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Review

Emancipation

by David Jenkins

Will Smith brings stern dra­mat­ic heft to an enslaved man mak­ing a dash for free­dom in Antoine Fuqua’s tonal­ly mish-mashed action drama.

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Review

King Richard

by Leila Latif

Reinal­do Mar­cus Green gets the best out of Will Smith in this biopic of Venus and Ser­e­na Williams’ father and coach.

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Review

Bad Boys for Life

by Adam Woodward

This is not a review of Bad Boys for Life. This is a requiem for Bad Boys.

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Gemini Man

by Hannah Strong

Will Smith goes mano-a-mano with his younger self in direc­tor Ang Lee’s exhil­a­rat­ing action spectacle.

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Aladdin

by David Jenkins

This ultra-glossy ​‘live action’ remake of Disney’s 1992 mega hit cleaves too close­ly to the orig­i­nal to jus­ti­fy its existence.

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Review

Collateral Beauty

by Elena Lazic

The man once self-described as Mr Box Office heads up yet anoth­er slushy, con­trived dud.

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Suicide Squad

by Adam Woodward

DC’s freak show rodeo is an under­cooked, car­toon­ish romp that reveals a great deal about mod­ern moviemaking.

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Review

Focus

by Chris Blohm

Despite the chem­istry between Will Smith and Mar­got Rob­bie, this is lit­tle more than a crass Elmore Leonard knock-off.

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