FILM REVIEW: Barbie starring Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling

By Aline Mahrud

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Mattel’s Barbie doll has proved so iconic and such a divisive figure that it fully justifies the homage to the film 2001 that it is blessed with here including Helen Mirren voiceover.

  • Read on for reasons including how this is the funniest film of the year so far but also 1 to make you think
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FILM REVIEW: Mary Queen Of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

RUN TIME: 125 minutes

WHEN?: Released in the UK 18/1/19

Screenwriter Beau Willimon told us when he was working on Netflix’s House Of Cards that ‘power is what really interests me’ and it is the fascinating dynamic between rivals here, the titular Mary and Elizabeth I that dominates.

  • Read on for reasons including why we’re baffled that this isn’t doing better in awards season

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