All Reviews articles – Page 253
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Reviews'Atomic Blonde': Review
Sleek and superficial, this high-octane action film tests Charlize Theron’s new-found box office powers
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Reviews'Logan Lucky': Review
Steven Soderbergh comes out of big-screen retirement to remind viewers just how good he can be; Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Daniel Craig hop on board for this NASCAR-themed ride.
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Reviews'Detroit': Review
Kathryn Bigelow returns with an intense take on the Detroit riots of 1967, starring British actors John Boyega and Will Poulter
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Reviews'MAZE': Galway Review
The largest prison escape in the UK is detailed in Stephen Burke’s period drama starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Barry Ward
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Reviews'Dunkirk': Review
Christopher Nolan’s first film to be anchored in real events is a soaring war epic which impresses on every level
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Reviews'The Drummer And The Keeper': Galway Review
Dir/scr. Nick Kelly. Ireland, 2017. 92 mins.The first film from Irish former musician and commercials director Nick Kelly, The Drummer And The Keeper is a Rain Man-like comedy/drama in which both protagonists suffer from mental illness – a young man with bipolar disorder who embarks on ...
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Reviews'Michael Inside': Galway Review
Frank Berry’s prison drama won Best Irish Film at Galway’s Fleadh, with newcomer Dafhyd Flynn also picking up an award
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Reviews'Men Don't Cry': Karlovy Vary Review
Dir. Alen Drljević. Bosnia & Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia/Germany. 2017. 98 minsIn Men Don’t Cry, an empty Serbian hotel becomes one more battleground in the ceaseless Yugoslav Wars. Nearly 20 years after the official end of hostilities, many former combatants have still never truly escaped, a fact that director ...
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Reviews'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets': Review
Luc Besson’s space opera hits exuberant notes but never sings.
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Reviews'How Viktor 'The Garlic' Took Alexey 'The Stud' to the Nursing Home': Karlovy Vary Review
Alexander Hant’s debut, a frenetic Russian satire, won the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary
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Reviews'Corporate': Karlovy Vary Review
The HR department is the centre of this French boardroom thriller which gives Céline Sallette a showcase role
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Reviews'The Garden (Summerhauser)': Munich Review
Munich winner is a finely-crafted success for director Sonja Maria Kröner
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Reviews'More': Karlovy Vary Review
A tough-themed debut from actor Onur Saylak tackles the issue of refugees through the prism of a father-and-son trafficking operation
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Reviews'The Birds Are Singing In Kigali': Karlovy Vary Review
The last film from Krzysztof Krauze and his wife Joanna deals with the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide
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Reviews'No Bed Of Roses' ('Doob'): Shanghai Review
Irrfan Khan takes the lead in this nuanced film from Bangladesh about a husband’s infidelity
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Reviews'The Cakemaker': Karlovy Vary Review
Familiar ingredients give rise to an impressive drama from a first-time Israeli film-maker
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Reviews'The White World According To Daliborek': Karlovy Vary Review
A Neo-Nazi ‘reveals his cretinous nature all by himself’ in Vit Klusák’s latest documentary
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Reviews'Pomegranate Orchard': Karlovy Vary Review
Dir. Ilgar Najaf. Azerbaijan. 2017. 90 minsAn interpretation of Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard, Ilgar Najaf’s Pomegranate Orchard (Nar baği) is a measured familial drama played out against the picturesque backdrop of the titular plantation. As a depiction of a time that has passed amidst the ...
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Reviews'Double Date': Edinburgh Review
Comedy horror from first-time director Benjamin Barfoot was written by its star, Danny Morgan
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Reviews'Spider-Man: Homecoming': Review
A solid reboot which may well surpass the last attempt to retool Spider-Man in 2012.