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Review of A Cure for Wellness (2017)

By Josephine Livingstone (57) for The New Republic (897) on 24 Feb 2017

[The] poor ending felt like a betrayal, since it wrenches A Cure for Wellness fully out of its original genre and into melodrama…

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Review of Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

By Sarah Marshall (2) for The New Republic (897) on 24 Feb 2017

Fifty Shades Darker, which fails so many tests of basic storytelling competence, is all the more stunning for its success at a task that most…

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Review of Get Out (2017)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 24 Feb 2017

Get Out has its surface scares, but it's what's lingering beneath that's most frightening: the sense that no matter where you turn, no matter…

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Review of The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 17 Feb 2017

The Myth of Fingerprints is only 90 minutes long, but watching all this tasteful torment, you can't help thinking that if you were watching…

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Review of The Great Wall (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for The New Republic (897) on 16 Feb 2017

In an era in which Hollywood-China co-productions are going to become a more common occurrence, what's so dispiriting about The Great Wall…

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Review of The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 10 Feb 2017

The thing about a sequel or a spinoff, even a mostly fun one like The LEGO Batman Movie, is that it's hard to recreate enthusiasm and inventiveness…

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Review of John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for The New Republic (897) on 08 Feb 2017

Chapter 2 is state-of-the-art action that's sacrificed some of the charm and heart that were the first film's secret weapon…

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Review of Oklahoma City (2017)

By Brandon Harris (3) for The New Republic (897) on 07 Feb 2017

Its cumulative impact surpasses what you would expect from your typical Frontline or American Experience production, and colors in the rest…

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Review of I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

By Lovia Gyarkye (142) for The New Republic (897) on 03 Feb 2017

Its thesis is tired and worn. But this is not the fault of the film, just of a country that refuses to truly bear witness…

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Review of Gold (2016)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 27 Jan 2017

The movie is a mess, but it's also an oddly amoral mess…

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Review of T2 Trainspotting (2017)

By Josephine Livingstone (57) for The New Republic (897) on 27 Jan 2017

Nothing hurts more than nostalgia…

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Review of Gold (2017)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 27 Jan 2017

The movie is a mess, but it's also an oddly amoral mess…

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Review of Amazing Grace (2007)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 12 Jan 2017

The dialogue is bright, historically styled yet lithe; the characterizations are graphic even with minor people…

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Review of The Good Thief (2003)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 28 Dec 2016

The Good Thief merely adds a new tinct to the pathos of Jordan's career. Once again we see a director who is better than anything he has so far done…

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Review of Paterson (2016)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 23 Dec 2016

The film is about the act of creation and the art of observation, and it couldn't embody both more perfectly…

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Review of A Monster Calls (2016)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 23 Dec 2016

The film is a bit emotionally manipulative-it sure can wring the tears out of you-but you still probably won't be able to resist it…

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Review of Fences (2016)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 23 Dec 2016

Based on the 1983 August Wilson play, Fences is little more than a filmed version of the 2010 Broadway revival…

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Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 13 Dec 2016

The Star Wars franchise has built up a massive amount of cachet over the last several decades; Rogue One is going to need every bit of it…

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Review of Copying Beethoven (2006)

By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 09 Dec 2016

We are left finally with a double response: it is hard to know exactly why the film was made, what its emotional and thematic point is, yet…

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Review of La La Land (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for The New Republic (897) on 08 Dec 2016

La La Land is as delightful and magical as you've heard -- a big, joyful celebration of old-school Hollywood musicals -- but it's also smarter,…

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