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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 16 Dec 2015

It must have seemed like a nearly-impossible task when JJ Abrams and his collaborators set out to bring Star Wars back to life, but they've…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 14 Dec 2015

Overall, it is false, both narratively and visually, in a way that just doesn't sit right with me, and it feels like a lesser effort from Howard,…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 09 Dec 2015

It is as impressive as any movie released this year, but the storytelling falters in some fundamental ways that keep me from completely adoring…

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Review of Inside Out (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 08 Dec 2015

Co-directors Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen have told a very, very small-scale story when you look at what happens in the actual physical…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 08 Dec 2015

While [Lawrence] does robust, heartfelt work in the lead in his new film Joy, this is the most miscast she's been in a while, and it's such…

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Review of Krampus (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 03 Dec 2015

There are a number of moments where Doughtery introduces something truly interesting and then never returns to it…

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Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 26 Nov 2015

The Good Dinosaur is fine. I found myself moved by it on a very direct level…

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

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 23 Nov 2015

This may be one of the most subversive blockbusters I can name, and I respect just how raw Francis Lawrence and his team play things…

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Review of The Night Before (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 19 Nov 2015

It may be overstuffed the point of bursting, but there's much to like here…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 18 Nov 2015

By the time Coogler wraps things up, his film manages the difficult trick of looking back with earned nostalgia and standing alone as a genuinely…

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Review of The Night Before (1988)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 17 Nov 2015

It may be overstuffed the point of bursting, but there's much to like here…

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Review of By the Sea (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 12 Nov 2015

It sounds far sexier, just based on the synopsis, than it actually plays, though, so hopefully people aren't sold the wrong movie…

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Review of By the Sea (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 11 Nov 2015

It sounds far sexier, just based on the synopsis, than it actually plays, though, so hopefully people aren't sold the wrong movie…

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Review of Rosewater (2014)

By Gregory Ellwood (229) for HitFix (861) on 09 Nov 2015

It's a somewhat bumpy road for the first time filmmaker, but it's surprisingly effective when it needs to be…

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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 05 Nov 2015

Frequently very funny, undeniably aimed at younger audiences, and true to the source material, The Peanuts Movie is too mild-mannered to win…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 05 Nov 2015

Despite the very real threat and the personal stakes and the grim weight given to things, director Sam Mendes manages to pay sophisticated,…

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Review of Spectre (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 03 Nov 2015

They have tried, with this Daniel Craig run of films, to elevate the Bond movies so they are more than just acceptably silly spy movies, and…

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Review of The Assassin (2015)

By Gregory Ellwood (229) for HitFix (861) on 03 Nov 2015

Hou and cinematographer Ping Bin Lee (“Renoir”) produce some stunning images on location (one conversation takes place as a fog beautifully…

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Review of Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 22 Oct 2015

To the bitter end, the series manages to wring some fun, solid scares out of something other invading something utterly familiar…

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Review of Rock the Kasbah (2015)

By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 20 Oct 2015

Walking out of the film, I might have given it a C+ or a C based purely on the fumes of Murray's better work that are present here, but the…

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