★★★★
As a piece of filmmaking, American Animals is as audacious as the noughties heist it both dramatises and documents. It is, mercifully, a great deal sharper and more intelligent than that foiled plot, weaving a story that compels and excites, whilst reflecting on the very nature of white male privilege. Gripping stuff.
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★★★★
Amazon’s Alexa meets Stark’s J.A.R.V.I.S in Upgrade, a viscous cybernetic revenge thriller from Insidious scribe Leigh Whannell. More stylish than anything in the director’s preceding oeuvre, the film offers a smart take of familiar conceits, with its grisly action bolstered by an abundance of charisma and exquisite choreography.
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