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Two men sitting in a classic car at night, with bright city lights in the background.
Review

The Nice Guys

by Adam Woodward

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are irresistible in this salty shaggy dog yarn from Shane Black.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Close-up of a young woman with pensive, serious expression, staring directly at the camera with piercing blue eyes.
Review

The Trust

by Phil W Bayles

Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage play a pair of crooked Las Vegas cops in this breezy heist caper.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two individuals, a man with bald head and a woman with long hair, sitting on a concrete ledge against a plain background.
Review

Hard Tide

by Adam Chapman

The British gangster thriller gets a much needed image makeover courtesy of Robert Osman and Nathanael Wiseman.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A young person with dark hair contemplatively holding a hand to their mouth, in front of a background with graffiti.
Review

Victoria

by David Jenkins

Sebastian Schipper’s sensational single-take thriller is an ode to the art of filmmaking.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in dark suit and green shirt standing in front of brick buildings and debris.
Review

The Legend of Barney Thomson

by David Jenkins

Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut is a miserable, tone-deaf hash of black comic clichés.

1
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
A black and white image of a man comforting a woman lying in a bed, with a decorative light fixture visible in the background.
Review

Touch of Evil (1958)

by David Jenkins

Orson Welles is some kind of a man in this grisly, ultra-melancholic border-town noir from 1958.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A man with brown hair and a beard wearing a white shirt, standing in front of a warm-toned background.
Review

Fast & Furious 7

by David Jenkins

Paul Walker’s swansong is a petrolhead poem to omnipotence and the concept of God in the digital age.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two men in casual clothing, one wearing an orange jacket with tiger print, the other in a blue top, sitting together in a dimly lit setting.
Review

Get Hard

by David Jenkins

The dodgy politics of this would-be comedy might have been more hard-hitting had Will Ferrell and and Kevin Hard given us something to laugh about.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Blond-haired woman in black leather jacket sitting with hands on table
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.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, riding on an escalator in a shopping mall, with advertising posters visible in the background.
Review

Blackhat

by David Jenkins

Michael Mann returns with a majestic B‑thriller which offers a sharp commentary on the mass digitisation of communication.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect