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Review of Midnight Special (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 18 Mar 2016

One of the great pleasures in moviegoing is when you can confidently add a director's name to your Can't wait to see what they do next list…

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Review of Grimsby (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 11 Mar 2016

Grimsby punches down - at the sick, at the poor, at anyone who's not quick enough to get out of its sloppy roundhouse rights…

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Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 10 Mar 2016

I sure hope there's an 11 Cloverfield Lane…

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Review of Zootopia (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 04 Mar 2016

Zootopia does have some important things to say about not judging people by what they look like, or what part of the world they come from…

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Review of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 04 Mar 2016

It's tasty at times, but feels like a very special episode of 30 Rock. Halfway in, you're still expecting Kenneth the Page to show up…

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Review of Forsaken (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 19 Feb 2016

Solid and dependable, Forsaken shouldn't be forgotten. But I wish so much of it didn't feel half-remembered…

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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 18 Feb 2016

As a horror movie ... the film's only flaw may be that that's how it reductively sees itself - as just a horror movie…

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Review of Zoolander 2 (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 12 Feb 2016

While all comedies get refined in the editing room, this one feels like it was slapped together there, as Stiller - who also directed - searched…

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Review of Deadpool (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 07 Feb 2016

It's fun, but it's not for everyone, and definitely not for families…

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Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 03 Feb 2016

Set at an ersatz MGM, the film fudges some period details but gets almost everything else right - the studio's rich Technicolor palette, a…

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Review of Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 29 Jan 2016

[It's] mostly like those dishes at my old Chinese buffet - stretched thin, badly reheated and really, best taken in very small quantities…

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Review of Dirty Grandpa (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 22 Jan 2016

This movie has almost nothing redeeming. And it’s flat out gross…

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Review of The 5th Wave (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 22 Jan 2016

The whole thing is just so familiar, so warmed-over…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 15 Jan 2016

Unfortunately while Bay has an eye, he's never had an ear, and Chuck Hogan's screenplay is full of clunkers, tough-guy dialogue that seems…

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Review of Ride Along 2 (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 13 Jan 2016

Pretty as Bratt and Munn are, they're not distracting enough to cover up for the screaming Hart and grating Jeong, who seem to be in a race…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 08 Jan 2016

The clichés are so thick, sometimes you can't see The Forest for the cheese…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 08 Jan 2016

The clichés are so thick, sometimes you can't see The Forest for the cheese…

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Review of Anomalisa (2015)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 30 Dec 2015

Like all of Kaufman's stories, it has the wonderfully weird pull of feeling like something we've never seen before - while telling us a story…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 23 Dec 2015

To me, Joy…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 23 Dec 2015

To me, Joy…

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