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Two adults facing each other, dressed formally, with a woman wearing a floral printed dress and having her hair in an updo.
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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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Two people - a woman in a green jacket and a hat, and a boy in a grey jumper - embracing at a gravesite, surrounded by headstones and floral tributes.
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Ben Is Back

by Ella Kemp

Lucas Hedges plays a teenage drug addict who attempts to rec­on­cile with his mother.

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Two people, a man and a young boy, shaking hands in a crowded outdoor setting with people in the background.
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Wonder

by Emily Bray

An explo­sion of cud­dly warmth can be found in this gen­tle tale of a dis­fig­ured boy com­ing up against school bullies.

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Animated characters: a smiling man with wild hair giving a thumbs up, and an angry-looking cat.
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Smurfs: The Lost Village

by David Jenkins

Here we smurf­ing go again…

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Mother’s Day

by David Jenkins

Gar­ry Marshall’s tin-eared greet­ing card movie extrav­a­gan­za is so bad it’s almost quite good.

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Three men in uniform, one appears to be a police officer restraining an older man in a suit.
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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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Man in dark coat standing in dimly lit alley.
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Secret in Their Eyes

by Adam White

Despite the best efforts of Chi­we­tel Ejio­for and Julia Roberts this remake of Juan José Campanella’s Oscar win­ner is DOA.

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