Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl has caused quite the storm since it’s release on Friday, so we’re getting into everything from the Charli XCX ‘diss track’ to the recent gear shift around music criticism. Also this week: Nicole Kidman’s divorce drama, the new AI actor touted as a real-life The Substance situation, Diddy’s sentencing, two excellent film recommendations and a review of Amazon’s new rom-com The Threesome.

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Recs/ reviews:

• I Swear, in cinemas now
• I Swear Review, Variety
• Weapons, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Sky Store etc
• Weapons review — gorgeous, terrifying and the best thriller of the year, Times 
• The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift 
• The Life of a Showgirl review, Pitchfork 
• Taylor Swift says diss track is 'love letter to someone who hates me', BBC 
• Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict, Guardian 
• Dear Dickhead by Virginie Despentes
• Nicole, Keith, and Maggie, Lainey Gossip
• The Threesome, Amazon Prime

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