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Rebecca

Based on the Daphne du Maurier novel and following a slew of successful adaptations over the years – most notably Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 Oscar-winner – this new movie from Netflix stands on the shoulders of giants. It does, however, for the same reasons, have an awful lot to prove. Fortunately it’s directed by esteemed British filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field In England) and boasts an impressive cast – with Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Goodman-Hill and Keeley Hawes among them – which makes it a tempting prospect. For those unfamiliar with the story, it follows a glamorous young woman who finds herself living in the shadow of her new husband’s first wife – the mysterious Rebecca.