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Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett and Vanessa Kirby join Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible — Fallout, the stunning sixth instalment of the action film series

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In Hotel Artemis, Jodie Foster tops off a cast including Sofia Boutella and Sterling K. Brown in a dark yet lighthearted film set in a deeply criminal future L.A.

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14 years after the original comes the sequel to the finest animation film from the Pixar studios: Incredibles 2 arrives with new villains and a fresh sense of relevance

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Swelling with small screen British talent, Swimming with Men sees Rob Brydon fight his mid-life crisis by joining an all-male synchronised swimming team

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The fourth film in the franchise, The First Purge takes a few cheap shots at satire, featuring a performance from Y'lan Noel (Insecure)

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Rediscovering her African-American identity as well as uncovering her rocky childhood, Whitney is the latest, and hopefully last chapter on the phenomenal singer. Directed by Kevin McDonald.

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From the fun to the feelgood to the fast and furious, here are the best blockbusters of 2018 coming out this summer

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The latest from Winter's Bone director Debra Granik, Leave No Trace is a memorable and moving drama about those teetering on the edge of the American dream

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Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy charm in The Bookshop, a heart-warming, if two-dimensional, tale for book lovers

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Still stylish, with plenty of machismo from leads Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro, Sicario 2: Soldado is a less brainy, more brawny but fitting follow-up to the 2015 original

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Rising stars Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Sam Clafin save the sinking script of latest nautical survival drama, Adrift

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Boasting a stellar performance from model-actress Diane Kruger, In the Fade tracks one woman's lonely fight for justice in a country not quite finished with its dark nationalist past

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The Ciambra is an effective and affecting expose of life on the fringes of Italian society and an overdue update on one of the country’s defining cinematic ages

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How far does gender affect opinion on the all-female Ocean's 8? A male and female critic go head to head

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Touted as the best horror movie of the year, Hereditary is also stunning drama about the ravages of grief and the menace of family featuring an outstanding Toni Collette

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Directorial debut from Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince is a heartfelt account of Oscar Wilde's final years in Europe that just holds itself together. Colin Firth and Emily Watson feature.

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In the first trailer for the remake of romantic music drama A Star is Born, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper join forces

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The latest offering from François Ozon, L'Amant double is a ripe gorgonzola of a film that will be enjoyed by drunk film students for years to come

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A star-studded cast featuring Marion Cotillard and Charlotte Gainsborough can’t save the latest from Arnaud Desplechin, Ismael's Ghosts from partially sinking under the weight of symbolism-induced hollowness

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Nordic folklore is combined with grisly crimes in a Swedish genre-bender Border, based on the writings of John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Gaspar Noé returns with Climax, another piece of provocation, blending sex, drugs and faux-philosophical musings

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Innocence and experience jostle in Shoplifters, a beautiful, alchemical family drama from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda who snapped up the Palme d'Or at Cannes

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Rooftop Film Club announces June programme filled with iconic film anniversaries, the latest blockbusters and indie throwbacks

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A directorial debut from actor Paul Dano and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, Wildlife is a stripped-back drama about being reckless in your quietest moments

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Based on one of the most ridiculous stories never told, Blackkklansman shows Spike Lee hasn’t lost his touch but that he may just be out of it

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From the producers of The Babadook comes Netflix film Cargo, an Australian thriller held together by a convincing performance from Martin Freeman

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Somerset House and Film4 bring a curated selection of films to the great outdoors

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Here's what you'll be watching next: the buzziest and best films that screened at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

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The HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 updates the story in interesting and relevant ways, creating a true dystopian tale for our troubled times

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Mads Mikkelsen shines in Arctic, a by-numbers but efficient one-man survival story directed with a sure hand by first-timer Joe Penna

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The second Star Wars anthology film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, is a broadly enjoyable adventure with only a few standout moments and star turns

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The screen has never sounded so good: soak up the biggest blockbusters, from Star Trek to Harry Potter, alongside a live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall