DVDs Aug/Sept
Ghost In The Shell
After Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is saved from a terrorist attack, she is cybernetically enhanced to be the perfect soldier and tasked with bringing down dangerous criminals. Johansson is good as Major/Motoko and it all looks spectacular. It's not the Anime or the Manga, but it is worth a watch.
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Their Finest
A talented copywriter, a grumpy screenwriter and a pompous actor come together to create some pro Britain propaganda films during the Second World War. Gemma Arteton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy have fun as the three respective leads in this surprisingly enjoyable film.
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Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2
The Guardians continue to bond as a family in their own unique way, whilst discovering the truth about Peter Quill's (Chris Pratt) parents. Dave Bautista steals the show again as Drax, and the Mary Poppins line is the funniest thing I've heard all year.
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The Handmaiden
Chan-Wook Park's retelling of Sarah Waters' novel Fingersmith sees Sookee (Tae-Ri Kim), a young Korean girl hired as a handmaiden to Japanese heiress Hideko (Min-Hee Kim), who is secretly involved in a plot to rob her new employer of her fortune. Utterly mesmerising.
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