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Dangerous Animals review – you’re gonna need a bigger bait

Dangerous Animals review – you’re gonna need a bigger bait
We’re not short of shark movies, but Dangerous Animals manages to carve out its own nasty niche
The miracle of Mission: Impossible

The miracle of Mission: Impossible
Unless something goes badly awry on the international red carpets, Tom Cruise has made it through his eighth and probably last mission in one piece. It’s a miracle!
The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation

The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation
The Surfer evokes the golden age of cinematic melodramas
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers
The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey
The Return – Ralph Fiennes embarks upon on a nail-biting odyssey
Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner’s Rutger Hauer as we’ve never seen him

Like Tears in Rain review – Blade Runner’s Rutger Hauer as we’ve never seen him
The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson finds the pathos in Vegas

The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson finds the pathos in Vegas
This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars
Saturday Night captures the energised rush of an US institution

Saturday Night captures the energised rush of an US institution
Swipe right on this trio of films from female directors on women and love

Swipe right on this trio of films from female directors on women and love
Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid

Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid
Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?

Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?
The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus
Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness

Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness
Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper

Will Ferrell takes a crash course in trans advocacy in new Netflix doc Will & Harper
My Old Ass review – a sweet and cathartic coming-of-ages movie with a twist

My Old Ass review – a sweet and cathartic coming-of-ages movie with a twist
In Camera review – a potent comment on race and identity in the film industry

In Camera review – a potent comment on race and identity in the film industry
Focus on Vogue-model-cum-war-correspondent in Kate Winslet passion project years in the making

Focus on Vogue-model-cum-war-correspondent in Kate Winslet passion project years in the making
Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery 

Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery
Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
Kinds of Kindness show it’s not enough to accept alienation under capitalism – we must love it too

Kinds of Kindness show it’s not enough to accept alienation under capitalism – we must love it too
Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited

Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited
Why Sasquatch Sunset is so much more than just a gross-out comedy in Chewbacca drag
