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Filip Hammar (left) and his father Lars in The Last Journey.

Documentary about a dad’s last journey knows how to push your buttons

There’s a strong chance anyone who has dealt with elderly parents will be moved by this Swedish film.

  • Jake Wilson

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Fernanda Torres has won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for her performance as the indomitable Eunice.

This true story makes for an unlikely – and remarkable – feelgood film

There’s a lot of awards buzz around I’m Still Here, but for director Walter Salles telling this story was a highly personal undertaking.

  • Sandra Hall
Pamela Anderson shines as a Las Vegas dancer in The Last Showgirl.

Pamela Anderson shines in showgirl tale that’s all dazzle, no razzle

The star brings an air of innocent gentility to her role as Las Vegas dancer facing the end of her career.

  • Sandra Hall
Bird stars non-actor Nykiya Adams as 12-year-old Bailey.

This strange little movie should be utterly grim, but it’s a total joy

Starring mostly non-actors, director Andrea Arnold’s Bird is meandering, strange and sometimes grim. But it’s a joy too.

  • Karl Quinn

Director plays it for laughs with maniacal, murderous monkey

The slaughter starts when the music stops in this oddball tale.

  • Jake Wilson
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America.

There’s a new Captain America, but Marvel is starting to feel like old news

Starring Anthony Mackie, Brave New World is closer to a TV procedural, especially when we’re following Sam and his sidekick.

  • Jake Wilson
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Bridget Jones has moved onto a younger man. She’s not alone.

‘Romance addict’ Bridget Jones returns with new dilemma

She may be older, but the rom-com darling doesn’t seem to be wiser in this fourth outing of the beloved franchise.

  • Sandra Hall
Chloe (Callina Liang) is still grieving over the unexplained death of best friend in Presence.

Steven Soderbergh injects new life into the haunted house mystery

In Presence, the director pairs the supernatural with the modern problem of social media driving young people to engage extreme in acts of humiliation and bullying.

  • Sandra Hall
Where to look?: John Magaro as Geoffrey Mason in Munich.

Based on a real story, this claustrophobic thriller could hardly be more timely

Set almost entirely in a broadcast centre, September 5 revisits the terror attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and how one news crew covered it.

  • Karl Quinn
Nicole Kidman in Babygirl

Nicole Kidman has probably never been weirder than she is in Babygirl

Babygirl has been billed as an erotic thriller: the erotic part is accurate, but it’s hardly a thriller. All up, it’s a much more ambitious movie than expected.

  • Jake Wilson

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