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Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) creates a dystopian future every bit as beautiful, immersive and mind-blowing as Ridley Scott did 35 years ago in this epic science fiction sequel. (at 17:32) Unfortunately… Read More
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Addiction can be destructive, to ourselves and those around us – but in Colossal, a young New Yorker’s drinking problem has far more cataclysmic repercussions when it manifests as a… Read More
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Ever since playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and his lead role as Edward Cullen in Twilight, British actor Robert Pattinson, now 31, has fought… Read More
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Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy cement their positions as two of the most captivating young actresses working today in Thoroughbreds, a wickedly humorous psychodrama straddling the class divide in small-town… Read More
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Sofia Coppola won the Best Director award for her remake of the Clint Eastwood/Don Siegel classic, about a wounded Union soldier, who becomes live-in prisoner to a household of Southern… Read More
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Edgar Wright, the British writer-director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, finally scores his first theatrical release in Hong Kong with Baby Driver. Billed as La La Land… Read More
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Tom Cruise gives his best performance in quite some time as Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who goes to work for the CIA and Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel. (at 10:37) Read More
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Adapted from one of Stephen King’s most successful and popular horror stories, It follows a group of small-town teenagers tormented by a demonic clown. While he has “updated” the story… Read More
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Estranged half-brothers Andrew and Garrett Foster set out to steal a priceless collection of sports cars in director Antonio Negret’s low-rent Fast and Furious knock-off. But the endless parade of… Read More
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Adapted from Stephen King’s magnum opus, a young boy is transported to the mythical Mid-World, where he finds himself caught in a mythical battle of good vs evil. Read More
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The many lives of an inquisitive canine are given the big screen treatment in this schmaltzy but ultimately good-natured adaptation of the best-selling novel that is sure to have dog… Read More
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Ryan Reynolds stars as a down on his luck protection agent who is assigned to escort Jackson’s formidable hitman across Europe to testify against Gary Oldman’s dictator. (at 16:35) Read More
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Adopting a back-to-basics approach to the horror genre, the first English language film from Norwegian director Andre Øvredal (Trollhunter) is an effectively atmospheric tale, in which the body of an… Read More
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Like his predecessors, Pierce Brosnan has struggled to find legitimate success since retiring as James Bond. Occasionally he stumbles into a good role (The Matador, Love Is All You Need)… Read More
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The doll from The Conjuring gets its own origin story in the second spin-off prequel, which marks a huge improvement on its predecessor. (at 21:35) Read More
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A poor man’s Wreck-It Ralph is high praise indeed for this nonsensical animated debacle set inside the world of a teenager’s smartphone. Read More
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Mandy Moore and Claire Holt find themselves at the bottom of the Mexican ocean surrounded by great white sharks in this simple yet effective thriller. Read More
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Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon head up this all-girl spin on The Hangover, or more closely Peter Berg’s Very Bad Things. But can the red hot cast convert some of… Read More
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