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Road House review – our house is a very, very, very bland house

by Hannah Strong

Doug Liman directs Jake Gyl­len­haal in this mirth­less unnec­es­sary reimag­in­ing of the 1989 Swayze classic.

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Locked Down

by Erik Nielsen

An afflu­ent cou­ple plot an auda­cious dia­mond heist in the Covid movie absolute­ly no one needed.

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American Made

by Victoria Luxford

Tom Cruise gets a lot more than he bar­gained for in this mad­cap ​’80s adventure.

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A man wearing military fatigues and holding a rifle while taking aim in a desert setting.
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The Wall

by Courteney Tan

Doug Liman returns with a war-based the­atri­cal three-han­der about an injured US sol­dier being tor­ment­ed by an Iraqi sharpshooter.

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Edge of Tomorrow

by David Jenkins

A weedy Crusi­er is dropped into a time-switch­ing sci-fi set-up, with unde­ni­ably inter­est­ing results.

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