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5/10 There are films that know exactly what they are, and then there are films desperately trying to convince audiences they are more intelligent than a man being punched so hard his spine exits his body. Mortal Kombat II spends two exhausting hours trapped somewhere between those identities. The result is a loud, chaotic spectacle…
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7/10 In an era where so much film and television feels algorithmically assembled, loud, cynical and terrified of sincerity, Remarkably Bright Creatures arrives like a deep breath. Quietly devastating and unexpectedly beautiful, Olivia Newman’s adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel understands something many modern films have forgotten: audiences do not need constant spectacle to…
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3/10 There’s disappointing television, and then there’s whatever that Peaky Blinders film thought it was doing. For years, Peaky Blinders built one of the most magnetic anti-heroes modern British television has produced. Tommy Shelby was cold, strategic, and emotionally fractured, yes, but always dangerous. Even in grief, even in addiction, even when the world was…
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New data from the European Audiovisual Observatory offers a fairly unvarnished view of where cinema sits across Europe right now, and it does not support the idea of a clean post-pandemic recovery. Cinema admissions fell by 5.5% in 2025, declining from 843 million to 796 million. That drop tells its own story, but what sits…
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Hollywood’s biggest night rarely produces a neat narrative, but the 2026 Academy Awards came unusually close. Two films dominated the evening and between them captured the mood of the industry. One was cerebral, political and sharply satirical. The other was visceral, emotional and built on bold genre storytelling. In the end, the Academy embraced both.…
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If we are talking about Sinners, let’s get into it properly. First off, this is not a subtle film. It does not sip tea. It kicks the door in. Set in a Southern Gothic world soaked in heat, faith and buried violence, the film follows twin brothers, both played by Michael B. Jordan, returning home…
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