All articles by Tim Grierson, Senior US critic – Page 48
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Reviews'55 Steps': Toronto Review
A real-life California court case forms the basis of Bille August’s drama starring Hilary Swank and Helena Bonham Carter
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Reviews'It': Review
Superb adaptation of Stephen King’s bestseller, with a chilling central performance from Bill Skarsgård
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Reviews'Tulip Fever': Review
Alicia Vikander and Dane DeHaan headline an elegant, if limp, period piece from The Weinstein Company
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Reviews'First Reformed': Venice Review
Ethan Hawke shines as a tormented man of God in Paul Schrader’s latest
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Reviews'Lucky': Locarno Review
Actor John Carroll Lynch makes his directorial debut with 91 year-old Harry Dean Stanton shining in the title role
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Reviews'The Only Living Boy In New York': Review
Callum Turner leads an all-star feature about an aimless young man who strikes up an affair with his father’s mistress
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Reviews'Kidnap': Review
This low-budget extended car chase starring Halle Berry is both preposterous and entertaining in equal measure
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Reviews'The Dark Tower': Review
Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey unite for an adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy novels
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Reviews'The Emoji Movie': Review
This calamitous comedy from Sony is nowhere near as addictive as the real thing
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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'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'Spider-Man: Homecoming': Review
A solid reboot which may well surpass the last attempt to retool Spider-Man in 2012.
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Reviews'Despicable Me 3': Review
Nice-guy Gru discovers he has a twin brother, Dru, in the latest Despicable juggernaut from Illumination
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Reviews'The Book Of Henry': Review
Naomi Watts gives all she’s got to Colin Trevorrow’s daring, reckless, yet original film
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Reviews'Rough Night': Review
It’s a stop—start evening for this Bridesmaids-meets-Weekend At Bernie’s comedy starring Scarlett Johansson
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Reviews'Cars 3': Review
Using out-takes of Paul Newman to resurrect a key character feels like a ghoulish top-note on a franchise which has run out of gas
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Reviews'It Comes At Night': Review
The director of Krisha returns with a powerful, tense, post-apocalyptic chamber horror
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Reviews'Bushwick': Cannes Review
Dirs. Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milott. US. 2016. 93minsAll hell breaks loose, rather perfunctorily, in Bushwick, an action-thriller that depicts full-out war on the streets of Brooklyn but is oddly uninvolving. Constructed to look like a real-time, single-shot affair, the latest from Cooties filmmakers Cary Murnion ...