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Cinema

Lucy: the shoot-outs, car chases and mysteries of the universe

Luc Besson’s new action thriller is profoundly fun

23 August 2014

9:00 AM

23 August 2014

9:00 AM

Lucy

15, Nationwide

Here’s an idea for an article: The Tree of Life (2011) is the most influential film of the past decade. There’s quite a strong case to be made. Everything from car adverts to Hollywood blockbusters seems to have a touch of the Terrence Malick. They all span from cornfield to cosmos, from ant-hill to apocalypse, while characters breathe epigrams at each other about love and beauty and rebirth.

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