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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 10 Dec 2015

Howard charts a dramatic course through a sea of emotional whirlpools, tidal waves of stunning special effects and a steady current provided…

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Review of The Letters (2014)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 03 Dec 2015

Mother Teresa's life was so inspiring that even a film that tells her story at only about 75 percent of its potential still delivers a heavy…

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Review of The Letters (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 03 Dec 2015

Mother Teresa's life was so inspiring that even a film that tells her story at only about 75 percent of its potential still delivers a heavy…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 24 Nov 2015

Creed is a reboot of the franchise and follows a very similar structure to the original movie. To that end, the movie repeatedly falls short…

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Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 23 Nov 2015

It is weighed down by a flawed concept, unappealing characters and a soundtrack that lacks anything close to a memorable tune…

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Review of The Night Before (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 20 Nov 2015

It all comes together to make The Night Before a fun hybrid of a raunchy buddy comedy and a sweet holiday movie…

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Review of Secret in Their Eyes (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 20 Nov 2015

This adaptation of the Oscar-winning movie shows that improvements can be made even with a product that is already first-rate…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 18 Nov 2015

John Crowley creates a hauntingly beautiful tale of love on two continents in his period film Brooklyn…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 18 Nov 2015

John Crowley creates a hauntingly beautiful tale of love on two continents in his period film Brooklyn…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 17 Nov 2015

Despite all of the ills, there is something satisfying about getting to the end of this film franchise…

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Review of The 33 (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 12 Nov 2015

Despite a valiant effort by the actors, The 33 had the major mountain of familiarity to overcome…

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Review of Suffragette (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 12 Nov 2015

Mulligan turns in a strong performance, going from a woman who has quietly resigned herself to a certain life to a woman who is willing to…

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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 05 Nov 2015

It is smart, fun and offers some strong messages without being preachy…

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Review of Spectre (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 05 Nov 2015

Until this misstep, Craig had been one of the top actors to play the British spy…

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Review of The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 21 Oct 2015

The Last Witch Hunter manages to be both overly complicated and painfully predictable at the same time…

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Review of Goosebumps (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 13 Oct 2015

It's a film that's as much fun as it is creepy…

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Review of Bridge of Spies (2015)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 13 Oct 2015

There's also simmering tension and a tremendous Spielberg payoff, with beautiful visuals -- lots of diffused light glowing through frosted…

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Review of Crimson Peak (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 13 Oct 2015

The pacing by director del Toro is so slow that by the time a ghost does show up, it's more apt to wake the audience than scare them…

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Review of The Walk (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 30 Sep 2015

It does redeem itself in the final 40 minutes, but it still may be best to wait and see the movie at home where you can turn down Gordon-Levitt's…

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Review of Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 23 Sep 2015

The spookiest thing about Hotel Transylvania 2 is how much funnier, colorful and more original it is this second time around…

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