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THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE: Enchanting or just lost in the woods?
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) · Mar 26, 2026
MELANIA: “A piece of handsomely mounted crypto‑fascist propaganda” + Riz Ahmed
Melania (2026) · Feb 5, 2026
Jack O’Connell on 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) · Jan 15, 2026
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: “like some nightmare furries convention”
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) · Dec 18, 2025
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: “I was struggling to stay awake” + Legendary James L Brooks
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) · Dec 4, 2025
TRON: ARES: “It was like my brain was atrophying” + Kathryn Bigelow & Rebecca Ferguson
TRON: Ares (2025) · Oct 9, 2025
THE SALT PATH: Simon and Mark’s reaction. Plus SUPERMAN
Superman (2025) · Jul 10, 2025
28 Years Later: Mark’s Verdict + Jodie Comer and (Oh) Danny Boy(le) on the film
28 Years Later (2025) · Jun 19, 2025
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning with Chris McQuarrie
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) · May 22, 2025
Warfare with Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza
Warfare (2025) · Apr 17, 2025
Snow White: Mark’s Verdict
Snow White (2025) · Mar 20, 2025
Now and Ben: Steven Knight on ‘Maria’, his screenwriting secrets, the Peaky Blinders movie & more
Maria (2024) · Jan 13, 2025
Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin on ‘A Real Pain’
A Real Pain (2024) · Jan 9, 2025
Emilia Pérez: Have We Found the Film of the Year?
Emilia Pérez (2024) · Oct 24, 2024
Joker: Folie à Deux – BETTER THAN JOKER?
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) · Oct 3, 2024
Megalopolis: "The Cinematic Equivalent of Toothache”
Megalopolis (2024) · Sep 26, 2024
The Substance: “Everything Cranked Up To Eleven-ty and Then Some”
The Substance (2024) · Sep 19, 2024
Alien: Romulus – Mess or Masterpiece?
Alien: Romulus (2024) · Aug 15, 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine: Top or tiresome?
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) · Jul 26, 2024
Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos, Kinds of Kindness, A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) · Jun 27, 2024
Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos, Kinds of Kindness, A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) · Jun 27, 2024
Richard Linklater, Hit Man, The Dead Don’t Hurt & Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) · Jun 6, 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Immaculate & Late Night with the Devil
Immaculate Deception (2023) · Mar 22, 2024
Neill Blomkamp, Gran Turismo, Haunted Mansion & Meg 2: The Trench
Barbie (2023) · Aug 11, 2023
Neill Blomkamp, Gran Turismo, Haunted Mansion & Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench (2023) · Aug 11, 2023
Peter Sohn, Elemental, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One & Name Me Lawand
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) · Jul 7, 2023
Peter Sohn, Elemental, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One & Name Me Lawand
Elemental (2023) · Jul 7, 2023
Peter Sohn, Elemental, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One & Name Me Lawand
Name Me Lawand (2023) · Jul 7, 2023
Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Lucy Boynton, Chevalier, Medusa Deluxe & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Lucy Boynton, Chevalier, Medusa Deluxe & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Chevalier (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Lucy Boynton, Chevalier, Medusa Deluxe & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Medusa Deluxe (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
Reality, Rob Savage, The Boogeyman, Spider-man: Across The Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · Jun 2, 2023
Keanu Reeves, Chad Stahelski, Infinity Pool, The Beasts & John Wick: Chapter 4
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) · Mar 24, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) · Feb 3, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Knock at the Cabin (2023) · Feb 3, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Whale (2022) · Feb 3, 2023
Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
EO (2022) · Feb 3, 2023
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
Le Pupille (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone & Le Pupille
The Unofficial Science of Home Alone (2022) · Dec 16, 2022
Hugh Bonneville, Bad Sisters, House of the Dragon, My Old School and Fisherman’s Friends: One and All
Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022) · Aug 19, 2022
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Where the Crawdads Sing, Notre Dame on Fire, She Will, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021) · Jul 22, 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru, Nitram, and Tigers
Minions (2015) · Jul 1, 2022