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The

Lighthouse “Somewhere
over the
rainbow…”
Cert 15, 109 minutes,
in cinemas 31 January

Starring: Robert Pattinson,
Willem Dafoe
Director: Robert Eggers 12

THE PLOT A young man
(Pattinson) gets more than he
bargained for when he accepts
Gary Oldman:
a job serving as an assistant to leather daddy
a grizzled lighthouse keeper
(Dafoe) on a remote, wind-
lashed island off the American TheCourier Judy
New England coast in the 1890s. DVD/Blu-ray,outMonday3February DVD/Blu-ray, out Monday 3 February
Drunken carousing, mind games The great Gary Oldman stars in this Renée Zellweger is firm favourite to
and creeping insanity ensue. hectic high-concept action thriller as win the Best Actress Oscar on Sunday
WHAT’S RIGHT WITH IT? the brilliantly named Ezekiel Mannings. for her role as Hollywood icon Judy
Dafoe relishes his pages of He’s a brutal crime lord whose gang Garland in this fascinating biopic. The
flavoursome period language, sends a bomb to young Nick Murch (Amit Shah) film focuses on the period in the late ’60s when
while the Oscar-nominated – the only witness able to testify against Garland arrived in London to perform in a
black-and-white cinematography Mannings – via a London motorbike courier, sell-out run. As she prepares for the show, she
makes The Lighthouse feel played by former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko. romances soon-to-be-fifth-husband Mickey
utterly distinctive. Thrills and spills ensue. HHH Liam Wright Deans (Finn Witrock). HHHH Boyd Hilton
WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT?
The film will increasingly
divide audiences the more
bonkers it becomes. #91
VERDICT The Witch director
Robert Eggers impresses again
with a compellingly entertaining
US indie flick that feels like no
other. HHHH Charles Gant

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“It’s very
gloomy
in here”

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