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Man in suit next to red vehicle.
Review

Ferrari review – Driver is fantastic, Cruz is even better

by David Jenkins

Adam Dri­ver por­trays the sin­gle-mind­ed Enzo Fer­rari in his mid­dle-age fol­low­ing the death of his son Dino in Michael Man­n’s uncon­ven­tion­al take on the bio­graph­i­cal drama.

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Two people, a man and a woman, with windswept hair standing on a boat against a grey sky.
Review

Adrift

by Anton Bitel

Shai­lene Wood­ley and Sam Claflin play a young cou­ple lost at sea in Bal­tasar Kormákur’s sur­vival romance.

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Two young adults, a man and a woman, facing each other closely, having an intimate conversation.
Review

Snowden

by Adam Lee Davies

The celebri­ty NSA whistle­blow­er gets the hagiog­ra­phy he (pos­si­bly) deserves care of Oliv­er Stone.

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Two people in police uniforms embracing in a dim, confined space.
Review

The Divergent Series: Allegiant

by David Jenkins

Shai­lene Wood­ley appears bemused and bored by this crush­ing­ly lack­lus­tre sci­ence fic­tion franchise.

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A woman in a blue top holding a tablet computer, with a man in a dark jacket standing behind her.
Review

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

by Matt Thrift

Expo­si­tion and naff CG fight for suprema­cy in this YA sci-fi sequel star­ring a seem­ing­ly unen­gaged Shai­lene Woodley.

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A woman wearing a green halter-neck swimsuit and sunglasses, sitting on a lounger by a pool with a drink on a table beside her.
Review

White Bird in a Blizzard

by Cormac O'Brien

Mad­ness, ado­les­cence and nos­tal­gia colour Gregg Arak­i’s poet­ic mys­tery star­ring Shai­lene Woodley.

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Two young people, a man and a woman, sitting on a bench and interacting intimately in an urban setting.
Review

The Fault in Our Stars

by Chris Blohm

John Green’s tween can­cer best­seller gets trans­formed into a ruth­less­ly effi­cient weepie with ascen­dent star Shai­lene Woodley.

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Three people standing close together, one with long dark hair and two with long blonde hair, in a dimly lit setting with colourful lights.
Review

Divergent

by David Jenkins

An excep­tion­al teen girl ris­es up from the slur­ry of human­i­ty and goes on to mount a rev­o­lu­tion against… you know the drill.

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Man in navy jacket and woman in checked shirt stand in front of garden.
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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