'Luis and the Aliens' disappointingly dull space toon
Luis and the Aliens introduces a neglected boy to life from other planets, gets him in hot water with authority figures and then teaches him some life lessons.
Calling the shots in jail
Gritty prison movies are hardly a novelty, but as prison overcrowding and violence continue to loom as social issues, Ric Roman Waugh’s 'Shot Caller' is undeniably timely.
Wacky tale of natural born losers
Logan Lucky is a redneck Ocean’s Eleven.
Not waving, but drowning
The big-screen Baywatch reboot is so lifeless and mechanical that it proves much less than the sum of its undeniably attractive body parts.
Scorsese’s grim new pilgrimage in Silence
The film stands as Scorsese?s own reckoning with the religion he was raised in, and which has arguably fuelled so much of the inner turmoil and angst that has marked much of his work
'Live By Night' lacks a nasty edge
The more nagging hole in the thriller is Ben Affleck himself, playing a tough guy with a sense of right and wrong, in a stolid performance that takes up a lot of space without packing the necessary gravitas.
You can’t escape that ol’ Jackie Chan magic
And neither can Jackass star Johnny Knoxville in the action comedy Skiptrace
Max Steel in limp debut
Teen superhero franchise gets off to a shaky start
A movie only Donald Trump could love
A redneck hunter guns down illegal Mexican immigrants, but for what exactly? Desierto reviewed
Snappy banter, pop art flair
IF you could take the Shrek, Happy Feet and Smurfs movies, toss them in a blender and hit the pulse button a few times, the result would be a pretty reasonable approximation of Trolls, an admittedly vibra
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It’s still not safe to go back in the water
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Spacey’s pedigree wasted on a cat-astrophe
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An unconvincing look at the perils of social media
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Technophobic horror tale that plays it by the book
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Tale of seduction more of a trickle than a splash
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Buddy cop sequel is a ride to nowhere but deja vu
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Neither erotic, nor thrilling, but at least it looks good
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Wonderful scenery, but it feels like a mini-series
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A film that sticks to the Kendrick brothers’ faith formula
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Sexed-up hostage movie ties itself up in knots
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Anthology defies a climate of homophobia
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Forty-two years after William Friedkin’s horror classic The Exorcist, it’s hard to get worked up over another cinematic depiction of demonic possession.
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Liam Neeson moves one step closer to becoming the new Charles Bronson.
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If the makers of this teen time-machine flick could jump back in their fictional device and release the film sometime in the mid-2000s the film might be quite welcome.
Marvellous Mara
Film rating: The girl with the dragon tatoo