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Reviews of Young Ahmed, An American Pickle, Perfect, The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands and Flash Gordon

Young Ahmed (NR)
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
★★★

HOW does a studious, video game-loving Belgian teenage boy turn into a radicalised Muslim, hell-bent on killing his teacher? Can a blossoming friendship with a girl his own age who challenges his fanatical beliefs be enough to bring him around?

Those are the questions posed by this very powerful and slow-burning drama from writer-directors the Dardenne brothers.

An American Pickle (12A)
Directed by Brandon Trost
★★★

Perfect 10 (15)
Directed by Eva Riley
★★★★

The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands (U)
Directed by Robert Lence and Aleksey Tsitsilin
★★★

Flash Gordon (12A)
Directed by Mike Hodges
★★★

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