Talent Emily Blunt

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Review

The Fall Guy review – good stunts, appalling script

by Hannah Strong

In David Leitch's bombastic salute to the Hollywood stunt industry, Ryan Gosling becomes inadvertently embroiled in a nefarious plot while trying to regain the trust of his former lover.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two women, one with short blonde hair and the other with dark hair, sitting in front of a yellow wall with lightning bolt shapes.
Review

Oppenheimer review – Cillian Murphy’s finest hour

by David Jenkins

This combustible and relentlessly-paced biography of the “father of the the atomic bomb” is a contender for Christopher Nolan’s best film.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing on a wooden riverboat in a forest setting.
Review

Jungle Cruise

by Lou Thomas

Expectations be damned: Disney’s riverboat caper is one of the year’s most purely pleasurable motion pictures.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman in a floral dress sits in a dimly lit room, holding a small glass bottle.
Review

A Quiet Place Part II

by David Jenkins

Silence is less than golden in this occasionally effective blockbuster sequel which trades horror for action.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman wearing a red hat with a flower, a blue ruffled coat, and a polka dot scarf, standing in a grassy, wooded area.
Review

Mary Poppins Returns

by David Jenkins

Everyone’s favourite magical child carer is back in this strangely bland and uncatchy modern refit.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

A Quiet Place

by Anton Bitel

There’s much to admire about this muted horror from actor-director John Krasinksi.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Girl on the Train

by David Jenkins

Emily Blunt stars as a tipsy murder witness in this crushingly perfunctory literary adaptation.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

The Huntsman: Winter’s War

by David Jenkins

This originality-neutral trawl through a fairy tale fantasy world is saved by the comedy sidekicks.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Three armed military personnel in combat gear standing in the dark.
Review

Sicario

by Vadim Rizov

Emily Blunt gets a tough lesson in Mexican-US politics in this visceral drugs war drama from Denis Villeneuve.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Into the Woods

by Adam Woodward

A sing-a-long review of this delightful screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Edge of Tomorrow

by David Jenkins

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

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman holding a handgun, wearing a pink top and red plaid shirt, standing in a grassy outdoor setting.
Review

Looper

by Matt Bochenski

Meet Looper, by a country mile the most resourceful, vivacious and savage science fiction movie of 2012.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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