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The Accountant 2 review – tonally wild and uneven but oddly sweet

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck­’s autis­tic hit­man with a gift for num­bers returns in Gavin O’Con­nor’s mis­matched action thriller.

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The Flash

by Hannah Strong

Ezra Miller stars as Ezra Miller and Ezra Miller, and Michael Keaton is also there, in Andy Mushi­et­ti’s take on DC’s speed­i­est superhero.

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Air

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck returns to the direc­tor’s chair, fic­tion­al­is­ing the fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry of how an icon­ic shoe was born.

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Deep Water

by Elena Lazic

Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck play spous­es engrossed in a twist­ed game of cat and mouse in direc­tor Adri­an Lyne’s long-await­ed return.

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League

by Hannah Strong

This fan ser­vice-heavy redux of the 2017 super­hero pile-up just about jus­ti­fies its existence.

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Finding the Way Back

by Hannah Strong

Ben Affleck exor­cis­es some per­son­al demons in this some­times effec­tive bas­ket­ball drama.

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Triple Frontier

by Hannah Strong

JC Chandor’s South Amer­i­can action-thriller boasts a stel­lar cast, but it’s all brawn and no brains.

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Justice League

by Hannah Strong

The lat­est film off the DC pro­duc­tion line sees Bat­man and co team up to fight an ancient evil force, with under­whelm­ing results.

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Review

Live by Night

by David Jenkins

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this sprawl­ing, ambi­tious and flawed east coast gang­ster epic.

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The Accountant

by Manuela Lazic

Ben Affleck’s com­pelling low-key per­for­mance isn’t enough to save this by-the-num­bers thriller.

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Two people embracing in a dimly lit setting, the man in a leather jacket and the woman in a light-coloured blouse, sharing an intimate moment.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

by David Jenkins

Where do trail­ers end and movies begin? Zack Sny­der has the answer with his fever-pitched latest.

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Gone Girl

by David Jenkins

David Fincher’s trash pro­ce­dur­al for the Twit­ter age taunts, tick­les and, ulti­mate­ly, terrifies.

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