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  • Boy (2010)
    Review preview for Boy

    This is an upbeat, often hilarious, but never mawkish, celebration of love.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A Boy and his brother find their fantasy version of their dad is somewhat different to the real deal.
  • Free Guy (2021)
    Review preview for Free Guy

    It's entertaining, no doubt.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A bank teller discovers that he's actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game.
  • Green Lantern (2011)
    Review preview for Green Lantern

    Dismal.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A fighter pilot is called upon by a league of intergalactic defenders to help them fight evil through the use of a powerful ring.
  • Jojo Rabbit (2019)
    Review preview for Jojo Rabbit

    As Jojo, Davis delivers one of the finest performances of the year.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Satire following a lonely boy and his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler, whose nationalistic views are challenged when he discovers his mum is hiding a young Jewish girl.
  • Lightyear (2022)
    Review preview for Lightyear

    Essentially, what we're getting here is Buzz's origin story, which is all well and good but episodic.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The film that spawned Andy's 'favourite' toy.
  • Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through The Gateway Chosen By The Holy Storsh (2018)
    Review preview for Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through The Gateway Chosen By The Holy Storsh

    The frantic pacing of the film might be a bit exhausting if you're over six (and the blood a bit daunting if you're under it) but if you can stick with it, there's plenty here to enjoy.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.
  • The Suicide Squad (2021)
    Review preview for The Suicide Squad

    I didn't hate it, but if I wanted to watch more than two hours of the undeniably weird doing the inexplicable, The Sparks Brothers is also in cinemas.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
  • Thor: Love And Thunder (2022)
    Review preview for Thor: Love And Thunder

    A merchandising rather than mythologising opportunity..

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Thor's retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and his ex-girlfriend, Jane Foster.
  • What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
    Review preview for What We Do In The Shadows

    In this fish-out-of-water comedy, mundanity is key.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Vampire mockumentary.

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