Review – Taron Egerton shines as the glitter fades in ‘Rocketman’
With the shadow of Bohemian Rhapsody looming, Taron Egerton plays pop icon Elton John in the fantastical musical biopic Rocketman.
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Review – Messy Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ rocks hard enough to keep fans happy
Rami Malek is terrific as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, which traces the story of the iconic British rockers Queen.
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Review – ‘First Man’ is a sophisticated masterpiece about a human triumph
Damien Chazelle directs Ryan Gosling to a terrific take on Neil Armstrong and the journey to the moon in historical biopic First Man.
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VOD Review – ‘Mad To Be Normal’ is a muddled 60s biopic with David Tennant
David Tennant stars as psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic Mad To Be Normal, which follows a psychiatric experiment in the 1960s.
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Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin
AA Milne gets the sentimental biopic treatment in buttoned-up Britflick Goodbye Christopher Robin, which is a sepia-toned postcard of a movie.
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Review – All Eyez On Me
Tupac Shakur gets the biopic treatment courtesy of an uncanny performance from Demetrius Shipp Jr in the epic drama All Eyez On Me.
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Review – Jackie
Natalie Portman lights up the screen as one of America’s most memorable first ladies.
Read moreReview – Straight Outta Compton
Review of 2015 music biopic Straight Outta Compton, which stars Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins and O’Shea Jackson Jr.
Read moreReview – The Theory of Everything
Review of 2015 biopic The Theory of Everything, which stars Eddie Redmayne as world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking.
Read moreReview – The Imitation Game
Review of 2014 historical drama The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as wartime codebreaker Alan Turing.
Read moreReview – Mr Turner
Review of 2014 historical biopic Mr Turner, directed by Mike Leigh and starring Timothy Spall as the iconic British painter JMW Turner.
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