Bill and Bening’s haunting portrait of love on the rock: KATE MUIR reviews Hope Gap

Hope Gap (cinemas, Curzon, 12A) Verdict: A marriage cliffhanger Rating: Matthias And Maxime (MUBI) Verdict: A friendship overheats  Rating: She Dies Tomorrow (cinemas, Curzon, 15) Verdict: As tedious as it sounds Rating: Bill Nighy and Annette Bening messily uncouple three decades of middle-class marriage in Hope Gap.  The problem is that Edward (Nighy) knows the break-up … Read more

Blockbusters are back… with a baddie to make Bond blush! KATE MUIR reviews Tenet

Tenet (12A) Rating: Christopher Nolan’s spy thriller Tenet is a mind-boggling and time-bending spectacle: A hugely anticipated blockbuster which should end months of darkness in cinemas. Audiences will be high on the sheer energy of the no-expenses-spared action: A bullet-pumping bunker bust, a crash staged using a real Boeing 747 (well, that’s one way of … Read more

Pining, poetry… and pain: KATE MUIR reviews Chemical Hearts 

Chemical Hearts (Amazon) Rating: Verdict: Teen love tearjerker Perfumes (Curzon on demand and cinemas) Rating: Verdict: French olfactory odd couple  The One And Only Ivan (Disney Plus) Rating: Verdict: Live-action gorilla getaway Film streamers such as Amazon and Netflix are churning out coming-of-age romances in a hormonal rush right now. The latest, Chemical Hearts, will … Read more