Read more about the article ‘Cinderella’ (2015) review: Magical
Lily James and Richard Madden in Cinderella

‘Cinderella’ (2015) review: Magical

There are movies that I like, movies I love, and movies I *love*. The first are movies I think are good and will watch again, maybe once, at the most twice, such as Kingsman: The Secret Service, Birdman, The Divergent Series: Insurgent. (Anything else is overkill.) The second are movies I’ll gladly watch a few more times, like The Lego Movie and Whiplash, though I need some distance between each viewing. The last category belongs to the films that have won my heart and mind entirely, the ones which after I finished watching them for the first time in the cinema, I immediately wanted to go back in and rewatch them a second, third, fourth time. Cinderella belongs squarely in the last.

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Read more about the article ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ review: If it weren’t for Christian Bale, the movie would have been a bust
Joel Edgerton (Ramses), John Turturro (Seti) and Christian Bale (Moses) in Exodus: Gods and Kings

‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ review: If it weren’t for Christian Bale, the movie would have been a bust

Joel Edgerton (Ramses), John Turturro (Seti) and Christian Bale (Moses) in Exodus: Gods and Kings So, watched any Biblical epics lately? I have. I have…

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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ review: A faithful but lacking adaptation

'Mockingjay - Part 1' is as true to the book as it can possibly be, even with the addition of Effie in District 13, but it feels a little bland without Katniss' internal monologues and all the other details that brought flavour to the story.

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Read more about the article ‘Interstellar’ review: Ambitious, but falls short of expectations
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and David Gyasi in Interstellar

‘Interstellar’ review: Ambitious, but falls short of expectations

Do you like grand movies? You'll like this. Do you like space movies? You'll like this. Do you like sciency movies full of mumbo jumbo where the climax hinges on a very weird, non-science concept? You'll LOVE THIS MOVIE.

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