Review
Bad Genius is smart but fails to fulfil its early promise
This Hollywood remake of a 2017 Thai hit tracks a brainy high-schooler who has to break the rules to achieve her dreams.
- Jake Wilson
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Rami Malek is no action hero – and that’s the point in The Amateur
When a nerdy CIA cryptographer, played by Malek, determines to avenge the death of his wife, ingenuity is his most potent weapon.
- Sandra Hall
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star in this film that isn’t for viewers with weak stomachs
Death of a Unicorn is the good-taste version of an innately bad-taste idea – and should satisfy fans of both arthouse and horror.
- Jake Wilson
- ★★★★
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Cillian Murphy’s latest role is a quiet gem
The Peaky Blinders star takes the lead in this adaptation of a Claire Keegan novel.
- Sandra Hall
Where rom-com meets torture porn, this movie is a shocker
Jack Quaid is likeable as the hero who can feel no pain, but over-the-top violence ruins Novocaine No Pain.
- Sandra Hall
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- Craig Mathieson
- ★★½
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The building blocks are there, but this movie cash-in is chaotic and uneven
A Minecraft Movie, a live-action adaptation of the biggest video game ever, grafts a stock fantasy quest onto a landscape where plot was never the point.
- Jake Wilson
This hyperactive animal yarn left me exhausted
The latest movie from DreamWorks confuses constant movement with meaningful action.
- Sandra Hall
- ★★★½
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Gimmicks aplenty and a very odd ending in this coming-of-age tale
In Head South, Ed Ozenbould stars as an awkward teenager who finally finds his tribe through punk rock.
- Jake Wilson
Jason Statham past his peak slaughtering unimpressive foes in ultraviolent action film
Co-written by Sylvester Stallone, A Working Man follows a familiar pattern reaching back to Stallone’s 1980s action hero heyday.
- Jake Wilson
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