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Review

Wolfs review – it’s content, not cinema

by Hannah Strong

Two lone wolf fix­ers bick­er their way through Jon Watts’ spark­less action com­e­dy, which wastes the charis­ma of George Clooney.

4
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2
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2
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Review

The Boys in the Boat review – gentle, forgettable sports drama

by Hannah Strong

Cal­lum Turn­er puts in a fine per­for­mance as Olympic row­er Joe Rantz in George Clooney’s lat­est cosy slice of Amer­i­can history.

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3
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Review

Ticket to Paradise

by Charles Bramesco

George Clooney and Julia Roberts take to Bali in a hol­low-heart­ed reminder of why the mod­ern rom­com is in decline.

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1
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Review

The Midnight Sky

by Adam Woodward

George Clooney directs and stars in this drably con­ven­tion­al sci-fi dra­ma about the pow­er of human connection.

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2
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Review

Suburbicon

by Ed Gibbs

George Clooney adds a dark direc­to­r­i­al flour­ish to the Coen broth­ers’ tale of mur­der and moral pan­ic in small­town USA.

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3
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Review

Money Monster

by David Jenkins

Jodie Fos­ter swings for the Wall Street fat cats and miss­es by miles in this thin thriller which pre­miered in Cannes.

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Review

Hail, Caesar!

by David Jenkins

The Coen broth­ers return in scin­til­lat­ing and provoca­tive form with this com­plex satire of 1950s Hollywood.

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5
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Review

Tomorrowland A World Beyond

by David Jenkins

Brad Bird’s sparkling sci-fi block­buster is pow­ered by big ideas and wide-eyed inquiry.

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Review

Fantastic Mr Fox

by Matt Bochenski

Fan­tas­tic Mr Fox will renew your faith in a true Amer­i­can original.

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Review

The Monuments Men

by Adam Woodward

George Clooney socks it to the Nazis in this ram­bling adven­ture yarn with an all-star cast.

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3
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Review

Gravity

by David Jenkins

The trail­ers were right for once – Alfon­so Cuarón’s dis­as­ter movie set in space is one of the year’s best.

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5
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Review

The Descendants

by Adam Woodward

A con­fi­dent return to the fea­ture film­mak­ing fold from Alexan­der Payne fea­tur­ing a cham­pagne turn from George Clooney.

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