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Film round-up: July 16, 2020
Reviews of Ghosts of War, Masters of Love, Dreambuilders and Arkansas
Film round-up: July 16, 2020

Ghosts of War (18)
Directed by Eric Bress
★★★★

SIXTEEN years after The Butterfly Effect, film-maker Eric Bress returns with a seemingly conventional ghost film but which has a deliciously unsettling and surprising twist.

Set in WWII, it follows five battle-hardened US soldiers — played by Brenton Thwaites, Theo Rossi, Kyle Gallner, Skylar Astin and Alan Ritchson — who are assigned to defend and hold a French chateau against the Nazis.


Masters of Love (15)
Directed by Matt Roberts
★★★★


Dreambuilders (U)
Directed by Kim Hagen Jensen and Tonni Zinck
★★★

Arkansas (15)
Directed by Clark Duke
★★★

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