Film + Reviews
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3 out of 5 stars.Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer is a convincing scream queen in this Germany-set chiller which prioritises mood over plot
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2 out of 5 stars.Uncharismatic Zachary Levi plays the 50s children’s character whose drawings spring to life in a film lifted by Clement’s villainous novelist
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3 out of 5 stars.Sam Quah’s entertaining but caricature-filled Chinese remake of his 2022 film about bullying and worse has been a box-office hit across Asia
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4 out of 5 stars.
Alma’s Rainbow review – 90s New York tale of Black womanhood and sexuality is worth the wait
4 out of 5 stars.A teenager rebels against her mother’s respectable values in this 4K restoration of Ayoka Chenzira’s feature debut from 1994 -
4 out of 5 stars.Wang’s award-winning debut is a tender, semi-autobiographical portrait of a 13-year-old skateboarder and his devoted immigrant mum in 00s California
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3 out of 5 stars.
Kensuke’s Kingdom review – impeccably elegant animation of Michael Morpurgo adventure
3 out of 5 stars.Beautifully hand-drawn, with a screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce exploring deep themes, is this adaptation too classy to have wide appeal?
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2 out of 5 stars.Josh Hartnett plays a serial killer trapped at a pop show in a suspense-free dud that acts as embarrassing promotion for the director’s daughter
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3 out of 5 stars.
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie review – another enjoyably madcap SpongeBob adventure
3 out of 5 stars.An incredibly game Wanda Sykes leans in to the evil inventor trope as the gang follow their favourite scientist squirrel to the Lone Star State in a bid to save their world
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2 out of 5 stars.
The Instigators review – Matt Damon and Casey Affleck can’t save underpowered heist comedy
2 out of 5 stars.The Ocean’s Eleven veterans star in this Boston-set caper about a broke ex-marine and a moody ex-con hired to rob the mayor’s victory party -
5 out of 5 stars.Studio Ghibli’s inspirationally lovely film about a girl’s encounter with a gentle creature only becomes more beguiling with repeated viewings
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1 out of 5 stars.Zachary Levi makes for a miscast lead in a poorly thought- out adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic picture book
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4 out of 5 stars.A grieving boy is drawn into a magical land in Wolfgang Petersen’s ambitious fantasy adventure, rereleased for its 40th anniversary
Daughters review – heartbreaking record of girls and their imprisoned fathers
4 out of 5 stars.