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Count of Monte-Cristo, The - Stylishly done, if vastly long, Dumas' tale of injustice, torment and revenge is here reclaimed by the French after several Hollywood tries. The story is much as...

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Terminator, The (reissue) - A 4K restoration of the iconic 1980s classic, good for a laugh and a thrill, and pounded along in sensational style by director Cameron, who gets an 'A' for cinema craft...

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Blink Twice - Sad to say, but actress Kravitz's directorial debut is a turkey. It could almost have been called Get Out 2 were comparisons with Jordan Peele's horror classic...

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Alien: Romulus - Same old, same old. The new Alien film is well-made and its three young stars - Spaeny (the rookie snapper from Civil War), Jonsson (Dom from Rye...

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Swan Song - Very elegiac and rather good, Stephens' film follows the dying days of Patrick Pitzenbarger (Kier giving an understated but virtuoso turn as this real-life character),...

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Borderlands - Cross Mad Max Fury Road with Guardians of the Galaxy, and this is pretty much what you get, as another fantasy franchise gets under way. This one is...

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Longlegs - Though hardly the 'scariest film of the decade' as advertised on the posters, this, for the most part, is a nicely-made horror film by director Perkins (son of Anthony),...

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Hundreds of Beavers - Cheslik, the director of this madcap misfire, has obviously overdosed on too many Wile E Coyote films, and not in a good way. A mixture of cartoon and live action,...

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