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• 2016
• US
• 2016-08-19
• 15

• Directed by: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
• Cast: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Mumolo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Christina Applegate

Soccer mom Amy (Kunis), thwarted by the controlling PTA, befriends repressed Kiki (Bell) and outrageous Carla (Hahn). Rude, crude and raucous but nevertheless rather pleasing feelgood froth, championing bad behaviour as a solution to social repression.

• 67%
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• 60%

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• 2016
• US
• 123 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
• Cast: Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi

Judah Ben-Hur (Huston) is a wronged nobleman who does a lot of stuff but chiefly races in a chariot against adopted brother Messala (Kebbell). Forgettable and largely pointless remake of the 1959 classic, heavy on the action but light on plot, characterisation or entertainment.

• 57%
• 38%
• 26%

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• 2016
• US/UK
• 117 min
• U

• Directed by: Steven Spielberg
• Written by: Roald Dahl (novel), Melissa Mathison (screenplay)
• Cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Bill Hader, Rebecca Hall

Eight year old Sophie (Barnhill) looks out her window one evening to discover something terrifying – the Big Friendly Giant (Rylance), who unlike his giant brothers doesn't actually want to eat her. Magical, funny and surprising stuff from Spielberg, lacking only some of the menace of Dahl's original, but genuinely heartwarming.

• 67%
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• 2016
• USA
• 89 min
• 15

• Directed by: Adam Wingard
• Written by: Simon Barrett
• Cast: James Allen McCune, Corbin Reid, Wes Robinson

James and a group of his friends head in to the forest to search for his long lost sister after discovering a video of her in the woods of the Blair Witch.

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• 100%

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• 2016
• UK
• 123 min
• 15

• Directed by: Sharon Maguire
• Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey

Bridget (Zellweger) is back, and pregnant, either by handsome American Jack (Dempsey) or Mark (Firth), the ex she never got over. Cue babymaking shenanigans. Bridget's fretting about being a 'spinster' comes across as self-hatred, and the men don't deserve the poor treatment she gives them. Not cute, not charming; just awful.

• 75%
• 59%
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• 2016
• US
• 113 min
• 15

• Directed by: Ariel Vromen
• Cast: Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner, Eric Bana, Tommy Lee Jones

CIA agent Bill Pope (Reynolds) is killed and his memories are transplanted into psycho criminal Jericho Stewart (Costner). Moronic and unpleasant, with appalling dialogue and one-dimensional characters; Gadot gives it her best shot but is overshadowed by Costner's monumental badness. An unmitigated disaster.

• 63%
• 37%
• 30%

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• 2016
• US
• 108 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Peter Berg
• Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich

The real-life tale of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, in which an oil rig explosion killed eleven men and caused the largest oil spill in American history. Berg touches on issues of corporate negligence and recklessness, but the real focus is on the courage of individuals such as Wahlberg's blue collar engineer. A solid nailbiter.

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• 2016
• US
• 88 min
• 15

• Directed by: Fede Alvarez
• Cast: Jane Levy, Daniel Zovatto, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang

Rocky (Levy), Money (Zovatto) and Alex (Minnette) rob rich people's houses, but when they break into the house of a blind Iraq War veteran (Lang) they get more than they bargained for. Nerve-shredding home invasion thriller with great control of suspense, surprise and pace.

• 77%
• 71%
• 88%

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• 2016
• US
• 103 min
• U

• Directed by: Andrew Stanton
• Written by: Victoria Strouse
• Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Ty Burrell, Willem Dafoe

In the sequel to the much-loved Finding Nemo, annoyingly forgetful Dory goes on an adventure to find her family, crossing three oceans to get to them with Marlon and Nemo just a swish behind her.

• 78%
• 77%
• 94%

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• 2016
• US
• 139 min
• 15

• Directed by: Gary Ross
• Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali

Newt Knight is a Mississippi farmer and Confederate soldier who rebels against the authorities and organises a group of escaped slaves into a militia. Based on a true story which feels considerably more interesting than the movie; Knight is too good to believe and the film's good intentions rarely spark.

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• 2016
• US

• Directed by: Tate Taylor
• Cast: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux

Mystery thriller based on the enormously popular novel by Paula Hawkins.

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• 2016
• UK/US
• 111 min
• 15

• Directed by: Colm McCarthy
• Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sennia Nanua, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine

A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie. Moving, visceral and surprising sci-fi horror, asking questions about what it means to be human.

