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Review

Blue Bayou

by Hannah Strong

Justin Chon’s melo­dra­mat­ic tale of immi­gra­tion and injus­tice in present-day Amer­i­ca is under­mined by a clichéd script.

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2
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Review

The Green Knight

by Hannah Strong

Dev Patel and Ralph Ine­son face off in David Lowery’s adap­ta­tion of a pop­u­lar Arthuri­an leg­end, with styl­ish results.

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4
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4
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Review

Earthquake Bird

by Josh Slater-Williams

Ali­cia Vikan­der and Riley Keough floun­der in tepid psy­cho­sex­u­al thriller, based on the Susan­na Jones novel.

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2
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2
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Review

Tomb Raider

by Elena Lazic

Ali­cia Vikan­der deliv­ers the goods and then some in the female-dri­ven action movie we’ve all been wait­ing for.

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Review

Tulip Fever

by David Jenkins

Ali­cia Vikan­der and Christoph Waltz suf­fer through this turgid peri­od drama.

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1
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Review

The Light Between Oceans

by David Jenkins

Michael Fass­ben­der and Ali­cia Vikan­der get hit by a del­uge of Emo­tion in Derek Cianfrance’s peri­od melodrama.

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2
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2
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Review

Jason Bourne

by Manuela Lazic

Matt Damon’s black ops action man returns in a sequel primed for our social media-obsessed times. Uh-oh…

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Review

The Danish Girl

by David Ehrlich

Eddie Red­mayne and Ali­cia Vikan­der prove a per­fect match in this ten­der trans­gen­der drama.

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4
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Review

The Man from U.N.C.L.E

by David Ehrlich

Guy Ritchie’s frisky take on this ​’60s spy ser­i­al is all mood and no meat. Great music selec­tions though…

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3
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Review

Son of a Gun

by Emma Simmonds

Super­fi­cial plea­sures aside, this sun-bleached bud­dy crime flick is too light for the long game.

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2
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Review

Ex Machina

by David Jenkins

The emo­tion­al divide between human and robot merges in Alex Garland’s throw­back sci-fi cham­ber piece.

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3
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3
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Review

Testament of Youth

by Emma Simmonds

Kit Har­ring­ton and Ali­cia Vikan­der do the best to lift this under­whelm­ing British her­itage drama.

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2
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