Knowing (2009)

People were scathing about this 2009 scifi that stars Nicolas Cage as a father who believes the world is ending but with good extended disaster effects and the not-quite-Hollywood direction taken by the plot, it maintains interest even if Cage and the sound department's performances are one-histrionic-note throughout - everything that happens, whether a train accident that kills thousands or a child's cry at night, elicits orchestral doom and Cage melodrama.

★★★☆☆

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Spy (2015)

The supporting cast, particularly Rose Byrne's dour villain and Peter Serafinowicz's slimy, highly-sexual and extremely likeable agent, raise this comedy about an unlikely spy, in field for the first time, from completely forgettable to, er, not as forgettable.

★★☆☆☆

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