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Review of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 24 Mar 2016

The input of the eloquent, brilliant, bitchy circle of friends with which he surrounded himself creates a portrait of the man which is every…

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Review of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 22 Mar 2016

Even given that lazy stereotyping is the point of her schtick, Vardalos’ broad routine hasn’t aged well, her heavily-(and widely-) accented…

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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 22 Mar 2016

Gorging on bombast and self-importance, swamped by its own mythology, Batman v Superman is loud, sprawling, and distracted…

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Review of Hooligan Sparrow (2016)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 22 Mar 2016

Wang’s film has a grass roots, on-the-ground urgency: nervy, paranoid camerawork gives a sense of the realities of life on the sharp edge…

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Review of Miracles from Heaven (2016)

By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 16 Mar 2016

Less on the nose than the title makes it sound, faith-based offering Miracles From Heaven spins some bland but efficiently tear-jerking drama…

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Review of Chevalier (2015)

By Dan Fainaru (31) for Screen International (2,241) on 15 Mar 2016

Less like a drama than a statement, Chevalier’s characters do not grow but diminish…

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Review of Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 12 Mar 2016

Linklater does connect you with the fun that he must have had in those days. If you can take the testosterone, you’ll have a good time…

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Review of The Idol (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 11 Mar 2016

If in the past Abu-Assad’s movies could be criticised for stridency, The Idol finds him sacrificing none of his thematic drive while locating…

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Review of Allegiant (2016)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 08 Mar 2016

Long, shiny, and treading a lot of water…

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Review of Marguerite (2015)

By Lisa Nesselson (145) for Screen International (2,241) on 08 Mar 2016

The bittersweet fact that money can buy many things but love and talent aren’t among them is explored with often-thrilling artistry in Marguerite…

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Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 08 Mar 2016

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman make for fine sparring partners and the film has enough low-key, slow-burn suspense to keep the simplicity…

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Review of The Other Side of the Door (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 04 Mar 2016

Mothers will do anything for their children, but this film’s simplistic brand of horror never makes that devotion compelling or frightening…

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Review of Holy Hell (2016)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 03 Mar 2016

Even by cult documentary standards, this one finds absurd depths in the peddling of enlightenment…

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Review of London Has Fallen (2016)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 02 Mar 2016

Creepy “send them back to Fuckheadistan” sentiment overwhelms London Has Fallen’s guilty pleasures, its meaty violence and xenophobic…

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Review of The Monkey King 2 (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 02 Mar 2016

Big-name stars and dazzling visuals leap off the screen in eye-popping 3D, while the most recognisable chapter of China’s most-beloved literary…

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Review of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 29 Feb 2016

It’s to Ficarra and Requa’s credit that they try to juggle romance and political commentary, daring to make a studio movie that doesn’t…

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Review of Krisha (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 29 Feb 2016

Even when the filmmaking falters, Krisha Fairchild’s unsettlingly intense lead performance dominates the movie, leaving us feeling as captive…

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Review of Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)

By Dan Fainaru (31) for Screen International (2,241) on 29 Feb 2016

It may not qualify as a movie entertainment in the full sense of the word, but it is most certainly an edifying picture of social stagnation…

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Review of Trapped (2016)

By Duane Byrge (235) for Screen International (2,241) on 29 Feb 2016

Trapped is a succinct and heart-rending revelation of this complex and controversial subject…

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Review of Gods of Egypt (2016)

By Sarah Ward (538) for Screen International (2,241) on 24 Feb 2016

As audience-friendly as they may be, the cast is left wading through the middle ground between the unengaging narrative and over-emphasised…

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