Unit 29: Film and Book Reviews - English Collocations in Use UNIT 29: FILM AND BOOK REVIEWS I. Lý thuyết (Collocations) Dưới đây là các cụm từ cố định (collocations) trích từ các bài đánh giá phim và sách thực tế trong giáo trình: 1. Quality newspapers (Báo chính thống / Chất lượng cao) "Larissa is an excellent film. It tells the story of what happens when a young woman decides to try to find out what really happened to her grandmother, who disappeared in Russia in the 1930s under mysterious circumstances. As the suspense builds up , Larissa sets off an amazing chain of events . It’s an incredibly gripping film and its direction shows startling originality ." "It was certainly a bold experiment to cast Jenni Adams as a woman twice her age, but Jenni is a very accomplished actor and a consummate professional , and she carried it off brilliantly. And the rest of the star-studded cast gave a dazzling display of their talents too. The film, which documents an extraordinary series of events , was spectacularly successful in the US - the New York Times gave it glowing reviews , and not without good reason." 2. Popular (tabloid) newspaper (Báo lá cải / Tin tức giải trí nhanh) "Whoever decided to cast Jenni Adams in the role of the disappearing grandma in Larissa must have been out of their mind. An unmitigated disaster , strongly influenced (hoặc heavy influenced ) by the very worst kind of Hollywood sentimentality. The only good thing was the theme ...