PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
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The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Jack Reacher: Never
Go Back (12A)
Directed by Edward Zwick
4/5
THE SEQUEL strikes back, with Tom Cruise returning as celebrated drifter and former US army military police officer-turned-avenger Jack Reacher.
Co-writer/director Edward Zwick’s muscular one-damn-thing-after-another screenplay, based on thriller writer Lee Child’s series, taut direction and Cruise — named three times in the opening credits — ensure a dynamic action-thriller.
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