song
21 Nov 2018The old man and the gun is Robert Redford's swan-song, playing a real life elderly bank robber. Co-stars Sissy Spacek and Casey Affleck.
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Grindelwald: Too many fantastic beasts, not enough character
21 Nov 2018The Crimes of Grindelwald continues to follow Newt Scamander in J K Rowling's Wizarding World series. Stars Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp and Jude Law as a young Professor Dumbledore.
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Movie review - Journey's End
14 Nov 2018Journey's End is a new version of R C Sheriff's classic play about World War I, following a small group of men on the eve of the 1918 Spring Offensive. Stars Sam Claflin (Their Finest, My Cousin…
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The Girl in the Spider's Web: A bleak, boring tangle
14 Nov 2018Review - When Stieg Larssen died, the new author of the "Millenium" novels decided Lisbeth was by far the most interesting character - which is true - and the story would benefit from concentrating on…
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'Vermilion' review: Not enough plot, no conflict, inoffensive characters
14 Nov 2018Vermilion stars Jennifer Ward-Lealand as a composer whose life undergoes a dramatic change, affecting her and her friends and family. Directed by Dorthe Scheffmann.
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Review - Bohemian Rhapsody
7 Nov 2018Bohemian Rhapsody - co-written by New Zealand's Anthony McCarten - tells the story of Freddy Mercury and Queen. Starring Rami Malek as Freddy.
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Movie review: American Animals
31 Oct 2018American Animals cuts between real life and dramatization, telling the true story of a heist that went wrong. Directed by Bart Layton (The Imposter).
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Movie review: Mandy
31 Oct 2018Mandy is a revival of the old "video nasties" of the Eighties. It stars Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough (Death of Stalin).
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Movie review: Hunter Killer
31 Oct 2018Hunter Killer is an old-fashioned submarine thriller featuring a very unlikely take on modern US-Russian relations. Starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman.
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Review: She Shears is heartwarming if not mind-blowing
24 Oct 2018Whoever picked the five stars of the Kiwi documentary She Shears deserves some kind of award, says Simon Morris. The film is an appealing look at some highly competitive female shearers.
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Review: Saoirse Ronan soars in The Seagull
24 Oct 2018The Seagull is a new adaptation of the Anton Chekhov play that emphasizes the theme of celebrity culture. If you want to see versatility and talent – and one of the finest actors around – check it…
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