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Djinn, The - Being fond, as I am, of puns, it would be nice to report that The Djinn is a tonic. Sad to say that, if anything, the reverse is true. A grim little number...

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Suicide Squad, The - Easy after the first 20 minutes to dismiss this as rubbish, but writer-director Gunn knows this all too well, and is set on making what amounts to a moving comic-book,...

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Respect - This story of the troubled early life of the 'queen of soul', Aretha Franklin, has received some scathing Stateside reviews - but, c'mon, guys, it's not that...

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Herself - A feelgood film about a battered wife seems like a contradiction in terms, but director Lloyd, who made Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady, somehow manages...

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Second Spring - This little drama is little more than an anecdote, but, with the help of countryside views, people walking, people thinking and picturesque shots of north Kent's Thames...

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Wildfire - The days of Irish whimsy, so prevalent in days past, are long gone now and The Guard apart, modern Irish cinema has become increasingly bleak and violent, as...

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Candyman - Candyman's back in town - but he isn't half as scary as he was 30 years ago. There's a message somewhere in this one about the gentrification of Chicago ghetto...

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Toll, The - This quirky Welsh comedy-drama is of the darkest hue: something like an old Ealing comedy with balletically orchestrated violence and lashings of swearing. And it's...

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