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Review

Expend4bles review – the living end

by David Jenkins

Sur­re­al­ly awful action spec­ta­cle which rep­re­sents noth­ing more than the quick­est route to a pay­day for every­one involved in its sor­ry creation.

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1
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Review

Blue Beetle review – a fairly decent time at the movies

by David Jenkins

DC plun­ders the musty vaults for mate­r­i­al and comes up with a pop­py Lati­no riff on the boil­er­plate super­hero yarn.

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3
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

by Adam Woodward

Tom Cruise and co gear up for anoth­er high-stakes mis­sion, but it’s dimin­ish­ing returns amid all the ambi­tious action.

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3
Enjoyment
3
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Review

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

by David Jenkins

It’s an improve­ment on the exe­crable Crys­tal Skull, but James Mangold’s exhuma­tion of the Spiel­berg adven­ture ser­i­al is both tame and unnecessary.

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2
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A superhero figure wearing a red costume with yellow lightning bolt designs, with a serious expression on their face.
Review

The Flash

by Hannah Strong

Ezra Miller stars as Ezra Miller and Ezra Miller, and Michael Keaton is also there, in Andy Mushi­et­ti’s take on DC’s speed­i­est superhero.

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Giant mechanical warrior in forest with glowing green eyes and metallic components.
Review

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts

by David Jenkins

The extinc­tion of the human race is on the table with this join-the-dots sev­enth entry to the appar­ent­ly beloved fight­ing robot-based mega franchise.

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A person wearing a red and black superhero costume flies through a colourful, abstract background with glowing shapes and energy trails.
Review

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

by Leila Latif

Miles Morales returns as the web-sling­ing hero of Brook­lyn in this smart sequel which defies expectations.

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5
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A bald man in a black shirt reaches down to a woman lying on the ground next to a car.
Review

Fast X

by Jake Cole

Jason Momoa puts in a fine show­ing as a new vil­lain in Louis Leterrier’s zany entry into the mus­cle car franchise.

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3
Enjoyment
3
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Review

Polite Society

by Fatima Sheriff

Fol­low­ing the blast of sit­com joy that was We Are Lady Parts, Nida Man­zoor takes a giant leap to the big screen with an in-your-face com­e­dy about crane-kick­ing the face of tra­di­tion­al mores.

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Young woman with long dark hair in a school uniform, standing in a doorway against a bright blue sky with clouds.
Review

Suzume

by Alicia Haddick

Mako­to Shinkai’s third fea­ture con­tin­ues his fan­tas­ti­cal vision with a teenage girl who acci­den­tal­ly opens a mag­i­cal por­tal, but fails to make the same impact as Your Name and Weath­er­ing With You.

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2
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