MOVIE REVIEWS 2022
Empire of Light is Another Overly-Sentimental Ode to Cinema. Paste, Dec 2022
Half-Baked Holiday Romance Something from Tiffany's is a Mindless, Empty Affair. Paste, Dec, 2022
Lady Chatterley's Lover is a Sweet Love Story, But Deserves More Scandalous Sex. Paste, Dec, 2022
Parody Biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is Equal Parts Clever and Tiresome. Paste Nov, 2022
"Falling for Christmas" Invites Audiences to Fall in Love with Lindsey Lohan All Over Again. FSR. Nov 2022
One of 2022's Most Poignant Love Stories, My Policeman Capitvates and Devastates. Paste, Nov, 2022
Netflix's "All Quiet on the Western Front" is One of the Most Harrowing War Movies Since "Come and See." FSR, Oct 2022
Instead of Getting a Ticket to Paradise, Get a Ticket to Another Movie. Paste, Oct, 2022
Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne Dominate Thrilling True-Crime The Good Nurse. Paste, Oct, 2022
Andrea Riseborough Leads Captivating Post-Lottery Drama To Leslie. Paste, Oct 2022.
The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave Brings Fresh Perspective to a Familiar Story. Paste, Oct, 2022.
Another Lackluster Stephen King Adaptation, "Mr. Harrigan's Phone" Rings Empty. FSR, Oct, 2022.
Cheap Cheerleader Slasher Bring It On: Cheer or Die Just Isn't Captain Material. Paste, Oct 2022.
Luckiest Girl Alive" is a Hasty, Disappointing Adaptation of a Popular Novel. FSR, Oct, 2022
A Superb Cast Cannot Salvage Amsterdam's Hot Mess. Paste, Oct, 2022
"Barbarian" Is a Relentlessly Terrifying Horror Feat That Will Keep You Guessing. FSR, Sept, 2022
Look Both Ways is a Hollow, Timid Sliding Doors Revamp for Zillennials. Paste, Aug, 2022
Thirteen Lives Wades Timidly Through a Breathtaking Survival Story. Paste, Aug 2022.
Gay Conversion Camp Slasher They/Them Butchers its Potential. Paste, Aug 2022.
What Josiah Saw is an Oppressive Meditation on Christianity. Paste, Aug 2022
Katie Holmes Romanticizes Covid-19 in Alone Together. Paste, June 2022.
Netflix's "Persuasion" is an Affront to Jane Austen. FSR, July 2022
Predictable Execution Stunts Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between's Clever Concept. Paste, July 2022
Stale Austrian Sci-Fi Rubikon Makes The Apoclypse Feel Low-Stakes. Paste. July2, 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru Is Surprisingly Charming for a Fever Dream About Yellow Blobs. Paste, July 2022.
Sloppy Execution Assassinates a Fun Conceit in "The Man From Toronto." FSR, June 2022
"Spiderhead" is a Compelling Sci-Fi Flick With a Painfully Messy Third Act. FSR, June 2022
Brian and Charles Imagines a Very Charming, Very British Artificial Intelligence Fable. Paste, June 2022
Fire Island is Modern Jane Austen Done Rights (and Gay). Paste, June 2022
"Interceptor" is an Action Romp That's Missing the Fun. FSR, June 2022
"A Perfect Pairing" Has All the Notes of a Feel-Good Time. FSR. May 2022
Dismal Dutch Rom Com F*ck Love Too Forgets What We Love About the Genre. Paste, May 2022
For Some Reason Netflix Has Made a Marmaduke Movie. Paste, May 2022
Gripping Performances Earn Holocaust Boxing Tale The Survivor a Majority Decision. Paste, Apr 2022
Judd Apatow Misses His Own Joke in the Pandemic Comedy "The Bubble." FSR, April 2022
Richard Linklater Still Does Nostalgia Like Nobody Else in Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. Paste, Mar 2022.
The Prank's High School Revenger Fails to Land its Joke. Paste, Mar 2022.
X is a Near-Perfect Distillation of the Slasher Film. Paste, Mar 2022.
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Funny, Bloody Ode to Gen Z. Paste, Mar 2022.
The Cow is a Moody Thriller that Quickly Loses Steam. Paste, Mar 2022.
Creative Horror Deadstream Takes Found Footage to the Streaming World. Paste, Mar 2022
Sharp Yet Deeply Unappetizing, I Love My Dad Needs Focus. Paste, Mar 2022.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is Hollywood's Love Letter to Nicholas Cage. Paste, Mar 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once Achieves the Impossible. Paste, Mar 2022.
"The Adam Project" is a rare Netflix Blockbuster Done Mostly Right. FSR, Mar, 2022
Someone Gets Ravaged by a Polar Bear and Against the Ice is Still Boring. Paste, Mar 2022.
Naomi Watts Thriller The Desperate Hour is too Desperate to Entertain. Paste, Feb 2022.
