TNS – The News on Sunday

The Big Sick does some understated healing; The Hitman’s Bodyguard misses the target.

Punjab Nahi Jaungi and Na Maloom Afraad 2 have managed to draw cinegoers back to theatres but will they also manage to save Pakistan’s film industry?

Toilet’s potential is ultimately flushed away; Bareilly Ki Barfi is sweet but not filling; Zhang Yimou and Matt Damon can’t really deliver on the promise of The Great Wall.

Shah Rukh Khan and Imtiaz Ali lose their mojo; Charlize Theron proves she is the queen of action films.

Despicable Me 3 shows signs of franchise fatigue; Maatr is an inferior Mom; Get Out could have been even better; Even Goldie Hawn can’t salvage Snatched.

War is perhaps the best of the reimagined Planet Of The Apes series; A tired franchise evens its keel with Dead Men Tell No Tales.

The Mummy never really comes to life; Baywatch is barely watchable

Wonder Woman is close to wonderful

Hindi Medium is not quite well done; Manchester By The Sea is an unflinching study of grief and guilt

The Alien series is close to breaking its covenant with the fans; Half Girlfriend doesn’t give you full value for the money