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Clarisse Loughrey

Chief film critic@clarisselou

Clarisse Loughrey is the chief film critic for The Independent. She also co-hosts The Big Screen Book Club and Fade to Black podcasts.

<p>Film Review - The Rip</p>

Affleck and Damon reunite for film that feels made for phone scrollers

<p>Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in ‘The Rip’</p>

What were Ben Affleck and Matt Damon thinking with charmless The Rip?

<p>Shannon Gorman and Brendan Fraser in ‘Rental Family’</p>

Brendan Fraser’s treacly Rental Family doesn’t ask difficult questions

<p>Bone appetite: Jack O'Connell plays a sinister cult leader in ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’</p>

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple goes even further than its predecessor