Bring back Ripley!
Alien: Covenant
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by John Logan and Dante Harper, based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett
122 minutes, rated MA 15+
3.5 stars
Manga classic reborn
Ghost in the Shell Directed by Rupert Sanders Written by Jamie Moss and William Wheeler, based on the manga by Masamune Shirow Rated M, 107 minutes 3 stars (in 3D …
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The Classics: Children of Men
The Children of Men Directed by Alfonso Cuaron Written by Timothy J Sexton and Alfonso Cuaron, based on a novel by P.D. James 109 minutes, rated MA 4 stars
Bugs in space, again
Life Directed by Daniel Espinosa Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick 103 minutes, rated MA 15+ 3 stars
Frank Sinatra was right. ‘You’re riding high in April, shot down …
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The prettiest spaceship in the galaxy
Passengers Directed by Morten Tyldum Written by John Spaihts 116 minutes, rated M 3.5 stars
If you are going to get lost in space, there might be worse places than …
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Recent Reviews
Bad people doing bad things
Detour
Written and directed by Christopher Smith
97 minutes, rated MA 15+
3 stars
There’s no such thing as originality, but that doesn’t mean you stop aiming for it. Detour …
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An elegy for Emily D.
A Quiet Passion
Written and directed by Terence Davies
125 minutes, rated PG
4 stars
When one artist makes a film about another artist, you can be reasonably sure that …
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Kartoonish Korean ultra-violence
The Villainess
Directed by Jung Byung-gil
Written by Jung Byeong-sik and Jung Byung-gil
122 minutes, rated R
3.5 stars
The Villainess is a high-octane Korean thriller about a young woman …
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Fascinating half-true story
Monsieur Chocolat
Directed by Roschdy Zem
Written by Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gerard Noiriel and Roschdy Zem
114 minutes, rated M
4 stars
This is the fascinating true story of …
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Black and white and red
Get Out
Written and directed by Jordan Peele
104 minutes, rated MA 15+
4 stars
A guide to African–American horror films would be a slim volume. There are black people …
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Fine and brave
Don’t Tell
Directed by Tori Garrett
Written by Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville, based on a book by Stephen Roche
108 minutes, rated M
4 stars
Child abuse. …
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Gurinder’s personal Partition
Viceroy’s House
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini and Gurinder Chadha
106 minutes, rated PG
3 stars
Where to begin with this fascinating, infuriating, entertaining …
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Pablo Neruda as fantasy
Neruda
Directed by Pablo Larrain
Written by Guillermo Calderon
Rated MA 15+, 108 minutes
4 stars
A chubby man with a comb-over (Luis Gnecco) sits bare-chested in front of a …
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