Dune: Part Two (2024). Film review of the sci-fi spectacle based on the books by Frank Herbert

Timothee Chalamet and Austin Butler fight in Dune: Part Two.
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Science Fiction

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Dune: Part 2 is the action-packed science fiction film about warring royal houses in a far off future galaxy, starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, directed by Denis Villeneuve.

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Salome (1922). Film review of the avant-garde drama starring Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova in the silent movie Salome (1922)
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Silent

star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

Alla Nazimova takes the lead in this highly stylised version of the biblical tale, based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Charles Bryant.

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Since You Went Away (1944). Film review of the WWII romantic drama

Colbert, Jones, Temple, stars of Since You Went Away, are pictured in a living room with Colbert reading a letter.
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star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

Since You Went Away stars Claudette Colbert as a World War II housewife keeping the home fires burning whilst her husband is away fighting Nazis. Her daughters are played by Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple.

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Ninotchka (1939). Film review of the classic comedy starring Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka (1939)
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Ninotchka is the 1930’s comedy where ‘Garbo laughs!’ as a stern communist official whose romanced by suave Melvyn Douglas in Paris. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

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Wicked Little Letters (2023). Film review of the comedy starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley

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Comedy

star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

Review of the foul-mouthed British period comedy, based on a true story, about profane poison pen letters sent to a prim and respectable woman.

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All of Us Strangers (2023). Romantic drama about a bereaved gay man who falls in love

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal All of Us Strangers
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Romance

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Film review of director Andrew Haigh’s film about a gay screenwriter who enters into a relationship with a mysterious man as he finds out his supposedly dead parents are alive.

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Conquest/Marie Walewska (1937). Tragic romance starring Greta Garbo.

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Romance

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Film review of director Clarence Brown’s period romantic drama with Greta Garbo as a Polish Countess romanced by Napoleon (Charles Boyer).

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Poor Things (2023).Absurdist, comical take on Frankenstein starring Emma Stone

Emma Stone as Bella in the movie Poor Things (2023)
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Comedy

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Film review of director Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist comedy take on the Frankenstein story. Starring Emma Stone as the captivating ‘Bride’ and Mark Ruffalo.

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Leave the World Behind (2023). Apocalyptic mystery drama starring Julia Roberts

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Drama

2 stars film review fair passes the time

Film review of the conversational ‘disaster’ drama starring Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke as middle-class holidaymakers in distress. Directed by Sam Esmail.

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