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10 Cloverfield Lane

“I’m sorry, but no one is looking for you,” rumbles John Goodman’s doomsday prepper Harold to a shocked…

By Thomas Davidson
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Risen

Another Jesus Christ biopic? Not as you'd imagine. Risen stirs a fresh perspective into an ancient biblical tale,…

By Mark Beckett
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Pandorica

There’s a reason dystopian films fare well. Native power struggles, ruthless ambition and tribal rivalry are all present in…

By Vineeta Sathiamoorthy
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The Divergent Series: Allegiant

The third instalment in the dystopian Divergent Series, Allegiant, continues the story of Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) and…

By Natasha Furlong
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Marguerite

Xavier Giannoli has a gift for the absurd. The French writer-director of Superstar, a highly accomplished Coen-esque take-off…

By Andy Jones
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The Witch

Writer/director Robert Eggers' debut film The Witch is a beautifully constructed work with breathtaking chiaroscuro cinematography by Jarin…

By Catherine Sedgwick
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The Pearl Button

Born as a kind of conceptual companion piece to his 2010 essay Nostalgia for the Light, The Pearl…

By Andy Jones
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Eddie the Eagle

This is good, clean, feel-good, family fun. Eddie the Eagle is Britain’s very own Cool Runnings, though it’s…

By Jim Compton-Hall
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The Here After

Scandinavian cinema has seen something of a revival of late, with gripping TV dramas like The Killing and…

By James Fisher
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Kung Fu Panda 3

The playful romp that is Kung Fu Panda 3, the latest installment of this highly successful Dreamworks trilogy,…

By Mariana Howard