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Pursuit review – barbecue-loving gangster dominates hacker thriller
Emile Hirsch and John Cusack star in this generic crime caper that might as well have been generated by a screenwriting algorithm
Leslie Felperin
05, Jun, 2023 @10:00 AM
Wait for Me review – grimy Yorkshire melodrama offers serious scenery chewing
Karen Hassan is terrific as an Irish woman fleeing sex work, but her powerful screen presence is not matched by the film around her
Leslie Felperin
30, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Hitmen review – nihilistic mess of a gratuitously violent revenge tale
Couple who kill a man for harassing them in the pub are pursued by an army of his father’s goons. A few sparky performances can’t redeem this cartoonish thriller
Leslie Felperin
29, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Breaking Infinity review – low-budget time-travel puzzler goes round in circles
Liam must work out not just what he did and what’s gone wrong but how to stop it in the first place when the time-travel gizmo at his super-secret science lab goes wrong
Leslie Felperin
29, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
The Resurrection of Charles Manson review – evil-hippy horror looks for chills in desert
This film isn’t really about Charles Manson, and it’s a total mess, but there’s fun to be found in its ragged, plothole-filled thrills
Leslie Felperin
25, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Blood and Gold review – second world war spaghetti western is good pulpy fun
A deserting Nazi private and a local farmer’s daughter enact bloody revenge on plundering troops in this tightly-staged switch-your-brain-off entertainment
Leslie Felperin
24, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
The Other Fellow review – whimsical film about non-famous James Bonds
These tails and travails of ordinary people who share a name with the famous spy are often fun and funny – but the shifts in tone are uncomfortable
Leslie Felperin
17, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
Little Bone Lodge review – Joely Richardson is scarily fierce in tense thriller
Secrets are revealed as Richardson’s matriarch turns out not to be just a simple farmer’s wife when protecting her family
Leslie Felperin
16, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Dead Shot review – IRA man and British soldier lock horns in Troubles revenge drama
There’s a crunchy veracity to the script for this evocative story of two men on opposing sides of the Northern Ireland conflict
Leslie Felperin
09, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
Tell It Like a Woman review – Cara Delevingne powers all-female short film package
Delevingne is pretty good and Mipo O’s story of a single mother struggling to stay afloat has impact – but most are on a spectrum between insipid and awful
Leslie Felperin
03, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
A Small Fortune review – stash of cash thriller about a schmuck trying to make an easy buck
Set on Canada’s Prince Edward Island director Adam Perry’s debut follows a well-worn path when a local discovers some ill-gotten gains – when will they learn this never ends well?
Leslie Felperin
01, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker review – DJ scares up grab-bag of horror stories
Skulking foxes, future-telling CCTV, a psychiatric hospital and a pair of suspiciously pale vintners all feature in this assortment of treats and duds
Leslie Felperin
26, Apr, 2023 @2:00 PM
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