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Goodrich

M, 111 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Andy Goodrich receives a call from his absent wife in the middle of the night, the only time…

Midas Man

M, 112 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury There was so much that Brian Epstein was juggling with when he died at the age of 32…

Blink Twice

MA 15+, 102 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A recurring question in this slick revenge flick is the apparently innocent and attentive query, ‘Are you…

Mr Blake At Your Service!

PG, 110 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In location shots that reveal and remind where events are taking place, a graceful castle with witch-hat spires…

The Bikeriders

M, 116 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The clean-cut image of the all-American boy didn’t stand much chance in popular culture when motorcycle riders in…

The Road to Patagonia

M, 91 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury If it isn’t the ultimate road trip, then it is surely right up there. Along the entire western…

Radical

M, 126 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Among the vignettes of daily life in a Mexican city that open this film, some are mundane while…

Monster

PG, 126 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury An artless simplicity belies the complexity of this new film from Japan, a drama that takes place in…

Freud’s Last Session

M, 109 minutes Three Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Several weeks before he died, Sigmund Freud met with an Oxford professor whose identity remains a mystery. As…

Shirley

M, 118 minutes Netflix 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The groundswell for civil rights was growing in 1972 but it took a Black American woman, a…

The Great Escaper

M, 96 minutes Three Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This affectionate tribute to two great names of the screen is a gentle and dignified finale that will…

Four Daughters

M, 100 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Among a group of terrorists arrested in Libya in 2016 were two young Tunisian sisters who remain in…

Uproar

M, 110 Minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This light-hearted drama with deadly serious intent is as good-natured as its charismatic young lead actor, Julian Dennison….

Saltburn

MA 15+, 131 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury For someone hanging out for an invitation to stay with members of the English upper class on…

Foe

M, 110 Minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Late into the evening, a car travels through arid, spectral landscape before stopping outside an isolated farmhouse. The…

Monolith

M, 93 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In an age of blockbusters with budgets over 200 million dollars, here is a movie that confirms some…

The Crime is Mine

M, 102 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Two heads are better than one. So it goes, for two young women, an actress and a lawyer,…

Fair Play

MA 15+, 115 minutes 3 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury It’s great to know that at least some of the people can find time for a…

BlackBerry

M, 120 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This tale is one for our fast-changing times. It is about how a small technology innovator got together…

The Miracle Club

PG, 90 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It is a bit of a surprise to see a film like this arrive on the big screen….