August 2017

Reviews 

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Review – Bushwick

25/08/201729/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Angelic Zambrana, August 2017, Brittany Snow, Bushwick, Cary Murnion, Certificate: 15, Christian Navarro, Dave Bautista, Jeff Lima, Jonathan Milott, Paco Lozano, Thriller

Dave Bautista and Brittany Snow battle to survive a war-torn suburban journey in action thriller Bushwick.

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Review – Overdrive

23/08/201726/08/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Ana de Armas, Antonio Negret, August 2017, Certificate: 12, Clemens Schick, Freddie Thorp, Gaia Weiss, Overdrive, Rating: Poop, Scott Eastwood, Simon Abkarian

Scott Eastwood tries to match his father’s flair for action, but falls short with vehicular thriller Overdrive.

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