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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 27 Mar 2016

While the superhero films of Christopher Nolan carefully established their own coherent world and remained faithful to it, Mr Snyder's saga…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Mar 2016

Truth is well made, but a little too pleased with itself…

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Review of High-Rise (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Mar 2016

High-Rise explodes in an ill-disciplined orgy of mayhem late on which reminded me of Ken Russell at his worst. Interesting film, though…

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Review of Marguerite (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Mar 2016

This very handsome period film had a kind of Downton Abbey watch-ability but is pretty silly, and becomes an out-and-out pantomime at the end…

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Review of Sing Street (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Mar 2016

Superficially gritty but hopelessly romantic…

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Review of Goodnight Mommy (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Mar 2016

It's an eerie, stylish, oddly beautiful and commendably macabre little film…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Mar 2016

Truth is well made, but a little too pleased with itself…

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Review of Zootopia (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Mar 2016

Zootropolis takes the form of a jovial noir thriller, is nicely voiced by the likes of Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin and should go down…

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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 15 Mar 2016

[Abrams'] plot mirrors that of A New Hope, but deliberately so: it will charm old fans, win many new ones, and make everyone an awful lot of money…

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Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 15 Mar 2016

The inventiveness and chutzpah with which Miller keeps this mad pursuit interesting is remarkable, as is the movie's cinematography, and design…

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Review of Grimsby (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 15 Mar 2016

Mr Baron Cohen outdoes himself with a film so offensively bad it's hard to imagine him being financed to make another one…

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Review of The Hateful Eight (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 15 Mar 2016

It's good and bad, trashy and brilliant, flimsy and substantial all at the same time. And as for Tarantino…

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Review of He Named Me Malala (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

Davis Guggenheim's solid and moving documentary He Named Me Malala gives us the background of a story that shocked the world, but could have…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

This is Saoirse Ronan's film…

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Review of The Hallow (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

This gloomy little film has neither the imagination nor the effects to carry off its story…

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Review of They Will Have to Kill Us First (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

Johanna Schwartz's worthy documentary follows some of Timbuktu's most prominent musicians as they flee south to avoid the violence, join forces…

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Review of Kill Your Friends (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

Kill Your Friends is based on a novel of the same name by John Niven, which on the strength of this ghastly mess I have vowed never to read…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

This is Saoirse Ronan's film…

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Review of Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

Though Brando's life has been catalogued ad nauseum in countless biographies, Mr Riley's film provides a greater insight into his personality…

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Review of Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

Zombie Apocalypse is as dumb as a box of rocks, and as spectacularly violent as you'd expect…

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