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From Roger Moore With Love review – the amazing life of the louchest Bond

Full of celebrity interviews, wild anecdotes and ex-wives, this indulgent documentary gives the star the affectionate treatment he deserves, including an arch Joan Collins

The Bibi Files review – tapes and testimony expose paranoia and petulance of Netanyahu family

Alexis Bloom’s documentary, which shows the Israeli prime minister and his family under police interrogation over corruption charges, reveals their sense of entitlement

Sujo review – Mexican coming-of-age drama in the shadow of a cartel killing

A story about a boy deciding whether to enter the criminal underworld or become a student that lacks enough passion and anger to really hit home

Meet the Parents sequel in development with original cast set to return

Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are in talks to reprise their characters for a new comedy follow-up

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

Exceedingly good needle drops: why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer

Zombie movie action soundtracked by the unhinged vinyl screeches of Boots, Rudyard Kipling’s evocation of soldiers in battle? It’s a match made in horror movie heaven

‘I thirst for you’: the inside story of Badnam Basti, India’s first queer film

With a title that translates as Neighbourhood of Ill Repute, and featuring a bisexual love triangle, the 1971 film wowed festivals – before disappearing without trace. Now it’s been rediscovered – by accident

Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping

What initially looks and feels like a standard romantic comedy with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones deftly ends up in a far darker place

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

The Universal Theory review – chilly German sci-fi noir splices genres with style

Ambitious feature by Timm Kröger moves from lurid colour to stark black and white following an academic’s Alpine adventures in the metaverse

‘I don’t remember 20 days’: Jamie Foxx says he had ‘brain bleed which led to a stroke’

The actor has spoken in a Netflix special about the medical emergency he experienced in April 2023 as he was filming Back in Action with Cameron Diaz

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – redundant, flavourless animation

The plundering of JRR Tolkien’s source material continues with this plodding adventure turning a footnote into a film

So This Is Christmas review – most wonderful time of the year in a small Irish town

This quietly compelling documentary tells the stories of a select group of people as they cope with Christmas with hardship and humour

Is Kraven the Hunter the last chance for Sony’s Spider-Man universe?

We’ve had five supposedly Spidey features without any sign of their presiding superhero. Let’s hope he finally swings into action in the sixth

Scrap review – Vivian Kerr’s subtle performance as flawed single mum comes up trumps

Kerr writes, directs and delivers a layered lead performance as an unemployed woman who lies to her family about sleeping rough in her car

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