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Review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Plenty of sly nods to video-game rules but the real fun is to be had from the interplay between the cast, with Scotland's Karen Gillan given…

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Review of Pressure (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

It is asking a lot of any director to put a group of men in a diving bell and sustain the same level of tension throughout…

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Review of Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

It is a measure of Nicholas Martin's fine script that he introduces us to Florence's marriage slowly, recognising it as almost a character…

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Review of The Vatican Tapes (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Here is a prime slice of the juiciest ham just in time for Halloween…

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Review of Addicted to Sheep (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

There was a danger here that [director Magali] Pettier could have made a glossy film for townies in search of escapism, but she does not shy…

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Review of The Neon Demon (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

When the script is not being stunningly predictable it is plain old unconvincing, with twists that will make your head spin…

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Review of Miss You Already (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Catherine Hardwicke's comedy drama could be filed under that cringeworthy industry category, chick flick…

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Review of Grimsby (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

In bad taste barely begins to describe some of the scenes…

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Review of Life, Animated (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

As much a story about a family as it is an individual's tale, Life, Animated shows what the power of love, and a lot of help, can achieve…

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Review of Collateral Beauty (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Contrived, annoying silly, and featuring some ripe acting from Smith, this is a Christmas movie turkey with all the starry trimmings…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

If you can make it through those initially unpromising waters, Howard ends up delivering a fairly fantastic voyage…

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Review of The BFG (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

For all the money obviously spent here, it is a delight to see a tiny human steal the show from under everyone's nostrils, giant and otherwise…

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Review of Black Souls (2014)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Black Souls is a frustratingly slow burn affair for the most part, but the tension fair crackles from the screen once it gets going…

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Review of Victoria (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Deft performances, especially from Laia Costa in the title role, but much patience is required before the going gets good…

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Review of Captive (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

An odd, and not in a good way, preachy piece…

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Review of The Shallows (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Kudos must go, too, to Lively (The Town, TV's Gossip Girl), who gives her character true grit, all the while toning down the more obvious ploys…

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Review of Miss Sloane (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Alas, the script turns out to be more melodramatic TV movie than Michael Clayton, and life at a lobby firm, all that sitting around conference…

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Review of Good Time (2017)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Good Time certainly puts the audience through an anxious time as Connie goes on a desperate odyssey through the night streets trying to put…

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Review of Capture the Flag (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

More than a few parts of the film are a let down…

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Review of David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Life on the Road, alas, is a slog too far down memory lane…

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