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Review of Our Little Sister (2015)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 13 Jul 2016

If you’re looking for something to lift you up and take you away from the tumult and anguish of the moment, seek out Our Little Sister, a…

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Review of Café Society (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 13 Jul 2016

The whole film feels charmingly insubstantial, just as it’s meant to, with beautiful settings, amusing people and, for philosophical context,…

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Review of Ghostbusters (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 13 Jul 2016

Silly is endangered these days, and normal has come under withering fire from stupendous, yet tedious, visual effects…

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Review of The Infiltrator (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 13 Jul 2016

Untold billions are laundered in The Infiltrator, while Pablo Escobar’s Medellín cartel moves mountains of cocaine into U.S. markets…

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Review of Zero Days (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 06 Jul 2016

You’ll want to see Zero Days — just not when you’re counting on a good night’s sleep a few hours later…

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Review of The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 06 Jul 2016

There’s no secret life because there’s no life, only the promise of pets in perpetual motion…

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Review of Captain Fantastic (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 06 Jul 2016

Ben is the family’s rock, and Mr. Mortensen gives the story unshakable grounding…

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Review of Transamerica (2005)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 03 Jul 2016

But the most impressive thing is how, a few minutes into the film, you stop noticing Huffman's external transformations and start to focus…

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Review of The BFG (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 29 Jun 2016

The BFG has fizz to spare. It’s an effervescent charmer…

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Review of The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 29 Jun 2016

The Legend of Tarzan, for all its anticolonialist posturing and eminently attractive co-stars, has a dead soul…

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Review of The Dark Knight (2008)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 29 Jun 2016

Christopher Nolan's latest exploration of the Batman mythology steeps its muddled plot in so much murk that the Joker's maniacal nihilism comes…

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Review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 26 Jun 2016

To be fair, it's not solely Cage's fault that his new film, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is lousy -- director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love)…

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Review of The Rocker (2008)

By Joanne Kaufman (79) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 26 Jun 2016

The Rocker has the requisite vomit, the view of some very unfortunate hind quarters and the suds. It's also got a vein of sweetness and charm…

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Review of The Love Guru (2008)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 25 Jun 2016

The road taken by The Love Guru could hardly be lower, and leads nowhere…

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Review of 16 Blocks (2006)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 23 Jun 2016

A ticking clock scenario and a terrific performance by Willis as an alcoholic NYPD detective make up for the film's occasional missteps and…

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Review of Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jun 2016

Has its share of misfired jokes and pseudo-mythic sequences that semi-fizzle…

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Review of Free in Deed (2017)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jun 2016

Strong acting often lends authenticity to writing that lacks it, and Mr. McConaughey is, to be sure, an exceptionally strong actor…

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Review of Free State of Jones (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jun 2016

Strong acting often lends authenticity to writing that lacks it, and Mr. McConaughey is, to be sure, an exceptionally strong actor…

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Review of Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jun 2016

Asked to define his job, Zappa gives a simple answer with convincing sincerity: “I’m an entertainer.” Simplicity gives way to intriguing…

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Review of Keane (2004)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 21 Jun 2016

May be too much suspense for some, but it's vividly powerful…

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