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Review

The Perfection

by Josh Slater-Williams

There’s shades of Brian De Palma and Park Chan-wook in this Allison Williams-starring Netflix thriller.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

by Matt Thrift

Keane Reeves’ ​‘excommunicado’ protagonist wages a one-man war in this ante-upping threequel.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Woman at War

by Aimee Knight

An Icelandic choir teacher stakes a stand against big business in this compelling eco-thriller.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Ash is Purest White

by Trevor Johnston

Jia Zhangke combines gangster pic and social critique to thrilling effect with help from his regular partner in crime Zhao Tao.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Styx

by Anton Bitel

Susanne Wolff plays a woman lost at sea in this smart nautical allegory from Wolfgang Fischer.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Dragged Across Concrete

by Hannah Strong

Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn play a pair of corrupt cops in S Craig Zahler’s ultraviolent latest.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Greta

by Caitlin Quinlan

Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz star in this enjoyably silly cat-and-mouse thriller.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Pet Sematary

by Elena Lazic

A case of miscasting fatally undermines this adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling 1983 novel.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two children, a boy and a girl, embracing in a shadowy interior. The girl wears a green dress and the boy wears white clothing.
Review

Us

by Kambole Campbell

Jordan Peele’s second feature disturbs, provokes and tickles in its arch dismantling of the modern American family.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Under the Silver Lake

by David Jenkins

Andrew Garfield disappears down the rabbit hole in David Robert Mitchell’s zany LA noir.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect