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James Mottram

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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 78% 2/5 EDIT “Sadly, the nautical nonsense never quite knits together and the excellent voice cast is left to soak up a damp squib of a story.” – Radio Times May 7, 2026 Full Review Mortal Kombat II (2026) 68% 2/5 EDIT “For the most part returning director Simon McQuoid does little to turn this into anything but a serviceable follow-up to a film that feels outdated and outdone by much better recent video game adaptations. ” – Radio Times May 6, 2026 Full Review The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) 78% 4/5 EDIT “With a sharp script penned by Aline Brosh McKenna, who also wrote the original movie, TDWP2 does what all good sequels should do, and goes bigger and bolder. ” – Radio Times Apr 29, 2026 Full Review Michael (2026) 39% 2/5 EDIT “It is an utterly sanitised view of Jackson, appealing to fans who do not want to wrestle with the allegations their hero faced.” – South China Morning Post Apr 29, 2026 Full Review Only Rebels Win (2026) 3/5 EDIT “With Abbass offering a subtle turn and newcomer Benrachid more than a match, this is a mature, sensitive look at the way love can strike, even under the most difficult circumstances. ” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Rose (2026) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Unhurried pacing, first-rate performances and moody cinematography combine to create a resonant study of a woman's journey through a man's world.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Mouse (2026) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Featuring a potent turn from Frasier star David Hyde Pierce as the school's theatre teacher, this is a thoughtful, classy drama.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review You, Me & Tuscany (2026) 66% 3/5 EDIT “A sun-kissed charmer, best seen with a Spritz in hand.” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Outcome (2026) 28% 3/5 EDIT “An assured Reeves brings some soul to Reef, while starry cameos - Drew Barrymore as herself, Martin Scorsese as Reef's first manager - sprinkle much-needed glamour. ” – Radio Times Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Sunny Dancer (2026) 3/5 EDIT “While it might be difficult to call the film upbeat, it is sharply funny, shrewdly directed and catches the rhythms of teen interactions just so. ” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Wolfram (2025) 96% 3/5 EDIT “From shimmering sunsets to the plague of flies buzzing around every character, Thornton crafts an evocative, stark backdrop for this engaging survivalist drama.” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Everybody Digs Bill Evans (2026) 100% 3/5 EDIT “Danielsen Lie truly inhabits Evans, and spars well with Pullman, who effortlessly plays the father figure. Their drunken pow-wow in a bar is simply priceless.” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Nightborn (2026) 73% 4/5 EDIT “Grint is good value as the ineffectual hubbie, but - just as with pregnancy - it's the woman who does the work, with an exquisite, earthy turn from Haarla.” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review A Prayer for the Dying (2026) 2/5 EDIT “Reilly brings his usual quirky charm, but even he can't save this from its largely soporific feel. An inventive, try-hard movie that sadly never comes off.” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 95% 5/5 EDIT “Beautifully measured, and featuring some really incisive montages, this is an honest, frank and engrossing character study.” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Animol (2026) 4/5 EDIT “An impressive, confident debut from Walters. ” – Radio Times Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Queen at Sea (2026) 95% 4/5 EDIT “Binoche works wonders as the frazzled mum-of-one, unable to cope with her own mother's increasing lack of awareness, while Courtenay - a decade on from co-starring in Andrew Haigh's 45 Years - offers another great late-career performance. ” – Radio Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review Rosebush Pruning (2026) 27% 2/5 EDIT “With Pamela Anderson popping up in a cameo, at least the cast adds some louche glamour to an otherwise drab and sometimes distasteful affair.” – Radio Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review At the Sea (2026) 33% 2/5 EDIT “The script by Kata Wéber feels underwritten, particularly one-note characters like Laura's best friend” – Radio Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review The Education of Jane Cumming (2026) 4/5 EDIT “Shaw eats up her scenes, but Tharia impresses the most, bringing sensitivity and pain, rather than malevolence, to her misunderstood character.” – Radio Times Apr 9, 2026 Full Review They Will Kill You (2026) 65% 3.5/5 EDIT “They Will Kill You is a delicious slice of pure midnight movie madness.” – South China Morning Post Apr 1, 2026 Full Review Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 74% 2/5 EDIT “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is a follow-up devoid of original ideas and too reliant on bone-crunching violence.” – South China Morning Post Apr 1, 2026 Full Review The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) 42% 2/5 EDIT “Returning us to the lurid, trippy Mushroom Kingdom, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is equally barmy, if not quite as fresh or funny as its predecessor. ” – Radio Times Mar 31, 2026 Full Review The Love That Remains (2025) 94% 3/5 EDIT “It's a sometimes meandering but often charming meditation on emasculation and the stresses of divorce.” – Radio Times Mar 31, 2026 Full Review Splitsville (2025) 84% 3/5 EDIT “Corvino directs with brio, although sometimes the insights into modern-day couplings get lost amid the inherent craziness. It's a smartly acted film, even if it only hits a couple of the nerves it seeks to.” – Radio Times Mar 31, 2026 Full Review
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