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We show refugees the promised land but a new film reveals the truth
Some of the performers in Matteo Garrone’s acclaimed Io Capitano are reliving the greatest trauma of their lives.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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Christmas and Halloween are made for movies. What about Easter?
Despite being a major holiday that often lines up with the school break, Easter movies remain rare compared to other holiday counterparts.
- by Nell Geraets
★★
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Godzilla x Kong promised to be the bromance to end all bromances – what went wrong?
The much anticipated Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is, unfortunately, less a battle of the giants and more of a jokey letdown.
- by Jake Wilson
★★½
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It’s taken four films, but Jack Black’s boisterous panda finally grows up
The ancient Chinese warrior Po returns in Kung Fu Panda 4 and finds even animated characters can have a midlife crisis.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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This film shows the horrific truth behind the journey of asylum seekers
Nominated for a Best International Film Oscar, and based on real-life stories, Io Capitano is a coming-of-age story that finds hope among the desperation.
- by Sandra Hall
‘It was never going to be a problem for me’: Juliette Binoche on acting with her ex
In The Taste of Things, the French star’s former partner Benoît Magimel appears as a renowned 19th-century gourmet. She plays his live-in cook and sometime paramour.
- by Robbie Collin
How do you direct an Oscar-winning actor? There’s just one trick...
Olivia Colman stars in Wicked Little Letters, a ‘truer-than-you-think’ scandal that rocked a village with its foul language.
- by Louise Rugendyke
‘Fingers crossed’: For Julianne Moore, the old fear remains
She’s realistic about ageing and struggling with empty-nest syndrome – yet at the top of her acting game.
- by Tom Shone
★★½
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Spirits old and new haunt overstuffed Ghostbusters reboot
OG Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson return, but the new, younger cast pushes the franchise into relevance.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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Olivia Colman is brilliant in this glorious, foul-mouthed comedy
Wicked Little Letters is a fictionalised version of a celebrated legal case that transfixed 1920s Britain.
- by Sandra Hall
★★½
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Sydney Sweeney as a nun? Say a prayer for this predictable fright fest
In Immaculate, the star of Euphoria and The White Lotus runs the gamut of sweet-natured optimism to blood-stained desperation in less than 90 minutes.
- by Sandra Hall