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Dwayne Johnson protects his family in action movie Skyscraper

Review – The subdued silliness of ‘Skyscraper’ suggests The Rock doesn’t know his own strength

22/07/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Certificate: 12, Chin Han, Dwayne Johnson, Hannah, July 2018, Neve Campbell, Noah Taylor, Pablo Schreiber, Quinlivan, Rating: Pop, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Roland Møller, Skyscraper

Dwayne Johnson dangles from a burning skyscraper by his own prosthetic leg, and yet Skyscraper still isn’t silly enough.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer

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Why I’m now way too scared to rewatch my favourite films

16/07/201816/07/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment (500) Days of Summer, Almost Famous, Garden State, Gravity, Independence Day, Star Wars: A New Hope, The Fundamentals of Caring

Luke’s favourite films list is littered with movies that seem to be somewhat problematic in 2018. Are they better not to be rewatched, to preserve the magic?

Jeremy Renner and Jon Hamm star in comedy movie Tag

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Review – Friendship comedy ‘Tag’ finds tenderness amidst the action

09/07/201809/07/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Annabelle Wallis, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Ed Helms, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jake Johnson, Jeff Tomsic, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, June 2018, Leslie Bibb, Rashida Jones, Rating: Pop, Tag

Jeremy Renner and Ed Helms square off as lifelong friends held together by a childhood game in the over-cranked comedy Tag.

Aussie drama Sweet Country is out next week on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK

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Sweet Country on Blu-ray and boring movies that we say are good

06/07/201810/07/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blu-ray, Interstellar, Sweet Country

Aussie outback drama Sweet Country is out on Blu-ray and it’s obviously a good film, but could it actually be a little bit boring?

Joonas Suotamo and Alden Ehrenreich in Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Review – Despite production problems, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ keeps the franchise motor running

24/05/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Alden Ehrenreich, Certificate: 12, Chris Miller, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo, May 2018, Paul Bettany, Phil Lord, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ron Howard, Sci-Fi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Woody Harrelson

Alden Ehrenreich steps into the iconic role of the space outlaw who always shoots first, unless George Lucas gets to him.

Gabrielle Union stars in home invasion thriller Breaking In

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Review – Home invasion thriller ‘Breaking In’ fails to subvert conventions

24/05/201827/05/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Ajiona Alexus, Billy Burke, Breaking In, Certificate: 15, Gabrielle Union, James McTeigue, Levi Meaden, Mark Furze, May 2018, Rating: Poop, Richard Cabral, Seth Carr, Thriller

Gabrielle Union and Billy Burke star in this home invasion thriller, which starts off with some good ideas, but soon becomes generic.

Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams in All the Money in the World

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Blu-ray Review – Away from casting controversy, ‘All the Money in the World’ is just a bloated kidnap thriller

15/05/201817/05/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, All the Money in the World, Andrew Buchan, Blu-ray, Certificate: 15, Charlie Plummer, Christopher Plummer, Drama, Kevin Spacey, Marco Leonardi, Mark Wahlberg, May 2018, Michelle Williams, Rating: Poop, Ridley Scott, Romain Duris, Thriller

It has been six months since All the Money in the World undertook ambitious reshoots, so does the film hold up away from the headlines?

Ben Stiller stars as a middle-class parent in Brad's Status

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DVD Review – ‘Brad’s Status’ might have been interesting, were it not so smug

30/04/201806/05/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, April 2018, Austin Abrams, Ben Stiller, Brad's Status, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, DVD, Jemaine Clement, Jenna Fischer, Luke Wilson, Michael Sheen, Mike White, Rating: Poop, Shazi Raja

Ben Stiller stars as a parent fretting about his son’s college prospects, most notably whether he will get into Harvard. That’s relatable, right?

Josh Brolin as the villainous titan Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War

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Review – ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ pays off a decade of storytelling with a mad action spectacle

28/04/201828/04/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, April 2018, Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bradley Cooper, Certificate: 12, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Josh Brolin, Marvel, Rating: Pop, Road to Infinity War, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sci-Fi, Superhero, The Russo Brothers, Tom Holland, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana

A decade of the most ambitious movie franchise in the history of a cinema finally comes to a head with Avengers: Infinity War. But was it worth the wait?