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TV
Vicky McClure stars in this latest thriller exec produced by Jed Mercurio, following bomb-disposal officers in their line of duty. Adrian Lester also stars
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TV
In BBC's Dublin Murders, Killian Scott and Sarah Greene star as detectives looking into a series of forest murders in 2006 Ireland.
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Cinema
Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz play a dangerous game of friendship and folly in Greta, a riotously entertaining stalker thriller
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Cinema
From influential director Asghar Farhadi and starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Everybody Knows is a fine-tuned family drama that sometimes falls flat
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Cinema
Nicole Kidman stars as a hardened detective in LA thriller Destroyer, directed by Karyn Kusama
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Cinema
Innocence and experience jostle in Shoplifters, a beautiful, alchemical family drama from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda who snapped up the Palme d'Or at Cannes
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TV
From the producers of The Night Manager, a new le Carré series storms onto the BBC: The Little Drummer Girl
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Cinema
A revenge story of cosmic proportions from visionary director Panos Cosmatos featuring a career-defining performance from Nicolas Cage, Mandy has us holding on to our seat
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Immersive
Immersive storytelling meets fine dining
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Cinema
Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett and Vanessa Kirby join Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible — Fallout, the stunning sixth instalment of the action film series
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Cinema
In Hotel Artemis, Jodie Foster tops off a cast including Sofia Boutella and Sterling K. Brown in a dark yet lighthearted film set in a deeply criminal future L.A.
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Cinema
From the fun to the feelgood to the fast and furious, here are the best blockbusters of 2018 coming out this summer
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Cinema
The latest offering from François Ozon, L'Amant double is a ripe gorgonzola of a film that will be enjoyed by drunk film students for years to come
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Netflix
From the producers of The Babadook comes Netflix film Cargo, an Australian thriller held together by a convincing performance from Martin Freeman
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Cinema
Here's what you'll be watching next: the buzziest and best films that screened at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
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Cinema
The HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 updates the story in interesting and relevant ways, creating a true dystopian tale for our troubled times
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Cinema
Mads Mikkelsen shines in Arctic, a by-numbers but efficient one-man survival story directed with a sure hand by first-timer Joe Penna
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Cinema
Starring Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike, Entebbe teases out one of the Middle East’s tensest moments but struggles to make us see events in a new light
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Cinema
Featuring convincing performances from Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn, Beast is a gripping crime thriller which follows a 27-year old unleashing her wild side after meeting a mysterious local
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Best of
Try not to vomit: the sickeningly macabre The Alienist is another stand-out success for Netflix
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Cinema
Adapted from the successful stage play, Ghost Stories centres on a skeptical parapsychologist trying to resolve three 'unexplainable' cases, featuring Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther and Martin Freeman
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Cinema
Featuring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams, Wonderstruck follows two tales that intertwine, separated by 50 years, but both seeking answers to the same mystery
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Cinema
The latest quirky and colourful animated adventure from Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs follows a bunch of canines stranded off Japan’s coast and features an incredibly characterful all-star voice cast
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Best of
Gangsters, film stars, politicians and spies come together in Netflix's Sacred Games
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Cinema
Shot using an iPhone and featuring an against-type Claire Foy, Unsane is an accomplished psychological thriller from the Ocean's Trilogy director that wobbles in its final act
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Cinema
Boasting a bumper cast including David Oyelowo and Charlize Theron, Gringo takes us through Mexico's drug underworld but there are too many twists and turns to keep the comedy up
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Cinema
Joaquin Phoenix is as exemplary as the direction is delectable in You Were Never Really Here — but something is missing
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Best of
The Shape of Water is a cross-genre triumph, and Guillermo del Toro's best film since Pan's Labyrinth
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Cinema
The latest adaption of the R.C. Sheriff World War I play, Journey's End brings lots of bark (and bright British talent) to the screen but not much bite
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Paul Thomas Anderson's enchanting and haunting tale about a dressmaker in 1950s London and his muse will be Daniel Day-Lewis's last role before retirement
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Cinema
Here are our predictions for what will win big at the Academy Awards...and what deserves to
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Cinema
An accomplished Churchill biopic from Atonement director Joe Wright, Darkest Hour is one of Gary Oldman's finest