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THE EXORCISM(15) 93mins★★☆☆☆THE devil is in the detail when it comes to the well-trodden path of films about extracting an evil force from s

INSIDE OUT 2(PG) 96mins★★★☆☆IT can get emotional seeing a sequel to a film you love.You want the characters to be just as entertaining and e

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE(15) 115mins★★☆☆☆THERE’S something to be said for casting a film with actors whose private lives are more interesting

THE FALL GUY(12A) 125mins★★★★☆WHAT makes a great stunt? Certainly not plausibility.The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, is a

CHALLENGERS(15) 131mins★★★★★.IF you want to see a sexually charged film served at ferocious high speed, then this tale of competition on and

ABIGAIL(18) 109mins★★★☆☆SOMETIMES, halfway through a horror film, it can feel as though it has bitten off more than it can chew.A wacky conc

CIVIL WAR(15) 109mins★★★★☆REMEMBER that eerie sequence in 28 Days Later where a be-mused Cillian Murphy discovers a ruined bus while wanderi

BACK TO BLACK(15) 122mins★★★★☆LOVE is a losing game in this biopic about the extraordinary talent that was Amy Winehouse.The tragic tale rev

SCOOP(15) 103mins★★★★☆THERE are now a disconcerting number of dramas that are quickly made after true events.Whether it’s a village serial

THE INVENTOR(PG) 100minsCHOOSING a movie can be like deciding what food to order from a menu.If blockbusters are the burger and fries of the big scree

DUNE: PART TWO(12A) 167 mins“THIS is only the beginning,” said desert warrior Zendaya as the end credits were about to roll in Dune: Part One.If y

NINETIES teen movie star Stacey Dash has seemingly found the key to eternal youthStacey, 57, was catapulted into fame upon the release of 1995 hit mov

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE(12A) 107mins★★☆☆☆THE combination of inspirational true-life story and incredible soundtrack can be cinematic gold.Think

THE IRON CLAW(15) 132mins★★★★★IN some movie make-overs, you simply can’t believe anyone would be that devoted to a role.Christian Bale bec

American Fiction(15) 117min★★★★☆WE currently live in a society where being your “true self” is all the rage.Be it based on sexuality, et

ALL OF US STRANGERS(15) 105mins★★★★☆“I SEE dead people” became one of the most famous quotes in film 25 years ago.And while there’s no

THE HOLDOVERS(15) 133mins★★★★☆WE all had that one teacher at school who was loathed by everyone.Who makes the kids, and often other teachers

POOR THINGS(18) 141mins★★★★☆THERE has been a lot of chat recently about how there is not enough sex shown on the big screen.Blockbusters dis

PRISCILLA(15) 113mins★★★★★I LIKE to imagine that when director Sofia Coppola watched Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 film Elvis, she leaned forward du

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW(15) 143mins★★★★☆CANNIBALISM is never the most, er, mouth-watering of topics – even less so when it is based on a true

THE THREE MUSKETEERS: MILADY(12A) 114mins★★★★☆OUR favourite swash-buckling swordsmen are back in a riveting sequel just months after a

WONKA(PG) 116mins★★★☆☆FANCY stepping into a world of pure imagination?Then this origin story of Roald Dahl’s classic confectionery charact

EILEEN(15) 98mins★★★★☆DESPERATELY longing for a different life is the basis of many lead characters in coming-of-age dramas, and this film i

WISH(U) 95mins★★★☆☆IT’S wishful thinking that Disney could emulate the success of the fresh, feisty and funny Frozen.Like trying to recrea

NAPOLEON(15) 157mins★★★★★NEVER have words been so wrongly associated with an historical figure as in the saying “not tonight, Josephine.