• 70%
• 54%

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• 2005
• UK/US
• 12A

• Directed by: Mike Newell
• Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Harry and his mates get busy at the inter-school of magic TriWizard Tournament, only to be faced with the return of evil mastermind Lord Voldemort (Fiennes). Overlong but entertaining enough adaptation of fourth Potter book directed with by Brit Newell.

• 77%
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• 2004
• US
• 142 min
• PG

• Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
• Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

It is the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, and he has heard that it is Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), a renegade wizard, is the Prisoner of Azkaban. What Harry doesn't suspect is that Black has escaped and is coming after him. Expectations are riding high for Harry Potter 3, with a new director in Cuarón (Y Tu Mamá También), and a darker, more complex book to adapt. There is enough dark humour, spectacular effects and appealing performances to keep you trapped in the franchise. But Harry's new adventure is also ponderous and overlong, regular Potter screenwriter Steven Kloves' confusing, rambling, structurally incoherent script, in which characters appear and disappear and plot turns are never realised, keeps the door firmly closed on this private club.

• 78%
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• 2016
• US
• 102 min
• 15

• Directed by: David Mackenzie
• Cast: Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Gil Birmingham

Career criminal Tanner (Foster) and his taciturn brother Toby (Pine) rob banks across Texas, pursued by gruff Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his partner Alberto (Birmingham). A winning combination of Heat-style action, social commentary and character comedy, with a sensational cast and an aching heart.

• 83%
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• 2016
• New Zealand
• 101 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Taika Waititi
• Cast: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby, Rima te Wiata

Urban malcontent Ricky (Dennison) reluctantly goes to the NZ countryside with foster aunt Bella (te Wiata) and her gruff husband Hec (Neill). When a tragic event prompts Ricky to run off, Hec goes after him, but the authorities assume that Hec's kidnapped Ricky. Simple, affecting comedy that builds into full-on action, with great chemistry between Neill and Dennison.

• 84%
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• 2016
• US
• 90 min

• Directed by: John Stockwell
• Cast: Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dave Bautista, Gina Carano, Georges St-Pierre, Darren Shahlavi

• 69%
• 47%

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• 2016
• US
• 102 min
• PG

• Directed by: Travis Knight
• Cast: Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes, Brenda Vaccaro, George Takei

One-eyed origami expert Kubo (Parkinson) joins forces with no-nonsense Monkey (Theron) and goofy human/insect warrior Beetle (McConaughey) on a quest to defeat the Moon King (Fiennes). Breathtakingly beautiful stop-motion animation, maybe too scary for young kids, but with plenty of humour, fine voice performances and a story full of heart.

• 83%
• 84%
• 96%

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• 2016
• US
• 132 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
• Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett

Sam Chisolm (Washington) is a bounty hunter tasked with ridding Rosewater Creek of evil prospector Bogue (Sarsgaard) and his goons, so he recruits the titular seven-minus-one. Unsubtle remake of the 1960 original; the stunt work may have improved but it's all a bit empty

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• 2016
• US
• 126 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Tim Burton
• Written by: Jane Goldman (screenplay), Ransom Riggs (novel)
• Cast: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Ella Purnell, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson

Teenager Jake (Butterfield), traumatised by the death of his grandfather (Stamp), goes to visit the titular home, where his grandfather grew up, run by eccentric Miss Peregrine (Green). Green is fun and memorable, so it's a pity that boring Jake is the main character and that the film is a whole is so disappointing and formulaic.

• 79%

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• 2016
• France, US, Denmark
• 118 min
• 18

• Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
• Cast: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote

Jesse (Fanning) is an aspiring model who arrives in Los Angeles and turns heads with her youth and beauty, fuelling the vicious jealousy of her rivals. Stylish and gory but exceedingly silly B-movie, with laughably shallow satiric elements and Fanning overplaying Jesse's implausible naivety.

• 67%
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• 2016
• US
• 91 min
• U

• Directed by: Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney
• Written by: Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch
• Cast: Louis CK, Eric Stonestreet, Ellie Kemper, Jenny Slate

Little Max (Louis CK) is a small dog who gets very lonely when his beloved human Katie (Kemper) leaves each day. But then she brings home a huge, shaggy rescue mutt (Stonestreet) and hijinks ensue. Undeniably derivative but cute and energetic comedy sustained by its fine voice cast.

• 68%
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• 2016
• UK
• 122 min
• 15

• Directed by: Mat Whitecross
• Cast: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher

The story of the Gallagher brothers and the band that made them famous, with plenty of eye-watering archive material from wobbly early rehearsals via life-changing first gigs to the 'biblical' 1996 Knebworth gigs, their career high point, which bookend the film. Richly sourced, with fresh voiceover interviews with both Gallaghers, it's highly watchable.

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