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  • Heartstopper (2022) – Alice Oseman’s graphic novel turned series is sunshine in a box

    Heartstopper (2022) – Alice Oseman’s graphic novel turned series is sunshine in a box

    Juliette Howard

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    May 10, 2022

    No one can deny that we’re in dire need of feel-good. In the age of pandemics, war and…

  • Happening (2021) – The powerful testimony of a girl alone

    Happening (2021) – The powerful testimony of a girl alone

    Juliette Howard

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    April 24, 2022

    In the middle of the night, a teenage girl hungrily scavenges through the contents of a communal fridge.…

  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) – The show musn’t go on

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) – The show musn’t go on

    Juliette Howard

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    March 14, 2022

    David Blue Garcia directs the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre, an unremarkable addition that is once again confirmation the…

  • Death on the Nile (2022) – A jerky but entertaining cruise

    Death on the Nile (2022) – A jerky but entertaining cruise

    Juliette Howard

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    March 12, 2022

    An almost discarded release alongside his heavily Oscar-tipped Belfast, Kenneth Branagh returns as the moustachioed Hercule Poirot in…

  • Boiling Point (2021) – Philip Barantini’s claustrophobic masterpiece

    Boiling Point (2021) – Philip Barantini’s claustrophobic masterpiece

    Juliette Howard

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    February 21, 2022

    Philip Barantini truly makes cinema an experience and Stephen Graham its victim in his 2021 tour de force…

  • Nightmare Alley (2021) – Aesthetically stunning thriller’s fortunes run out

    Nightmare Alley (2021) – Aesthetically stunning thriller’s fortunes run out

    Juliette Howard

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    February 11, 2022

    Bradley Cooper stars in Guillermo del Toro’s latest Oscar-nominated picture, a rags-to-riches-to-rags-again thriller about ambitious Stanton Carlisle, who…

  • Belfast (2021) – Kenneth Branagh’s moving homage to his hometown

    Belfast (2021) – Kenneth Branagh’s moving homage to his hometown

    Juliette Howard

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    February 8, 2022

    Kenneth Branagh’s love for his childhood home, which he left aged nine, is heart-warming and honest in his…

  • Licorice Pizza (2022) – Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age kick-starts 2022 with a nostalgic bang

    Licorice Pizza (2022) – Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age kick-starts 2022 with a nostalgic bang

    Juliette Howard

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    February 3, 2022

    In the summer of 1973, a group of teenagers start a waterbed business. It quickly picks up, fuelled…

  • The House (2022) – Visually arresting stop motion is a creepy treat

    The House (2022) – Visually arresting stop motion is a creepy treat

    Juliette Howard

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    January 19, 2022

    Stop motion takes on a new form of creepy in this adult dark comedy anthology, produced by Nexus…

  • Scream (2022) – Franchise’s latest instalment lives up to the legacy

    Scream (2022) – Franchise’s latest instalment lives up to the legacy

    Juliette Howard

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    January 18, 2022

    In the infamous town of Woodsboro, another girl (Jenna Ortega) is home alone cooking for herself. The phone…

  • The Hook Up Plan, Season 3 (2021) – Trio of friends are given a hard time in this dark final season

    The Hook Up Plan, Season 3 (2021) – Trio of friends are given a hard time in this dark final season

    Juliette Howard

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    January 8, 2022

    Tensions run high in the third season of The Hook Up Plan, which almost feels like it’s joined…

  • The Lost Daughter (2021) – Deceptive drama explores the struggles of motherhood

    The Lost Daughter (2021) – Deceptive drama explores the struggles of motherhood

    Juliette Howard

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    January 4, 2022

    Travelling home after a day on the beach, a woman is barred access from her car by two…

  • Emily in Paris, Season 2 (2021) – There’s a limit to chic

    Emily in Paris, Season 2 (2021) – There’s a limit to chic

    Juliette Howard

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    January 3, 2022

    Finishing off Season 1 by sleeping with her friend’s boyfriend, thinking he is leaving for Normandy, only to…

  • The Wife (2017) – Glenn Close’s spouse is pushed too far in tense drama

    The Wife (2017) – Glenn Close’s spouse is pushed too far in tense drama

    Juliette Howard

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    December 18, 2021

    It is early in the morning when Joe and Joan Castleman are awoken by a phone call. On…

  • The Shark is Broken (2021) – How the cast of Jaws swapped Amity for hostility

    The Shark is Broken (2021) – How the cast of Jaws swapped Amity for hostility

    Juliette Howard

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    December 15, 2021

    A couple of years ago, Ian Shaw, son of the late Robert Shaw, came across a drinking diary…


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