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Melanie Ehrlich and Chloë Grace Moretz in The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Review – Chloë Grace Moretz finds a prime role in ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’

20/09/201821/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Chloe Grace Moretz, Desiree Akhavan, Drama, Forrest Goodluck, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr, Marin Ireland, Owen Campbell, Rating: Pop, Sasha Lane, September 2018, The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The insidious methods of gay conversion therapy camps provide the focus for The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike in hostage thriller Entebbe

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DVD Review – ‘Entebbe’ is important politically, but drab as a movie

13/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Ben Schnetzer, Certificate: 12, Daniel Brühl, Drama, DVD, Eddie Marsan, Entebbe, José Padilha, Lior Ashkenazi, Nonso Anozie, Rating: Poop, Rosamund Pike, September 2018, Thriller

Political resonance cannot save the historical hostage thriller Entebbe from its own lack of tension and lacklustre cinematic style.

Amy Schumer took a considerable amount of flak for I Feel Pretty

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‘I Feel Pretty’ on DVD and the lingering curse of bad movie trailers

10/09/201813/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment Amy Schumer, Comedy, DVD, Emily Ratajkowski, I Feel Pretty

Amy Schumer’s divisive comedy is out now on DVD, but the unfortunate stench of its trailer can’t help but get in the way.

Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis in The Spy Who Dumped Me

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Review – ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ misses the action-comedy balance

04/09/201804/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, August 2018, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Gillian Anderson, Hasan Minhaj, Ivanna Sakhno, Justin Theroux, Kate McKinnon, Mila Kunis, Rating: Poop, Sam Heughan, Susanna Fogel, The Spy Who Dumped Me

Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon are left all at sea in a movie that can’t make up its mind when it comes to being funny or hard-edged.

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling connected in musical La La Land

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Perfect Scene – La La Land’s (2016) tortured, beautiful final fantasy

15/08/201809/08/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, La La Land, Musical, Perfect Scene, Ryan Gosling

The finale of La La Land focuses on a journey into the nostalgic fantasies of its two protagonists, and it brings the movie’s Hollywood homage to a conclusion.

Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd suit up in Ant-Man and the Wasp

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Review – ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is Marvel at its most blandly disposable

05/08/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, August 2018, Bobby Cannavale, Certificate: 12, Evangeline Lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Marvel, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Randall Park, Rating: Poop, Superhero, Walton Goggins

Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly take centre stage for Ant-Man and the Wasp, which follows up Infinity War with something lighter.

Henry Cavill takes to the skies in Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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Review – ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ weaponises Tom Cruise’s madness

25/07/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Certificate: 12, Christopher McQuarrie, Henry Cavill, July 2018, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Rating: Pop, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames

Tom Cruise has no fear, and that’s what Christopher McQuarrie uses to make Mission: Impossible – Fallout a wild action ride.

Dwayne Johnson protects his family in action movie Skyscraper

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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?