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  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
    Review preview for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

    Recursive nostalgia is no substitute for quality, and it drowns everything else in tepidity.

    Andrew Robertson · 1.5 out of 5
    When Mary finds herself in a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
    Review preview for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    The cool colours and muted emotions of this John Le Carré adaptation fit the 1973 Cold War backdrop perfectly and are appropriate for the murky world of moralistic shades of grey.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A spy has to root out a mole at the top of the civil service.
  • A United Kingdom (2016)
    Review preview for A United Kingdom

    The tensions are taut and the feelings genuine

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Enduring love story of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana) and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948.

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