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Denzel Washington plays the title role in The Equalizer 2

Review – Denzel turns dull vigilante in ‘The Equalizer 2’

17/08/201809/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Antoine Fuqua, Ashton Sanders, August 2018, Bill Pullman, Certificate: 15, Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo, Orson Bean, Pedro Pascal, Rating: Poop, Sakina Jaffrey, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, Thriller

Denzel Washington is back as the vigilante nobody really wanted to see again in The Equalizer 2.

Daniel Radcliffe and Grace Gummer in thriller Beast of Burden

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DVD Review – ‘Beast of Burden’ traps Daniel Radcliffe in a cockpit

13/08/201809/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, August 2018, Beast of Burden, Certificate: 15, Daniel Radcliffe, DVD, Grace Gummer, Jesper Ganslandt, Pablo Schreiber, Rating: Poop, Robert Wisdom, Thriller

Daniel Radcliffe goes it alone for most of drug trafficking thriller Beast of Burden, which is set largely within the cockpit of his tiny plane.

Jason Clarke stars as the title character in The Senator

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VOD Review – It takes more than a title change to make ‘The Senator’ work in the UK

12/08/201808/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Bruce Dern, Certificate: 12, Chappaquiddick, Clancy Brown, Drama, Ed Helms, Jason Clarke, Jim Gaffigan, John Curran, Kate Mara, Olivia Thirlby, Rating: Poop, The Senator

Jason Clarke plays Ted Kennedy in The Senator, known as Chappaquiddick in the USA, which is a dull, listless political drama.

David Tennant plays psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic Mad To Be Normal

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VOD Review – ‘Mad To Be Normal’ is a muddled 60s biopic with David Tennant

05/08/201805/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Biopic, Certificate: 15, David Tennant, Drama, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne, Mad To Be Normal, Michael Gambon, Olivia Poulet, Rating: Poop, Robert Mullan, VOD

David Tennant stars as psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic Mad To Be Normal, which follows a psychiatric experiment in the 1960s.

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.

Burt Lancaster plays the title role in Birdman of Alcatraz

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Blu-ray Review – Prison drama ‘Birdman of Alcatraz’ fails to take flight

03/08/201803/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1962, 2018, August 2018, Betty Field, Birdman of Alcatraz, Blu-ray, Burt Lancaster, Certificate: PG, Drama, John Frankenheimer, Karl Malden, Rating: Poop, Telly Savalas, Thelma Ritter

Burt Lancaster stars in Birdman of Alcatraz, which is a tedious tale based on the true story of a murderer turned ornithologist.

Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez in Hotel Transylvania 3

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Review – ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ takes the characters on holiday and leaves the jokes behind

31/07/201805/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Animation, Certificate: U, Comedy, David Spade, Fran Drescher, Genndy Tartakovsky, Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation, Jim Gaffigan, July 2018, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin James, Molly Shannon, Rating: Poop, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi

The monster hotelier Dracula is lonely and he’s looking for love on a cruise holiday in this bland animated sequel.

Daniel O'Reilly, better known as Dapper Laughs, in horror-comedy Fanged Up

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DVD Review – ‘Fanged Up’ sees Dapper Laughs try his luck with vampires

29/07/201829/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 18, Christian James, Comedy, Daniel O'Reilly, Danielle Harold, Ewen MacIntosh, Fanged Up, Horror, July 2018, Lauren Socha, Rating: Poop, Steven Berkoff, Stu Bennett, Vas Blackwood

His offensive comedy turned him into a national bad boy, but can Daniel O’Reilly shed his Dapper Laughs persona for Fanged Up?

Jodie Foster stars in action thriller Hotel Artemis

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Review – A good idea falls flat amid the neon lights in ‘Hotel Artemis’

29/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Brian Tyree Henry, Certificate: 15, Charlie Day, Dave Bautista, Drew Pearce, Hotel Artemis, Jeff Goldblum, Jenny Slate, Jodie Foster, July 2018, Rating: Poop, Sofia Boutella, Sterling K Brown, Thriller, Zachary Quinto

Drew Pearce squanders a really fun idea in Hotel Artemis, which is like John Wick if it had no sense of confidence or control in its tone.

Taraji P Henson plays the title role in crime thriller Proud Mary

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DVD Review – ‘Proud Mary’ wastes Taraji P Henson’s badass charisma

28/07/201828/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Babak Najafi, Billy Brown, Certificate: 15, Crime, Danny Glover, DVD, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, July 2018, Rating: Poop, Taraji P Henson, Thriller

Henson is a great choice for an action lead, but Proud Mary is a dramatically deficient crime thriller with limp action sequences.

Paula Patton stars in home invasion thriller Traffik

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DVD Review – ‘Traffik’ has honourable intentions, but flounders in execution

16/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Dawn Olivieri, Deon Taylor, July 2018, Laz Alonso, Luke Goss, Missi Pyle, Omar Epps, Paula Patton, Rating: Poop, Roselyn Sanchez, Thriller, Traffik, William Fichtner

Human trafficking is the serious issue at the heart of Deon Taylor’s home invasion thriller Traffik, but that issue never quite comes through in the way the director hopes it will.

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