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Review of Manchester by the Sea (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 07 Dec 2016

Opening a window into a wounded soul, it reminds us that beneath even the most brusque, hard-to-approach exterior often lies a human being…

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Review of Miss Sloane (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 06 Dec 2016

Visually and tonally, Miss Sloane -- like Chastain's one-note performance, in which she does little but bark and glower -- is slick but soulless,…

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Review of Bleed for This (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 16 Nov 2016

Along the way, Bleed for This rarely, if ever, surprises…

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Review of Almost Christmas (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 11 Nov 2016

For most of its two-hour running time, Almost Christmas is merely almost funny…

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Review of Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 08 Nov 2016

Even in its best moments, there's nothing flashy, nothing memorable and certainly nothing smart about this purely B-movie remake…

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Review of Moonlight (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 01 Nov 2016

The result is an unconventional film that exists in a class by itself to this point in 2016…

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Review of Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 31 Oct 2016

There are movies based on real events that must be embellished in order to make them work on the big screen…

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Review of Dionne Copland's Inferno (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 25 Oct 2016

Howard keeps the pedal pressed firmly to the metal…

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Review of Inferno (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 25 Oct 2016

Howard's film, particularly early on, ends up being too fast, too dense and too smart for its own good…

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Review of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 19 Oct 2016

The result is a well-executed but stubbornly formulaic crime thriller that telegraphs most of its major surprises long before they ever happen…

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Review of Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 13 Oct 2016

Not every joke hits the comedy sweet spot, but thanks to Hart's outsized personality, singular delivery and self-confident on-stage swagger,…

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Review of Deepwater Horizon (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 25 Sep 2016

With Deepwater Horizon, Berg strikes an unlikely but impressively delicate balance…

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Review of The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 20 Sep 2016

The result is the kind of movie that can be counted on to put a smile on the face of even the casual Beatles fan. In other words: a good laugh…

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Review of The Witness (2015)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 06 Sep 2016

Even if it is at times uncomfortable to watch, The Witness remains riveting, and even important, as an honest and unflinching examination of despair…

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Review of I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 30 Aug 2016

It's a dark, troubled world that O'Brien has created, and one that's not without its occasional predictabilities…

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Review of Pete's Dragon (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 09 Aug 2016

Where the original was a goofy, campy bit of stylized storytelling, Lowery's becomes a nicely realized, feel-good love song to fantasy and…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 26 Jul 2016

While the result is an often fast-moving and very Damon-y Jason Bourne, it doesn't at all feel as original or as well crafted as the series once did…

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Review of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 21 Jul 2016

The problem is that there's nothing of substance to hold together those occasionally fun moments of often-grotesque absurdity…

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Review of The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 05 Jul 2016

A sweet, harmless bit of big-screen fluff, and one of the more enjoyable, and cuddly, animated films to hit theaters so far this year…

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Review of Swiss Army Man (2016)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 28 Jun 2016

You might love it or you might hate it, but you won't soon forget it -- and you won't be able to say you've seen a movie quite like Swiss Army…

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