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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Mar 2016

BvS will please those either waiting for the two main players to lock horns on a movie screen, or those who've just been pining for Wonder…

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Review of Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Mar 2016

Pee-wee Herman may still look good in his ill-fitting suit, but more than 30 years after first hitting the big screen, his antics haven’t aged well…

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Review of Midnight Special (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 17 Mar 2016

If E.T…

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Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 10 Mar 2016

A well-crafted affair by debuting director Dan Trachtenberg that mixes elements of an intimate stage play with the white-knuckled tension of…

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Review of Grimsby (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 10 Mar 2016

Isn’t nearly as funny as it thinks it is spoofing spy tropes and buddy films and making a mockery of AIDS, politicians, movie stars and working-class…

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Review of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Mar 2016

Even with the occasional misfire in the plot, Fey’s strong performance throughout the film lets Whiskey go down in smooth and satisfying fashion…

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Review of Zootopia (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 02 Mar 2016

Its colorful residents make Zootopia a wondrous place to visit for two hours until you have to go back to real life, where Shakira isn’t…

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Review of Eddie the Eagle (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 23 Feb 2016

A delightfully feel-good though hopelessly fluffy affair directed by Dexter Fletcher that slaloms around complete hokum thanks to a pair of…

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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 19 Feb 2016

It winds up working as a ominous climax, however, and you’re left wanting to avoid any and all farm animals for a while — which for this…

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Review of Race (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Feb 2016

Race makes its title's double meaning all too clear, and at a time when the Oscars and movies, in general, struggle with finding racial balance,…

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Review of Zoolander 2 (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 11 Feb 2016

Moviegoers may wish that Will Ferrell's megalomaniacal supervillain Mugatu had won in the first Zoolander and saved us from another film with…

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Review of Deadpool (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 09 Feb 2016

For grown-ups, however, Deadpool avoids enough pitfalls to both embrace and flambé the superhero genre while also finding time for romance,…

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Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Feb 2016

Some bits fall flat, yet when the Coens hit, there’s nothing better, especially with their usual ridiculously sublime banter…

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Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 28 Jan 2016

The rescue drama The Finest Hours rocks the boat in terms of blizzard-blitzed sea thrills but leaves you cold with its side love story…

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Review of Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 27 Jan 2016

The movie's story and cute characters are geared toward the younger crowd, per usual…

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Review of The 5th Wave (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Jan 2016

The 5th Wave finds a way to make the most of Moretz’s talents, with the emotionality she showed in If I Stay and the utter physical chutzpah…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 Jan 2016

After a string of iffy Transformers movies, Bay reminds that he can do a much better action movie with humans than alien robots: 13 Hours is…

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Review of The Secret Scripture (2017)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 Jan 2016

After a string of iffy Transformers movies, Bay reminds that he can do a much better action movie with humans than alien robots: 13 Hours is…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 07 Jan 2016

It's OK to go into these woods because there's not much to get spooked by in The Forest, unless you're creeped out by the occasional Japanese…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 07 Jan 2016

Much more concerned with the emotional ties between twin sisters — both played by Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer — than scaring the…

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