Author: Juliette Howard
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Rental Family (2025) – Hikari’s dramedy is pleasing if too saccharine
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Brendan Fraser returns to the big screen with a somewhat different take on family drama since his 2023…
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) – Nia DaCosta’s latest instalment feels pointless despite Ralph Fiennes’ standout performance
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After what may have been one of the strangest and grotesque closing scenes of 2025, it was a…
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Marty Supreme (2025) – Josh Safdie’s table tennis drama is chaos at its best
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There is a common conception that something that is overhyped will necessarily engender disappointment. Can a pre-conceived notion…
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Hamnet (2025) – just read the book
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It is difficult to judge a film solely based on itself when it has already been lauded as…
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The History of Sound (2025) – O’Connor-Mescal duo is a success despite a lukewarm storyline
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Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal form quite the harmony in Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound, a star-crossed…
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The Housemaid (2025) – stylish, frothy thriller isn’t displeasing
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An anonymous bookseller remarked during the craze around Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid that it was “a book for…
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12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 3 to 1
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Home Alone: Lost in New York – three incompetent hotel workers Plot twist. Yes, I am one of…
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12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 6 to 4
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6. While You Were Sleeping – dreams dreaming Well done to John Turteltaub’s While You Were Sleeping, which…
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12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 9 to 7
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9. Sentimental Value – family members feuding Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value distinctly fits into the “I know it’s…
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12 Films of Christmas 2025 – Numbers 12 to 10
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Due to travel and a shocking lack of fresh releases this Christmas aside from Hallmark-like romcoms about family…
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The Running Man (2025) – Glen Powell bolts between dark dystopia and fun action flick in Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Stephen King bestseller
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Glen Powell leads the charge of Edgar Wright’s action-packed The Running Man, an action-packed fest filled with nail-biting…
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Sirāt (2025) – in the desert no one will hear you scream
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Move over Fury Road, an even crazier desert film has hailed the big screen in the form of…
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Pillion (2025) – Harry Lighton brings the new genre “dom-com” to light
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Here is a film that does not shy away from the most personal and intimate aspects of relationships…
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I Swear (2025) – Kirk Jones’ biographical drama about a man with Tourette’s syndrome is a delightful celebration of difference
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Rare are the films that have depicted Tourette’s, and even rarer are those who have depicted it with…
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One Battle After Another (2025) – Paul Thomas Anderson’s saga is a slog – but a strangely enjoyable one
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Leonardo DiCaprio stuns as a revolutionary turned paranoid stoner in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, an…
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An honest review of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein – as someone who specialised in it at university
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In an interview with El Mundo America to promote his new film Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro stated that…
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LFF: High Wire (2025) – Director Calif Chong talks the joys of the circus, familial expectations and writing a comedy for the British Chinese community
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Go-wing is at a loss with her life – expected by her father to become a successful lawyer,…
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LFF: Die My Love (2025) – Jennifer Lawrence goes nuts in Lynne Ramsay’s dark relationship drama
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Jennifer Lawrence is madness incarnate in Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love, a dark fairytale of motherhood, marriage and…
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LFF: Roofman (2025) – Channing Tatum is the perfect polite criminal in Derek Cianfrance’s dramedy based on real events
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Channing Tatum reconnects with his inner child – and criminal – in this kooky dramedy based on one…
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LFF: Is This Thing On? (2025) – Will Arnett is a hoot in Bradley Cooper’s romcom drama about messy marriages
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Bradley Cooper shows that there’s more to his directing chops than simply painting himself as a brilliant-but-flawed musician…
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- Rental Family (2025) – Hikari’s dramedy is pleasing if too saccharine
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) – Nia DaCosta’s latest instalment feels pointless despite Ralph Fiennes’ standout performance
- Marty Supreme (2025) – Josh Safdie’s table tennis drama is chaos at its best
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