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Review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes on

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1 Feb 2023

Marcel the Shell with Shoes on started out in life as a series of four-minute short films. Can it cause an upset in the Animation sections of both the Oscars and the Baftas?
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Review: My Old School

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25 Jan 2023

Dan Slevin reviews a Scottish documentary about a 30-year-old man who pretends to be 17 again so he can have a second chance at high school.
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Review: The Fabelmans

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25 Jan 2023

Dan Slevin reviews Steven Spielberg's autobiographical movie which stars Michelle Williams and Paul Dano.
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Review: Babylon

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25 Jan 2023

Academy Award winning director Damien Chazelle portrays a licentious movie business on the cusp of a transition from silent to sound. Dan Slevin reviews.
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At the Movies - Best of 2022

At the Movies
14 Dec 2022

Simon Morris looks back on this year's film releases - many of which popped up on streaming platforms.
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Review: Rogue Agent

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7 Dec 2022

Rogue Agent is a based-on-real-life story of a conman who convinces a string of women that he's a spy. Stars Gemma Arterton (Tamara Drewe) and James Norton (Happy Valley).
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Review: Strange World

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7 Dec 2022

Strange World sees a mission to save the land of Avalonia threatened by a bickering family of explorers. Featuring the voices of Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid and Gabrielle Union.
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Review: Joyride

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7 Dec 2022

Joyride is a little Irish independent starring Olivia Colman as a reluctant mother whose plans to give away her baby are blocked by a 11 year old runaway boy.
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Review: The Menu

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30 Nov 2022

The Menu is a dark comedy about a gala night at an exclusive restaurant run by a chef with a hidden agenda. Starring Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Anya Taylor-Joy (Last night in Soho), and…
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Review: Bones and All

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30 Nov 2022

Bones and All is the Venice Film Festival-winning horror film by Italian director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name). It stars Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell as two young people on the run…
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At The Movies - Stars at Noon

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23 Nov 2022

French auteur Claire Denis won the Grand Prix at Cannes for this romantic thriller set in Africa.
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Review: She Said

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23 Nov 2022

She Said tells the story of how two New York women journalists took on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Stars Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) and real-life…
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Review: Emily

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23 Nov 2022

Emily is a "fictionalized biography" of the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Anne and Emily. In particular it's about how Emily's masterpiece Wuthering Heights was created. Starring Emma Mackey…
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Compartment Number 6

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16 Nov 2022

The award-winning movie Compartment Number 6 puts a Finnish twist on the old Strangers on a Train format.
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Black Panther: Wakanda For Ever

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16 Nov 2022

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever struggles to match the power of the 2018 Black Panther film without original star Chadwick Boseman.
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Mister Organ

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16 Nov 2022

Maverick documentary-maker David Farrier tackles his toughest and longest assignment, the notorious Mr Organ who first made headlines by clamping Auckland illegal parkers and charging them hundreds of…
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Review: My Policeman

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9 Nov 2022

My Policeman, available on Prime Video, is the story of a fraught romance, over a forty-year period, with an interesting cast. It stars Emma Corrin (The Crown), David Dawson (The Last Empire), and in…
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All Quiet on the Western Front

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9 Nov 2022

All Quiet on the Western Front is the first German adaptation of the famous novel about World War I. Produced by and featuring Daniel Brühl (Good bye Lenin), it's currently showing on Netflix.
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Review: The Wonder

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9 Nov 2022

The Wonder is set in the Nineteenth Century. A nurse is brought to Ireland to confirm that a young girl is staying alive miraculously. Stars Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) and directed by Sebastián…
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The Woman King

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2 Nov 2022

Viola Davis stars in this controversial new film about a real-life women's army in 19th-century West Africa — and their involvement in the slave trade.
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The Night of the 12th

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2 Nov 2022

The Night of the 12th is a French police thriller about a shocking murder that becomes an obsession for the two detectives trying to solve it.
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Decision to Leave

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2 Nov 2022

Decision to Leave is a brilliantly complex South Korean thriller about a policeman who finds himself falling for a murder suspect.
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At The Movies - Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold

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26 Oct 2022

Dame Valerie Adams: More than Gold tells the story of one of our most acclaimed sporting figures, and her dream to make it to her fifth Olympics, in Tokyo. Produced by Leanne Pooley (Beyond the edge)…
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At The Movies - Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

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26 Oct 2022

In Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, Lesley Manville casts a charming spell as a working-class Englishwoman who falls in love with a Christian Dior dress.
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