Final Destination 5 (2011)

Again, we are introduced to a group of school kids, one of whom has premonitions that help them all escape violent death, only for these survivors to then be stalked one-by-one by Death because "Death doesn't like to be cheated", in this reasonably entertaining fifth instalment of the inventive horror series that sticks to the formula but returns the quality of the acting and the special effects back to standard after some woeful earlier sequels.

★★★☆☆

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A Quiet Passion (2016)

IBS sufferers, heavy breathers, and fans of the Fast and Furious franchise be warned: Quiet is the operative word in the title of this biopic which unfolds with the urgency of a poetry recital, with not a word wasted as Emily Dickinson, the posthumously celebrated American poet, grows up in the 19th century, distinguishes herself as unique in early adulthood, and then grows steadily more insular and cantankerous as she gets older and loses, one by one, those she loves to death or, equally devastating, marriage.

★★★★☆

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