A couple of upstarts are arriving this month to challenge the dominance of Barbie and Oppenheimer at the box office, although it doesn't look like a fair fight. Jason Statham is back for more over-the-top action mayhem in Ben Wheatley's
Meg 2: The Trench, a guilty pleasure mashup of shark chaos and thrilling villainy. Meanwhile, Seth Rogen has recharged another franchise with the hugely engaging
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mania, a gorgeously animated romp that's funny and thrilling.
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BEST OUT THIS WEEK:
Klondike • Shortcomings
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem • Lola
Smalltown Boys • Kokomo City
PERHAPS AVOID:
Til Death Do Us Part
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Also screened this week was
Gran Turismo, the hugely crowd pleasing true story of a gamer-turned-racer starring Archie Madekwe, David Harbour and Orlando Bloom. The British comedy-drama
The Trouble With Jessica is uneven but has a terrific cast led by Shirley Henderson and Rufus Sewell.
Til Death Do Us Part is a choppy mess of a thriller with Cam Gigandet and Jason Patric. The doc
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed is a surprisingly intimate, important look at the closeted Hollywood icon. And I finally caught up with the exuberant British comedy
Polite Society, which uses wildly inventive action to punch its involving story.
This coming week I'll be watching Disney's remake of
Haunted Mansion, Judy Greer in
Aporia, Ben Kingsley in
Jules, Daisey Ridley in
The Inventor, Grant Gustin in
Puppy Love, Jeremy Allen White in
Fremont, the Japanese drama
Love Life and the Romanian drama
RMN.
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