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  Certificate: 15 Running time: 130 minutes  Starring: Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea  Directed by: Jordan Peele The story: When an alien like phenomenon in the sky starts causing odd occurrences, a horse wrangler decides to investigate further.  The verdict: Director Jordan Peele has scored a hat trick with the release of Nope. Just as Get Out and Us did previously, Nope is yet another film which takes the audience on a visually astounding, provocative and thematically rich journey. Although Nope joins its predecessors in its quality, it does differ slightly in its accessibility. Nope is a lot more disjointed and a lot less linear. The story moves from the past to the present and back again, and is broken into different segments. With that in mind, undoubtedly there will be some audiences who find Nope a bit harder going. However, even when I felt the film was slightly too fragmented, there was not one second of Nope where I wasn’t engag...

  Certificate: 15 Running time: 126 minutes  Starring: Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, Andrew Koji Directed by: David Leitch The story: One train. Numerous assassins. Will anyone disembark alive? The verdict: If you have seen any of David Leitch’s previous offerings then you will be pretty clued in on the ride Bullet Train is going take you on. If you have enjoyed any of Leitch’s previous offerings then you will be pretty excited for the ride Bullet Train is going to take you on. Take the humour of Deadpool 2 and combine it with the action of Atomic Blonde and this is the result.  Bullet Train brings together a bunch of miscreant characters, each known by their villainous moniker, and places them all into one confined space. It is the filmic equivalent of an experimental cocktail - a multitude of ingredients are thrown together, shaken up and the result is likely to be divisive. You are either going to want to drink up or you...

  Certificate: 15 Running time: 125 minutes  Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn Directed by: Olivia Newman The story: The film follows  Kya, a young girl who is abandoned by her family, who is forced to raise herself in the marshes outside of a small town. When Kya’s former boyfriend is found dead, she is instantly accused by the townsfolk as a murderer  and so a trial begins. The verdict: Where the Crawdads Sing’s action predominantly takes place in the marshes of North Carolina in the 1950s and 60s. This setting, which is so full of nature both dangerous and  alluring , is incredibly evocative and  becomes a character within itself. Kya is seen as wild and untamed, yet beautiful, by the local community and she is the marsh personified – both are at the mercy of how others treat them, and both would rather be left alone in their tranquillity. Daisy Edgar-Jones  makes the perfect Kya. Kya is innocent an...