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  • Azrael (2024)
    Review preview for Azrael

    We get demonstrations of skill, from the weaving of a bracelet to the use of herbs to treat a wound, and these elements reinforce the idea that this is a real society which has developed organically over time.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Many years following the apocalypse, a devout cult of mute zealots hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment.
  • Bill And Ted Face The Music (2020)
    Review preview for Bill And Ted Face The Music

    This is not a film that will enable them, or you, to have a good time all of the time.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Bill and Ted have yet to write the promised song that will unite the world, and with the structure of time itself now in jeopardy, they're running out of chances.
  • Chevalier (2022)
    Review preview for Chevalier

    This is hardly a bastion of accuracy, but it does cover its ground well.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    The true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, who rises to heights in French society as a composer before an ill-fated love affair.
  • Mayhem (2017)
    Review preview for Mayhem

    The scenes of conflict are well handled; it's actually hard to depict completely untrained, inexperienced people attacking each other in a realistic way, and director Joe Lynch achieves this without ever compromising on the fun of it all.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A lawyer betrayed by a colleague fights his way up the building to try and see the boss while it's under quarantine due to a virus that makes everybody lose their inhibitions.
  • Monster Trucks (2016)
    Review preview for Monster Trucks

    The plot is bonkers, the characters charming and the baddies brutally blunt

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A truck driving giant octopus makes friends with a teen mechanic to outrun the bad people from The Factory
  • Mystery Road (2013)
    Review preview for Mystery Road

    Sen has crafted a tense thrill ride without ever forgetting his roots.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    An Aboriginal cop returns to his home town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl.
  • Scream VI (2023)
    Review preview for Scream VI

    The first two acts are a knockout.

    Antoni Konieczny · 4 out of 5
    Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
    Review preview for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Fortunately, McDormand never lets Mildred's hold on us slip, balancing the conundrum of a woman who is simultaneously a mum, who likes a beer and a game of pool, and a Rambo-style avenging angel.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A grieving mother takes on a town's police chief after the murder of her daughter goes unsolved.

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