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The Intent II : The Come Up - Reportedly 2016's The Intent 'burst onto the scene selling out all cinemas on its independent release'. So say the press notes for this seemingly inevitable...

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Little Stranger, The - Is this a ghost story or more related to flesh and blood? Sarah Waters' original book isn't inclined to help us and neither is the film. So the ending, though it...

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House With a Clock in Its Walls, The - This junior-league fantasy horror isn't the greatest entry in the field, but still pretty good fun, with fantastic production design by Jon Hutman. Orphan Lewis...

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Mile 22 - No brains are required for this all-action film starring Wahlberg as Jimmy Silva, the leader of a special missions unit who are called in when diplomacy and conventional...

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Simple Favour, A - The story here is intriguing and I wanted to like the film more than I did. But the plot of this convoluted thriller is just too fancy, with too many mood swings, for...

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King of Thieves - The Hatton Garden Job - the first film version of the now near- legendary 2015 Easter Bank Holiday burglary, starring Matthew Goode, Phil Daniels and Larry Lamb...

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Michael Inside - Mournful music indicates that we are not in for a good time with this well-made, impeccably acted but truly depressing Irish film. Impact rather than entertainment is...

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Predator, The (3D) - Cross The Magnificent Seven and The Dirty Dozen with comedy, science-fiction and continuous violent action, and you get The Predator - a riff...

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