LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
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Film round-up: June 8
This week the Star's critics Alan Frank and Maria Duarte review Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom, All the Wild Horses, and The Boy Downstairs
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
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
EWAN CAMERON trawls the Edinburgh fringe for new political drama
In a season of Greek mythology NIAMH THORNTON looks at an intriguing relocation of Medea to contemporary Mexico
Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom (12A)
Directed by JA Bayona
★★★★★
UNLIKE the latest Star Wars “epic” which has crashed and burned at the box office, this addition to the landmark Jurassic Park franchise is hugely entertaining, suspenseful and guaranteed to give terrific value for money.
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