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Review of Knight of Cups (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

It’s both an accomplishment in introspective, transcendent filmmaking, and a puzzle as imbalanced as the knight at its center…

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Review of Captain Fantastic (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

The most beautiful accomplishment of Ross' inspiring Captain Fantastic is in questioning how we evaluate parenting and how to prepare children…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

Even when the film does try to rouse emotion, it feels like a last minute attempt to make up for lack of character development…

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Review of Carol (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

A love story of sublime subtlety where the smallest encounters have the most consuming impact…

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for Huffington Post (170) on 03 Aug 2016

[Redmayne] emanates an emotional urgency in Lili with a potent mix of confusion, pain and longing that oozes from his every mannerism…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

When Truth falters, it's Blanchett's unyielding, captivating force that keeps it alive…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

While a reunion between Greengrass and Damon should feel like a refreshing extension of the franchise, Jason Bourne is just another replica,…

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Review of The Night Before (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

Although sprinkled with some good scenes, The Night Before falls short of bridging the gap between adult humor and family Christmas comedies…

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Review of Free State of Jones (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

The last thing America needs is a historical movie correlating white people problems with those of people of color…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

Crowley's unpretentious drama has a sensitivity for its protagonist's emotional journey that's richly rewarding throughout…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

When Truth falters, it's Blanchett's unyielding, captivating force that keeps it alive…

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Review of Trumbo (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

Trumbo's biggest misstep is in sacrificing an aura of authenticity for gaudiness in its attempts to capture an unsavory era of American filmmaking…

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Review of Certain Women (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

The type of work that requires patience for the quiet intersections and confrontations of simple lives…

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Review of The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

A bunch of bizarre-for-the-sake-of-being-imaginative stuff happens in The Last Witch Hunter, much of it making little sense, and some of it…

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Review of Swiss Army Man (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

One of the most enjoyably bizarre, confounding and visually inspired movie-watching experiences…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

Crowley's unpretentious drama has a sensitivity for its protagonist's emotional journey that's richly rewarding throughout…

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Review of Trumbo (2007)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

Trumbo's biggest misstep is in sacrificing an aura of authenticity for gaudiness in its attempts to capture an unsavory era of American filmmaking…

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Review of Lights Out (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 02 Aug 2016

The moments when the movie puts the audience into the freakish environment of its characters are its most fun, and best experienced in a theater…

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Review of Pete's Dragon (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 27 Jul 2016

Lowery’s visual world essentially translates the movie’s message, that magic is everywhere if you allow yourself to see it…

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Review of The Infiltrator (2016)

By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 12 Jul 2016

The Infiltrator isn’t necessarily bad, it just has nothing unique, compelling, or memorable to offer in its over two-hour runtime…

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