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'Hostiles' director Scott Cooper; the year in movie reviews
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Episode 17495
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'Hostiles' director Scott Cooper; the year in movie reviews

The film “Hostiles,” written and directed by Scott Cooper, both indulges in and overturns some of the familiar tropes of the Western genre; Rotten Tomatoes senior editor Grae Drake looks back on the year in film reviews and addresses some of the controversy surrounding the movie review aggregation site.

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The film “Hostiles,” written and directed by Scott Cooper, both indulges in and overturns some of the familiar tropes of the Western genre; Rotten Tomatoes senior editor Grae Drake looks back on the year in film reviews and addresses some of the controversy surrounding the movie review aggregation site.

Listen 11:18
Some Hollywood execs are blaming bad scores compiled by Rotten Tomatoes for poor box-office returns this year, with ticket sales down more than 3 percent from 2016.