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Review

Pieces of a Woman

by Hannah Strong

Kornél Mundruczó’s affect­ing dra­ma fol­lows a cou­ple who expe­ri­ence the loss of their first child short­ly after birth.

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Review

Honey Boy

by Hannah Strong

Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in this drama­tised account of his own trou­bled childhood.

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Review

The Peanut Butter Falcon

by Hannah Strong

This sweet-natured, Tom Sawyer-esque tale of unlike­ly com­pan­ion­ship has just enough charm to keep it going.

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Review

Borg Vs McEnroe

by David Jenkins

It’s Ice Man ver­sus Super Brat in this inof­fen­sive­ly bland chron­i­cle of an epic sport­ing rivalry.

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Review

Man Down

by Jack Godwin

A fired-up Shia LaBeouf tries and fails to sal­vage this mud­dled war drama.

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Review

American Honey

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Andrea Arnold returns with a styl­ish but sham­bling teen road movie star­ring charis­mat­ic new­com­er Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf.

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2
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Review

Fury

by Adam Woodward

Brad Pitt sur­veys the hor­rors of war a bust­ed-up tank in David Ayer’s soul­ful if uno­rig­i­nal tale of con­flict and brotherhood.

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Review

Lawless

by Matt Bochenski

In his liquor-soaked Pro­hi­bi­tion-era dra­ma John Hill­coat offers an imper­fect depic­tion of fam­i­ly, mas­culin­i­ty and authority.

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Review

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

by Adam Woodward

An ejac­u­la­to­ry mess that seeks to med­icate its audi­ence with a glut of whizz-bang spills and vein-bulging fist pumps.

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Review

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

by Matt Bochenski

A fren­zy of sound and fury that takes Michael Bay’s vision to its final, eye-bog­gling extreme.

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