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BRIGHTBURN ***
Dir: David Yarovesky (15, 90 mins)
Essentially Superman as a horror film, Brightburn follows a child who arrives from the stars whose ultimate intentions are not to save mankind but something far more sinister. Elizabeth Banks and David Denman are the Breyers, a couple longing for a child, only for one to appear from the skies one night. They believe they have been blessed, but as their child gets older, matters take a nasty turn. Jackson A. Dunn is creepily convincing as their adopted son Brandon, the anti-Superman who discovers he has powers but uses them for evil rather than good. He lashes out at school bullies, assaults nasty parents and destroys planes. He must be stopped, but can this cape-wearing, red-eyed child be defeated, even as his adopted mother clings to the belief that there is good in him? Lots of jump scares, moments of nasty gore, and a novel twist on superheroes, this is confidently directed by Yarovesky and written by cousins Mark and Brian Gunn. Certainly they’ve kept it in the family, with Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunn also producing. Opens June 21
words Keiron Self