This week, we review Paul Feig’s bro-baiting Ghostbusters reboot; small screen comics Key and Peele’s cat caper Keanu; same-sex romance in 70s France in Summertime; and The Hard Stop, a documentary about Mark Duggan, whose death in 2011 triggered riots in Tottenham, north London.

Ghostbusters, Keanu, Summertime and The Hard Stop reviewed – Film Weekly podcast

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This week, we review Steven Spielberg’s effects-packed adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG; the Simon Pegg-scripted sci-fi sequel Star Trek Beyond,; offbeat Greek comedy Chevalier and George Galloway’s controversial documentary The Killing$ of Tony Blair.

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The BFG, Star Trek Beyond, Chevalier and The Killing$ of Tony Blair reviewed – Film Weekly podcast

This week, we review the revamped Jason Bourne; Pixar’s Finding Dory; documentary Author: The JT Leroy Story and Thomas Vinterberg’s Danish film The Commune.

Jason Bourne, Finding Dory, Author: The JT Leroy Story + The Commune reviewed – Film Weekly podcast

This week, we review shark-infested survival thriller The Shallows, Todd Solondz’s ensemble road movie Wiener-Dog, Disney remake Pete’s Dragon and crude comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.

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This week, we review Ricky Gervais’s road trip with Office boss David Brent, Kevin Spacey trapped in a cat in Nine Lives, an unsettling documentary about competitive tickling and Brady Corbett’s fascist origins story The Childhood of a Leader.

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Further reading:

David Brent: Life on the Road review – Ricky Gervais’s bad cover version
Nine Lives review: Kevin Spacey can’t claw his way out of this feline disaster
Tickled review: fetish documentary goes from giggly to grim
The Childhood of a Leader review – stunning origins story for a future fascist
Warning: explicit content

David Brent, Nine Lives, Tickled and Childhood of a Leader – Film Weekly podcast

This week, we review Pedro Almodovar’s adaptation of three Alice Monroe stories, Julieta, The Purge: Election Year, in which America legitimately descends into bloodthirsty chaos, Andy Samberg’s Bieber-esque parody Popstar: Never Stop, Never Stopping and the final part of Noel Clarke’s urban trilogy, Brotherhood.

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Further reading:

The Purge: Election Year review
Popstar review
Julieta review
Brotherhood review
Warning: explicit content

Julieta, Brotherhood, Popstar and Purge: Election Year – Film Weekly podcast

It’s our final ever episode! To celebrate we’ll be raise a cup to Woody Allen’s Café Society, munch on the illicit goodies of Seth Rogen’s rude, brave adult animation Sausage Party, before wilting into the inevitable with Mia Hansen-Løve’s late-life crisis drama Things to Come. Thanks very much to everyone who watched and listened over the years. The full archive of the Guardian film show, the Dailies and Film Weekly will remain available online

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A weekly round-up of film reviews from the Guardian film team. Join Catherine Shoard, Benjamin Lee, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes and Andrew Pulver as we discuss the latest films hitting UK cinemas. Get in touch via @guardianfilm

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