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First Take: Barbie - the lighter film of that so-called ‘Barbenheimer’ movement

SYNOPSIS: Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence. It’s the film that spawned millions of memes since that firs…
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First Take: Oppenheimer - Nolan has become death, the destroyer of worlds

SYNOPSIS: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Spoiler free as usual . Because In …
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First Take: Asteroid City - a little bit of everything from Mr Anderson

SYNOPSIS: Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Aste…
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First Take: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - there’s another maverick-like success coming

SYNOPSIS: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands. Spoiler free as usual This message wil…
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First Take: Joy Ride - The Hangover meets Girls Trip with some extra Rogen spice

SYNOPSIS: Follows four Chinese-American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel …
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First Take: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - the summer holiday box office battle starts here

SYNOPSIS: A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the…
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First Take: Greatest Days - take that back to the writers’ room and don’t do it like this

SYNOPSIS: A feature adaptation of the ‘The Band’ musical, featuring the songs of Take That. Well, of all the ideas for films, Amazon had to plough som…
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First Take: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - an 80 year old, making a big action adventure film, yes, really

SYNOPSIS: Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.  It’s been 14 years s…