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Bad Times at the El Royale

Agatha Christie meets Quentin Tarantino in Drew Goddard’s violent noir Bad Times at the El Royale. Set in…

By Mersa Auda
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Smallfoot

In Smallfoot, director Karey Kirkpatrick takes a stab at resolving political difference, fake news and partisan thinking through…

By Cleo Henry
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Strangeways Here We Come

Salford-born director and writer Chris Green takes an apparently lighthearted approach to the task of chronicling a small…

By Sylvia Unerman
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Blindspotting

Comedy-drama Blindspotting is a slow burning thriller, and a timely discussion in a period of increasing police brutality…

By Selina Begum
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Tehran Taboo

Co-written and directed by Ali Soozandeh, Tehran Taboo follows the lives of four young people living in Tehran,…

By Andrew Murray
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Venom

The Venom hype has recently dropped to depressingly low levels with news such as Tom Hardy claiming that…

By Musanna Ahmed
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Blue Iguana

There is no doubt an audience for this kind of comedy; the kind of audience that will cry…

By Victoria Ferguson
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Johnny English Strikes Again

Johnny English Strikes Again is what happens when one takes James Bond, turns it into a kid-friendly comedy,…

By Laura Boyle
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A Star Is Born

It is with scepticism and mild irritation that a singer-turned-anything can expect to be greeted in their debut,…

By Victoria Ferguson