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  • Alien: Romulus (2024)
    Review preview for Alien: Romulus

    In the opening sequence we're shown a relief carving of a xenomorph. Such a thing could be used as a mould, but the film is so intent on replication that it doesn't break it, or free.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    A group run into trouble while exploring a derelict space station.
  • Bad Times At The El Royale (2018)
    Review preview for Bad Times At The El Royale

    A thriller that, although it could have done with judicious editing at the beginning and end, nonetheless delivers laughs, shocks and, most importantly, that sense of satisfaction that only comes when puzzle pieces come together with a resounding click

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption... before everything goes to hell.
  • Civil War (2024)
    Review preview for Civil War

    I think that Civil War succeeds but I'm still not sure what it's hoping to say.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
  • How It Ends (2021)
    Review preview for How It Ends

    The end result is sweet but its best ideas are underdeveloped, leaving it with the slightness of something conceived on the hoof.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman and the embodiment of her younger self try to find closure on the day before the Apocalypse.
  • On The Basis Of Sex (2018)
    Review preview for On The Basis Of Sex

    What could have been preachy is fascinating.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  • Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
    Review preview for Pacific Rim: Uprising

    At the most basic level, giant robots fighting monsters in the middle of Tokyo. Ultimately everything else sort of falls by the wayside.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Kaiju return to threaten human civilisation, and once again only giant robots can stop them.
  • Priscilla (2023)
    Review preview for Priscilla

    Coppola paints pictures of mid-century Americana and the codes and moral shortcomings that go with it.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A Priscilla Presley biopic based on her memoir Elvis And Me.

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