Atomic Blonde
Theron looks great smoking cigarettes under neon light – but style counts for nothing when you care not a jot for your protagonists, or when their story is so palpably dull.
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Steins;Gate the Movie: Load Region of Déjà vu
Here, the story comes back for a third helping, and the time spent in the world is worthwhile.
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Baby Driver
This film is constructed with incredible precision, and the direction is on point too. It’s just such a shame it’s wrapped up in such a banal story.
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Dunkirk
For all the chaos going on, there’s very little in the way of exposition.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
The funny thing is, I would have liked this movie just fine without all the Marvel crossover stuff that the fans have been dreaming of for the better part of a decade.
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The Beguiled
Suffice to say that The Beguiled is a nifty little tale that isn’t quite a thriller, isn’t quite a wartime drama and isn’t quite an historical romance.
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The Mummy
Unlike Edge of Tomorrow, which masterfully handled the smarmier side of the trademark Cruise persona, here he’s just a dick.
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Wonder Woman
If you only see one superhero movie this year, make it this one.
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John Wick Chapter 2
The secret-society-hiding-in-plain-sight aspect intensifies with this sequel. There are so many assassins standing on street corners that it’s a wonder there’s anyone left to kill.
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Alien: Covenant
The pacing is decent, and the characters feel consistent in a way that those of Prometheus never did. The main issue is how predictable it becomes.
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