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Perfectly adequate but not particularly exceptional, this biopic of Queen front-man Freddie Mercury features some undeniably rousing musical moments – Live Aid, anyone? – but feels a bit lacking when it comes to painting a deeply compelling three-dimensional portrait of one of the music industry’s most iconic figures. It seems more like a skim than a deep dive.

Unbreakable could have easily taken the action adventure film road, but instead took the cerebral route.

If you've spent the last 40 years revisiting Halloween in Haddonfield, Illinois, then it should come as no surprise that the film's protagonist, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has been a little stuck as well. 2018's Halloween serves as a direct sequel to the original (identical title be damned), and asks that we ignore the many sequels in between. In order to see Laurie, now a grandmother, face off against Michael Myers, fans will be happy to oblige.

Bloated with too much feel-good, poorly written human interaction, the film (and it's PG-13 rating) skirts what the audience really wants: a blood-soaked sea of human carnage.

Though Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is as ridiculous as the first film, its still loads of fun, due in no small part to the addition the joyful and luminous Lily James as young Donna.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower traces the events leading up to attacks on the World Trade Center through behind-the-scenes dramatizations of the FBI and CIA. This Hulu series will leave you pissed off and devastated in the final moments, making you want to bang your head against the wall thinking of the missteps made and hiding of information that allowed it to happen.