Author: Juliette Howard
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) – The show musn’t go on
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David Blue Garcia directs the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre, an unremarkable addition that is once again confirmation the…
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Death on the Nile (2022) – A jerky but entertaining cruise
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An almost discarded release alongside his heavily Oscar-tipped Belfast, Kenneth Branagh returns as the moustachioed Hercule Poirot in…
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Boiling Point (2021) – Philip Barantini’s claustrophobic masterpiece
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Philip Barantini truly makes cinema an experience and Stephen Graham its victim in his 2021 tour de force…
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Nightmare Alley (2021) – Aesthetically stunning thriller’s fortunes run out
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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…
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Belfast (2021) – Kenneth Branagh’s moving homage to his hometown
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Kenneth Branagh’s love for his childhood home, which he left aged nine, is heart-warming and honest in his…
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Licorice Pizza (2022) – Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age kick-starts 2022 with a nostalgic bang
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In the summer of 1973, a group of teenagers start a waterbed business. It quickly picks up, fuelled…
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The House (2022) – Visually arresting stop motion is a creepy treat
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Stop motion takes on a new form of creepy in this adult dark comedy anthology, produced by Nexus…
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Scream (2022) – Franchise’s latest instalment lives up to the legacy
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In the infamous town of Woodsboro, another girl (Jenna Ortega) is home alone cooking for herself. The phone…
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The Hook Up Plan, Season 3 (2021) – Trio of friends are given a hard time in this dark final season
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Tensions run high in the third season of The Hook Up Plan, which almost feels like it’s joined…
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The Lost Daughter (2021) – Deceptive drama explores the struggles of motherhood
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Travelling home after a day on the beach, a woman is barred access from her car by two…
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Emily in Paris, Season 2 (2021) – There’s a limit to chic
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Finishing off Season 1 by sleeping with her friend’s boyfriend, thinking he is leaving for Normandy, only to…
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The Wife (2017) – Glenn Close’s spouse is pushed too far in tense drama
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It is early in the morning when Joe and Joan Castleman are awoken by a phone call. On…
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The Shark is Broken (2021) – How the cast of Jaws swapped Amity for hostility
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A couple of years ago, Ian Shaw, son of the late Robert Shaw, came across a drinking diary…
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House of Gucci (2021) – Passionate, dangerous Gaga shines in poorly-paced drama about the downfall of Gucci
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Forget the Gucci family in their silk neckties and gold-embossed brogues: there is only one star in Ridley…
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Spencer (2021) – Lady Diana’s personal camera
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The Christmas turkey is roasted. The table is set. The servants are a’waiting. So, the question is, where…
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The French Dispatch (2021) – Wes Anderson’s mayhem comes together in glorious anthology
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Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch rings like an anthology of snippets, a mosaic of tales taken from its…
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Monster House (2006) – a classic horror flick
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An all-time favourite for Halloween, Gil Kenan’s 2006 hit Monster House is one of those films that fits…
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