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January 2025

You’re Cordially Invited (Prime, Nicholas Stoller, 2025) & Detectorists (BBC series, Mackenzie Crook, 2014 - 2022)
You’re Cordially Invited is a wedding comedy that relies heavily on the supposed chemistry between Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell.
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Companion (Drew Hancock, 2025) & Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
Sophie Thatcher is excellent as a killer bot in Drew Hancock’s Companion, a movie that works both as a portrait of toxic masculinity and (most of all…
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Flight Risk (Mel Gibson, 2025) & Inheritance (Neil Burger, 2025)
Flight Risk is a fun and lighthearted thriller, that at just over 90 minutes doesn’t outstay its welcome.
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Back in Action (Netflix, 2025) & The Calendar Killer (Prime Video, 2025)
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz star in Back in Action, an action comedy about two loving parents who return to the world international espionage when their…
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Awards Season: Babygirl (Halina Reijn, 2024)
Winner of the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival, Babygirl is a fascinating erotic thriller from writer and director Halina Reijn…
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American Primeval (Netflix series, 2025) & The Breakthrough (Netflix series, 2025)
Directed by Peter Berg, American Primeval is a violent new western series that takes place in Utah in 1857.
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Modern Classic: Sundown (Michel Franco, 2022)
Sundown is a subtle drama with some thriller aspects, written and directed by Michel Franco, that takes place in Acapulco.
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Nr. 24 (John Andreas Andersen, Netflix, 2024) & Missing You (Harlan Coben, Netflix series, 2025)
Nr 24 is a gripping World War II drama from Norway, which tells the story of Gunnar Sønsteby, who became known as Norway’s greatest resistance fighter.
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