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Eo - Live-action films centred on donkeys are pretty thin on the ground. Offhand, only Never Take No for an Answer and Au Hasard, Balthasar spring to mind;...

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Roman Holiday (Reissue) - A 70th anniversary 4K restoration for Wyler's enchanting romantic comedy which, after good work in British films, made Audrey Hepburn an enduring Hollywood star. The...

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Whale, The - Fraser's 'comeback' movie is exquisitely harrowing and beautifully acted, but a distressing and difficult watch that provides intelligent food for thought rather than...

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Fabelmans, The - Spielberg's semi-autobiographical drama about a Jewish family over a 15 year period (from 1952 on), with three daughters and a movie-mad son, makes decent and...

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Babylon - Chazelle, whose last film was the Oscar-winning La La Land, returns to Hollywood here, but to the Tinseltown of almost a century ago. It's 1926 and, after a...

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Tar - Blanchett's turn as a world-renowned conductor has already been garlanded with awards and rightly so. She's always in charge of her character here, even when events...

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Empire of Light - Mendes' new feature sounds like a fantasy action film; instead it proves to be a melancholy period piece with affectionate and warm overtones. Virtually a solo show...

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Avatar: The Way of Water - This big (in more ways than one) disappointment is more or less a rehash of the brilliant first movie, with the frequent insertion of underwater action sequences. ...

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