Category: Reviews
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Sisters (2015)
Sisters features two very funny women, but isn’t quite the perfect vehicle for them. It does have its moments, though, just not consistently enough.
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The Hateful Eight (2015)
Tarantino’s 8th film looks glorious in 70mm, and tells a western yarn full of mystery in a small cabin with a bunch of unsavory types snowed in by a blizzard.
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Goodnight Mommy (2015)
Goodnight Mommy is a disturbing, tense, and deliberately-paced horror flick about two twins who think their mom is an imposter after cosmetic surgery.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens welcomes back old faces, introduces new ones, and awakens the franchise in the process.
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Room (2015)
Room is an emotional, moving film about a son and his mother confined in a single room and their adjustment to a great, big world when they get out.
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Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight is a great ensemble drama that shines a light on the process of investigative journalism and is sure to be heard from come awards season.
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Creed (2015)
Creed is a great boxing film, returns to the Rocky franchise in a fresh way, is expertly crafted, and has great central performances by Michael B. Jordan, Sly Stallone, and Tessa Thompson.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
Mockingjay – Part 2, the 4th film in the adaptation of a book trilogy, and suffers from lackluster source material, an unsatisfying ending, and being stretched into its own feature film.
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Spectre (2015)
Spectre attempts to tie up all of the Craig-era Bond films into a tidy bow, while also condensing a well-known Bond villain arc into one film, and never quite succeeds.
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