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Review of Upgrade (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 31 Aug 2018

Thrilling, ferocious, bold and delightfully bonkers, wearing its influences unashamedly on its sleeve while also delivering something distinct…

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Review of The Happytime Murders (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 31 Aug 2018

A soulless film that takes the concept of a one-note joke to new heights…

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Review of Alpha (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 24 Aug 2018

It works because of the sense of visual splendour and scope that co-writer/director Albert Hughes brings to it…

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Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 24 Aug 2018

An unsubtle film for unsubtle times, all the better for not backing down with what it's trying to say or how it says it…

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Review of The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 24 Aug 2018

Even if we've seen this sort of thing done better, the comedic power of the two leads is enough to sustain this particular spy mission…

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Review of The Children Act (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 24 Aug 2018

A solidly compelling drama that melds together the sombre and the stirring, while also posing some harsh and fascinating moral conundrums…

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Review of The Festival (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 18 Aug 2018

Play[s] the crude shock value card with swaggering confidence, while there's just enough sprinkling of weirdness and endearing sweetness to…

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Review of The Equalizer 2 (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 18 Aug 2018

It has a one-of-a-kind star front and centre and in allowing him to do his thing, we get a sequel that's uncommonly worthwhile…

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Review of Beirut (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Aug 2018

This is efficient and taut filmmaking worth digging into even if it never breaks any particular new ground…

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Review of The Darkest Minds (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Aug 2018

While far from the worst of its ilk, feels half-baked and dull as it plods along a kids-on-the-run journey doing nothing to separate itself…

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Review of The Meg (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Aug 2018

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads…

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Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 04 Aug 2018

It's perfectly enjoyably fare from the Marvel roster that doesn't do a whole lot to stand out but looks good doing its own thing…

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Review of Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 04 Aug 2018

A delightful reminder that film as a medium can work wonders for exploring the world of music…

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Review of Apostasy (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 27 Jul 2018

A quietly devastating drama spoken with a fresh, intriguing cinematic voice…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 27 Jul 2018

There isn't a single false step or cheap action beat; each one feels grand and exciting and perfectly paced…

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Review of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 27 Jul 2018

For what it aims to be, there's enough silly fun to be had in watching these monsters unwind…

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Review of Spitfire (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 24 Jul 2018

What really makes the film is the way in which it utilises newly captured aerial photography to put us right up there in the skies…

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Review of A Prayer Before Dawn (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 21 Jul 2018

An uncompromisingly brutal cinematic experience, coarse and unwavering in its depictions of what it takes to survive a hard life…

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Review of Hotel Artemis (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 21 Jul 2018

As an exercise in darkly humoured style, it's got worthwhile things going for it…

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Review of Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 21 Jul 2018

As arduous as trying to push a locomotive through treacle while someone sings nursery rhymes in your face…

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