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• 2018
• US
• 1h 59min
• 15

• Directed by: David Leitch
• Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin

When tragedy splinters Wade Wilson’s own life, it takes a meeting with a mutant kid (Dennison) and vengeful cyborg Cable (Brolin) to renew his sense of purpose. Filthy, ferocious and funny, it surpasses its predecessor by doubling down on the gleeful self-awareness and excess; the whole cast shines, and the climax is surprisingly touching.

• 81%
• 66%

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• 2018
• USA
• 1h 37min
• 18

• Directed by: Gerard McMurray
• Cast: Marisa Tomei, Melonie Diaz, Y'lan Noe

No-nonsense, incendiary B-movie prequel to the franchise, in which the government tries out the whole ‘purge’ idea for the first time. Noel and Scott Davis are fine leads, and it makes great use of horror tropes and characters to bust racist myths. Unsubtle, but charged and effective.

• 53%
• 54%

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• 2018
• US
• 2h 7min
• 15

• Directed by: Ari Aster
• Cast: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro

Annie (Collette) is an artist who crafts a dollhouse depicting the traumas of her life, but then her family begins to feel they’re being haunted by her late mother. Unnervingly oppressive debut from Aster, exploring maternal guilt and family anxiety. Collette has one of her best roles in years.

• 76%
• 87%

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• 2018
• UK

• Directed by: Drew Pearce
• Cast: Jodie Foster, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista

Future-set sci-fi following a nurse (Foster) who runs an emergency room for criminals only in a riot-torn Los Angeles. Despite some clunky dialogue here and there, this stylish noir is befitting of Foster's manifold talents.

• 63%
• 57%

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• 2018
• US
• 2h 5min
• PG

• Directed by: Brad Bird
• Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Odenkirk

In this sequel to the 2004 original, Supers are still forbidden but Elastigirl (Hunter) gets to go up against a supervillain while husband Bob (Nelson) minds the kids. It looks great and the voice cast is excellent, but it feels dated and the set-pieces become tiring.

• 82%
• 80%

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• 2017
• 1h 47min
• 12A

• Directed by: Saul Dibb
• Cast: Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield

In a French dugout in 1918, Captain Stanhope (Claflin) is running on whisky and nerves, and approaching a breakdown. Dibb retains the claustrophobia of the original play and a uniformly excellent cast means that the emotional moments are fully earned.

• 66%
• 73%

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• 2018
• US
• 2h 8min
• 12A

• Directed by: JA Bayona
• Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum, B. D. Wong, Toby Jones, Rafe Spall

Raptor wrangler Owen (Pratt) and his ex, Claire (Howard) return to Isla Nublar to rescue the dinosaurs from an impending volcanic eruption. Lots of ideas and some earnest lessons about conservation can’t hide that the franchise is running out of oomph, but it’s still fun.

• 66%
• 51%

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• 2018
• US

• Directed by: Ol Parker
• Cast: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård, Lily James, Jeremy Irvine

Sequel to Mamma Mia!

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• 2018
• US
• 1h 50min
• 12A

• Directed by: Gary Ross
• Cast: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter

Debbie Ocean (Bullock) sets in motion a plan to swipe a precious diamond necklace, and with pal Lou (Blanchett) puts together a gang of female crooks. The performances are great fun but Ross’s anonymous direction doesn’t add much, and it’s a bit let down by a needless subplot and unnecessary cameos.

• 64%
• 61%

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• 2018
• 1h 52min
• 12A

• Directed by: Rob Greenberg
• Cast: Anna Faris, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, John Hannah

Kate (Faris) is a single mom working two jobs when obnoxious Mexican playboy Leonardo (Derbez) chucks her cleaning gear off his yacht; when he gets amnesia, she claims he’s her husband. This twist on the lightweight Hawn/Russell original has energy and emotion but is dumb – yet the perky performances make it work. Simple but effective.

• 56%
• 42%

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• 2017
• France / UK / Cambodia / US / China
• 1h 56min

• Directed by: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
• Cast: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Panya Yimmumphai

True story of an English boxer (Cole) incarcerated in a Thai prison, who decides to participate in Muay Thai competitions to earn his release. Cole's star turn as the Liverpudlian boxer shines through the film's nightmarish depiction of his surroundings

• 72%
• 72%

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• 2016
• UK

• Directed by: Simon Godwin
• Cast: Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Simpson, Clarence Smith

Paapa Essiedu stars as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy.

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• 2018

Shakespeare’s most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion in this contemporary production with heartbreaking consequences.

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• 2018
• Spain
• 1h 50min
• 15

• Directed by: Sergio G Sánchez
• Cast: George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton

Jack (MacKay) cares for his siblings and ailing mother; when his mother dies, he and local librarian Allie (Taylor-Joy) try to protect the family by creating the illusion that she’s still alive. A wealth of detail in this haunted house story makes up for a lack of scares, and it’s a sober, well-constructed riff on genre tropes.

• 66%
• 63%

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• 2018
• US/Italy
• 15

• Directed by: Stefano Sollima
• Cast: Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner

Federal agent Graver (Brolin) brings his operative Alejandro (Del Toro) back into the fold as the operation shifts from drug-smuggling to human trafficking. This world-weary sequel has the authenticity of the first film but is more predictable, and it never really convinces us to care about the issues it prioritises.

• 73%
• 61%

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• 2018
• US
• 12A

• Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
• Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Pablo Schreiber, Neve Campbell

Will (Johnson) is an FBI veteran who lost a leg, married his nurse (Campbell) and is a safety assessor for the tallest building in the world—which is then attacked by terrorists. With inane dialogue, substandard Euro-villains and preposterous set-pieces, it takes on two classic predecessors (Die Hard and The Towering Inferno) and loses.

• 61%
• 52%

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• 2018
• UK
• 2h 5min
• PG

• Directed by: David Fairhead, Ant Palmer
• Cast: Carol Vorderman

The story of the world's most famous fighter plane.

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• 2017
• UK
• 1h 10min
• U

• Directed by: David Stoten
• Cast: Mark Moraghan, John Hasler, Hugh Bonneville, Joseph May

Thomas and the new experimental engines set out to save James and bring him back to the Island of Sodor.

• 61%

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• 2018
• USA
• 1h 43min
• 12A

• Directed by: Charles Stone III
• Cast: Kyrie Irving, Milton "Lil Rel" Howery, Nick Kroll

Dax (Howery) is a Harlem streetball coach who has to seek out 70-year-old streetball legend Uncle Drew (Irving) to form a team for a tournament. NBA stars wear very convincing prosthetic makeup in this amiable comedy, which is over-reliant on trash talk but which has a likeable cast and enough crowd-pleasing style to get by.

• 57%
• 57%

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• 2018
• UK/US
• 2h
• 15

• Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
• Cast: Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown,

Clear-sighted, compassionate portrait of Whitney Houston, which derives its strength from the range of testimony it’s collected, from family members, surly former husband Brown, film co-stars and assorted siblings and loved ones. It reminds us of her thrilling, spine-tingling voice while bringing revelations that many of her troubles lay in childhood trauma.

• 70%
• 75%

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• 2018
• 2h 11min

• Directed by: Rachel Kavanaugh
• Cast: Rufus Hound, Simon Lipkin, Neil McDermott

Join Ratty, Badger, Mole and Toad as they embark on a series of adventures spiralling from Toad's insatiable need for speed.

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