Film + Reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Point Break review – Keanu and Swayze ride the waves with freaky, genre-hopping style
4 out of 5 stars.Kathryn Bigelow’s action-bromance about bank-robbing surfer dudes is an enduring cult gem, thanks to its joining of tropes and tones
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Piano Lesson review – Washington family get stuck into August Wilson’s powerful play
3 out of 5 stars.This beautifully acted film version of Wilson’s play set in 1930s Pittsburgh is powerful enough without the gothic trimmings it gets here -
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4 out of 5 stars.
Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story review – electrifying film details violent abuse and remarkable resilience
4 out of 5 stars.The former tennis champion is candid about her father’s abuse in this visceral and often sad documentary -
1 out of 5 stars.This tale of a female Scrooge discovering ‘the true meaning of Christmas’ will elicit copious tears … at the time you have wasted watching such drivel
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3 out of 5 stars.Peter Bradshaw's film of the weekBird review – Andrea Arnold’s untamed Barry Keoghan tale is a curate’s eggToads who sweat hallucinogens, lonely pre-teens and a sudden German in a kilt: Arnold’s pick’n’mix latest dives as much as it soars
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3 out of 5 stars.
A Sudden Case of Christmas review – Danny DeVito plays it safe in mushy festive fare
3 out of 5 stars.The comedy veteran is wasted as a grandad hosting Christmas early to keep his family from falling apart
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2 out of 5 stars.The 2008 Canadian film about zombie-like hordes spreading a verbal virus is given a Welsh update, with a radio host refusing to rein in his divisive rhetoric
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True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 – review
3 out of 5 stars.