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(M) ★★★★★Director: Tom McCarthy.Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, Billy Crudup."Maths? Everyone knows journalists can't do maths."SINCE 1976, the benchmark for films about journalism has been All The President’s Men.That tightly scripted drama used strong dialogue, a healthy sense of realism, and great performances – shunning flashiness, contrivances or gimmicks...

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How To Be Single

(M) ★★½Director: Christian Ditter.Cast: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Nicholas Braun, Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Lacy, Anders Holm."You chug like a toddler!"FOR a film to pass the Bechdel Test, it must feature just one thing – a conversation between two female characters about something other than a man.The test started as a joke in a comic strip but has become a useful tool for analysing gender inequality in movies – roughly...

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Deadpool

(MA15+) ★★★★Director: Tim Miller.Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić."Oh my God is that Thor making out with Iron Man?"ANOTHER week, another superhero movie.It certainly feels that way, and many are wondering if we’ve hit ‘peak cape’ and how much more milk can be drained from this box office cash cow before audiences start yawning at the sight of another hyper-powered...

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