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Jason Momoa plays the heir to the throne of Atlantis in Aquaman

Review – ‘Aquaman’ goes straight in as a top-end DC film

22/12/201821/12/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Amber Heard, Aquaman, Certificate: 12, DC, December 2018, Dolph Lundgren, Fantasy, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Julie Andrews, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Rating: Pop, Superhero, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Aquaman, directed by horror maestro James Wan, is a mad and unhinged superhero blockbuster, but it’s up there with the best of DC.

Christmas animation The Littlest Reindeer is out on DVD in the UK

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DVD Review – ‘The Littlest Reindeer’ is a perfectly acceptable kids’ film for Christmas

22/11/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Certificate: PG, Christmas, DVD, Jeff Dunham, Jennifer Westcott, John Cleese, Josh Hutcherson, Martin Short, Morena Baccarin, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Samantha Bee, The Littlest Reindeer

Josh Hutcherson and Samantha Bee star in family-friendly Christmas film The Littlest Reindeer, which is out on DVD in the UK now.

Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in biopic First Man

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Review – ‘First Man’ is a sophisticated masterpiece about a human triumph

26/10/201826/10/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Biopic, Certificate: 12, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Damien Chazelle, Drama, First Man, Historical, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Lukas Haas, October 2018, Pablo Schreiber, Rating: Pop, Ryan Gosling

Damien Chazelle directs Ryan Gosling to a terrific take on Neil Armstrong and the journey to the moon in historical biopic First Man.

Blake Lively stars in mystery thriller A Simple Favour

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Review – ‘A Simple Favour’ is a fun ride, despite its insanity

25/09/201826/10/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, A Simple Favour, Anna Kendrick, Bashir Salahuddin, Blake Lively, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Henry Golding, Linda Cardellini, Mystery, Paul Feig, Rating: Pop, Rupert Friend, September 2018, Thriller

Paul Feig’s mystery thriller, starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, is a mess of tangled plots and murky characters.

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

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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.

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.

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