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An audacious but frustrating disaster epic: Tom Cruise and the film’s formidable visual craft supply reasons to watch, while thin characterisation, an unsteady meta device and hectoring themes keep its scale from becoming emotionally involving.
An oddly endearing coming-of-age drama whose sharpest achievement is its painfully recognisable portrait of friendship as first love. Clear and Duggan make Minna and Flic’s bond vivid, even when the film’s many narrative and thematic strands do not fully cohere.
A technically ravishing but dramatically enervating surreal horror fable. Its miniature work, colour, sound and score are formidable; its incoherence, thin characterisation and wearying pace make the film difficult to recommend beyond committed admirers of Refn’s aesthetic.
A ravishingly made but insufficiently distinctive Austen adaptation, elevated by Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay’s tender rapport yet weakened by a romance-heavy focus that sidelines the Dashwood sisters’ central bond.
A fast, glossy Guy Ritchie caper with muscular action and a welcome female lead, In The Grey is easy to watch but too predictable and consequence-free to become memorable.
A tense and tender survival adventure that makes familiar wilderness jeopardy work through Brad Pitt’s convincing rapport with Odin, a retired military working dog. Expect predictable turns, one overly anthropomorphic detour, and plenty of anxiety for dog lovers.
A ferocious, concept-driven survival thriller whose hive-mind infected provide a chilling twist on familiar genre terror. Its breathless action and physical creature work outweigh thinly developed survivors, though its most provocative ideas remain only partly explored.
A novel killer-hippo hook and effective practical creature work cannot overcome underwritten characters, undelighted kills and a comic-horror tone that never fully clicks.
A deeply affecting and ethically searching dementia drama, elevated by restrained performances and unflinching naturalism. Its late escalation and secondary teen subplot are less seamless, but its compassion and seriousness endure.
A warm, carefully crafted Halloween comedy that turns classic monster-movie imagery into accessible wordless slapstick. Its familiar family-film formula is part of the appeal, with enough genre wit and stop-motion detail to reward adults too.
A sharply acted, laugh-out-loud dark comedy whose bold escalation and pointed education-system satire outweigh a third act that occasionally stretches credibility.
A tense, grisly survival-horror adaptation with a superbly frazzled Austin Abrams performance. Its self-aware middle weakens the momentum, but Cregger restores the fun with a campy, crowd-pleasing finish.
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