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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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The complete lack of threat is really what kills this film for me. People dangle off the end of spaceships that are crashing through forests, or fall several stories to the ground with nary a bruise.
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Get Out
A brilliant and honest comedy with horrific undertones, Get Out cleverly uses its genre trappings to create a bold and unique film.
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Ghost in the Shell
The visual effects vary from the iffy to the sublime, whilst the action scenes are well-shot, if brief.
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Colossal
Colossal is a wonderfully unexpected night out at the cinema. But I wonder if it needs a trigger warning.
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Beauty and the Beast
This is a confident film that bursts out of the gate strong and barely ever falters.
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Kong: Skull Island
I’d even go so far as to say this is a better Jurassic Park sequel than the mystifyingly popular Jurassic World.
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