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Review of Lion (2015)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 23 Dec 2016

Amounts to the third film in an unofficial trilogy: The Long Journey From India in Search of an Oscar Movie. (Splice Today)…

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Review of Lion (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 23 Dec 2016

Amounts to the third film in an unofficial trilogy: The Long Journey From India in Search of an Oscar Movie. (Splice Today)…

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Review of Manchester by the Sea (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Nov 2016

It's a beautifully made, skillfully acted effort, with an astonishing lead performance by Casey Affleck. (Splice Today)…

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Review of Doctor Strange (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Nov 2016

Doctor Strange isn't the best film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe canon, but it may be the most creative. (Splice Today)…

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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Nov 2016

It's a sci-fi film that borrows nearly all of its biggest ideas from other movies, leading up to an ending that's touching but contrived (Splice…

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Review of Rules Don't Apply (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Nov 2016

Beatty gives his all in the role and delivers a strong performance…

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Review of Moana (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Nov 2016

Moana isn't an instant classic on the level of Frozen, but it does continue Disney's strong multi-year run, thanks to great characters, gorgeous…

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Review of Loving (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Nov 2016

A small, quiet, low-key film that tells a story not with loud speechifying or any kind of ostentatious filmmaking, but rather with very human…

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

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Nov 2016

The plot is silly, the stakes are indeterminate, the pace is sluggish and none of the creature designs are especially impressive. (Splice Today)…

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Review of Toni Erdmann (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Oct 2016

It's many things, all of them good- leading up to a wondrous thid-act setpiece (Broad Street Review)…

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Review of The Handmaiden (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Oct 2016

A bit too long and too twisty, but this is a beautifully mounted a large-scale epic drama. (Broad Street Review)…

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Review of Moonlight (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Oct 2016

What's most wondrous about Moonlight is that it's an uncommonly small story that has so much going on…

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Review of La La Land (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Oct 2016

A wondrous, magical film that pays constant tribute to a century of musicals and Hollywood films about Hollywood, without ever succumbing to…

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Review of The Girl on the Train (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 20 Oct 2016

Plagued by a plot full of ridiculous contrivances, uneven performances, and a third-act twist that's not very shocking. (Splice Today)…

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Review of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 20 Oct 2016

The new film isn't bad-it's just that every major element is about 15 percent worse than that of the first movie. (Splice Today)…

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Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 20 Oct 2016

It's a highly audacious and admirable project, but not a very skillfully made movie (Splice Today)…

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Review of The Accountant (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 20 Oct 2016

Has a really great idea at its center, but surrounds it with enough plot for three movies (Splice Today)…

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Review of Masterminds (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 29 Sep 2016

White trash caricature is the film's default mode, which comes across more as cruel and mean-spirited than anything else (Splice Today)…

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Review of Deepwater Horizon (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 29 Sep 2016

As true story-based, blue collar heroes vs. sniveling bureaucrats stories go, one of the better ones. (Splice Today)…

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Review of Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 26 Sep 2016

It's got the same smart character work and commitment to slapstick as the previous films, while believably adapting the characters to older…

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