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Review - Wrath of Man

movies
5 May 2021

Wrath of man sees star Jason Statham (The Meg) and director Guy Ritchie (Snatch) reunite in a violent thriller about revenge, greed and a man who bears a grudge. Featuring Eddie Marsan (Vice), Andy…
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Review - First Cow

movies
5 May 2021

First Cow tells the story of two friends attempting to get by on the western frontier of 1820s America. They're offered a risky way to make their fortune, involving someone else's cow.
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Review - Land

movies
5 May 2021

Land is the debut of star Robin Wright (Wonder Woman) as a feature film director. She plays a woman alone in the wilderness with her own reason for wanting to be left alone.
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Review - Six Minutes to Midnight

At the Movies
28 Apr 2021

Six Minutes to Midnight sees Eddie Izzard in the challenging role of World War II secret agent. Co-starring Jim Broadbent and Dame Judi Dench.
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Review - The United States vs Billie Holiday

movies
28 Apr 2021

The United States vs Billie Holiday features Oscar nominated actress/singer Andra Day in the title role, in the story of the legendary singer and the Song of the Century.
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Love and Monsters a familiar formula

arts
21 Apr 2021

Love and Monsters - in a dystopian future, can Joel fight off giant bugs and toads to find true love? Stars Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner).
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Tom and Jerry - the Movie

arts
21 Apr 2021

Tom and Jerry: The Movie - can a popular cartoon duo of the past win over audiences today? Directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four) and starring Chloe Grace Moretz (Shadow in the Cloud).
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The White Tiger offers no easy answers

arts
21 Apr 2021

Simon Morris reviews The White Tiger, a film that looks at the post-colonial power shift in India and doesn't offer any easy answers to viewers.
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Review - Rocks

movies
14 Apr 2021

Bafta-winner Rocks features a teenage girl trying to look after her young brother when their mother abandons them. Directed by Sarah Gavron (Suffragette)
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Review - Voyagers

movies
14 Apr 2021

Voyagers takes place on a spaceship entirely crewed by teenagers. When something goes wrong, they split into warring factions. Stars Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One), Lily-Rose Depp (The King) and…
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Review - The Father

movies
31 Mar 2021

The Father has been nominated for six Oscars - including Best Film - this year. It stars Sir Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams, and is co-written by Christopher Hampton…
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Review - Godzilla vs Kong

movies
31 Mar 2021

Godzilla vs Kong is pretty much what it says on the poster. Stars Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd, Rebecca Hall, and Kiwi Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople).
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Review - French Exit

movies
24 Mar 2021

French Exit sees Michelle Pfeiffer as a broke New York socialite who gets a second chance in Paris. Directed by Azazel Jacobs (Mozart in the Jungle).
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Review - Fanny Lye Deliver'd

movies
24 Mar 2021

Fanny Lye Deliver'd is the story of the awakening of a farmer's wife during the reign of Oliver Cromwell. Stars Charles Dance and Maxine Peake.
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Movie review - Raya and the Last Dragon

movies
17 Mar 2021

The Disney animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon is a fable based on the myths and countryside of South East Asia. It stars the voices of Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars) and two of the stars of Crazy…
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Movie review - Cosmic Sin

movies
17 Mar 2021

Cosmic Sin is a predictable alien-invasion thriller that's received an unpredictable reaction from its intended audience. It stars Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo.
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Movie review - Blackbird

movies
17 Mar 2021

Blackbird sees a family coming to grips with the matriarch’s intended suicide. Stars Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Sam Neill, and directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill).
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At The Movies for 17 March 2021

movies
17 Mar 2021

Simon Morris looks at the range of films making the cinemas in the time of Covid. This week a drama starring Sam Neill shot two years ago, a C-grade bit of sci-fi with Bruce Willis, and a new Disney…
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At The Movies for 10 March 2021

movies
10 Mar 2021

Simon Morris reviews a long-awaited adaptation of a Kiwi classic and two Black American history lessons.
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At The Movies for 3 March 2021

movies
3 Mar 2021

Simon Morris sees a documentary about the war exploits of five Hollywood greats and finds the Golden Globes rather underwhelming by comparison.
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Review - The Little Things

movies
24 Feb 2021

The Little Things is a complex police investigation, staring three former Oscar winners - Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) and Denzel Washington (Training Day, Glory).
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Review - Pieces of a Woman

movies
24 Feb 2021

Pieces of a Woman is a harrowing story of a home-birth that goes wrong, with a stellar performance at its heart - one-time Princess Margaret, Vanessa Kirby (The Crown).
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Review - Ammonite

movies
17 Feb 2021

Ammonite sees a respected, but repressed, woman scientist fall in love with a rich, married woman. Stars Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan.
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Review - News of the World

movies
17 Feb 2021

Tom Hanks plays a man who reads the news in small towns after the American Civil War. In News of the World, he makes news himself when he finds an orphaned German girl, brought up by a tribe of Kiowa.
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