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Review of Free Fire (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 19 Apr 2017

Hyperviolent, highly watchable action comedy…

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Review of The Fate of the Furious (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 11 Apr 2017

Your mileage may vary when it comes to the over-the-top carnage and in-your-face machismo, but it’s impressive just how bonkers Fate is,…

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Review of Colossal (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 05 Apr 2017

Colossal is as refreshingly different a monster movie as it is a clever, timely take on bullying, domestic abuse and toxic masculinity…

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Review of Gifted (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Apr 2017

The film is decidedly emotionally manipulative without being cloying, and often finds real humor in the complicated situation that arises around…

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Review of Ghost in the Shell (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 29 Mar 2017

Despite the beautiful eye-popping world it creates, the sci-fi film Ghost in the Shell is a defective mess with lifeless characters, missed…

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Review of Life (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 23 Mar 2017

It’s far from perfect, but Life’s worth living for two freaky hours…

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Review of Power Rangers (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 20 Mar 2017

The last half hour is filled with cheeseball visual effects, B-movie monsters and Banks — by far the most enjoyable aspect — hamming it…

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Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 08 Mar 2017

It’s when there's a distinct lack of King Kong that Skull Island turns into a plodding affair…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Mar 2017

Here’s some Disney magic for you: The new Beauty and the Beast actually improves upon the animated classic…

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Review of Before I Fall (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 02 Mar 2017

Director Ry Russo-Young’s drama does manage to smartly dig into the real-world consequences of bullying and arrive at a provocative conclusion…

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Review of Get Out (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 23 Feb 2017

As funny and bitingly satirical as one would expect from his Key & Peele sketches…

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Review of Logan (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 17 Feb 2017

Easily the best Wolverine outing, Logan is The Dark Knight of the mutant-filled X-franchise, a gripping film that transcends the comic-book…

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Review of The Great Wall (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 16 Feb 2017

The Great Wall crumbles mainly because of its wholly predictable plot, wretched dialogue and dud of a filmgoing experience from noted director…

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Review of Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 09 Feb 2017

There are a lot of negative things to be said about Fifty Shades Darker…

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Review of The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 07 Feb 2017

While The Dark Knight won't be supplanted any time soon as tops among Bat-movies, the new film makes a strong argument for second-best simply…

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Review of The Space Between Us (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 02 Feb 2017

There’s fish-out-of-water hijinks as the Martian boy looks for the dad he never knew, but the whole sci-fi narrative collapses into a mess…

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Review of Gold (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 25 Jan 2017

While McConaughey does his part, there’s just not enough treasure here in Gold to dig…

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Review of Gold (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 25 Jan 2017

While McConaughey does his part, there’s just not enough treasure here in Gold to dig…

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Review of Split (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Jan 2017

What resonates more is his more subtle exploration of how people deal differently with trauma and the power of connection…

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Review of The Founder (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 16 Jan 2017

There is a certain jittery edginess to Keaton’s Kroc but the actor imbues his character with such folksy likability that it’s a subtle…

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