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Out on Friday 27 May Alice embarks on a new adventure. Whit Stillman unearths a lost Jane Austen story. Jodie Foster’s credit-crunch satire draws mixed returns. Yes, here’s this week’s new releases. Click on for our reviews of Alice Through the Looking Glass, Love & Friendship, Money Monster, The Daughter, …

The perfect evolution of a basic, ubiquitous game  Format: iOS / Android Price: Free Release date: Out now I’d like to think that we’ve all played it at some point. Whether you know it as Breakout or Arkanoid, you’d recognize the gameplay on sight: a ball bounces between bricks at …

This article includes spoilers concerning Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.  Way before Batman v Superman (opens in new tab) hit the big screen, trailers clued us into a source of anguish for Bruce Wayne: the death of Robin. It’s not a spoiler – the poor guy’s suit is shown …

Paul Schrader’s last movie, Dying Of The Light, was taken off him and recut so significantly that both he and star Nicolas Cage disowned it. Determined to put things right, they reteam on gonzo crime thriller Dog Eat Dog, with a shoestring budget and crew of hungry hopefuls giving them the …

It’s time to return to the Wasteland! Or, more precisely, it’s time to leave the Wasteland. In the new Fallout 4 DLC, a fresh case for Valentine’s Detective Agency sends you off to find a bright young woman who has disappeared from home. The mission takes you to an island …

The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab) has some beautiful places to kill monsters and play Gwent, but nothing like the verdant duchy of Toussaint. If it weren’t for the grisly slayings and mysterious monsters plaguing its opulent cities and rustic vineyards, it would almost be perfect. But then Geralt …

Doom’s first couple of missions deliver exactly what most of us expected from a modern iteration of the series. Fast, ferocious, movement-driven, close-range combat, running through an A-to-B level structure entwining multiple branching paths and winding levels of verticality. A pistol. A shotgun. A Doomguy. A fountain of zombies, Imps, …

With their socially aware, grounded, forceful dramas, the Dardenne brothers (Jean-Pierre and Luc) are modern cinema’s conscience. In their 10th film, The Unknown Girl, conscience is the theme, with several players tormented by guilt into doing the right thing. Being the Dardennes, who like to keep things small and focused, …

Deadpool’s impact on the worldwide box office – and indeed, the superhero movie landscape – meant that a sequel was a no-brainer, and while we don’t know much about the follow-up at this early stage a Cable appearance is guaranteed. The time-travelling mutant has a lot of comic book history …

Ignore the dubious title, Two Lovers and a Bear, from War Witch director Kim Nguyen, is a heartfelt, often heart-wrenching tale of, well, two lovers who make a treacherous journey across an icy tundra. There’s also a bear. Who talks. And may be a god. Needless to say, it’s not …