in cinemas UK and Ireland

MaryAnn’s quick take: Long rumored — long threatened? — writer-director-producer-star Flatley’s self-financed pabulum opus is baffling and hilariously awful. Blackbird exists only because an incredibly rich man has money to burn. Read the review…
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opening Sep 20–23

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Avatar (rerelease)
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Ticket to Paradise
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Don’t Worry Darling
  
I’m planning to see…
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Catherine, Called Birdy
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In Front of Your Face

(*also available to stream at home)

now playing

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Elvis*
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Everything Everywhere All at Once*
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande*
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Hatching
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Nope*
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See How They Run
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Beast
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Clerks III
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DC League of Super-Pets*
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Eiffel
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Fall
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The Forgiven
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Orphan: First Kill
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Top Gun: Maverick
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Blackbird
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Bullet Train
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Jurassic World Dominion

decipher

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worth paying multiplex prices for
yellow for maybe
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
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not yet seen by me