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Review of Baby Driver (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 18 Jul 2017

[It] should appeal to almost every audience demographic: [it's got] tragedy, comedy, romance, action, fast cars, violence, musical credibility…

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Review of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 11 Jul 2017

Without giving too much of the story away, if the film truly is holding a mirror up to life, we, as a species, might like to reconsider some…

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Review of Okja (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 27 Jun 2017

A thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining movie…

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Review of All Eyez on Me (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 27 Jun 2017

The weakest link here is undoubtedly the script, which is strange, because this is a movie that should really write itself…

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Review of Tubelight (2017)

By Saeed Saeed (4) for The National (UAE) (421) on 27 Jun 2017

Flickering moments of quality are rare and fail to convince that Tubelight is anything more than low voltage fluff…

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Review of Tubelight (2017)

By Saeed Saeed (4) for The National (UAE) (421) on 27 Jun 2017

Flickering moments of quality are rare and fail to convince that Tubelight is anything more than low voltage fluff…

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Review of Overdrive (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 20 Jun 2017

Roll up, roll up for another game of action-movie cliché bingo, the game in which little-known directors try to squeeze as many genre platitudes…

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Review of Maudie (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 13 Jun 2017

This is very much a film that rests on two stunning performances…

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Review of Kick (2014)

By Aarti Jhurani (9) for The National (UAE) (421) on 06 Jun 2017

With such a great ensemble cast, this film had so much potential, but I walked away with a headache and left behind three hours of my life…

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Review of Churchill (2017)

By James Mottram (656) for The National (UAE) (421) on 06 Jun 2017

[Cox gives] a star turn, even if it doesn't quite have the film it deserves to accompany it…

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Review of Rangoon (2017)

By Ujala Ali Khan (7) for The National (UAE) (421) on 04 Jun 2017

Known for her brash outspoken nature in real life, Ranaut imparts some extra oomph to the characters she personifies on screen, and Rangoon's…

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Review of Rangoon (2017)

By Ujala Ali Khan (7) for The National (UAE) (421) on 04 Jun 2017

Known for her brash outspoken nature in real life, Ranaut imparts some extra oomph to the characters she personifies on screen, and Rangoon's…

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Review of City of Tiny Lights (2016)

By James Mottram (656) for The National (UAE) (421) on 01 Jun 2017

A film noir with a difference, Pete Travis' City of Tiny Lights is an intoxicating brew: dark and dangerous, but also achingly romantic…

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Review of A Family Man (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 30 May 2017

The whole thing feels like an exercise in demonstrating Butler's acting range as his character arc takes him from boardroom beast to homely hero…

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Review of Django (2017)

By Kaleem Aftab (340) for The National (UAE) (421) on 30 May 2017

This period drama about Django Reinhardt will please fans of his music while dismaying those looking for concrete facts about the life of the…

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Review of Wonder Woman (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 30 May 2017

[Gadot] seems born to play the part…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 23 May 2017

The series remains as big, brash, action-packed and, well, downright silly as ever…

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Review of Gifted (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 23 May 2017

The recurring question of what is really best for a remarkable child like Mary, and who is in a position to even begin to answer that question,…

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Review of Colossal (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 16 May 2017

The premise sounds ridiculous, but by the time the credits roll, you will wonder why no one thought to make an indie-romcom/Japanese Kaiju…

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Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 16 May 2017

Its success lies in that fact that Scott has remembered what made the franchise work so well in the early days -- and he milks it to the max…

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