Baby Driver
Baby is a
getaway driver who relies on his collection of retro tracks to do his job – or
at least in style. But when his latest task goes horribly wrong, he must figure
out a way of hitting the road with his waitress love-interest and starting anew
before his violent teammates figure out what he’s up to. With plenty of groove,
solid storytelling and charm in its engine,
Baby Driver is the most stylistic and soulful wheel-based flick since 2011’s
Drive, and with an opening chase so
wonderfully-choreographed, you’ll realise it’s not all about being fast and furious.
Cars 3
While the Cars franchise is in the same team as
the likes of Toy Story, there’s no
denying it’s always been somewhat bottom in the lead; lacking that magical
ingredient one can’t quite put their wheel on (perhaps the concept is one
better suited to CBeebies). Now, six
years after the burn-out that was Cars 2,
the semi-anthropomorphic vehicles return. A flabby-tyred Lightning McQueen’s
heyday is seemingly in the rear view. But then so is the franchise’s, as this
is the dullest and most unengaging Pixar
movie to date, and is much less Formula One and far more drag race.
Dunkirk
Christopher
Nolan’s WW2 thriller sees the harrowing rescue attempts of over 300,000 men who
were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk during the German invasion of France. With
razor-sharp cinematography and Hans Simmer’s taut score – which barely takes a
moment to breathe – this bullet-riddled rollercoaster is an unapologetic and
atmospheric assault on the senses. Perhaps Nolan’s finest since The Dark Knight Trilogy and undoubtedly
far more relevant than the vacuous Interstellar,
Dunkirk is a solid piece of cinema that
delivers unfolding chaos by the second while also serving as a not-so-gentle
reminder of the unending peril these heroes faced.
47 Metres Down
Two girls go
cage-diving to see Great Whites, but when the winch snaps they plummet to the
ocean floor where they’re trapped, surrounded by sharks and with limited
oxygen. But with some narration from Mandy Moore who inexplicably tells us
everything she’s doing, this may as well be a documentary. And given that the girls
are unable to surface anyway in case of brain damage, the sharks – who are also
pointlessly 25-feet long – bring nothing to the plot. If this film is good for
anything, though, it’s a reminder that oxygen is precious. So think before
wasting yours here.
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