in cinemas UK and Ireland

MaryAnn’s quick take: It looks amazing and the cast is fab, but while this could-happen-tomorrow story wants to appropriate the magic of science fiction, I.S.S. fails to think imaginatively about longstanding human problems. Read the review…

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opening Apr 26

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Challengers
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Boy Kills World
  
I’m planning to see…
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Kidnapped*
Ordinary Angels
That They May Face the Rising Sun

(*also available to stream at home)

now playing

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All of Us Strangers*
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American Fiction
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Anatomy of a Fall*
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The Book of Clarence
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The Boy and the Heron
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The Holdovers*
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The Iron Claw*
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Kung Fu Panda 4
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Monster
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Poor Things*
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Robot Dreams
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Sometimes I Think About Dying
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The Teachers’ Lounge
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The Zone of Interest*
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Back to Black
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Bleeding Love
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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Immaculate
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Mothers’ Instinct
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One Life*
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Wonka*

decipher

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worth paying multiplex prices for
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worth a look, but wait for streaming or DVD, unless your favorite actor is in it
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give it a miss
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my reaction under consideration
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my reaction under gag order for now
not yet seen by me