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Suburbicon (out Oct 26) tries to tell two stories - one about racism in the 1950s and the other a murder-mystery in an ordinarily quiet neighbourhood. The problem is that neither story is particularly well told. This wants to be a dark comedy but the jokes are few and far between. Grade: C+.