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First Take: Logan Lucky- the mechanic, the bartender and the thief

SYNOPSIS: Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina And so Steven Soderbergh returns from his brief retirement fr…
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First Take: American Made- so high that it’s actually flying

SYNOPSIS: A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s. The last time I seen Tom Cruise on the big screen, it was …
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First Take: The Hitman’s Bodyguard- another enjoyable action comedy

SYNOPSIS: The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differen…
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First Take: Atomic Blonde- unscheduled, and very much unchained

SYPNOSIS: An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of doub…
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First Take: The Emoji Movie - it’s bad.

SYPNOSIS: Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji. I was expecting to be writing one of the most brutal rants…
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First Take: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie- the surprise family film of the summer

SYPNOSIS: Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredi…