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Review of The Wall (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 23 Aug 2017

A kind of Phone Booth-meets-Enemy Mine by way of The Hurt Locker, Doug Liman's single-location drama is notable mainly for a fine acting performance…

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Review of In Between (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 23 Aug 2017

The trio of leading ladies are all impressive and the script filled with dramatic and satisfying confrontations, but some scenes feel a little…

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Review of The Trip to Spain (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 15 Aug 2017

After sampling the cuisines of the Lakes District and the land of La Dolce Vita, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan are back for a third course of…

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Review of Jasper Jones (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 09 Aug 2017

Screenwriter Shaun Grant keeps many of the novel's weighty themes, but delivers them with such verve and taut-storytelling that watching it…

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Review of A Date for Mad Mary (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 09 Aug 2017

A Date For Mad Mary feels like an Ireland-set cross between Bridesmaids and Muriel's Wedding…

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Review of The Dinner (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 02 Aug 2017

This third cinematic adaptation of Dutch author Herman Koch's cynical 2009 novel feels like it has had a little too much Hollywood gloss added to it…

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Review of The Big Sick (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 02 Aug 2017

A timeless and timely look at love in all of its complicated forms, The Big Sick also examines parental sacrifice and the immigrant's dilemma…

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Review of 47 Meters Down (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 19 Jul 2017

By the end you'll be cheering for the surprisingly under-utilised sharks and marvel even more at just how good The Shallows really was in comparison…

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Review of The Journey (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 12 Jul 2017

A very entertaining, enjoyable and engrossing journey…

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Review of The Journey (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 12 Jul 2017

A very entertaining, enjoyable and engrossing journey…

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Review of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 12 Jul 2017

While some of set-pieces feel awfully familiar, there's enough memorable moments to keep audiences and in particular primary-aged kids entertained…

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Review of The Love Witch (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 11 Jul 2017

Anna Biller's bravura slice of burlesque cinema is at once deliciously innovative and delectably old school…

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Review of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 11 Jul 2017

Read all the allegories and allusions you want into it, at its heart though War is innovative, intelligent and indelible cinema…

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Review of My Cousin Rachel (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 28 Jun 2017

Throw in an impressive, imposing Cornish setting, sumptuous costuming and Rael Jones' atmospheric score and the result is a dark thriller that…

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Review of The House (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 28 Jun 2017

It's not without its charms…

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Review of The Time of Their Lives (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 28 Jun 2017

A tale of revelations, rejections and recriminations, Time of their Lives is packed to the gunwales with EastEnders-esque narrative twists…

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Review of Despicable Me 3 (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 28 Jun 2017

I think the genius of these scripts has always been that while they look like candy-coloured explosions of inventiveness and cartoon villainy,…

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Review of Cars 3 (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 21 Jun 2017

While it might be a little too serious for some youngsters, there's plenty of action and adventure to keep them entertained…

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Review of The Mummy (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 14 Jun 2017

While it is a nice twist to make The Mummy a princess, Sofia Boutella's bringer of destruction feels like a sideshow in her own story…

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Review of This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 14 Jun 2017

Finlay reminds one of a young Winona Ryder as she winsomely juggles learning to garden with letting her guard down, while the always watchable…

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