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Review of Hotel Coolgardie (2017)

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

A cross between Kiwi rugby documentary The Ground We Won and an Aussie outback horror film, Hotel Coolgardie is a compelling yet chilling watch…

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Review of All Eyez on Me (2017)

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

This overlong, overwrought and once-over-lightly dramatisation of the life and death of US rapper Tupac Shakur feels like something cut-and-pasted…

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Review of Adult Life Skills (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 07 Jun 2017

Surrounded by a solid supporting cast and making the most of a few memorable lines, Whittaker's skills help lift what would otherwise be just…

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Review of The Shack (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 07 Jun 2017

Despite the coolest deity casting since Dogma's Alanis Morrisette, this faith-based fantasy won't win over many non-believers or cinematic admirers…

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Review of Handsome Devil (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 May 2017

A charming and charismatic coming-of-age story that's part Dead Poets Society, part Sing Street…

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Review of Absolutely Anything (2015)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 07 May 2017

[It] should have been a lot for fun, [but] sadly it's almost absolutely anything but…

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Review of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)

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

An entertaining slice of Disney Channel-esque subversive comedy that will appeal to both tweens and adults…

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Review of Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 08 Feb 2017

Despite the depressingly episodic nature, predictable plotting and clunky dialogue, there are some bright spots to behold…

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Review of Hell or High Water (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Dec 2016

Filled with dramatic tension, complex characters, rich, memorable dialogue and uncomfortable reflections of the plight of many modern day Americans,…

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Review of A United Kingdom (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 30 Dec 2016

Elegant, intelligent, evocative and emotion-inducing cinema…

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Review of Zootopia (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 30 Dec 2016

Perfect school holiday entertainment for the whole family…

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Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 24 Sep 2016

Miss Peregrine is a breathless, rollercoaster ride of an action adventure that makes full use of today's special effects wizardry and the costuming…

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Review of Embrace (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

For many, she won't be saying or offering up anything new, but what Brumfitt is doing, without the gimmickry of say That Sugar Film or Super…

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Review of Free State of Jones (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

Matthew McConaughey is at his charismatic and compelling best…

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Review of Swiss Army Man (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

An oddly joyous celebration of the power of friendship and the importance of being open to human connection…

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Review of Suicide Squad (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

An over-caffeinated, underwhelming succession of skirmishes and squabbles with plot borrowed from X-Men: Apocalypse and lessons not learned…

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Review of Bad Moms (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

Bad Moms' joie de vivre founders on a predictable plot that somehow contrives to become a hybrid of virtually every female-orientated comedy…

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Review of Sour Grapes (2016)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 31 Aug 2016

A fascinating, if not whole satisfying forensic examination of a seemingly unbelievable fraud…

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Review of Daddy's Home (2014)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 21 Dec 2015

So good together in 2010's action-spoof The Other Guys, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell's second comedic marriage never truly gels…

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Review of Daddy's Home (2015)

By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 21 Dec 2015

So good together in 2010's action-spoof The Other Guys, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell's second comedic marriage never truly gels…

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