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Review of Army of One (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Nov 2016

It's one of the worst performances Cage has given — and perversely, since he's playing a madman, it contains none of the unabashed weirdness…

Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 12 Nov 2016

Invention and effects are the name of the game here, predictably, and this world invites us in as effectively as the best of the Potter episodes…

Review of The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 02 Nov 2016

Haunting tweaks familiar tropes enough to make them interesting. Just not so interesting as to inspire many nightmares after the credits roll…

Review of How to Cheat (2011)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 02 Nov 2016

Sealey's direction and dialogue aim for the believable strangeness of real human relationships instead of the schematics of melodrama…

Review of An Eye for an Eye (1981)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Nov 2016

As our encounters with him continue, it becomes clear that Stroman — whose early life nearly guaranteed problems ahead — evolved dramatically…

Review of Off the Rails (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 01 Nov 2016

While we fret over a situation offering no easy solutions, Irving alternates between colorful anecdotes from McCollum's illicit career and…

Review of An Eye for an Eye (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Nov 2016

As our encounters with him continue, it becomes clear that Stroman — whose early life nearly guaranteed problems ahead — evolved dramatically…

Review of A Billion Lives (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Nov 2016

Just as one should be wary of tobacco-safety data produced with tobacco-industry money, skeptical audiences will have a hard time putting too…

Review of Autumn Lights (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Oct 2016

[An] empty ponderousness suffocating the film…

Review of I'm Not Ashamed (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 21 Oct 2016

Many Christians yearning for faith-based entertainment will be moved by this film, and that crowd may well ensure a profit for the production…

Review of Rainbow Time (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 20 Oct 2016

Unassuming but warm and thoroughly involving…

Review of King Cobra (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Oct 2016

Kelly spends so long establishing these two relationships, looking at the gifts and the internet fame and the inevitable possessiveness, that…

Review of NY84 (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 16 Oct 2016

While the three leads are committed and give respectable performances (albeit ones that fail to conjure the artists who inspired the characters),…

Review of Theo Who Lived (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Oct 2016

An account of captivity and torture unlike most that have emerged from recent conflicts in the Middle East, David Schisgall's Theo Who Lived…

Review of Jack Goes Home (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Oct 2016

A muddled psychological horror film about a young man coping with the death of his father, Jack Goes Home is a puzzle few viewers will care…

Review of Mirzya (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Oct 2016

Even those who know Mirza Sahiba may have a hard time reconciling the way this decorous present-tense melodrama is juxtaposed with pompous…

Review of Claire's Camera (2018)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Oct 2016

Personal footage interacts intriguingly with reportage here, sometimes making it more than the greatest-hits montage it initially seems…

Review of Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Oct 2016

The comedian's delivery, high-energy throughout, helps him put over material that is funny but hardly justifies the record-setting receipts…

Review of Tower (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 10 Oct 2016

As the melee comes to feel like it may never end, the film executes a masterful narrative shift that will produce instant lumps in many viewers…

Review of Generation Startup (2016)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 05 Oct 2016

There's enough variety in the workplace settings here to keep us interested, but the doc's chronology isn't the smoothest…

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