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The Robbie Williams chimpanzee biopic Better Man works far more than you might think

19 December 2024 at 08:00

It’s not a gimmick to have the former Take That member embodied by a β€˜performing monkey’ in his new movie – and this film doesn’t shy away from the star’s trauma, addictions or penchant for self-sabotage

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The animated Lord of the Rings is a rushed money-grab

12 December 2024 at 06:42

Every possible franchise callback seems jammed into this anime film, which was fast-tracked into production to prevent studio New Line Cinema from losing the rights to JRR Tolkien’s work

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The 15 best films of 2024, ranked

6 December 2024 at 22:00

When it comes to cinema, 2024 was a year of toilets, tennis and trash heaps; sand, sadness and Saoirses. From β€˜Poor Things’ to β€˜Dune: Part Two’, Clarisse Loughrey has selected the greatest movies from the last 12 months

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Nosferatu is one of the most profoundly frightening horror films in years

2 December 2024 at 20:52

A magnificent Lily-Rose Depp is the convulsing, hysteric target of Bill SkarsgΓ₯rd’s vampire, in this star-studded adaptation co-starring Nicholas Hoult, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe

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Oscar frontrunner Emilia PΓ©rez is a reductive take on the trans experience – starring a miscast Selena Gomez

29 November 2024 at 03:17

Karla SofΓ­a GascΓ³n could make history as the first openly transgender Best Actress Oscar nominee – but you can’t help but wish this Netflix musical-crime-drama was better than it is

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The twisty, Oscar-tipped Conclave needed more than shock and awe

28 November 2024 at 08:13

Ralph Fiennes is a vaping cardinal tasked with electing a new pope, in a film that plays as a conspiracy thriller – if only it interrogated its own ideas, though

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All We Imagine as Light’s beautiful loneliness will speak to your soul

28 November 2024 at 08:00

Payal Kapadia’s Mumbai-set drama – which became the first Indian film to win the Grand Prix award at Cannes – revolves around three lonely women who find one another in an isolating metropolis

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The Wicked movie is fun and well acted – but why does it look so terrible?

21 November 2024 at 21:46

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande showcase phenomenal vocal ability in this adaptation of the blockbuster musical, but they’re let down by a film that is aggressively overlit and shot like a TV advert

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