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Review of Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 02 Feb 2018

A fine film could have been built around [Denzel Washington], but Dan Gilroy's screenplay veers off in 10 directions at once after a promising…

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Review of Den of Thieves (2018)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 02 Feb 2018

It's competent enough, but depressingly familiar stuff…

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Review of Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 Jan 2018

Clocking in at a staggering 142 minutes, The Death Cure makes the massive mistake of taking itself too seriously…

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Review of Early Man (2018)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 26 Jan 2018

The match itself is great fun, and a fine voice cast includes Timothy Spall, Tom Hiddleston and Maisie Williams…

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Review of The Commuter (2018)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 19 Jan 2018

This clumsily orchestrated and preposterously plotted film judders to a standstill long before that speeding train does…

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Review of The Final Year (2018)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 19 Jan 2018

Sometimes their ethical band-standing sounds a little pompous, but they all seem genuinely motivated more by idealism than ego…

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Review of Coco (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 19 Jan 2018

The necropolis Miguel explores is a magnificent creation, a heaving, neon-lit, labyrinth...Coco has heart as well as jokes, and there are probably…

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Review of The Post (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 19 Jan 2018

In his sleek and entertaining performance, Hanks makes nodding references to Jason Robards' portrayal of Bradlee in All the President's Men,…

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Review of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Jan 2018

After a while, the jokes get desperate, but for a long time McDonagh's robust and emotional drama works, and McDormand is superb as the embattled…

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Review of Darkest Hour (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Jan 2018

A film that is watchable and entertaining, but rather stilted dramatically, unimaginative in its storytelling and a little too in thrall with…

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Review of Hostiles (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 08 Jan 2018

Hostiles does not make the common mistake of insultingly sentimentalising Native Americans…

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Review of Brad's Status (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 08 Jan 2018

(Stiller's) recent work with Noah Baumbach has brought out the very best in him…

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Review of All the Money in the World (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 08 Jan 2018

Plummer memorably portrays him (J. Paul Getty) as a sly, watery-eyed egomaniac…

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Review of Molly's Game (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 03 Jan 2018

Two hours and 20 minutes is longer than your average superhero yarn, but thanks to Sorkin's sparkling script and Chastain's intelligent acting,…

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Review of Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 22 Dec 2017

The plots of the Pitch Perfect films are never complex, and this one seems especially rudimentary…

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Review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 22 Dec 2017

Best of all, though, is Jack Black, whom I could watch pretending to be a pampered teenage prom queen till the cows come home…

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Review of Stronger (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 10 Dec 2017

One of the most refreshing things about David Gordon Green's film is its avoidance of stars and stripes jingoism…

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Review of Better Watch Out (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 10 Dec 2017

Clever, mean-spirited, gleefully unpleasant, Better Watch Out is an efficiently nasty Yuletide comic horror that operates as a sort of anti…

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Review of Menashe (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 10 Dec 2017

It's a touching, intimate film conducted mainly in Yiddish, and while the culture is particular, the human problems are universal…

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Review of The Disaster Artist (2017)

By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 10 Dec 2017

Franco's portrayal of him is brilliant: obscured by prosthetics and that impenetrable accent, he digs deep into Tommy's complex and by no means…

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