Film review: Eurovision Song Contest embarrasses Europe and your vision
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams unite for Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, where everybody loses.
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Author: Matthew Floyd
TV review: Gareth Evans’ Gangs of London raises the bar for action drama
Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole leads the spectacularly violent new crime epic Gangs of London on Sky, from The Raid director Gareth Evans.
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TV review: After Life series 2 doubles down on the gallows humour
After Life doesn’t change the formula in returning for series 2 of what is effectively Ricky Gervais’ one-man show on Netflix
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Feature: True History of the Kelly Gang’s paradoxical approach to gender
Outlaws in dresses and Oedipal complexes are the order of the day in Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang.
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Film review: Emma is an affectionate Austen update for an Instagram era
Music video director Autumn de Wilde delivers a gently contemporary version of Jane Austen’s antiheroine matchmaker Emma.
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Feature: The BAFTAs 2020 were an uninspiring celebration of exclusion
Amidst controversy over its hegemony of established white male stars, the BAFTAs 2020 very much stuck to the script.
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Film review: A Hidden Life is a dreary tale of a modern saint
Terrence Malick applies his unique gaze to a worthy subject, but at almost three hours A Hidden Life is both wearying and frustrating.
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Film review: 1917 strips back the history for a sensory spectacular
Sam Mendes spins a thrilling men-on-a-mission yarn with 1917, an epic WWI journey that transcends its “one-take” tagline.
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Film review: Never mind the controversy, Jojo Rabbit is just boring
Taika Waititi’s new WWII-set comedy-drama Jojo Rabbit about a Nazi boy’s compassionate awakening skews resonance for dullness.
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TV review: Gavin and Stacey return for a spellbinding Christmas Special
Ten years on, Gavin and Stacey are gloriously back with full hearts and small troubles for a Christmas Special.
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