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Review of Spectre (2015)

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

There will be another 007; there is too much left in this pot of gold franchise for it to be otherwise…

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Review of The Levelling (2017)

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

Set on a failing farm in Somerset after the floods, it is a sombre, moving tale of a family in crisis, with a star-making turn by Ellie Kendrick…

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Review of The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

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

Margot Robbie is not given too much to do other that look longingly into the distance waiting for her man. He Tarzan, she Jane, and this is a dud…

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Review of Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

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

Here, while the routines are as polished as ever, everything else is tired, not least Fat Amy's fat jokes. Time for a new song, ladies…

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Review of Frantz (2016)

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

Strains credibility towards the end, but the performances, by [Paula] Beer especially, are first class…

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Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016)

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

It certainly looks the part for a major studio release, and the story, based on real events, is one that deserves to be brought before a wider…

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Review of Doctor Strange (2016)

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

Cumberbatch - startled otter looks, goatee and all - duly nails the part of the good-ish Doctor from the off…

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Review of Steve Jobs (2015)

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

It is a biopic, kids, but not as we know it…

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Review of Gold (2016)

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

A takedown of the kind of high-octane greed and speculation that lead to financial crashes, it stars Matthew McConaughey in all his sweaty,…

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Review of Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

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

Doss's battle to be accepted as a Conscientious Objector combat medic was long and hard, and Garfield shows every emotional (and physical) wound…

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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

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

Sweet, charming, lovingly rendered, this is festive entertainment not to be sniffed at by dog or man…

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Review of Mia madre (2015)

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

Margherita Buy is terrific in the lead, possessing a face one never tires of watching in close up, and Turturro delivers a wickedly funny portrait…

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Review of Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

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

Rattles along, but it is one of those tales which is more credible on the page than the screen…

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Review of The Nightmare (2015)

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

Spooky enough, but other people's dreams are rather like other people's holiday snaps, and once you've heard one version of the tale, you have…

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Review of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

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

All four leads are good value, with Plaza the standout, and amid the crassness and lesson learning there are plenty of smart lines…

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Review of Just Jim (2015)

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

Just Jim, with Roberts as Jim, is another coming of age tale, this one enlivened by the appearance of Emile Hirsch as Jim's cool new neighbour…

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Review of Elvis & Nixon (2016)

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

Everything in between is where Liza Johnson's intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying picture, based on the recollections of a Nixon aide at…

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Review of The Nightmare (2015)

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

Spooky enough, but other people's dreams are rather like other people's holiday snaps, and once you've heard one version of the tale, you have…

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Review of Every Secret Thing (2014)

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

It is almost enough to make one forgive the film's flaws, including a melodramatic score that brings the piece uncomfortably close to afternoon…

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Review of A Dog's Purpose (2017)

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

I bow to few people when it comes to soppiness over dogs, but one of them is Lasse Hallstrom, the director of Hachi: A Dog's Tale, and now…

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