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Tom Cruise stars as a pilot and drug smuggler in American Made

Review – American Made

10/09/201714/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, American Made, August 2017, Caleb Landry Jones, Certificate: 15, Domhnall Gleeson, Doug Liman, Jayma Mays, Jesse Plemons, Rating: Pop, Sarah Wright, Thriller, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise brings the movie star charisma to a frenetic drug war thriller in the wildly enjoyable American Made.

Will Poulter plays a terrifying racist cop in Kathryn Bigelow drama Detroit

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Review – Detroit

06/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Algee Smith, Anthony Mackie, August 2017, Ben O'Toole, Certificate: 15, Detroit, Drama, Hannah Murray, Jack Reynor, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, John Boyega, Kathryn Bigelow, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Will Poulter

A complex tale of American police brutality gets a sophisticated, but flawed big screen depiction in Kathryn Bigelow’s intense drama Detroit.

Daniel Craig has a blast as an explosives expert in Logan Lucky

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Review – Logan Lucky

05/09/2017 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2017, Adam Driver, August 2017, Brian Gleeson, Certificate: 12, Channing Tatum, Comedy, Crime, Daniel Craig, Heist, Hilary Swank, Jack Quaid, Katherine Waterston, Katie Holmes, Logan Lucky, Rating: Pop, Riley Keough, Sebastian Stan, Seth MacFarlane, Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh is back and he’s delivered another wild ensemble heist movie, featuring many of Hollywood’s best and brightest.

Scarlett Johansson leads an all-female ensemble in Rough Night

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Review – Rough Night

04/09/201704/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, August 2017, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Demi Moore, Ilana Glazer, Jillian Bell, Kate McKinnon, Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs, Rating: Poop, Rough Night, Scarlett Johansson, Ty Burrell, Zoe Kravitz

Scarlett Johansson stars alongside the corpse of a dead stripper in the woefully misjudged hen do caper Rough Night.

Nat Wolff in the Netflix adaptation of Death Note

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Review – Death Note

03/09/201705/09/2017 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2017, Adam Wingard, August 2017, Certificate: 18, Death Note, Fantasy, Horror, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Nat Wolff, Paul Nakauchi, Rating: Poop, Shea Whigham, Willem Dafoe

Netflix takes on a beloved anime amidst allegations of whitewashing in the dark fantasy Death Note.

Samuel L Jackson stars in action comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard

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Review – The Hitman’s Bodyguard

31/08/201704/09/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, August 2017, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Élodie Yung, Gary Oldman, Patrick Hughes, Rating: Poop, Richard E Grant, Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Samuel L Jackson, The Hitman's Bodyguard

Ryan Reynolds quips a lot, Samuel L Jackson swears a lot… and that’s about it in bland comedy actioner The Hitman’s Bodyguard.

Tom Taylor and Idris Elba in fantasy adventure The Dark Tower

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Review – The Dark Tower

29/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Adventure, August 2017, Certificate: 12, Dennis Haysbert, Fantasy, Fran Kranz, Idris Elba, Jackie Earle Haley, Katheryn Winnick, Matthew McConaughey, Nikolaj Arcel, Rating: Poop, The Dark Tower, Tom Taylor

One of Stephen King’s most-heralded works finally makes its way to the big screen with The Dark Tower, which has been handed a critical and commercial kicking.

Al Gore takes on climate change again in An Inconvenient Sequel

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Review – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

26/08/201729/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Al Gore, An Inconvenient Sequel, An Inconvenient Truth, August 2017, Bonni Cohen, Certificate: PG, Documentary, Jon Shenk, Rating: Pop

Al Gore returns for another look at the environmental movement, a decade on from his wake-up call to the world in An Inconvenient Truth.

Amandla Stenberg leads young adult romance Everything, Everything

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Review – Everything, Everything

26/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Amandla Stenberg, Ana de la Reguera, Anika Noni Rose, August 2017, Certificate: 12, Drama, Everything Everything, Nick Robinson, Rating: Pop, Romance, Stella Meghie, Taylor Hickson, Young Adult

Young adult weepie Everything, Everything follows a young woman confined to her home as a result of a severe illness that compromises her immune system.