Bruce Kirkland
Tomatometer-approved critic
Pulp Fiction (1994)
92%
5/5
“When dialogue is as distinctive as It is here the actors make the most of it.” –
Winnipeg Sun
Feb 28, 2024
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Live by Night (2016)
35%
3.5/5
“Live by Night is a solid, interesting but sprawling and often overwrought gangster picture.” –
Toronto Sun
Jan 13, 2017
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Silence (2016)
83%
4/5
“Silence requires a leap of faith in its own right. The film is both repetitive and thrilling; it is boring and exhilarating; it will test your patience and expand your mind. Silence is loud, in an astonishingly quiet way.” –
Toronto Sun
Jan 5, 2017
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Fences (2016)
92%
“Serious or not, many films are merely entertainments and are easily forgotten, even if they succeed. But a serious film such as Fences is a privilege to see, not just as a dramatic entertainment but because it reverberates long after it ends.” –
Toronto Sun
Dec 22, 2016
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Assassin's Creed (2016)
19%
2.5/5
“Assassin's Creed slays me: I have rarely had so much fun watching something so stupid.” –
Toronto Sun
Dec 20, 2016
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
84%
4/5
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story does exactly what it is supposed to do by incrementally expanding the Star Wars universe that we already know.” –
Toronto Sun
Dec 13, 2016
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Lion (2016)
84%
4/5
“Unless you are an utterly immovable cynic, the Australian melodrama Lion will coax out tears of sadness and of pure joy.” –
Toronto Sun
Dec 8, 2016
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Allied (2016)
60%
2/5
“A bitter disappointment.” –
Toronto Sun
Nov 22, 2016
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Moana (2016)
95%
4/5
“Paying respect and homage to the Polynesian culture and its ancient mythology, the Walt Disney animation Moana is as culturally rich as it is entertaining.” –
Toronto Sun
Nov 22, 2016
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The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
94%
3.5/5
“The Edge of Seventeen is charming, thoughtful, a little crazy, often funny and sometimes touching in a very real way. It makes you feel that the high school movie genre still has merit, even in Hollywood hands.” –
Toronto Sun
Nov 17, 2016
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
74%
4/5
“While it falters and even bogs down at moments in the storytelling, Beasts is a dazzling spectacle overall and more often spellbinding than not.” –
Toronto Sun
Nov 16, 2016
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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
83%
1.5/5
“Ouija: Origin of Evil is sadly derivative, totally stupid, routinely cheeseball and ultimately disappointing.” –
Toronto Sun
Oct 20, 2016
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Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
75%
3/5
“I would strongly suggest that only those people who are already on-board with Hart's profane, raucous, scatological and often rude family humour go to see this film. If you feel neutral or negative already,” –
Toronto Sun
Oct 13, 2016
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The Accountant (2016)
53%
2.5/5
“In the end, with all its tortuous twists, The Accountant still does not add up.” –
Toronto Sun
Oct 13, 2016
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The Girl on the Train (2016)
44%
2/5
“The only reason to endure this dismal story is to watch Blunt strut her stuff.” –
Toronto Sun
Oct 6, 2016
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
65%
3.5/5
“Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is worth a visit. Just don't stay too long. It could be dangerous for your health.” –
Toronto Sun
Sep 29, 2016
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Snowden (2016)
61%
3.5/5
“While the drama here is straight forward and conventional, Stone turns a brilliant trick by visually showing how computer spying is conducted. We do not have to understand how it works to appreciate what it does -- because Stone skillfully shows us.” –
Toronto Sun
Sep 15, 2016
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Sully (2016)
85%
3.5/5
“It may not be a classic, but it is enormously crowd-pleasing for the story and its reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things in a crisis.” –
Toronto Sun
Sep 8, 2016
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Suicide Squad (2016)
26%
4.5/5
“[It was up to Ayer] to revitalize...the DC franchise. He has done just that, with a singular vision, an unbridled passion and a creative vengeance that is so bold and so bad (in a colourfully good way) that it leaves viewers breathless.” –
Toronto Sun
Aug 3, 2016
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
36%
3.5/5
“While The Legend of Tarzan is hardly going to become legendary, it is strong entertainment with an interesting socio-political background.” –
Toronto Sun
Jun 30, 2016
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Free State of Jones (2016)
48%
2/5
“Free State of Jones is a great opportunity lost.” –
Toronto Sun
Jun 23, 2016
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Central Intelligence (2016)
71%
3/5
“I like Central Intelligence, even when it is being stupid.” –
Toronto Sun
Jun 16, 2016
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Finding Dory (2016)
94%
4/5
“Finding Dory is delightful throughout, dazzling during its many highlight scenes and just a tad disorienting on rare occasions.” –
Toronto Sun
Jun 16, 2016
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Me Before You (2016)
54%
3/5
“Me Before You will jerks some tears, maybe even from cynics.” –
Toronto Sun
Jun 2, 2016
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
29%
2/5
“Alice, of Alice in Wonderland fame, is dead to me now. Alice Through the Looking Glass has killed her off as a viable character for a movie.” –
Toronto Sun
May 26, 2016
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