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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

By Adam Woodward

Andy Serkis and an all-star cast fail to breathe new life into Rudyard Kipling’s cherished adventure.

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Robin Hood

By Adam Woodward

A miscast Taron Egerton fronts this dour retelling of the age-old English folktale.

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Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

By David Jenkins

An ageing, world-weary assassin takes on one last assignment in this well made if unremarkable Brit comedy.

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Outlaw King

By Gus Edgar-Chan

Chris Pine is ill-cast as Robert the Bruce in this disastrous historical epic from writer/director David Mackenzie.

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Overlord

By Anton Bitel

Two US soldiers make a surprising discovery behind enemy lines in this World War Two horror from Julius Avery.

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Mandy

By Hannah Strong

Panos Cosmatos unleashes hell on Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough in this bloody, psychedelic headtrip.

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MFKZ

By Gus Edgar-Chan

This French-Japanese anime from directors Guillaume Renard and Shoujirou Nishimi is a twisted joyride.

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Venom

By Adam Woodward

Tom Hardy sneers and sweats his way through this sanitised origin story of Marvel’s Spidey-bothering baddie.

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Johnny English Strikes Again

By Caitlin Quinlan

Rowan Atkinson returns to make a mockery of British Intelligence in this tediously unfunny spy spoof sequel.

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Black 47

By Hannah Strong

Hugo Weaving and James Frecheville star in this grim period western set in 19th century Ireland.

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Mile 22

By Elena Lazic

Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg’s latest collaboration is an exploration of American militarism that doesn’t quite work.

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The Predator

By David Jenkins

Shane Black exhumes this seminal ’80s monster franchise by paying homage to the abject nastiness of the original.

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The Equalizer 2

By Adam Woodward

Denzel Washington emphatically reaffirms his action star credentials in this slick sequel.

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The Meg

By Hannah Strong

Jason Statham squares off against a prehistoric behemoth in Jon Turteltaub’s silly and overcomplicated thriller.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp

By Hannah Strong

Marvel checks in with their most diminutive hero in this entertaining Infinity War Part Two pit-stop.

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

By Adam Woodward

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie combine for one of the most purely entertaining action movies of the new century.

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A Prayer Before Dawn

By Christina Newland

Joe Cole plays a boxer who gets banged up abroad in this harrowing and poetic prison drama.

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