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Truth (2015)

Truth: James Vanderbilt is competent but unremarkable in the telling of this story.

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The Danish Girl: Tom Hooper had an interesting story in his hands, but tells it in a bland, uninteresting way.

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Trumbo: Jay Roach’s film is a capable biopic: the subject matter is an interesting figure, the plot

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Joy: while David O. Russell is telling a story that seems a collection of tired tropes

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The Big Short: Adam McKay manages to make a film that smartly presents the intricacies of its subject matter

Steve Jobs: Danny Boyle’s film is a non-traditional biopic, elucidative without being didactic, more interested in

Spotlight: the story being told here is powerful and touching, and Tom McCarthy’s film tells it well;

The Clan: Pablo Trapero has an interesting, potent starting point; the cast, particularly Guillermo Francella (exuding cold threat), is solid;

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Labyrinth of Lies: Giulio Ricciarelli’s film falls in the trap of stories that are

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