Film Reviews
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ review: terrifyingly mediocre farewell to modern horror icons
The frighteningly successful series comes to a close (or does it?) with a haunted house romp that starts promisingly but fails to stick the landing

‘Frankenstein’ review: Guillermo Del Toro’s monstrously good gothic spine-tingler
The macabre-loving director reanimates Mary Shelley's Victorian classic with sumptuous style

‘Jay Kelly’ review: George Clooney’s meta midlife crisis comedy
He plays an aging and regretful movie star in Noah Baumbach’s awards frontrunner

‘Caught Stealing’ review: Darren Aronofsky’s nostalgic rampage through the ‘90s
With IDLES on soundtrack duties and Matt Smith playing a mohawked punk

‘The Thursday Murder Club’ review: criminal Netflix adaptation is dead boring
You'll find more edge-of-your-seat thrills in Richard Osman's cosy quiz show 'House Of Games'

‘Eddington’ review: Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix face off in Ari Aster’s COVID black comedy
It's part social-commentary, part hyper-violent neo-Western and part political thriller

‘Yungblud: Are You Ready, Boy?’ review: a Gen Z rockstar through an unfiltered lens
This two-hour documentary sees Yungblud head to the legendary Hansa Studios in Berlin to perform latest album ‘Idols’ for the very first time

‘Materialists’ review: prepare to fall head over heels for this smart, sexy rom-com
Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans create a love-triangle that’s impossible to resist

‘Freakier Friday’ review: feel-good noughties nostalgia from unlikely sequel
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reunite 22 years on from their cult original for more body-swapping chaos

‘The Naked Gun’ review: outrageously stupid comedy reboot fails to keep up with the classics
Liam Neeson steps into the clown shoes of Leslie Nielsen for this zany throwback spoof

‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ review: indulgent five-hour rock doc full of deep cuts
The Piano Man’s candour is commendable but it’s hard to justify this extreme run-time

‘BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young’ review: a beautiful celebration of the power of fandom
The documentary tells the story of the world-conquering K-pop group through the lens of their devoted fanbase