Tenet (2020)
Christopher Nolan builds a spy thriller that runs forwards and backwards at once. It is colder than Inception and twice as demanding, and on craft and sheer ambition it is hard to look away. 8.5/10.
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The Old Guard (2020)
A comic-book premise about immortal mercenaries that Charlize Theron and Gina Prince-Bythewood turn into something with weight as well as weaponry. Familiar in shape, but unusually well made and very rewatchable. 8/10.
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Greyhound (2020)
Tom Hanks writes himself a lean, ninety-minute Atlantic crossing and spends almost all of it on the bridge. No subplots, no flab, just the hunt. 8/10.
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Extraction (2020)
A stunt coordinator steps up to direct and hands Chris Hemsworth one long, brutal day in Dhaka. The story is thin, the action is not, and as a piece of staging it is one of the best things Netflix has put its name to. 8/10.
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