BRIAN VINER's Cannes round-up: Triumphant debutants - and a turkey or two
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The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has had its usual share of happy surprises and crushing disappointments.
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BRIAN VINER reviews The Accountant 2: More bad news for Ben Affleck as his first film since J.Lo divorce is branded 'wildly convoluted' with 'no credibility'
BRIAN VINER: As if to make up for arguably the most boring title of any film in the history of cinema, The Accountant 2 begins with a blaze of action, incongruously enough in a bingo hall.
48 days ago
BRIAN VINER reviews Warfare: Brutal but brilliant, Alex Garland's film tells a terrifying battle story in real time
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Alex Garland's Warfare, unfolding in real time, tells the story of what happened after a team of US Navy SEALs on a reconnaissance mission occupied a house in the Iraqi city of Ramadi.
62 days ago
BRIAN VINER reviews Mr Burton: A masterclass from Toby Jones as the teacher who made Richard Burton a star
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Richard Burton was born at home in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, and was buried under the world's gaze in Celigny, near Geneva.
68 days ago
BRIAN VINER reviews A Working Man: An ex-soldier lured out of retirement to break villains' heads? Jason Statham's new thriller is as original as a traffic cone!
BRIAN VINER: Jason Statham plays a hard-nut ex-commando who is persuaded out of retirement when some nasty people kidnap his employer's daughter.
75 days ago
BRIAN VINER reviews The Alto Knights: It's a mob hit (but why do we need two De Niros?)
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BRIAN VINER: With the help of facial prosthetics to distinguish between them, the veteran actor plays a pair of real-life New York Mob bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese
82 days ago
BRIAN VINER reviews Black Bag: This spy thriller is just too clever for its own good
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On the last day of Cheltenham, here's an equine expression to describe, or rather not describe, director Steven Soderbergh: the prolific fellow is anything but a one-trick pony.
3 months ago
BRIAN VINER reviews The Last Showgirl: Pammy razzle dazzles as an ageing Vegas showgirl
BRIAN VINER: Widely regarded as a comeback vehicle for Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl, as vehicles go, is less a gleaming Rolls-Royce than a truck.
BRIAN VINER reviews I'm Still Here: Chilling reality behind the glitz of Pele's Brazil
BRIAN VINER: I'm Still Here tells the true story of the affluent, middle-class Paiva family whose comfortable life was ripped apart following that sound in all totalitarian countries: the knock on th…
BRIAN VINER reviews Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy: Don't let Bridget's toyboy put you off - this is a first class romcom
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Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (pictured) is the fourth picture in the series and, both heartwarming and hilarious, the best since the 2001 original, Bridget Jones's Diary.