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Ansel Elgort (Baby), Jamie Foxx (Bats), Eiza González (Darling) and Jon Hamm (Buddy) in Baby Driver

‘Baby Driver’ review: Visionary

Baby Driver is a film that I said I wasn't sure I would watch in my "Movies Coming Soon" post at the beginning of this month. It stars a cast that I'm not wild over, especially Ansel Elgort, who looks kind of wimpy for a leading man (an impression I can't get over from his cowardly role in the Divergent series), though I don't mind the rest of the actors. This is a movie that is built around the soundtrack, and as I'm not such a huge music lover, that didn't appeal to me either.

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Read more about the article ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ review: Gorgeous and intricately designed
Dane DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Laureline in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ review: Gorgeous and intricately designed

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is out this week along with Dunkirk (which I've watched and reviewed in my previous post) and Baby Driver (which I'm watching tomorrow). It's a pretty crowded week for films to open in, and one which Valerian has the disadvantage of not being as wonderfully reviewed as the latter two films.

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Read more about the article ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ review: Darker and more emotional
From left: Yondu (Michael Rooker), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and Baby Groot (Vin Diesel) in Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ review: Darker and more emotional

The general consensus among critics seems to be that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 isn't as good as the first one. I'm not so sure about that. The first movie was the oddball, weird kooky cousin of the other Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and I did like it, but not as fondly as say, Thor or Ant-Man, or even Doctor Strange. Vol. 2 feels darker and more emotional than the first, though it still retains its quirkiness. If not for the underlying sinister tones of the film, I would have preferred it to the first. As it is, their pros and cons balance them out for me.

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Read more about the article ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ review — but first, a backstory
Ben Affleck (Batman) and Henry Cavill (Superman) in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ review — but first, a backstory

Before I start on this review proper, buckle up for a not-so-brief history of how Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (from now on referred to as BVS) came to be. It'll help you understand why BVS rubbed me wrongly from the get-go, and why I went into it with derisive feelings. My friend accused me of being biased against the film, and so even if it was good, I wouldn't say so, but that's not true. *If* it was good, I would admit it -- in tones of absolute surprise, yes, but I would.

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Read more about the article ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ review: As always, the book is better than the movie
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ review: As always, the book is better than the movie

'Mockingjay - Part 2' follows the book pretty much faithfully -- except for all the subtext that they could not (dare not?) translate to screen, which Darren Franich from Entertainment Weekly explains in a brilliant analysis.

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