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  • Rental Family (2025) – Hikari’s dramedy is pleasing if too saccharine

    Rental Family (2025) – Hikari’s dramedy is pleasing if too saccharine

    Juliette Howard

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    February 1, 2026

    Brendan Fraser returns to the big screen with a somewhat different take on family drama since his 2023…

  • 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) – Nia DaCosta’s latest instalment feels pointless despite Ralph Fiennes’ standout performance

    28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) – Nia DaCosta’s latest instalment feels pointless despite Ralph Fiennes’ standout performance

    Juliette Howard

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    January 27, 2026

    After what may have been one of the strangest and grotesque closing scenes of 2025, it was a…

  • Marty Supreme (2025) – Josh Safdie’s table tennis drama is chaos at its best

    Marty Supreme (2025) – Josh Safdie’s table tennis drama is chaos at its best

    Juliette Howard

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    January 23, 2026

    There is a common conception that something that is overhyped will necessarily engender disappointment. Can a pre-conceived notion…

  • Hamnet (2025) – just read the book

    Hamnet (2025) – just read the book

    Juliette Howard

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    January 18, 2026

    It is difficult to judge a film solely based on itself when it has already been lauded as…

  • The History of Sound (2025) – O’Connor-Mescal duo is a success despite a lukewarm storyline

    The History of Sound (2025) – O’Connor-Mescal duo is a success despite a lukewarm storyline

    Juliette Howard

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    January 14, 2026

    Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal form quite the harmony in Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound, a star-crossed…

  • The Housemaid (2025) – stylish, frothy thriller isn’t displeasing

    The Housemaid (2025) – stylish, frothy thriller isn’t displeasing

    Juliette Howard

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    January 5, 2026

    An anonymous bookseller remarked during the craze around Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid that it was “a book for…

  • 12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 3 to 1

    12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 3 to 1

    Juliette Howard

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    December 30, 2025

    Home Alone: Lost in New York – three incompetent hotel workers Plot twist. Yes, I am one of…

  • 12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 6 to 4

    12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 6 to 4

    Juliette Howard

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    December 30, 2025

    6. While You Were Sleeping – dreams dreaming Well done to John Turteltaub’s While You Were Sleeping, which…

  • 12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 9 to 7

    12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 9 to 7

    Juliette Howard

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    December 30, 2025

    9. Sentimental Value – family members feuding Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value distinctly fits into the “I know it’s…

  • 12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 12 to 10

    12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 12 to 10

    Juliette Howard

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    December 30, 2025

    Due to travel and a shocking lack of fresh releases this Christmas aside from Hallmark-like romcoms about family…

  • The Running Man (2025) – Glen Powell bolts between dark dystopia and fun action flick in Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Stephen King bestseller

    The Running Man (2025) – Glen Powell bolts between dark dystopia and fun action flick in Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Stephen King bestseller

    Juliette Howard

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    December 19, 2025

    Glen Powell leads the charge of Edgar Wright’s action-packed The Running Man, an action-packed fest filled with nail-biting…

  • Sirāt (2025) – in the desert no one will hear you scream

    Sirāt (2025) – in the desert no one will hear you scream

    Juliette Howard

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    November 30, 2025

    Move over Fury Road, an even crazier desert film has hailed the big screen in the form of…

  • Pillion (2025) – Harry Lighton brings the new genre “dom-com” to light

    Pillion (2025) – Harry Lighton brings the new genre “dom-com” to light

    Juliette Howard

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    November 21, 2025

    Here is a film that does not shy away from the most personal and intimate aspects of relationships…

  • I Swear (2025) – Kirk Jones’ biographical drama about a man with Tourette’s syndrome is a delightful celebration of difference

    I Swear (2025) – Kirk Jones’ biographical drama about a man with Tourette’s syndrome is a delightful celebration of difference

    Juliette Howard

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    November 17, 2025

    Rare are the films that have depicted Tourette’s, and even rarer are those who have depicted it with…

  • One Battle After Another (2025) – Paul Thomas Anderson’s saga is a slog – but a strangely enjoyable one

    One Battle After Another (2025) – Paul Thomas Anderson’s saga is a slog – but a strangely enjoyable one

    Juliette Howard

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    November 14, 2025

    Leonardo DiCaprio stuns as a revolutionary turned paranoid stoner in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, an…


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