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January 2017

Andrew Garfield takes to the battlefield in Hacksaw Ridge
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Review – Hacksaw Ridge

08/02/201711/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Andrew Garfield, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: 15, Drama, Hacksaw Ridge, Hugo Weaving, January 2017, Luke Bracey, Mel Gibson, Rachel Griffiths, Rating: Pop, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, War

Mel Gibson is back and he’s wading through the dirt for a very special war movie.

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Ewan McGregor and Kelly Macdonald reunite in T2 Trainspotting
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Review – T2 Trainspotting

07/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Anjela Nedyalkova, Certificate: 18, Danny Boyle, Drama, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, January 2017, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald, Rating: Pop, Robert Carlyle, T2: Trainspotting, Trainspotting

Choose life. Choose a sequel. Choose a tedious parody of an iconic movie speech.

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Seth MacFarlane as a singing mouse in animated musical Sing
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Review – Sing

04/02/201709/02/2017 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2017, Animation, Certificate: U, Garth Jennings, January 2017, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Saunders, John C Reilly, Matthew McConaughey, Musical, Nick Kroll, Nick Offerman, Peter Serafinowicz, Rating: Pop, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Seth MacFarlane, Sing, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly

It’s like Zootropolis, y’see, but with pop songs.

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Dev Patel stars as Saroo in true life drama Lion
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Review – Lion

03/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: PG, David Wenham, Dev Patel, Divian Ladwa, Drama, Garth Davis, January 2017, Lion, Nicole Kidman, Rating: Poop, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar

Dev Patel stars in a heart-warming true story of family and abandonment, based around Google Earth — obviously.

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Natalie Portman stars as Jackie Kennedy in historical biopic Jackie
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Review – Jackie

31/01/201701/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Billy Crudup, Biopic, Caspar Phillipson, Certficate: 15, Drama, Greta Gerwig, Jackie, January 2017, John Hurt, Natalie Portman, Pablo Larraín, Peter Sarsgaard, Rating: Pop, Richard E Grant

Natalie Portman lights up the screen as one of America’s most memorable first ladies.

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Douglas Smith stars in horror film The Bye Bye Man
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Review – The Bye Bye Man

26/01/2017 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2017, Carrie-Anne Moss, Certificate: 15, Cressida Bonas, Doug Jones, Douglas Smith, Faye Dunaway, Horror, January 2017, Leigh Whannell, Lucien Laviscount, Rating: Poop, Stacy Title, The Bye Bye Man

The first horror film of 2017 is a misguided, supernatural stinker.

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Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams in intense drama Manchester by the Sea
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Review – Manchester by the Sea

25/01/201724/01/2017 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Casey Affleck, Certificate: 15, CJ Wilson, Drama, Gretchen Mol, January 2017, Kenneth Lonergan, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Michelle Williams, Rating: Pop

Casey Affleck makes his bid for Oscar glory with an elegant study of grief in Manchester by the Sea.

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James McAvoy stars in the M Night Shyamalan thriller Split
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Review – Split

22/01/201722/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Certificate: 15, Haley Lu Richardson, Horror, James McAvoy, January 2017, Jessica Sula, M Night Shyamalan, Rating: Pop, Split, Thriller

James McAvoy takes on an actor’s dream with multiple roles in the new M Night Shyamalan horror-thriller Split.

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Ben Affleck stars in gangster thriller Live By Night
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Review – Live By Night

20/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Ben Affleck, Brendan Gleeson, Certificate: 15, Chris Cooper, Chris Messina, Crime, Elle Fanning, January 2017, Live By Night, Rating: Poop, Remo Girone, Robert Glenister, Sienna Miller, Thriller, Zoe Saldana

Ben Affleck writes, directs, stars, produces and presumably makes the coffee in gangster movie Live By Night.

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Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone star in musical drama La La Land
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Review – La La Land

18/01/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: 12, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Finn Wittrock, January 2017, JK Simmons, John Legend, La La Land, Musical, Rating: Pop, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in Oscar frontrunner La La Land, but does it match the hype?

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Michael Fassbender and Ariane Labed in Assassin's Creed
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Review – Assassin’s Creed

18/01/201718/01/2017 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2017, Action, Ariane Labed, Assassin's Creed, Brendan Gleeson, Certificate: 12, Charlotte Rampling, January 2017, Jeremy Irons, Justin Kurzel, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, Michael K Williams, Rating: Poop, Video Game

Can Michael Fassbender and Justin Kurzel finally end the drought of good video game movies?

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With the shadow of Bohemian Rhapsody looming, Taron Egerton plays pop icon Elton John in the fantastical musical biopic Rocketman.

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Scottish zombie comedy ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ is a joyous exercise in musical splatter
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