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Review

Mulan

by Leila Latif

Disney’s live action remake ditch­es the kitsch and catchy songs – and is arguably weak­er for it.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Tenet

by Adam Woodward

A stop­pable force meets an infi­nite­ly mov­able object in Christo­pher Nolan’s con­tin­u­um-shat­ter­ing sci-fi thriller.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Old Guard

by Hannah Strong

Net­flix eyes up a super­hero fran­chise to call their own with Gina Prince-Bythe­wood’s enter­tain­ing action epic.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Extraction

by David Jenkins

Chris Hemsworth goes full Ram­bo in this slick, soul­less shoot-em-up penned by Joe Russo.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

The Iron Mask

by Matt Thrift

Not even a Schwarzeneg­ger-Chan show­down is enough to sal­vage this unfath­omably dire action folly.

1
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

The Hunt

by Charles Bramesco

It’s Lib­er­al Elites ver­sus Red Staters in Craig Zobel’s long-delayed hor­ror-satire. The wait was hard­ly worth it.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

Bacurau

by Biju Belinky

Direc­tors Kle­ber Men­donça Fil­ho and Juliano Dor­nelles skew­er mod­ern Brazil­ian his­to­ry in this sub­ver­sive sur­vival thriller.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Underwater

by David Jenkins

Fee­ble, water-logged action caper in which under­sea ghouls ter­rorise Kris­ten Stew­art on a deep sea min­ing station.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Birds of Prey

by Hannah Strong

Mar­got Rob­bie brings anar­chy and atti­tude to the DCEU in Cathy Yan’s pop-punk ode to womanhood.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Rhythm Section

by Charles Bramesco

Blake Live­ly is hell­bent on revenge in direc­tor Reed Morano’s female-inflect­ed riff on James Bond.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect