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Us - An ambitious, fairly silly, certainly flawed but often skilfully suspenseful second (horror) feature from director Peele, to follow his deserved breakout success with...

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White Crow, The - This biopic about the early years of a ballet superstar comes across as Rudolf Nureyev-lite. For such a long film, it delves very little into the psyche of its subject:...

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Ben is Back - ...and that spells trouble - for his Mom (Roberts), stepfather (Vance), sister (Newton) and two-step-siblings. For Ben (the clean-cut Hedges, son of the director) is a...

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Fisherman's Friends - Yet another tale based on truth, this one is an appropriately hearty and ruby-cheeked account of a shanty-singing group of Cornish fishermen and lifeboatmen who broke...

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Captain Marvel (IMAX in some cinemas) - Stan Lee, co-creator of the Marvel superhero universe, who died last year at 95, is paid tribute here with a series of images in the opening Marvel logo, but the feisty...

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Everybody Knows - After 20 minutes of this strenuously long Franco-Spanish film, it's clear that something desperately needs to happen. And it does, as, from the lengthy opening wedding...

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Kindergarten Teacher, The - A kindergarten teacher for almost 20 years, flaky Lisa Spinelli (Gyllenhaal) is a mass of unfulfilled ambitions. She attends a poetry class run by Simon (Bernal), but...

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Fighting With My Family - Pugh, fresh from playing TV"s The Little Drummer Girl, demonstrates her versatility in this re-creation of the story of the youngest 'diva' champion in women's...

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