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Review of Girls Trip (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 30 Aug 2017

Girls Trip is better plotted than the similarly themed, Scarlett Johansson-vehicle Rough Night from earlier this year…

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Review of The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 30 Aug 2017

The Hitman's Bodyguard wasted its talented stars and served up a slop that is best watched on a long-haul flight, sandwiched between some non-Pixar…

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Review of Logan Lucky (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 17 Aug 2017

The story here is clean and the characters very charming, and it doesn't fall into the trap of being smugly pleased with itself by overcomplicating…

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Review of Madame (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 13 Aug 2017

Madame doesn't quite hit the level of biting satire…

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Review of Wind River (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 11 Aug 2017

Wind River is ostensibly a tense crime thriller but it's much more effective as a film about an unforgiving place and the people forced to…

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Review of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 11 Aug 2017

This movie isn't really about waking people up to the issue - they already did…

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Review of Atomic Blonde (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 02 Aug 2017

A pulsing spy thriller with sex, excellent music and bucketloads of riveting action, Atomic Blonde owes its success to Charlize Theron's ability…

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Review of The Big Sick (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 30 Jul 2017

This is the kind of rom-com anyone can get behind - even the manliest of Vin Diesel-watching men - because there's nothing more universal than…

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Review of Dunkirk (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 18 Jul 2017

Dunkirk is a return to true form for director Christopher Nolan and it may very well be his best film yet…

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Review of A Ghost Story (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 13 Jul 2017

As pretentious as it sounds, A Ghost Story is more about a feeling, an emotional response to a singular cinematic experience…

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Review of Baby Driver (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 10 Jul 2017

From the very first chase sequence, the beauty in the heart-racing, dance-like choreography is evident and you're totally engrossed…

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Review of The Beguiled (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 10 Jul 2017

If you allow yourself to give in to The Beguiled's enchanting spell, you might find yourself converted to Coppola's cause…

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Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 01 Jul 2017

Stark tells Peter to be the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man and that's exactly what Jon Watts has given us - a grounded hero who has to live…

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Review of Lady Macbeth (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 28 Jun 2017

Lady Macbeth will not end up being seen by many - a period film based on a Russian novel based on Shakespeare isn't a box office draw - which…

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Review of Una (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 26 Jun 2017

Una is an extraordinarily uncomfortable film, a challenging showcase of powerful performances that linger…

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Review of Okja (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 26 Jun 2017

Bong manages to strike the right note between absurdly funny and profoundly moving…

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Review of Despicable Me 3 (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 13 Jun 2017

It was never going to be as sharp as the original Despicable Me, but even after eight years, there's still plenty here to like whether you're…

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Review of Rough Night (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 13 Jun 2017

Rough Night didn't rewrite the book and it's often thoroughly silly…

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Review of My Cousin Rachel (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 07 Jun 2017

The credit really has to go to Weisz, whose command of a character just out of reach but fully formed is awe-inspiring - she's vivacious and…

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Review of Baywatch (2017)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 29 May 2017

Baywatch might've been more watchable if it managed to have a bit more actual fun, not dunce-level antics masquerading as fun…

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