Ever since I watched Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster several years ago, I have had equal levels of admiration and flabbergast towards his movies. He's a mad genius. I love it and yet I love hiding behind my pillows for it. At last year's BFI London Film Festival I reviewed The Killing of a Sacred Deer and it both thrilled and terrified me. This year, Lanthimos returned...

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For the past 50 years or so, Mary Poppins has made some sort of re-appearance around Christmas time. We know the songs (I once had to sing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in choir) and we'll frequently gush about how amazing Julie Andrews is. Now, the famous magic nanny with the umbrella and song is officially back for a new adventure! There's been year-long hype around this...

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Hurraaaaahh - now this is a production I've been waiting for. Thanks Jon M. Chu. I remember reading news reports last year about Kevin Kwan's bestselling novel being adapted into a film - they had even cast this little known guy called Henry Golding who I knew from watching the BBC Travel Show. I counted down to August 2018 but when I went...

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Who was the first person to make your heart beat that little bit faster? The one who made all the cheesy love songs finally make sense? Where you play a ten second interaction on repeat in your head for weeks? For Lara-Jean Covey, it was Kenny from camp, then Peter Kavinsky, then three more. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is a...

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The Mission: Impossible series has been steadily evolving through the years - building on the pace, amplifying signature action sequences and credibility - all whilst Tom Cruise has been aging like a fine wine, cut from the same unbreakable cloth as the likes of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Seriously, the impossible guy is a superhero with limitless energy and the ability to outrun...

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Oh hey there, If you're scrolling through and wondering - where the heck are all the reviews? Has this girl even stepped foot into a cinema since Ghost Stories? The answer is I have dozens of times but have had a classic case of half-written drafts and "no time" excuses from the busyness that is work and other writing and Love Island distractions....

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I was hit by a bombardment of adverts for Ghost Stories in the newspaper today - or rather, Ghost Storeis, each one of them littered with deliberate typos (such as Arpil and cimenas) and accompanied by the tagline "the brain sees what it wants to see". Whilst I think it's smart, people on Twitter seem to be kicking up a fuss, saying "do you double check stuff...

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Arnold is back (again) but you'll be killing time before anyone starts killing Gunther in this hitman mockumentary. Here's a bit of advice before you start watching Killing Gunther: try not to take it seriously. Luckily, writer, lead actor and first-time director Taran Killam doesn't seem to be either. His mockumentary with a killer edge features a recognisable line-up of sitcom and Saturday Night...

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Slick, stylish and epic on many levels, the game-changing Black Panther claws its way into Marvel - and cinema - history. With his new kingdom under threat from both external and internal forces, what sort of king will T'Challa be, and what sort of superhero is the Black Panther? There's something different about this Marvel film. I've probably said that about 3 different Marvel...

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The team at Disney & Pixar strike gold again. Coco is a superbly delightful animation about death that will make you feel more than alive. Most of the characters on screen may be skeleton, but this fleshed out, thoughtful plot is meaty and very human. Disney/Pixar collaborations have imagined talking toys, talking fish, talking cars, superhero families...and now comes a first: a children's film...

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I'm going to start this review by saying that Gary Oldman deserves a medal. Not just because his acting in Darkest Hour is compelling and completely believable, but also because he wholeheartedly committed with his Churchill fatsuit and looked completely believable! Gary Oldman also deserves lots of acting awards, because his acting was ruddy fantastic. This could very well be a 400+ word...

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After the defiant and inspiring Golden Globes, which featured everyone saying #TimesUp to sexual abuse and harassment in light of the abuse in Hollywood, the ceremony also marked the start of Awards season. Next up are the BAFTAs right here in Britain, and the nominees are now out wahoooo! Joanna Lumley will be hosting the event on 18th February which means there's now...

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