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Review of Hell or High Water (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 10 Aug 2016

A manhunt movie that blends action, comedy, drama and even a smidgen of social commentary into an almost perfect package, offering excitement,…

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Review of Anthropoid (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 09 Aug 2016

More dogged than inspiring…

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Review of Equity (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 09 Aug 2016

Isn't as sharp and biting as it might have been, but at least it touches, however imperfectly, on some very real and pressing contemporary…

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Review of Pete's Dragon (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 09 Aug 2016

It's not merely a throwback... but one that recaptures the endearing qualities with which the best of its models won over audiences…

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Review of Don't Think Twice (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 06 Aug 2016

A relatively modest [film], but one that offers some real insight into the world of performers struggling for a degree of recognition most…

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Review of Nine Lives (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 04 Aug 2016

The credits tell us that it took five screenwriters to pen the script, which means that they outnumber the laughs it generates…

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Review of Suicide Squad (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 02 Aug 2016

There have been worse big-budget bombs than 'Suicide Squad.' But not many of them, and not by much…

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Review of Indignation (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 02 Aug 2016

James Schamus' elegant, thoughtful adaptation of Philip Roth's novella is easily one of 2016's best films…

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Review of Equals (2015)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 31 Jul 2016

Doremus treats the threadbare story with a turgid solemnity that does neither the script's pedestrian ideas nor its attractive stars any favors…

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Review of Can We Take a Joke? (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 31 Jul 2016

Interesting as it is, but it would have been much better had it really grappled with the complexities of the issue it raises rather than presenting…

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Review of Bad Moms (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 27 Jul 2016

It panders to overstressed, underappreciated mothers-and there are plenty of them-by offering them a phony fable of empowerment, one that's…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 27 Jul 2016

This latest episode doesn't break much new ground in continuing Bourne's story, but it's a solid, reasonably exciting entry in the familiar saga…

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Review of Nerve (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 25 Jul 2016

Evolve[s] from a silly, ineptly made teen thriller into a crushingly heavy-handed cautionary tale about the morality of online voyeurism…

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Review of Life, Animated (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 24 Jul 2016

Warmhearted without being mawkish... The uplifting effect of 'Life, Animated' is pretty much irresistible…

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Review of Les Cowboys (2015)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 21 Jul 2016

While the film's allusive structure demands a viewer's concentration, it rewards the effort with a timely message about overcoming the fear…

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Review of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 20 Jul 2016

No, it isn't... Some will find the result an exhilarating reunion with fondly remembered friends, but most are likely to cringe rather than laugh…

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Review of Star Trek Beyond (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 20 Jul 2016

An enjoyable if unexceptional episode in the ongoing series, more place-holder than game-changer, not the culmination of a trilogy but a solid…

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Review of Lights Out (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 20 Jul 2016

Though it might lead to an increase in viewers' electricity bills and expenditures on candles and flashlight batteries, the scary fun will…

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Review of Café Society (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 20 Jul 2016

Looks absolutely fantastic...shot in lush, luminous tones by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. Otherwise, however, it's middle-grade Allen at best…

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Review of Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 20 Jul 2016

A busy but strangely flat animation extravaganza that feels tired despite its frenetic effort to entertain...crammed with characters that grow…

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