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In Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise embarks on his penultimate mission as secret agent Ethan Hunt. Also stars Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby and Rebecca Ferguson

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In Hotel Mumbai, Dev Patel and Armie Hammer face off against terrorists in the Taj Palace Hotel. Based on the events of the 2008 Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks in India

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Jason Statham takes on a suitably 12A shark in The Meg, a modern, bonkers B-movie that's not as fun as it needs to be

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Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett and Vanessa Kirby join Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible — Fallout, the stunning sixth instalment of the action film series

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In Hotel Artemis, Jodie Foster tops off a cast including Sofia Boutella and Sterling K. Brown in a dark yet lighthearted film set in a deeply criminal future L.A.

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14 years after the original comes the sequel to the finest animation film from the Pixar studios: Incredibles 2 arrives with new villains and a fresh sense of relevance

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The fourth film in the franchise, The First Purge takes a few cheap shots at satire, featuring a performance from Y'lan Noel (Insecure)

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From the fun to the feelgood to the fast and furious, here are the best blockbusters of 2018 coming out this summer

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Still stylish, with plenty of machismo from leads Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro, Sicario 2: Soldado is a less brainy, more brawny but fitting follow-up to the 2015 original

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Rising stars Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Sam Clafin save the sinking script of latest nautical survival drama, Adrift

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How far does gender affect opinion on the all-female Ocean's 8? A male and female critic go head to head

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Starring Dwayne Johnson and Naomie Harris, Rampage is a mildly satisfying slash-and-burn disaster movie that ends up more exhausting than exhilarating

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Re-boot of 90s classic Jumanji combines body-swapping comedy and teenage self-discovery for an easy, entertaining family film

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The Brick and Looper director knows how to spin a ridiculously good yarn, so The Last Jedi could be a bona fide sci-fi masterpiece

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Paddington 2 is not just one of the best family films this season, but simply one of the very best releases of 2017

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The third instalment of Marvel's Thor franchise is seriously villainous – there's the icy Hela (Cate Blanchett) and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) – but with plenty of cheeky comic edge

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And another one! The fifth instalment of the franchise by DC Comics, Justice League has an explosive brand new trailer

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An adaptation of the novel by Vince Flynn, American Assassin is a mildly diverting action thriller that’s not quite as deep as it would like to be. Michael Keaton stars.

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Starring Dominic Cooper as an Naval special forces commando hunting down a terrorist cell, washed-out action thriller Stratton forgets to develop characters and finds itself in dangerously shallow waters

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Tom Cruise's perverse likeableness tips this humdrum true-story account into watchability

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Tom Cruise has been cast as all-American heroes for decades. This is a mistake

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Borg/McEnroe is a great double portrait for fans of the tennis stars – but, even with an incendiary Shia LaBeouf performance, the film whips up little excitement off the court

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The Dark Tower pits Idris Elba against Matthew McConaughey. How could that be boring, you ask? Well...

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Here's our pick of the best films out now in London's cinemas

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Dunkirk was an incredible cinematic experience... but if you want to understand what war is really about, watch this Danish film with a terrible title

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets boasts imaginative visuals and four of the most distinguished eyebrows in the galaxy, but also a convoluted plot and leaden dialogue

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The Wall should be a taut, uber-tense chamber-piece with great performances. It's not

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Dunkirk is, amongst other things, an efficient device for giving you anxiety. It's also glorious

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Dunkirk is yet another WWII movie, but it's going to stand apart... and not just because it stars Harry Styles

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War for the Planet of the Apes is an emotionally urgent and intelligently constructed blockbuster with ideas to spare

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Spider-Man: Homecoming is a quintessential Marvel movie: brilliant and breezy, but sometimes baffling for non-initiates. Here's the story so far

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Spider-Man: Homecoming doesn't have gravitas or moral seriousness, but it does have jokes and a likeable hero