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LONDONROAD (15) RUFUS Norris embraces the cinematic medium with this daring screen version of the stage drama London Road, which documents the real-life discovery of the bodies of five women in Suf- folk in 2006 in the words of residents of the titular Ip- swich street. A media scrum including journalist Simon Newton (Michael Schaef- fer) descends upon Ipswich, where locals are gripped by fear after themurdersof five women, who all worked as prostitutes in the area. The residents of London Road including bubbly mother Julie (Olivia Colman) and enigmatic neighbour Dodge (Paul Thornley) are obvi- ous targets for TV crews be- cause prostitutes continue to tout for business outside their homes. “He was always being propositioned. Poor sod,” confesses resident Rosemary (Nicola Sloane), pointing to her overweight husband Ron (Nick Holder). A creepy taxi driver called Mark (Tom Hardy) is one possible suspect, telling a passenger that he has a fas- cination with serial killers. When London Road resident Steve Wright is arrested by Suffolk police, battle lines are drawn between locals, invasive media and the working girls, represented on screen by Vicky (Kate Fleetwood). Rating: Three stars
QUEEN & Country contin- ues the misadventures of director John Boorman’s fictional hero from the Os- car-nominated Hope And Glory, unfolding almost 10
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for human souls – known as The Man Who Can’t Breathe (Michael Reid MacKay) – at- tempts to possess the teenag- er’s body and soul. Elise races to the Brenner residence to banish the evil. Aided by quirky ghost hunters Tucker (Angus Sampson) and Specs (Whannell), Elise confronts the infestation in the nether- world. Insidious: Chapter 3 is an effective standalone thrill- er, anchored by strong perfor- mances from Shaye and Scott. Rating: Three stars
DRAMA: Callum Turner stars as Bill Rohan and Vanessa Kirby stars as Dawn Rohan in BBC Worldwide Americas’ Queen and Country (2015)
years later when young Bill Rohan has come of age and can now serve his country. Bill (Callum Turner) lives on an island in the River Thames with his parents Clive (David Hayman) and Grace (Sinead Cusack), grouchy grandfa- ther George (John Standing) and free-spirited sister Dawn (Vanessa Kirby). The young man enlists and prepares other fresh-faced recruits for the Korean War. Bill and trou-
ble-making pal Percy (Caleb Landry Jones) engage in a battle of wits with Sergeant Major Bradley (David Thew- lis) and their despairing supe- rior, Major Cross (Richard E Grant). As England continues to rebuild and heal wounds in the aftermath of the Second World War, Bill and Percy dis- cover that their tomfoolery has devastating consequenc- es. Meanwhile, Bill struggles to sustain a foundering ro-
mance with a posh ice maid- en called Ophelia (Tamsin Egerton). Unlike its prede- cessor, Queen & Country is a crushing disappointment. Rating: Two stars
INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER
3 (15) THE third instalment in the horror franchise centres on grief-stricken 17-year-old Quinn Brenner (Stefanie
Scott),who reaches out to gift- ed psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) following the death of her mother (Ele Keats) from cancer. Elise warns Quinn against beckoning her moth- er’s spirit. Soon after, Quinn is involved in an accident and becomes housebound in the apartment she shares with her father Sean (Dermot Mul- roney) and younger brother Alex (Tate Berney). A demon with an insatiable hunger
Dino disaster captures thrill of original JURASSICWORLD (12A,
124 mins) INTHEoriginal Jurassic Park, scientists reanimate dino- saurs on a tropical island and quickly discover their arro- gant folly. “Life breaks free. It expands
to new territories and crashes through barriers,” wisely ob- serves Jeff Goldblum’s doom- mongering chaos mathemati- cian. His words reverberate throughout this fourth instal- ment of the blockbusting dino- franchise. Director Colin Trevorrow
and three co-writers step back in time, using the structure and heightened human drama of the first film as a solid tem- plate for this return to Isla Nublar. Jurassic World begs, borrows
and affectionately steals from the 1993 box office behemoth,
including a cameo for the Mr DNAanimation and a set piece in the iconic visitor centre (nowovergrown). Two stricken children are a
focal point when the park goes into meltdown, and mission control boasts a nerdy com- puter wizard (Jake Johnson) for mild comic relief. If the nuts and bolts of the screenplay are unabashedly retro, the special effects are undeniably state-of-the-art, realising creatures great and small. This is by far the bloodi- est chapter of the Jurassic saga, if not quite the best. Jurassic World opened to the public in 2005 and now wel- comes more than 20,000 visi- tors a day. Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas
Howard) oversees park opera- tions, while Dr Henry Wu (BD Wong) plays God in the labora- tories, splicingDNAstrands to
create terrifying new breeds. Thus the ferocious and high-
ly intelligent Indominus Rex is born. “This will give the parents nightmares,” shudders park CEO Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan), who took up the mantle from John Hammond to open an isle of prehistoric wonders. When the Indominus Rex es- capes her paddock, Claire begs naval officer-turned-animal behaviour specialist Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) for help. Jurassic World is a muscular, rollicking romp that captures some of the adrenaline-pump- ing thrills and jaw-dropping awe we felt more than 20 years ago when Steven Spielberg first unleashed dinosaurs back into the world. Action sequences are orches- trated at a lick, seamlessly in- tegrating digital trickery with live action.
SPY (15) SUAVE secret agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) completes some of the Agency’s most dangerous missions thanks to the gadgetry of analyst Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy). He takes all of the acclaim while Susan remains firmly in the background haunted by her mother’s mangled mantra: “well behaved wom- en do make history”. When Bradley and the other agents, including British bruiser Rick Ford (Statham), are com- promised, Susan puts herself forward for active duty to infiltrate the inner circle of arms dealer Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne). CIA deputy director Elaine Crocker (Al- lison Janney) places her trust in Susan to complete the mis- sion without any field experi- ence. Guided by her dithering Nancy Artingstall (Miranda Hart), Susan adopts a series of dowdy disguises to get close to Rayna. As Rayna pre- pares to sell a stolen device to Sergio De Luca (Bobby Cannavale), Susan throws caution to the wind to avert disaster. Opening with an ex- tended action sequence and Saul Bass-inspired opening ti- tles, Spy is a rip-roaring treat. Rating: Four stars
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