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Hitman's Bodyguard, The - Here's an ultra-violent 'odd couple' movie whose structure vaguely follows that of the De Niro classic Midnight Run. Some of its explosive action, though, like...

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Odyssey, The - The story of underwater explorer and (much later) conservationist Jacques Cousteau (Wilson) hardly makes for high drama until its latter stages. But his underwater...

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Atomic Blonde - Set in 1989 in East Berlin, with the famous wall about to come down, this John Wick-style adventure features Theron as Lorraine, a lethal secret agent for Who...

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Maudie - As far as I'm concerned, we might just as well hand next year's Best Actress Oscar to Hawkins right now for this wonderful performance; you're not likely to see a...

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Howards End (reissue) - The most successful adaptation of an E M Forster novel, and the best of the Merchant-Ivory films by quite a stretch, centring on the clash between the upper-class...

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Wish Upon - This thoroughly routine horror pic will at least keep tolerant fans of the genre happy enough for an hour and a half. Squishy-faced teen Clare (King), whose dad...

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Captain Underpants/Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - When one of the key characters in this deliberately low-to-no-taste animated comedy – the evil chemistry professor aspiring to be a world dominator – is named ‘P. P....

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House, The - If Ferrell had managed to appear even one fifth as amusing as he appears to believe he is (and, presumably, Will Ferrell p.g.a, one of the movie’s fifteen producers,...

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