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Review of The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 18 Jul 2016

For its first hour or so, 'The Legend of Tarzan' works tolerably well as a straightforward action adventure…

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Review of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 30 Jun 2016

The Kardashians don't need satirising, they're inadvertently doing it themselves, and Patsy and Eddy seem almost demure and ladylike in our…

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Review of Mother's Day (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 12 Jun 2016

It's tiresome stuff for the most part, but there are a few genuinely funny scenes, and even in muck like this, Ms Aniston shines…

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Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 12 Jun 2016

The finer plot details of this film cannot be approached without laughter: it's a pretentious, grandiose mess, packed with tiresome special…

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Review of Where to Invade Next (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 12 Jun 2016

All of this implicitly criticises the failures of America's increasingly iniquitous society, but more subtly and intelligently than is usually…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 05 Jun 2016

Interstellar feels like a collection of arresting moments and ideas that don't quite hang together…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Doug Whelan (16) for Irish Independent (461) on 05 Jun 2016

The result is a flawed but highly engaging experience that is as frustrating as it is astonishing…

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Review of Out of Here (2013)

By Doug Whelan (16) for Irish Independent (461) on 05 Jun 2016

This neat little film from director Donal Foreman captures modern Dublin with naturalistic, engaging performances from an unknown cast and…

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Review of Me Before You (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 02 Jun 2016

While the film itself is pretty bearable in parts -- Claflin and Clarke are good, and work well together -- it's all rather pat and manufactured…

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Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 02 Jun 2016

A film full of loud noises and flashy effects that is watchable, after a fashion…

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Review of The Nice Guys (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 02 Jun 2016

Mr Gosling is as new to comedy as Mr Crowe, but embraces it fearlessly in a role that requires little dignity and plenty of pratfalls…

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Review of Jurassic World (2015)

By Ed Power (38) for Irish Independent (461) on 31 May 2016

As is the vogue among the current generation of blockbusters, it feels like the entire point here is to evoke memories of older, better movies…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 31 May 2016

Battle of the Five Armies sets out to deliver the killer climax promised by its two prevaricating predecessors, and to some extent succeeds…

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Review of Love & Friendship (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 May 2016

Stillman's film unfolds delightfully, is full of fun and wit, and Tom Bennett is superb as the idiotic but inordinately wealthy suitor…

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Review of Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 May 2016

A fine supporting cast includes a crazed Helena Bonham-Carter, the special effects are splendid, but the film is hamstrung by a storyline that…

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Review of The Daughter (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 May 2016

The Daughter rises nicely to a memorable crescendo, and while its script is pretty ordinary, Odessa Young is outstanding as the unfortunate Hedvig…

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Review of Money Monster (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 May 2016

The pleasures of Money Monster come from watching old pros like Clooney and Ms Roberts negotiate their way effortlessly through this formulaic…

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Review of The Price of Desire (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 May 2016

The Price of Desire takes a wonderful story and makes a bit of a hash of it…

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Review of Jurassic World (2015)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 23 May 2016

For long periods, to be fair, Jurassic World is easy to watch and pretty entertaining, especially when Chris Pratt is on the screen…

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Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 23 May 2016

Efficient, well-crafted and solid to a fault, The Finest Hours might have been made 30 or 70 years ago, and starred Gary Cooper or James Stewart…

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