Netflix UK film review: Ava (2020)

6

Home advantage

Jessica Chastain’s game performance enlivens this textbook assassin thriller.Read More

Miami Vice: Looking back at Michael Mann’s digital triumph

Let’s step back to the summer of 2006, the heat beating down and the cinemas lined with films like X-Men: The Last Stand, Poseidon and Cars. We were deep in the second term of an American president certain to go … Read More

Artemis Fowl review: Disappointment for the whole family

2.3

Rating

This misjudged, dull and unmemorable adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s delightful novels is a total fowl-up.Read More

VOD film review: Roman J Israel, Esq

7

Rating

Denzel Washington is superb in this compelling legal and moral drama.Read More

First look: Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell, Stephen Graham in BBC Two’s The North Water

Stephen Graham (The Virtues, Line of Duty, The Irishman), Tom Courtenay (45 Years, The Aeronauts) and Peter Mullan (Mum, Top Of The Lake) are among the names joining Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell in Andrew Haigh’s forthcoming adaptation of The … Read More

VOD film review: Dumbo (2019)

6

Burton on parade

This mildly thrilling morality fable flaunts Tim Burton’s revisionist sensibilities.
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VOD film review: Widows

8

Rating

Steve McQueen’s character-driven heist flick grounds its genre thrills with high stakes and real heft. Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Beguiled

7

Rating

Sofia Coppola’s take on this Southern Gothic tale is intoxicating, but the enchantment doesn’t linger long after viewing.Read More

Netflix UK film review: In Bruges

10

Rating

Brilliantly warped entertainment of the highest order. In Belgium.Read More

Colin Farrell to star in Amazon Iran-Contra series

Colin Farrell is heading to Amazon for his latest project, a TV series about the Iran-Contra scandal.

The Fantastic Beasts actor is reuniting with Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, for the programme. Farrell will play Oliver North, the former … Read More