Let’s Twist again
Twist (12, 89 minutes) A modern day telling of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, which rather than being contemporary, feels more
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A sobering thought
Promising Young Woman (12, 114 minutes) Entrenched possibly a little too deep in the #MeToo movement, this feature debut for
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Snow particular place to go
The Midnight Sky (12, 118 minutes) George Clooney directs himself as an elderly scientist with a terminal illness who stays
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Small wonder
WW84 (12A, 150 minutes) I could have done without the 1980s. It was all horrible sounding snare drums with reverb
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Nowhere near clever enough
Superintelligence (12) 1hour 46minutes Melissa McCarthy has a comedic charm which can usually be enough to carry a film though
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Mank looks a favourite for awards
Mank (12, 131 Minutes) It is almost mandatory for an exceptional film to be crafted in the flames of despair.
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So much more than a moustache
ZAPPA (15) 2 hours 7 minutes A few months before his death from cancer in 1993, Frank Zappa was asked
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Hex education
The Craft: Legacy (15) 1hr 39mins Movie remakes have always struck me as being a bit pointless and to do
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Ooh Betty!
The Hunt (15) Released in the UK just as the first lockdown was beginning, this satirical blood fest was lost
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Mystery and no imagination
Rebecca (12) 123 mins Remaking a film is always a dodgy prospect. Doing it when the original is something of
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