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Review of Sisters (2016)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 17 Dec 2015

Not every joke works, on paper or on screen…

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Review of Sisters (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 17 Dec 2015

Not every joke works, on paper or on screen…

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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 16 Dec 2015

Abrams and his collaborators have made a movie that feels resoundingly fresh and new by paying tribute to a style and story that is decades old…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 11 Dec 2015

Howard shows his viewers what happened to these sailors, but he rarely offers any sense of who they were, or what it felt like to face their…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 10 Dec 2015

Joy has neither comedy nor nuance going for it. Every character feels like a half-sketched first draft, awaiting development that never comes…

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Review of The Big Short (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 10 Dec 2015

McKay's film is coated in sugar to make it go down easy, but at its center, it's a bitter pill to swallow…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 10 Dec 2015

While the style may outpace the substance, that doesn't make the style any less magnificent…

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Review of Krampus (2015)

By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 03 Dec 2015

Krampus feels like a movie in crisis, stuck between lampooning the holiday movies it's riffing on and embracing them with earnest, open arms…

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Review of Krampus (2015)

By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 03 Dec 2015

Krampus feels like a movie in crisis, stuck between lampooning the holiday movies it's riffing on and embracing them with earnest, open arms…

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Review of Chi-Raq (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 02 Dec 2015

Hudson has nothing but sadness to sell, but she brings it across beautifully. Jackson has become strutting personified…

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Review of The 33 (2015)

By Lizzie Plaugic (3) for The Verge (432) on 25 Nov 2015

When the time comes it can manipulate human experience for a gut punch. The 33 is a bad movie, but you can't say it doesn't have a heart…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 25 Nov 2015

It's about the rewards of hard work and a dedication to truth. Even without fireworks and firefights, it's immensely satisfying to watch…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 25 Nov 2015

As wobbly as Mockingjay - Part 2 is, it's powerful because its characters and conflicts have become so familiar in the culture, and because…

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Review of Victor Frankenstein (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 25 Nov 2015

It has a wide range of elements: slapstick, gothic horror, romance, meta in-jokes, action, and fiery spectacle…

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Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 25 Nov 2015

The animation in The Good Dinosaur retains all the ambition and boundary-pushing of Pixar's best films, but the story beats echo too many predecessors…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Kwame Opam (5) for The Verge (432) on 25 Nov 2015

Adonis Creed is an American hero audiences could adore for a long time…

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Review of Secret in Their Eyes (2015)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 25 Nov 2015

The love story, the crime story, and the political story never cohere…

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Review of Beasts of No Nation (2015)

By Kwame Opam (5) for The Verge (432) on 15 Oct 2015

With its beautiful cinematography and a towering performance from Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation is a movie that demands attention and…

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Review of Crimson Peak (2015)

By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 15 Oct 2015

Guillermo del Toro has always been known for striking, creative visuals, but with Crimson Peak he's truly reached a new level in his work…

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Review of Bridge of Spies (2015)

By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 15 Oct 2015

Spielberg shifts tones seamlessly, from the taut, nearly wordless opening sequence, to Coen brothers comedy, and all the way through to the…

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