Mark Kermode
Writer and broadcaster Mark Kermode is the Observer's chief film critic. He is the author of Hatchet Job and The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex. Follow him on twitter: @kermodemovie
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Early Man review – stone age football’s finest hourNick Park pits British cavemen against bronze age interlopers in his gloriously funny take on the prehistoric birth of the beautiful game -
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle review – a crowd-pleasing rompBody-swapping, a wisecracking cast and a dazzling effects-laden package add up to a game-world movie that outshines its 1995 predecessor -
Star Wars: The Last Jedi review – may the eighth be with youWriter-director Rian Johnson delivers a fine mix of character, storytelling, explosions and something to think about on the bus home -
The Prince of Nothingwood review – magical and intrepidAfghanistan’s most prolific director literally puts his life on the line to make movies, as seen in this riveting and hilarious documentary -
Menashe review – father-son character study is a bittersweet treatA widower struggles to reclaim his child in this authentic and affectionate portrait of New York’s Orthodox Jewish community
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Battle of the Sexes review – a winner in straight setsEmma Stone and Steve Carell transport us back to 1973’s famous tennis showdown between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs -
Good Time review – Robert Pattinson excels in electrifying urban thrillerPattinson runs into a whole lot of trouble in this high-energy heist caper from rising indie stars Josh and Benny Safdie -
The Florida Project review – thrillingly vibrantA child’s sense of wonder is at the heart of Sean Baker’s joyful story of people living on the impoverished fringes of Florida’s tourist traps -
The Killing of a Sacred Deer review – uneasy about a boyDeadpan humour meets full-blooded horror in Yorgos Lanthimos’s unsettling drama about a surgeon’s friendship with a teenage boy
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Breathe review – a triumph of joy over adversityAndy Serkis’s directorial debut about the life of pioneering polio survivor Robin Cavendish is heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measure
Mark Kermode's film of the week Loveless review – a lost boy in a toxic world