2015 Reviews

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Below are all of The Optimist's reviews from 2015! Click on a link and check 'em out!


 American Sniper

 Whiplash

 Birdman

 The Imitation Game

 The Grand Budapest Hotel

 Furious 7

 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

 The Babadook

 Avengers: Age of Ultron

 Mad Max: Fury Road

 Pitch Perfect 2

 Poltergeist (2015)

 San Andreas

 Spy

 Insidious: Chapter 3

 Jurassic World

 Inside Out

 Terminator: Genysis

 Minions

 Ant-Man

 The Gallows

 Southpaw

 Pixels

 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

 Trainwreck

 Vacation

 Fantastic Four (2015)

 The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

 American Ultra

 Ricki and the Flash

 The Gift

 Straight Outta Compton

 Hitman: Agent 47

 Sinister 2

 No Escape

 Everest

 The Visit

 The Transporter Refueled

 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

 The Perfect Guy

 The Martian

 Pan

 Sicario

 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - EXTENDED EDITION

 Goosebumps

 The Last Witch Hunter

 Crimson Peak

 The Walk

 Burnt

 Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

 Rock the Kasbah

 Bridge of Spies

 Steve Jobs

 Love the Coopers

 The Peanuts Movie

 Our Brand is Crisis

 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

 Krampus

 Creed

 In the Heart of the Sea

 Victor Frankenstein

 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

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