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Celine Song blew us away with Past Lives. Is Materialists a perfect match?
Billed as a rom-com, the Dakota Johnson-Chris Evans-Pedro Pascal love triangle is actually a rather hard-headed look at marriage.
- Karl Quinn
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Ten (or more) big shows to book now
From Annie to Michael Jackson to Cats, these blockbuster musical shows are either on now or on the way.
- Lenny Ann Low
Dragon live-action remake maintains a safe distance from reality
Writer-director Dean DeBlois evidently sees no need to mess with what worked in the past in this new version of How to Train Your Dragon.
- Jake Wilson
Ana de Armas learns to ‘fight like a girl’ in John Wick spin-off
Ballerina takes risks as it tells the story of a graduate from an academy for assassins bent on revenge.
- Jake Wilson
The Karate Kid is back, and this time with Legends. But is it any good?
Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan and an old Dawson’s Creek star are among the cast trying to breathe life into the latest iteration of the 40-year-old franchise.
- Karl Quinn
In a show for misfits, Seann Miley Moore revels in the power of Hedwig
The former Voice contestant stars in the subversive, immersive, rock-fuelled musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
- Lenny Ann Low
French romantic drama Beating Hearts is in no hurry to reunite lovers
Director Gilles Lellouche has made a film of two halves as life takes two teenagers in wildly different directions
- Jake Wilson
Wes Anderson at his glorious best sends Benicio del Toro on an odyssey
With a cast also including Tom, Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch, The Phoenician Scheme reminds us that the director is a true original
- Sandra Hall
Fun and anarchy in Disney’s live action remake of Lilo and Stitch
The tale of a young orphan who finds herself looking after a fluffy, sharp-toothed alien is a more faithful transposition than Disney remakes of their older animated classics tend to be.
- Jake Wilson
The Aussie twins who took the film world by storm are back. Be afraid
Danny and Michael Philippou’s latest fright fest deals with maternal grief and murder. Just as well they’re having so much fun.
- Stephanie Bunbury
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