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Dec 2019
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Jumanji: The Next Level, QT8: The First ...

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Mark Kermode reviews Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Kevin Hart in Jumanji: The Next Level.

Plus reviews including yuletide-themed horror remake Black Christmas, QT8: The First Eight, a documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's directorial career and Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Mark and Simon chat through all the films worth seeing in UK cinemas in the UK Box Office Top Ten, we tell you the best and worst films on TV next week and recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week.

00.18.05 Box Office Top 10 00.41.40 Pink Wall 00.47.12 Jumanji: The Next Level 00.52.56 Sons of Denmark 00.55.16 Citizen K 00.58.54 The Kingmaker

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