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<p>Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet in ‘Goodbye June’</p>

Kate Winslet’s directorial debut Goodbye June is a paper-thin misfire

Helen Mirren, Toni Collette and Winslet herself star in the Oscar-winning actor’s first step behind the camera – which is also scripted by her son

<p>Mariam Afshari, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi and Vahid Mobasseri in ‘It Was Just an Accident’</p>

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Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident should frighten us all

<p>Adam Sandler and George Clooney in ‘Jay Kelly’</p>

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George Clooney is perfect as an ageing star in the wistful Jay Kelly

<p>Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s ‘Marty Supreme’</p>

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Marty Supreme confirms Timothée Chalamet as one of our greatest actors

<p>Daniel Day-Lewis in Ronan Day-Lewis’s ‘Anemone’</p>

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Daniel Day-Lewis’s comeback movie Anemone is a confusing mess

Eight years after his quasi-retirement from filmmaking, one of the world’s greatest actors returns… in a film directed by his son, Ronan. It’s debatable whether it was worth it

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Daniel Day-Lewis’s comeback movie Anemone is a confusing mess

Eight years after his quasi-retirement from filmmaking, one of the world’s greatest actors returns… in a film directed by his son, Ronan. It’s debatable whether it was worth it

<p>Mia Goth and Jacob Elordi in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’</p>

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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is all show and little substance

<p>Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Bugonia’</p>

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A bald Emma Stone dazzles in Bugonia, a timely comic satire

<p>‘The Bear’ actor Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the film about the genesis of 1982 album ‘Nebraska’</p>

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The rote Springsteen biopic doesn’t do justice to its inspiration

<p>Josh O’Connor in Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’</p>

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Josh O’Connor starrer The Mastermind builds to a wonder of a punchline

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Josh O’Connor starrer The Mastermind builds to a wonder of a punchline

<p>Idris Elba in Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’</p>

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A House of Dynamite is a riveting, ingenious Netflix hit in the making

<p>Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in ‘Roofman’</p>

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Roofman is a romantic and emotional take on a bonkers true story

<p>Dwayne Johnson in ‘The Smashing Machine’</p>

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Dwayne Johnson could be headed for Oscar with The Smashing Machine

Filmmaker Benny Safdie asks the star to be raw and vulnerable for the first time in his career – and it’s a sight to behold

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Dwayne Johnson could be headed for Oscar with The Smashing Machine

Filmmaker Benny Safdie asks the star to be raw and vulnerable for the first time in his career – and it’s a sight to behold

<p>America Ferrera and Matthew McConaughey in ‘The Lost Bus’</p>

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The Lost Bus is a real-life horror story warped by Hollywood

<p>Emma Thompson as Barb in the action thriller ‘Dead of Winter’</p>

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Emma Thompson turns action hero in Dead of Winter – and it works

<p>Leonardo DiCaprio in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’</p>

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One Battle After Another is a ferocious masterpiece

<p>Lily James as Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd in ‘Swiped’</p>

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Swiped is a girlboss Social Network that’s half movie, half Bumble ad

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Swiped is a girlboss Social Network that’s half movie, half Bumble ad

<p>Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’</p>

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Margot Robbie’s new film is a twee, Manic Pixie Dream Girl throwback

<p>Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer in ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’</p>

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Spinal Tap 2 is startlingly unfunny

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Cillian Murphy drama Steve exposes the perils of novel adaptations

<p>Aubrey Plaza and Margaret Qualley in Tricia and Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t!’</p>

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Honey Don’t! is a lesbian trifle that sadly lacks focus

<p>Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery in ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’</p>

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Downton Abbey 3 is proof that this franchise simply must end

<p>Jude Law as Vladimir Putin in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’</p>

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Jude Law is a torso-baring Vladimir Putin in this mediocre new drama

<p>Peter Dinklage in ‘The Toxic Avenger’</p>

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The reboot of splatter movie The Toxic Avenger feels sadly out of time

<p>Austin Butler in ‘Caught Stealing’</p>

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The busy, vacant Caught Stealing is thin material for Austin Butler

<p>Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman in ‘The Roses’</p>

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In relentlessly entertaining The Roses, desire and disgust become one

<p>Celia Imrie, Helen Mirren, Naomi Ackie, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley in ‘The Thursday Murder Club’</p>

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Netflix’s The Thursday Murder Club is so digestible, it barely exists

<p>Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’</p>

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Denzel Washington is surprisingly one-note in Spike Lee’s new thriller

The Oscar-winner’s latest collaboration with Lee – based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece ‘High and Low’ – is short on emotional depth

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Denzel Washington is surprisingly one-note in Spike Lee’s new thriller

