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Flag Day - This could have ben a moving portrait of self-delusion and a fractured upbringing, but deficiencies in pacing, scripting and direction make the film a depressing watch. ...

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Belfast - Branagh's semi-autobiographical account of (his) life in Belfast in 1969/70 at the outset of sectarian violence is an affectionate if unflinching portrait of the times,...

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Memoria - No wonder this is 136 minutes long. The opening shot of curtains last 30 seconds, after which it takes the Swinton character three minutes to get out of bed. From time...

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Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The - A strange, whimsical and modestly eccentric biopic of a very eccentric Victorian. Narrated in somewhat anachronistic style by Colman, our story, beginning in...

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Munich: The Edge of War - Despite the fact that we know the outcome of the events in this historical drama, director Schwochow still manages to wring some tension and suspense from its well-paced...

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Tragedy of Macbeth, The - 'By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.' And so it does, in the evil forms of ambitious 11th century Scottish warlord Macbeth (Washington) and...

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King's man, The - Is this a comedy? A (very) tongue-in-cheek action film? An indictment of war? Lurching crazily from farce to tragedy, and several genres in between, Vaughn's new...

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Spider-Man: No Way Home - Decades ago, in black-and-white days, Universal Studios was the king of fantasy-horror movies featuring such super-villains as Dracula, Wolfman, the Frankenstein...

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