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The Garfield Movie review – as messy as a child eating spaghetti

by David Jenkins

Another lacklustre animated foray into the lasagne-smeared world of Jim Davis’ most famous comic creation.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

by Hannah Strong

James Gunn bids the MCU an emotional farewell in the final outing for his rabble-rousing gang of space pirates.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie

by Michael Leader

Nintendo and Illumination team up to give everyone’s favourite fictional plumber an animated makeover, with soulless results.

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Jurassic World: Dominion

by Leila Latif

The return of some familiar faces can’t save this dire dino flick from feeling like a cynical cash grab.

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Onward

by Hannah Strong

Tom Holland and Chris Pratt play teenage elves on a quest in Pixar’s underwhelming fantasy adventure.

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

by Adam Woodward

Chaos reigns in more ways than one in this muddled dinosaur pile-up from director JA Bayona and writer Colin Trevorrow.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

by David Jenkins

This big shiny superhero sequel delivers on expectation, but never threatens to do anything more than that.

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2
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Passengers

by Adam Woodward

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence find love in a hopeless place in this catastrophic space romp.

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The Magnificent Seven

by David Jenkins

Antoine Fuqua drags the beloved 1960 all-star dad western kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

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Jurassic World

by David Ehrlich

Silly self-reflexivity dominates in Colin Trevorrow’s noble attempt to sell CG dinos to a jaded modern audience.

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Guardians of the Galaxy

by Adam Woodward

Chris Pratt and co deliver big in Marvel’s smartest and most surprising film to date.

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Zero Dark Thirty

by Simon Crook

Kathryn Bigelow’s rapid response to the death of Osama Bin Laden is a taut and morally ambiguous procedural for the ages.

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