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Review

Hillbilly Elegy

by Madeleine Seidel

Despite strong per­for­mances from Amy Adams and Glenn Close, this mis­judged melo­dra­ma is an insult to those it claims to represent.

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Review

Solo: A Star Wars Story

by Adam Woodward

This safe and fan ser­vice-heavy Han Solo ori­gin sto­ry is the worst Star Wars movie since the pre­quel trilogy.

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Review

Inferno

by David Jenkins

Epi­cal­ly stu­pid faux intel­lec­tu­al Euro sleuthing, with Tom Han­ks repris­ing his role as the dullest char­ac­ter of his career.

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Review

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

by Ed Gibbs

The Fab Four’s mete­oric rise from local grafters to glob­al game-chang­ers is reliv­ed in Ron Howard’s emo­tive doc.

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Review

In the Heart of the Sea

by Matt Thrift

There’s some­thing major­ly fishy about this high seas folk tale – and it’s not the enor­mous whale that ship­wrecks Chris Hemsworth.

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Review

Rush

by Oliver Lyttelton

Ron Howard mar­shals that bland bat­tle between two For­mu­la One titans from the 1970s.

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