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Dog Man review – goofy gags galore as the Franken-pooch takes on a fiendish feline

Dav Pilkey’s canine supercop creation is upstaged by the world’s most evilest cat in this energetic animated feature

The People Before review – house holds terrible secrets in efficient rural-set thriller

A family seek a fresh start but their new home isn’t the haven of tranquility they were hoping for in this interesting but predictable thriller

I’ve Never Wanted Anyone More review – Goethe’s Werther remade as charming contempo romcom

An 18th-century love triangle relocated to the well-to-do of modern Toronto is big on banter and farce even if real passion is sometimes lacking

Long-delayed DiCaprio/Scorsese serial killer film Devil in the White City back on track

The actor and director have wanted to film the true story of murders at the 1893 World’s Fair for more than a decade, and reports suggest it is back in pre-production

Blackwater Lane review – medieval mansion is the star in haunted house stalker thriller

A teacher becomes increasingly paranoid as she roams around her fabulous home and gardens in this flimsy adaptation of BA Paris’s novel The Breakdown

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director, dies aged 78

Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead

Here review – Hanks and Wright add folksy charm to Robert Zemeckis single-place drama

Set in the same spot – from prehistory onwards – Zemeckis’s sentimental drama is an odd combination of cosmic ambition and domestic intimacy

Richard Price: ‘I don’t like to write, I just don’t – it’s too much anxiety’

The US novelist and co-writer of The Wire on why his new book isn’t about cops and robbers, his 80s drug addiction and the authors who have inspired him

Christopher Nolan’s next film announced as ‘mythic action epic’ The Odyssey

The Oppenheimer director’s adaptation of Homer is scheduled for release in the summer of 2026, and will feature Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya

Your Fault review – bizarre and wooden step-sibling romance

Sequel to unaccountably popular Amazon Prime hit finds the same oldsters still out to stop the forbidden young lovers necking in glamorous locations

Nosferatu: The Real Story review – insightful probe into a vampire classic

Robin Bextor’s documentary about FW Murnau’s 1922 silent masterpiece makes some sharp points but leaves noticeable holes

Queer review – seedily terrific Daniel Craig carries Luca Guadagnino’s artificial-looking drama

The Call Me by Your Name director’s overlong William Burroughs adaptation boasts some fine performances, but any gritty realism feels totally manicured

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland review – Santa’s down the rabbit hole in charming animation

Voiced by Gerard Butler and Emilia Clarke, this is cosy-as-crumpets family fare, although padding out the book into an 80-minute film is a stretch

A vulnerable assassin and a tech bro target: how I put a modern spin on cult 1970s thriller to make The Jackal

Screenwriter Ronan Bennett on his mission to adapt Frederick Forsyth’s novel for the hit TV show starring Eddie Redmayne

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