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Dirty Dancer review – Swayze stan is like a whirlwind as she replays 80s favourite

Melissa Firlit recreates Dirty Dancing in a one-woman show that mixes trivia, personal memories and a singalong

Who Killed Marilyn? review – dismal attempt to solve mystery of Monroe with Pixie Lott

An account of the superstar’s life revisits her relationships and considers some conspiracy theories but never gets beyond cliche

Anthony Hopkins: Life Is a Dream album review – easy on the ear melodies written from the heart

There’s a cinematic flourish to many of Hopkins’ compositions, together with fine arrangements of Welsh tunes and pieces dedicated to family

Spa Weekend review – female answer to The Hangover spreads the slush with the massage oil

Despite stars Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Isla Fisher and the writers behind The Hangover, this tale of friends at a luxury hotel is a dud

French Girls review – scrappy Australian film made for $28,000 reveals refreshing new talents

Low-fi, aesthetically austere work set in Sydney’s modelling scene makes you wonder what writer-director Hyun Lee might do with more resources

It Ends review – gripping micro-budget horror ranks among the year’s best

Led by a stellar cast of gen-Z newcomers, Alex Ullom’s directorial debut is an expertly crafted nightmare about a road trip gone wrong

Mutiny review – Jason Statham’s fight-by-numbers action thriller just about stays above water

The hard-working action hero gives us exactly what we expect, and often want, in this sturdy cargo ship-set caper

Insidious: Out of the Further review – evil returns but so does boredom

Uninteresting mythology and junky effects push a once-promising horror franchise further from what it once was

Sweet Milk Lake review – a rewarding film about a trans man mistaken for his twin brother

Harvey Zielinski is superb as director, writer and star of his feature debut – playing not one, but two roles

Coyote Vs Acme review – quirky comedy returns from the dead to flip Wile E Coyote’s slapstick-violent world

After being shelved as a tax-writeoff, this Looney Tunes reboot redraws the hapless hunter as the Erin Brockovich of the cartoon world

Over/Under review – beautiful coming of age story of female best friends set across five summers

There’s an astonishing naturalism about the two leads, navigating the ups and downs of adolescence, bodily changes and learning to use tampons

David review – biblical Goliath-slayer animation offers upbeat boybandish worship musical

Christian kids’ movie is entertaining during the big battle, but the older bouffant hero’s lack of depth is distracting and the worship songs a weak link

Match review – gory and slyly satirical catfishing horror for the age of Hinge

Online dating’s eternal bugbear reaches a horrific apotheosis in this funny, grimy and impishly directed shocker

Waves Turn review – the exhausting, joyful, boring, wondrous realities of new motherhood

Josephine Ahnelt’s gentle but truthful documentary has home-movie intimacy and some incredibly touching moments

Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon review – a brave glimpse inside the mind of the Scottish artist

Director Finlay Pretsell captures Gordon setting things alight with a miniature blowtorch, smearing himself with silver paint and throwing shapes with a bullwhip

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