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Smile - Here's a horror film that exists almost entirely for its jump scares and jaw-dropping monsters. Both are in plentiful supply here, as troubled (and overworked)...

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Don't Worry Darling - Despite the catchpenny title, this is no romcom, but rather a slice of science-fiction with distant relations in such films as The Stepford Wives and...

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Strawberry Mansion - A surrealist film that's weird in a good way; Salvador Dali would have loved this one, a cinematic original of such vivid imagination that you can overlook the sometimes...

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Ticket to Paradise - This flabby, empty romcom is like a daytime TV movie, only with (much) bigger stars. I'll say this much for it, though: it does make you long to go on an exotic...

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See How They Run - Or: See How They Ruin...a Jim-Dandy Idea. This is a spoof farce-thriller, probably the bastard grandchild of such olden-day films as Murder By Death...

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Forgiven, The - McDonagh made one of my favourite 21st century films in The Guard, but his output since has been as sparse as it's been disappointing, and he comes unstuck...

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (4K restoration) - Trekkies and Trekkers alike will not be disappointed with this second spin-off film from the iconic TV series, even if seems to deprive them of one of their favourite...

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Long Way Back - A depressing and grindingly slow road movie that will have you imploring the filmmaker to get on with it. Alas, almost half the picture seems to consist of the two main...

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