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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 10 Nov 2016

Through Adams and Renner's performances, we share dread, wonder, frustration, panic and transcendence as they begin to interact with the Heptapod…

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Review of Prometheus (2012)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 09 Nov 2016

Prometheus is so visually ravishing with stunning special effects…

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Review of Doctor Strange (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 03 Nov 2016

Doctor Strange is Marvel's most visually splendiferous movie yet…

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Review of Inferno (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 26 Oct 2016

Hanks can do lots of things beautifully, but even he stumbles over the script's eye-rolling contrivances, expositional dialogue and general dullness…

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Review of Dionne Copland's Inferno (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 26 Oct 2016

Hanks can do lots of things beautifully, but even he stumbles over the script's eye-rolling contrivances, expositional dialogue and general dullness…

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Review of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 19 Oct 2016

Look, a Jack Reacher movie doesn't have to be great, but it does have to be better than other vigilante flicks like, say, John Wick or Blood…

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

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 28 Sep 2016

At least Burton seems more in tune with the material than the director has in years…

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Review of The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 21 Sep 2016

As a look into the vagaries of the filmmaking process, as a peek behind the veil of a deeply unknowable cultural landscape, as a gripping thriller,…

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Review of Snowden (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 15 Sep 2016

[Gordon-Levitt's] meticulously dialed Snowden voice sounds much less rangey and more matter-of-fact than his usual onscreen voice…

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Review of The Light Between Oceans (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 31 Aug 2016

Even with all the good stuff, The Light Between Oceans too often shines dimly…

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Review of Don't Breathe (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 24 Aug 2016

It's a sharp and savvy thriller for an age in which more than half of Americans seem to feel less secure than ever -- a fear that politicians…

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Review of War Dogs (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 18 Aug 2016

The movie's not as lacerating or memorable as it has every right to be…

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Review of Hell or High Water (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 10 Aug 2016

Although you can pretty much guess how things are going to play out in the finale, the ride is so satisfying, bleakly funny and well-acted,…

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Review of Little Men (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 03 Aug 2016

Little Men needs no explosions, no CGI, no dramatic pyrotechnics. It just sneaks up and wallops you…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 27 Jul 2016

Jason Bourne delivers plenty of red meat, no question. Now if Damon and Greengrass can only bring back the heartbeat and complexity…

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Review of Star Trek Beyond (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 20 Jul 2016

There's nothing new in Star Trek Beyond, the latest installment in the venerable 13-film series, but its least inspired stretches still manage…

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Review of The Infiltrator (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 20 Jul 2016

You keep pulling for The Infiltrator to break on through to something special, but it's largely an imitation of other, better movies…

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Review of Ghostbusters (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 11 Jul 2016

Feig spends an awful lot of time on an awfully scant plot, and the digital effects-bloated flick is awkwardly paced and clumsily edited and…

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Review of Captain Fantastic (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 06 Jul 2016

Wise and funny, it's got glorious photography by Stephane Fontaine and a tone shot-through with melancholy, loss and regret…

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Review of The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 29 Jun 2016

All the sped-up and slo-mo footage in the world won't disguise the weird attempt to morph the Lord of the Apes into just another comic book…

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