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Film

Didi takes you right back to being thirteen

Oh, to be a teenager again… Although, thinking about it, I’d rather not, actually

Deborah Ross

Fly Me to the Moon is a good watch if you’re hungover

The extent to which this rom-com takes flight is largely thanks to Scarlet Johansson

Deborah Ross

Horizon is a Kevin Costner vanity project that takes itself seriously

It has the cinematography you’d expect of a Western

Deborah Ross

The Bikeriders is a stylish, potent film

The film stars Tom Hardy, Austin Butler and Jodie Comer, who manages to wipe the floor with both of them

Deborah Ross

Film

Hit Man is somewhat funny, somewhat true

Chances are, you will like this film. Somewhat

Deborah Ross

Film
April 25, 2024
Challengers is a tennis romance without much tennis
The film is a vortex of jealousy, betrayal and somewhat repetitive sexual intrigue — but Zendaya isn’t bad
Dan Hitchens
Television
March 1, 2024
Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is a turkey
It is a load of tripe. And I really didn’t want it to be
James Delingpole
Film
February 29, 2024
Dune: Part Two has lots of sand
There is little character development and it’s not for the literal-minded
Deborah Ross
Film
February 13, 2024
Is Marvel dying?
Perhaps the franchise, in all of its demands and themes, misreads the true logic of Hollywood
Ella Dorn
Film
January 9, 2024
One Life is a story of Nicholas Winton’s heroism
He saved 669 children that would have almost certainly perished in the Holocaust
Deborah Ross
Film
December 23, 2023
Werner Herzog on traveling, raising children and hospitality
‘It’s strange for me that you think I’m an artist. I think I’m a soldier’
Mary Wakefield
Film
December 15, 2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget won’t disappoint the kids
But it will disappoint you
Deborah Ross
Film
December 11, 2023
The Spectator’s critic who changed cinema
‘Going to the pictures is nothing to be ashamed of,’ insisted Iris Barry in 1926
Igor Toronyi-Lalic
Film
December 7, 2023
Maestro is a masterpiece. How did Bradley Cooper do it?
Maestro’s star and director has pulled off a piece of cinematic chutzpah
Damian Thompson
Film
November 23, 2023
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is a bit too short
Did you know one of the greatest military leaders in world history was essentially a man-child?
Deborah Ross

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