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James Mottram

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Project Hail Mary (2026) 94% 2/5 EDIT “Ryan Gosling flies almost entirely solo in Project Hail Mary, a disappointingly derivative sci-fi mash-up of Interstellar, The Martian and Tom Hanks’ desert island drama Cast Away.” – South China Morning Post Mar 11, 2026 Full Review Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Perhaps it’s not as emotional as you might hope but this sombre final chapter of Peaky Blinders still wraps things up as tightly as a burial shroud. And for that, we doff our razor-lined caps.” – NME (New Musical Express) Mar 5, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 3/5 EDIT “A thought-provoking re-assessment of Shelley’s work and a bonkers feminist call-to-arms ” – NME (New Musical Express) Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Hoppers manages a perfect high-wire act, working both as a thoroughly entertaining family film and something rich with adult themes.” – South China Morning Post Mar 4, 2026 Full Review A New Dawn (2026) 2.5/5 EDIT “One cannot help but feel it is all a bit of a hodgepodge, as the filmmaker throws everything at the anime wall to see what sticks.” – South China Morning Post Mar 4, 2026 Full Review We Are All Strangers (2026) 91% 4/5 EDIT “It is a beautiful conclusion to this loose 13-year trilogy, proving Chen has fully matured as a filmmaker.” – South China Morning Post Mar 4, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 66% 3/5 EDIT “At its heart, Charli is an able performer, capable of playing herself without ever feeling self-conscious. ” – Radio Times Mar 4, 2026 Full Review King Ivory (2024) 72% 3/5 EDIT “Writer/director John Swab conjures a gritty authenticity, with drab, grimy Tulsa locales and frenzied, handheld camerawork.” – Radio Times Feb 23, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% 4/5 EDIT “Fennell’s take on Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights has the substance to back it up. Beautifully costumed, designed, shot and performed, the film is an impeccably made tale of doomed lovers, one that will bring a tear to the eye.” – South China Morning Post Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Fans of Raimi’s trademark comic gore will get a kick out of the excess.” – South China Morning Post Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 25% 3/5 EDIT “The film is tense and, at its best, depicts an eerily familiar world, where drones, body cams, mobile phones and doorbell cameras capture our every move.” – South China Morning Post Feb 13, 2026 Full Review 100 Nights of Hero (2025) 68% 3/5 EDIT “Sadly, for a film about storytelling, it slightly stumbles in execution - its storybook qualities never coming close to, say, The Princess Bride.” – Radio Times Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Shelter (2026) 65% 3/5 EDIT “It's a shame that the Bourne-lite plot is underwritten, but the support cast - including Harriet Walter, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie and Daniel Mays - are far better than you might normally find in such a bruising action vehicle.” – Radio Times Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026) 2/5 EDIT “Aside from entertaining accounts of the tough-nut team coach, Herb Brooks, who died in 2003, directors Max Gershberg and Jake Rogal fail to lift their film above rote recapping.” – Radio Times Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Dreamers (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “Although the abrupt flashbacks to Isio's past don't quite work, coming across as slightly amateurish, Gharoro-Akpojotor convincingly tells a tale of quiet resilience.” – Radio Times Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Mother (2025) 64% 3/5 EDIT “A way of bringing the story into the present, perhaps, but it feels messy. Fortunately, Rapace brings great focus, commitment and swagger to her performance at the centre of a film seemingly designed to polarise.” – Radio Times Jan 21, 2026 Full Review & Sons (2025) 2/5 EDIT “Staunton and Nighy are spellbinding in their scenes together, but there's an unfortunate cartoonish streak to the film, typified by Dominic West's unctuous Hollywood exec, who is using Richard to get the rights to one of Andrew's books.” – Radio Times Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Hamlet (2025) 82% 3/5 EDIT “Robust turns by Ahmed and Morfydd Clark ,as the maudlin Ophelia, bring this version to life.” – Radio Times Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Moss & Freud (2025) 3/5 EDIT “Writer/director James Lucas keeps things tasteful, swerving any suggestions of age-inappropriate frisson, but the fact that Moss is an executive producer on the film points to a safe approach in its storytelling. ” – Radio Times Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Heel (The Good Boy) (2025) 90% 3/5 EDIT “The final act doesn't quite pay off, with characters' motives left frustratingly opaque, but the film is blessed with cast-iron performances, especially from Graham and Boon.” – Radio Times Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Bad Apples (2025) 83% 4/5 EDIT “The film becomes a power play between teacher, student and, ultimately, the PTA committee. Asking just how far you'd go for your child's education, this is howlingly funny.” – Radio Times Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Desert Warrior (2025) 3/5 EDIT “Desert Warrior may not redefine the historical epic, but it delivers what it promises -- scale, spectacle and a vivid sense of place. ” – The National (UAE) Jan 15, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 4/5 EDIT “DaCosta’s morally complex thriller sets us up for a grandstand finish.” – South China Morning Post Jan 14, 2026 Full Review The Thing with Feathers (2025) 46% 3/5 EDIT “The terrible burden of grief is laid bare in The Thing with Feathers, a gloomy but undeniably touching drama.” – South China Morning Post Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 87% 3/5 EDIT “Arnett is an amiable, earnest lead, however, while Dern is typically classy.” – Radio Times Dec 24, 2025 Full Review
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