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Tim Grierson, Senior US critic
Based in the United States.
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- timgrierson@yahoo.com
Reviews‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ review: The aquatic hero returns in joyful animation
The fourth SpongeBob theatrical feature shows the beloved character can still charms audiences after 25 years on screen
Reviews‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ review: James Cameron’s third trip to Pandora is thrilling, immersive journey
Stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang are joined by Oona Chaplin in this epic instalment of the hit sci-fi franchise
Reviews‘Ella McCay’ review: Emma Mackey and Jamie Lee Curtis elevate disjointed James L Brooks comedy
Jack Lowden also stars in underpowered tale of a young state governor’s attempts to hold her life together
Reviews‘Kwibuka, Remember’ review: Earnest, dutiful drama sees a basketball star return to her Rwanda home
Sonia Rolland stars in Jonas D’Adesky’s second feature, which screens in Red Sea
Reviews‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ review: Maniacal mascots remain star attraction of dull horror sequel
Josh Hutcherson returns to do battle with the evil animatronics in follow-up to the surprise 2023 box office hit
Reviews‘Scarlet’ review: Japan’s Mamoru Hosoda borrows from ‘Hamlet’ for striking animated tale of revenge
The ‘Mirai’ and ‘Belle’ director’s latest begins its international rollout after proving a hit at the Japanese box office
Reviews‘Marty Supreme’ review: Timothee Chalamet powers Josh Safdie’s bracing spin on the sports movie
Chalamet’s swaggering performance is at the heart of this propulsive 1950s-set table tennis drama
Reviews‘Zootopia 2’ review: Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin return for underpowered animated sequel
Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster and Andy Samberg also join the cast of this animal adventure
Reviews‘Come See Me In The Good Light’ review: Affecting doc follows US poet Andrea Gibson’s cancer battle
’Good Night Oppy’ director Ryan White spends time with terminally ill Gibson and their partner Megan Falley
Reviews‘Sisu: Road To Revenge’ review: The vengeful Finnish soldier returns in gory, underwhelming sequel
Jorma Tommila’s grieving commando goes up against Stephen Lang’s Red Army commander to muted results
Reviews‘Wicked: For Good’ review: Cynthia Erivo sparkles, but musical sequel fails to hit the high notes
Jon M. Chu’s follow-up to 2024 box office hit ‘Wicked’ also stars Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey
Reviews‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ review: Jesse Eisenberg heads tricky third instalment of heist franchise
Returning stars Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman join incoming director Ruben Fleischer
Reviews‘In Your Dreams’ review: Netflix family animation proves something of a snoozefest
Alex Woo’s lightweight directorial debut follows two siblings who enter the magical world of dreams
Reviews‘Predator: Badlands’ review: The iconic sci-fi villain turns hero in propulsive instalment of long-running franchise
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning star in Dan Trachtenberg’s standalone adventure
Reviews‘Guru’ review: Pierre Niney stars as a manipulative life coach in uninspiring French thriller
Yann Gozlan’s film closes LA’s American French Film Festival before opening in France in January
Reviews‘Song Sung Blue’ review: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are high notes of mawkish musical tribute
Craig Brewer’s drama about real-life Neil Diamond tribute band closed AFI Fest ahead of a Christmas opening
Reviews‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ review: Jeremy Allen White impresses as iconic musician
Writer-director Scott Cooper attempts to unpack the profound depression and disillusionment that inspired that Springsteen’s Nebraska album.
Reviews‘Is This Thing On?’ review: Bradley Cooper’s bittersweet third feature stars Will Arnett and Laura Dern
Arnett and Dern impress as a couple navigating divorce in Cooper’s latest awards contender
Reviews‘Tron: Ares’ review: Jared Leto goes off grid in bombastic sequel to classic AI franchise
Jodie Turner-Smith, Greta Lee and Jeff Bridges also star in Joachim Ronning’s uneven actioner
Reviews‘Babystar’ review: Chilly German debut explores family life in the influencer age
Maja Bons plays a teenage star questioning her family’s social media celebrity in Joscha Bongard’s timely drama