the limehouse golem review - an upturned victorian...
Lurid (shocking; sensational) beheadings aside,this unlikely feminist Jack the Ripper-esque thriller...
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salt and fire review - werner herzog eco thriller...
There’s no nuance (a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression) to be found in Herzog’s film...
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deepwater horizon review - mark wahlberg v bp in...
The actor is a believable everyman engineer in a harrowing,courageous account of the 2010 oil rig...
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american pastoral review: ewan mcgregor no match...
The actor’s ambitious choice for his debut behind the camera isn’t an all-out dud,but it does...
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i called him morgan review - jazz stars story...
Kasper Collin’s spellbinding documentary reveals the tender and tragic tale of tough bop trumpeter...
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nocturama review - attention grabbing hipster...
Premiering at Tiff,Bertrand Bonello’s film about a group of hot young insurgents in the French...
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the eagle huntress review - kazakh falconry was...
A rite-of-passage film approximately a girl’s dreams of being the first female to enter the Golden...
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sing review - pitch perfect porcupines have the x...
Scarlett Johansson and a star cast of lively animals belt out wall-to-wall pop hits in a formulaic...
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queen of katwe review: ugandan chess movie could...
David Oyelowo and Lupita Ngong’o deliver nuanced performances in a film which threatens to back...
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burn your maps review: if the kid from room wants...
Jacob Tremblay and Vera Farmiga (as his understanding mother) are irresistible in this strange...
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the headhunters calling review - gerard butler...
Butler plays a workaholic whose son’s cancer forces him to become a better man in this treacly...
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the bleeder review liev schreiber is a knockout...
This meandering drama approximately Chuck Wepner,the journeyman boxer who went 15 rounds against...
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carrie pilby review: bel powley impresses again as...
The Diary of a Teenage Girl excels again as a precocious loner in this ambitious,upbeat and...
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i am the pretty thing that lives in the house...
Osgood Perkins layers on the dread in his haunted house thriller. But as it becomes clear that...
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tramps review - another tired tale of working...
Adam Leon’s film about two forlorn teenagers falling in love disappoints with its lack of plot and...
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lion review: dev patel and nicole kidman hunt...
The true record of a man using Google soil to track down his childhood domestic is often slight but...
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trespass against us review: even fassbender and...
Adam Smith’s debut film could be an evocative slice of life about Irish travellers in the west...
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strange weather review - holly hunter takes...
Katherine Diekmanns emotionally gripping drama sees Hunter play a no-nonsense mother looking for...
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it s impossible to be vulnerable : how moonlight...
Barry Jenkins’ highly acclaimed new film follows one boy as he grows into manhood,hiding his...
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a united kingdom review: rosamund pike and david...
A outlandish,shameful chapter of history is dusted off by Amma Asante to make this earnestly...
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the journey is the destination review - soft...
Ben Schnetzer is charismatic and impassioned as genuine-life photojournalist Dan Eldon in this...
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souvenir review - isabelle huppert swaps...
This sugary comedy drama sees the actor in unusually light territory and while it’s ultimately...
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king of the dancehall review - whoopi goldberg on...
There’s plenty of flexing,flouncing and thrusting in Nick Cannon’s lighthearted tale of a...
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barakah meets barakah review - sizzle and sadness...
Two young people struggle to meet face-to-face in this Arab film showing at Toronto film festival...
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snowden review: oliver stone turns true thrills...
The director’s dramatic retelling of the NSA whistleblower’s rise to infamy ((n.) notoriety,...
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a monster calls review: liam neesons tree offers...
This family weepie approximately a boy who imagines a monster to manage with the impending loss of...
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my entire high school sinking into the sea review...
This visually unique comedy of teens trying to outlive a Poseidon Adventure-style castastrophe is...
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toronto film festival taps into snowden and keeps...
Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden biopic leads the charge for topical movies premiering at this...
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catfight review - gory comedy hits us with...
Anne Heche and Sandra Oh are venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) enemies who meet...
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their finest review gemma arterton and bill...
An Education director Lone Scherfig goes period again with this account of British women on the home...
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colossal review - anne hathaways madcap monster...
A compellingly odd premise approximately a woman who develops a psychic connection with a monster...
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lbj review: woody harrelson compelling if...
Harrelson might not peep like Lyndon B Johnson – even with the benefit of heavy prosthetics –...
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denial review - rachel weisz makes heavy weather...
Despite its pedigree – with a top-notch cast and a script by David Hare – this drama about the...
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oliver stone on snowden relevance: the us...
The Oscar-winning director talks about his Edward Snowden biopic as the film premieres to mixed...
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frantz review: francois ozon surprises again with...
The prolific French film-maker tones down his often colourful palette to offer a loose adaptation of...
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free fire review - ben wheatleys shootout comedy...
The acclaimed director of Kill List and Sightseers attempts to appeal to a more mainstream audience...
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all i see is you review: blake lively regains...
Marc Forster’s latest packs a visual punch and a terrific lead performance from Lively as a blind...
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blair witch review - found footage sequel brings...
A slick postscript to the 1999 low-budget hit panders to a young audience by swapping the...
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the promise review - oscar isaac tackles armenian...
Hotel Rwanda director Terry George takes on a largely uncovered portion of history in this often...
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[re]assignment review: gender switching hitman...
The controversial premise,which sees Michelle Rodriguez playing a man turned into a woman without...
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new transparent and black mirror episodes to...
Previews of respective third series of Charlie Brookers dystopian satire and Jill Soloway’s...
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michelle rodriguez gender transition thriller...
Controversial film about assassin forced to undergo gender transition is joined by Brain on Fire...
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jackie review - natalie portman astonishes in...
Pablo Larraín’s portrait of the first lady before and following John F Kennedys assassination...
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