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Film reviews from a Rotten Tomatoes critic

Dunkirk 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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If there’s one thing war films have taught me it’s that conflicts are long periods of quiet boredom interspersed with flashes of horrific fighting, injuries and death. Dunkirk isn’t boring but it is a film that feels remarkably quiet, which is odd as though there is little dialogue there is music everywhere, along with screeching bombs… Dunkirk Read More

The Take 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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A young pickpocket and an unruly CIA agent team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France. “Are you in love?… Are you writing a novel?… THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN PARIS?” CIA man Sean Briar (Idris Elba) subverts the cliches as he interrogates accidental terrorist Michael Mason (Richard Madden). Briar is described as “reckless,… The Take Read More

War For The Planet Of The Apes (3D) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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As if we didn’t need reminding, mankind’s hubris will be our downfall, nature will find a way, and oh karma’s a bitch. War For The Planet Of The Apes starts with an attack as a battalion of human soldiers sent by the vicious and desperate General (Woody Harrelson) come for Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his family in their… War For The Planet Of The Apes (3D) Read More

The Beguiled 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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The women and girls in The Beguiled are trapped, both by convention and by war. Bustling round their decaying Virginia plantation house, weeds coming through the veranda, ivy snaking up the crumbling columns and dust showing on the skirting boards, the teachers and pupils of Martha Farnsworth’s school have nowhere to go, and no way of going… The Beguiled Read More

The Darkest Hour Trailer May Be My Darkest Hour…

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*** My Darkest Hour review is now live *** …as I used up all my Churchillian superlatives for Brian Cox’s Winston in the recent movie – and Gary Oldman looks like he’s going to be incredible in this. WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO. Oh and thanks to this and the “other” Churchill I found out I’ve… The Darkest Hour Trailer May Be My Darkest Hour… Read More

Baby Driver 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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Baby Driver isn’t simply a funky soundtrack-driven heist movie – it’s as much about movement as music. There’s a choreographer listed in the credits, and you can see why – as Baby, the driver of the title, makes his naturalistic if slightly gawky way through the world. In fact the film galvanises so many senses it’s like watching a 4D film in 2D…. Baby Driver Read More