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Review of The Lady in the Van (2015)

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

A witty, pleasant film that meanders aimlessly once its premise has been established…

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Review of Allegiant (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 11 Mar 2016

Includes a lot more action than its rather funereal predecessors and the special effects are strong…

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Review of Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 11 Mar 2016

It's sweet, irresistible stuff, but the animation is absolutely spectacular, blending influences from ancient Chinese and Japanese art with…

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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 11 Mar 2016

Robert Eggars' directorial debut The Witch is so good it almost feels as if William Friedkin had decided to have a pop at Arthur Miller's Crucible…

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Review of The Other Side of the Door (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 06 Mar 2016

[The Other Side of the Door] relies on repetitive and predictable horror tropes and runs out of steam long before it ends…

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Review of Argo (2012)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 13 Jan 2015

Affleck is becoming a more skillful director with each passing project, and in terms of both technical accomplishment and entertainment value,…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Nov 2014

As to the three principals, they've grown up with the Potter saga and have done so reasonably gracefully…

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Review of The Maze Runner (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 09 Oct 2014

The latest in a long line of teen fantasies, The Maze Runner is a cagey dystopian thriller that tries to make a virtue of its limitations but…

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Review of The Equalizer (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 25 Sep 2014

While one grows tired of describing how Denzel Washington has made an ordinary film more than watchable, he's at it again here…

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Review of The Boxtrolls (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Sep 2014

It's beautifully made, and lovely to look at…

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Review of A Nightingale Falling (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Sep 2014

This stiff and stilted drama is weighed down by its blathering script and hamstrung by a lack of wherewithal…

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Review of Wish I Was Here (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Sep 2014

While it overreaches itself at times, it's a warm, engaging and winningly sincere comic drama…

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Review of Noble (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Sep 2014

O'Kane is alright in a film that's solid rather than spectacular, but Sarah Greene is quite exceptional as the 20-something Noble, and seems…

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Review of Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Sep 2014

The writing feels rushed and heavy-handed at times, and laden down with clumsy exposition. There are some delightfully funny moments, though…

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Review of Manuscripts Don't Burn (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Sep 2014

Rosoulof's film is shocking, relentless, a remarkable piece of work…

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Review of Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Aug 2014

This is plodding, pedestrian, derivative stuff…

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Review of Into the Storm (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Aug 2014

An irredeemably dumb disaster movie with good effects and virtually no plot…

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Review of Two Days, One Night (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Aug 2014

It's brilliant, pared-down film-making, and Cotillard is exceptionally good in the central role, letting her face speak volumes about the pain…

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Review of After Earth (2013)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 01 May 2014

After a not very impressive crash sequence, the film settles into a running battle between young Master Smith and a series of CGI monsters,…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Apr 2014

Andrew Garfield seems more comfortable in the role than he did first time out, and a late plot twist suggests his character is bound for darker…

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