The Oscar-winner’s latest collaboration with Lee – based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece ‘High and Low’ – is short on emotional depth

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A star is born in Eva Victor’s remarkable debut Sorry, Baby

<p>Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’</p>

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Joaquin Phoenix starrer Eddington brilliantly skewers modern America

<p>Annalise Basso and Tom Hiddleston in ‘The Life of Chuck’</p>

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The Life of Chuck is a treacly mess – with a dancing Tom Hiddleston

<p>Alison Brie and Dave Franco in ‘Together’</p>

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Together’s married stars make this an icky horror treat with substance

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Together’s married stars make this an icky horror treat with substance

<p>Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in ‘Materialists’</p>

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Materialists can’t decide if it’s a romcom, a farce, or a dark drama

<p>Julia Garner in Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’</p>

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Highly anticipated horror movie Weapons has misled its audience

<p>Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the Disney sequel ‘Freakier Friday’</p>

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Lindsay Lohan deserves better than the empty, unfunny Freakier Friday

<p> Willem Dafoe and Finn Wolfhard in ‘The Legend of Ochi’</p>

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Willem Dafoe’s The Legend of Ochi could stand to be weirder

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Liam Neeson’s Naked Gun reboot is a masterclass in buffoonery

<p>The antiheroes of the animated comedy ‘The Bad Guys 2’</p>

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The Bad Guys 2 is a pleasant mix of fart noises and Elon Musk gags

<p>Sally Hawkins and Sora Wong in ‘Bring Her Back’</p>

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Sally Hawkins weaponises her niceness in the thrilling Bring Her Back

<p>Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’</p>

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The Fantastic Four is no disaster – but it’s no Superman, either

<p>Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd in ‘Friendship’</p>

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The Paul Rudd comedy Friendship is the funniest film of the year

<p>Rihanna as Smurfette in the dismal animated reboot ‘Smurfs’</p>

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Rihanna’s Smurfs movie is obnoxious, confusing and very unpleasant to look at

<p>David Corenswet in James Gunn’s ‘Superman’</p>

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James Gunn’s Superman will make you believe in comic book movies again

David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult lead a movie that doesn’t just serve as a referendum for superhero films, but for the cinematic future of DC as a whole

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James Gunn’s Superman will make you believe in comic book movies again

David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult lead a movie that doesn’t just serve as a referendum for superhero films, but for the cinematic future of DC as a whole

<p>Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’</p>

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David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds is more than just a thriller

<p>Emma Mackey and Vicky Krieps in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s ‘Hot Milk’</p>

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Emma Mackey is exceptional in the surreal and sapphic drama Hot Milk

<p>Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’</p>

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The back-to-basics Jurassic World Rebirth saves a dying franchise

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M3GAN 2.0 is a hyper-camp mashup of T2 and Mission: Impossible

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M3GAN 2.0 is a hyper-camp mashup of T2 and Mission: Impossible

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Brad Pitt vanity project F1 is just a bad version of Top Gun: Maverick

<p>Dr Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) in '28 Years Later'</p>

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28 Years Later feels like being hit on the head by the metaphor hammer

<p>Eleven-year-old Elio (Yonas Kibreab) looks to the stars in ‘Elio’</p>

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Elio is familiar territory for Pixar – but still plenty of fun

<p>In the grey: Mason Thames and his dragon in ‘How to Train Your Dragon’</p>

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How to Train Your Dragon is another depressing copy-and-paste remake

<p>Ana de Armas in the John Wick spin-off ‘Ballerina’</p>

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The imperfect John Wick spin-off Ballerina didn’t need the Keanu cameo

<p>Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan in ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’</p>

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The Ballad of Wallis Island is an upbeat spin on Stephen King’s Misery

<p>Gillian Anderson in ‘The Salt Path’</p>

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This Gillian Anderson homeless tale is just too neat and tidy

<p>Steve Carell in Jesse Armstrong’s ‘Mountainhead’</p>

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Mountainhead is an exquisite satire from the creator of Succession

<p>John Krasinski in Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fountain of Youth’</p>

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Guy Ritchie’s radar for smart nonsense rescues Fountain of Youth

<p>Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal in Oliver Hermanus’s ‘The History of Sound’</p>

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Paul Mescal’s gay drama The History of Sound is severely anticlimactic

<p>The Disney live-action remake machine has rendered Stitch in spiritless CGI</p>

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The live-action Lilo & Stitch is a travesty

This pointless remake saps the original film of its humour, satire and queerness – and sands down the titular alien into a blander, more easily marketable CGI rascal

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The live-action Lilo & Stitch is a travesty

This pointless remake saps the original film of its humour, satire and queerness – and sands down the titular alien into a blander, more easily marketable CGI rascal