Francesca Steele
Francesca Steele's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Is This Thing On? (2025)
87%
4/5
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“It’s fun to watch Alex both fail and succeed. This is a boon for anyone who thinks that choices and chances narrow in your 40s.
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iNews.co.uk
Jan 30, 2026
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H Is for Hawk (2025)
80%
3/5
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“H is for Hawk wants desperately to make you feel the raw blankness of grief and the healing power of nature, but in the end feels more like a kids’ wildlife documentary: beautiful but bloodless.
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iNews.co.uk
Jan 27, 2026
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
92%
3/5
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“Last year’s film was preoccupied with national isolation and nostalgia; this one, barely a zombie film at all really, is interested in just what makes us human, whether we’ve caught the Rage virus or not. ” –
iNews.co.uk
Jan 14, 2026
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Hamnet (2025)
86%
5/5
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“While Paul Mescal's Shakespeare is delicate, Jessie Buckley gives a performance for the ages in this profoundly moving adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel.” –
iNews.co.uk
Jan 10, 2026
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Song Sung Blue (2025)
78%
3/5
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“All this is always anchored in a relationship that feels very real. It’s a film very much like a good karaoke night: there’s nothing hugely sophisticated about the experience, but it is absolutely jam-packed with joy.” –
iNews.co.uk
Dec 31, 2025
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Marty Supreme (2025)
94%
5/5
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“Josh Safdie's new film about a wannabe table tennis champion in 1950s New York is a wild, unpredictable tragicomedy.” –
iNews.co.uk
Dec 29, 2025
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Goodbye June (2025)
65%
3/5
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“Winslet is a confident director and Anders has an eye for relationships.” –
iNews.co.uk
Dec 15, 2025
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Jay Kelly (2025)
75%
5/5
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“Noah Baumbach's new film shows Clooney as a famous actor struggling in midlife - it's a meta masterpiece.” –
iNews.co.uk
Dec 10, 2025
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Christy (2025)
67%
2/5
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“This bland biopic about the boxer Christy Martin never rises beyond clichés.
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iNews.co.uk
Dec 1, 2025
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Wicked: For Good (2025)
66%
4/5
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“While Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande remain a tour-de-force duo in this darker, more passionate sequel, it's Goldblum's Wizard who injects some much-needed levity.” –
iNews.co.uk
Nov 18, 2025
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Nuremberg (2025)
72%
3/5
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“James Vanderbilt's new dramatised version of the historic Second World War trial has staggering material to work with, but still manages to feel rather staid.
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iNews.co.uk
Nov 14, 2025
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Die My Love (2025)
74%
4/5
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“This oddball folk-horror brings a maximalist energy to its depiction of maternal rage.” –
iNews.co.uk
Nov 7, 2025
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The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
96%
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“This is simple but not simplistic filmmaking; an exceedingly British comedy that steers just clear of mawkish.” –
Sight & Sound
Nov 4, 2025
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Bugonia (2025)
88%
4/5
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“It’s a return to form for the film-maker following last year’s limp Kinds of Kindness, a macabre and raucously mischievous comedy that forces us to ask whether we’re really all as rational as we assume.” –
iNews.co.uk
Oct 31, 2025
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)
61%
3/5
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“As the Boss, Jeremy Allen White hits all the right beats without ever elevating the role to anything greater.” –
iNews.co.uk
Oct 24, 2025
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The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
28%
1/5
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“All we are left with instead is a lot of under-utilised talent saying meaningless things on a huge, ugly yacht.” –
iNews.co.uk
Oct 10, 2025
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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
77%
4/5
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“Lacklustre and confused - it doesn't do justice to the books ” –
iNews.co.uk
Aug 22, 2025
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Freakier Friday (2025)
73%
4/5
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“If you enjoyed the first one, you will find its sequel’s almost obsessive commitment to providing more of the same a comfortingly nostalgic joy.” –
iNews.co.uk
Aug 5, 2025
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Superman (2025)
83%
2/5
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“David Corenswet is the best Superman since Christopher Reeve - but muddled plots and villain overload leave this reboot floundering.” –
iNews.co.uk
Jul 9, 2025
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Ballerina (2025)
75%
4/5
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“It's unsubtle and at times nonsensical - but this spin-off of the beloved hitman franchise is a treat for action fans.” –
iNews.co.uk
Jun 5, 2025
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The Salt Path (2024)
85%
3/5
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“ It’s a film that could do with a little more feeling overall – and more fury, too.” –
iNews.co.uk
May 30, 2025
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Mickey 17 (2025)
78%
4/5
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“Mickey 17 is a highly entertaining absurdist ride that embraces nihilism right up until the moment it tenderly skewers it.” –
iNews.co.uk
Mar 10, 2025
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We Live in Time (2024)
79%
2/5
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“This romantic weepie too often leans on cliche - and its underlying message is startlingly regressive.” –
iNews.co.uk
Jan 7, 2025
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The Peasants (2023)
61%
4/5
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“A strange and compelling dance across countries and centuries.” –
iNews.co.uk
Dec 11, 2024
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
83%
3/5
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“The stakes are both enjoyably high and simultaneously very silly, and it keeps the film in that same sweet spot that made the first one so watchable for children and adults alike. ” –
iNews.co.uk
Dec 11, 2024
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