CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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Film round-up: June 8
This week the Star's critics Alan Frank and Maria Duarte review Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom, All the Wild Horses, and The Boy Downstairs
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom (12A)
Directed by JA Bayona
★★★★★
UNLIKE the latest Star Wars “epic” which has crashed and burned at the box office, this addition to the landmark Jurassic Park franchise is hugely entertaining, suspenseful and guaranteed to give terrific value for money.
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