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Murder, He Wrote

Movie review: The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino creates a self-conscious cartoon that puts a bullet through the brain of western myth  
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Star Wars goes back to the future

Movie review: Star Wars - The Force Awakens The long-awaited new movie reclaims the universe of Star Wars, makes it fresh again, and still finds room for old favorites like Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher
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Pointless and broken

Movie review: Point Break The remake of Kathryn Bigelow's cult classic about two dudes on opposite sides of the law is a murky bore
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The Big Short goes long on greed

Movie review: The Big Short Capitalizing on his comedy savvy talent, director-writer Adam McKay turns Wall Street's crooked ways into a fragmented farce that makes us laugh at our own funeral  
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Movie review: Sisters is sibling revelry

The smart humour of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler is reduced to the vulgar antics of frat-boy comedy in this disappointing film about an out-of-control house party
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Mississippi Grind percolates

Movie review: Mississippi Grind The team behind Half Nelson and Sugar return with a film about chronic gambling that isn't as depressing as it probably should be, thanks to a pair of pocket kings in Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn
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Theeb: A Middle Eastern Western

Movie review: Theeb Jordan's official nomination for the best foreign film Oscar is a tightly wound adventure story about a Bedouin boy learning how to be a man on the eve of the First World War
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Carol a modern masterpiece

Movie review: Carol Todd Haynes creates a modern masterpiece that speaks directly to the female experience without words thanks to the silent chemistry between stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara  
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Every Thing Will Be Fine, not great

Movie Review: Every Thing Will Be Fine German filmmaker Wim Wenders turns the Canadian landscape into a snow globe with 3D technology, and a cast that includes Rachel McAdams, Marie-Josée Croze and the near-omnipresent James Franco
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Movie review: In The Heart of the Sea, or Call Me Later, Ishmael

Movie review: In the Heart of the Sea Ron Howard turns the story of a famous whaling tragedy — which inspired the novel Moby-Dick — into a slick but distant maritime adventure that becomes a dark tale of survival