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Hitchcock/Truffaut

A rich, thorough critical uplifting of the English master. His French friend is somewhat sidelined, as are the less wellknown films of Hitchcock’s catalogue.

Deepwater Horizon

Shockingly good disaster flick, though do try to leave before the tacked-on documentar­y ending. What’s more surprising? That BP are evil, or that Marky Mark (Wahlberg) can actually act?

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Time-travelling mutants are to blame for the slight messiness in Tim Burton’s latest fantasy for young adults. Some lovely ideas, and some grim ones, too.

The Magnificen­t Seven

Slick and explosive, but its titular heroes – played by such big names as Chris Pratt and Denzel Washington – are nothing more than vague sketches.

Bridget Jones’s Baby

From “how’s your father” to who’s the father? As familiar as the last sequel and funnier still, although Emma Thompson steals the best lines.

Captain Fantastic

Part road movie, part culture shock comedy that risks being too cloying and twee. Rescued by profoundne­ss and Viggo Mortensen’s powerful performanc­e.

As It Is In Heaven 2 The Rehearsal Blair Witch Sully Nerve

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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