It's been another week of movies here, and I'm enjoying how things are back to a relatively normal schedule after months of intensity. The biggest movie this week was an online feature:
Ghosted is an engaging action romcom that reteams Ana de Armas and Chris Evans. Rather a lot mopier,
To Catch a Killer stars Shailene Woodley as a troubled cop pulled into an FBI investigation into a mass-shooter. It's dark and timely, but feels somewhat undercooked.
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The best surprise this week is
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, a familiar story sharply well told with a first-rate French cast and properly thrilling action. The latest in the franchise,
Evil Dead Rise is never very scary but will please fans with its outrageously excessive gore. And then there's the inventive and hugely engaging Filipino comedy
I Love You Beksman, which kicked off the Queer East Fest in London on Tuesday.
Outside the cinema, I loved the Nederlands Dans Theater programme at Sadler's Wells. And this was my first year attending the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards as a voting member (I am a member of the Critics' Circle Theatre Section, in addition to being chair of the Film Section). These awards are great fun, held at @sohoplace, the first new theatre built in the West End in 50 years. And most winners were in attendance, so it was great to celebrate them.
This next week I'll be watching the biopic
Big George Foreman, Jay Baruchel in the story of
BlackBerry, Kate Bosworth in
Last Sentinel, the Greek drama
Broadway, the Swedish comedy
RSVP and the dance art film
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