All articles by Tim Grierson, Senior US Critic – Page 6 8612i

  • Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child Of Fire
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    ‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child Of Fire’: Review 652514

    2023-12-15T14:00:00Z m1d6z

    Zack Snyder disappoints with the first of a two-part intergalactic space opera for Netflix

  • The Iron Claw
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    ‘The Iron Claw’: Review 645u52

    2023-12-12T14:00:00Z

    Zac Efron delivers a knockout performance in Sean Durkin’s portrayal of the Von Erich wresting clan

  • Wonka
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    ‘Wonka’: Review 3i212c

    2023-12-04T21:00:00Z

    Timothee Chalamet provides a sweet turn as the young Willy Wonka in Paul King’s origin story

  • Backstage
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    ‘Backstage’: Red Sea Review 2b5z68

    2023-12-04T17:06:00Z

    of a Moroccan dance troup find themselves lost in the woods in this spellbinding drama

  • Silent Night
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    ‘Silent Night’: Review 1g2ve

    2023-11-29T14:07:00Z

    John Woo returns to American filmmaking with this dialogue-free revenge thriller 

  • Wish
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    ‘Wish’: Review 3af6n

    2023-11-17T17:00:00Z

    Disney celebrates its centenary, and plunders its catalogue, with this strained musical fairytale

  • Invisible Nation
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    ‘Invisible Nation’: IDFA Review 2s5a3x

    2023-11-17T10:44:00Z

    Profile of Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s first female president, and her fight on the global stage

  • Napoleon
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    ‘Napoleon’: Review d701r

    2023-11-15T00:01:00Z

     Joaquin Phoenix reteams with director Ridley Scott for this lavish take on the French military commander and emperor

  • Godzilla Minus One
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    ‘Godzilla Minus One’: Review 4e501q

    2023-11-11T11:35:00Z

    Japanese-produced Godzilla film is a confident crowd-pleaser which throttles recent Hollywood remakes 

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
    Reviews

    2023-11-09T19:00:00Z

    Rachel Zegler takes over from Jennifer Lawrence in this uneven ‘Hunger Games’ prequel

  • The Marvels
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    ‘The Marvels’: Review 211r3g

    2023-11-08T17:00:00Z

    Nia DaCosta directs Brie Larson as the returning Captain Marvel in this underpowered MCU instalment

  • Freud's Last Session
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    ‘Freud’s Last Session’: AFI Fest Review 1u3as

    2023-10-28T13:49:00Z

    Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode star in this imagined wartime meeting of minds between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis

  • Five Nights At Freddy's
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    ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’: Review 1h205

    2023-10-27T08:27:00Z

    Lacklustre horror based on the popular video game is a rare artistic misfire for Blumhouse

  • Leave The World Behind
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    ‘Leave The World Behind’: AFI Fest Review 125048

    2023-10-26T09:24:00Z

    Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke star in Sam Esmail’s effective dystopian thriller

  • 'Taylor Swift: Eras Tour'
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    ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’: Review 4u104b

    2023-10-12T08:56:00Z

    Another format, another smash for beloved pop icon Taylor Swift

  • The Vanishing Soldier
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    ‘The Vanishing Soldier’: Hamburg Review 4xv46

    2023-09-29T09:00:00Z

    A reluctant member of the Israeli Defence Force goes AWOL in Dani Rosenberg’s accomplished second feature

  • Fingernails
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    ‘Fingernails’: Toronto Review v2n6q

    2023-09-13T08:57:00Z

    Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed fight the laws of attraction in this near-future set drama in which love is a science

  • The Holdovers
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    ‘The Holdovers’: Toronto Review 5n3j46

    2023-09-12T09:07:00Z

    Alexander Payne reunites with his ‘Sideways’ star Paul Giamatti for this wistful 1970-set character study

  • Pain Hustlers
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    ‘Pain Hustlers’: Toronto Review 302r3h

    2023-09-12T04:00:00Z

    Emily Blunt shines in this otherwise muted true-life tale of a corrupt American pharmaceutical company

  • The Critic
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    ‘The Critic’: Toronto Review e3ix

    2023-09-11T17:35:00Z

    Ian McKellen is a gloriously acerbic 1930s theatre critic in a film that proves too genteel for its central character