FILM REVIEW: Materialists starring Pedro Pascal, Dakota Johnson & Chris Evans

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ***

Dakota Johnson plays failed actress turned successful matchmaker Lucy who meets the perfect man, a financier played by Pedro Pascal, at the wedding of a client where her ex is working as a waiter.

  • Read on for reasons including how Materialists undoes a lot of the good work that marked out Song after Past Lives
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PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for August 2025 starring Ncuti Gatwa in Born With Teeth

  1. Born With Teeth starring Ncuti Gatwa

Former Doctor Who Gatwa (The Importance Of Being Earnest, National Theatre) stars opposite Edward Bluemel (Love In Idleness, Menier Chocolate Factory) in this story of playwrights Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare at the Wyndham’s Theatre 13 August through 1 December 2025. Tickets Our review

  • Read on for reasons including Brigadoon, Steps’ musical Here And Now and Materialists
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FILM REVIEW: Past Lives written & directed by Celine Song

By Aline Mahrud

WORTH A LOOK?: *****

Have you ever wondered whether there might be a finite number of people in the world and that all of us have past lives that occasionally bubble to the surface when paths cross?

  • Read on for reasons including why this is never afraid to disappoint and is 1 of the most perfectly executed films of the year
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