The Lost Boys. Screen Slate. Feb, 2022
There's Enough Excitement (and Champagne) to Fill Death on the Nile's Gaps. Paste, Feb 2022.
Dystopia Master Jean-Pierre Jeunet Disappoints with Dark Comedy Bigbug. Paste Feb, 2022.
Tall Girl 2 Falls Short. Paste, Feb 2022
Lunar Disaster Moonfall is a Ridiculous Amount of Fun (Duh). Paste, Feb 2022.
Munich - The Edge of War Turns a Historical Event into a Character Study. Paste, Jan 2022
For Better or Worse, How I Fell In Love with a Gangster Has Everything you Could Want from a Gangster Film. Paste, Jan 2022
A Lack of Nuance Makes Sex Appeal an Unappealing Teen Comedy. Paste, Jan 2022.
Juliet of the Spirits. Screen Slate, Jan 2022.
Half-Baked Holiday Romance Something from Tiffany's is a Mindless, Empty Affair. Paste, Dec, 2022
Lady Chatterley's Lover is a Sweet Love Story, But Deserves More Scandalous Sex. Paste, Dec, 2022
Parody Biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is Equal Parts Clever and Tiresome. Paste Nov, 2022
"Falling for Christmas" Invites Audiences to Fall in Love with Lindsey Lohan All Over Again. FSR. Nov 2022
One of 2022's Most Poignant Love Stories, My Policeman Capitvates and Devastates. Paste, Nov, 2022
Netflix's "All Quiet on the Western Front" is One of the Most Harrowing War Movies Since "Come and See." FSR, Oct 2022
Instead of Getting a Ticket to Paradise, Get a Ticket to Another Movie. Paste, Oct, 2022
Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne Dominate Thrilling True-Crime The Good Nurse. Paste, Oct, 2022
Andrea Riseborough Leads Captivating Post-Lottery Drama To Leslie. Paste, Oct 2022.
The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave Brings Fresh Perspective to a Familiar Story. Paste, Oct, 2022.
Another Lackluster Stephen King Adaptation, "Mr. Harrigan's Phone" Rings Empty. FSR, Oct, 2022.
Cheap Cheerleader Slasher Bring It On: Cheer or Die Just Isn't Captain Material. Paste, Oct 2022.
Luckiest Girl Alive" is a Hasty, Disappointing Adaptation of a Popular Novel. FSR, Oct, 2022
A Superb Cast Cannot Salvage Amsterdam's Hot Mess. Paste, Oct, 2022
"Barbarian" Is a Relentlessly Terrifying Horror Feat That Will Keep You Guessing. FSR, Sept, 2022
Look Both Ways is a Hollow, Timid Sliding Doors Revamp for Zillennials. Paste, Aug, 2022
Thirteen Lives Wades Timidly Through a Breathtaking Survival Story. Paste, Aug 2022.
Gay Conversion Camp Slasher They/Them Butchers its Potential. Paste, Aug 2022.
What Josiah Saw is an Oppressive Meditation on Christianity. Paste, Aug 2022
Katie Holmes Romanticizes Covid-19 in Alone Together. Paste, June 2022.
Netflix's "Persuasion" is an Affront to Jane Austen. FSR, July 2022
Predictable Execution Stunts Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between's Clever Concept. Paste, July 2022
Stale Austrian Sci-Fi Rubikon Makes The Apoclypse Feel Low-Stakes. Paste. July2, 2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru Is Surprisingly Charming for a Fever Dream About Yellow Blobs. Paste, July 2022.
Sloppy Execution Assassinates a Fun Conceit in "The Man From Toronto." FSR, June 2022
"Spiderhead" is a Compelling Sci-Fi Flick With a Painfully Messy Third Act. FSR, June 2022
Brian and Charles Imagines a Very Charming, Very British Artificial Intelligence Fable. Paste, June 2022
Fire Island is Modern Jane Austen Done Rights (and Gay). Paste, June 2022
"Interceptor" is an Action Romp That's Missing the Fun. FSR, June 2022
"A Perfect Pairing" Has All the Notes of a Feel-Good Time. FSR. May 2022
Dismal Dutch Rom Com F*ck Love Too Forgets What We Love About the Genre. Paste, May 2022
For Some Reason Netflix Has Made a Marmaduke Movie. Paste, May 2022
Gripping Performances Earn Holocaust Boxing Tale The Survivor a Majority Decision. Paste, Apr 2022
Judd Apatow Misses His Own Joke in the Pandemic Comedy "The Bubble." FSR, April 2022
Richard Linklater Still Does Nostalgia Like Nobody Else in Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. Paste, Mar 2022.
The Prank's High School Revenger Fails to Land its Joke. Paste, Mar 2022.
X is a Near-Perfect Distillation of the Slasher Film. Paste, Mar 2022.
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Funny, Bloody Ode to Gen Z. Paste, Mar 2022.
The Cow is a Moody Thriller that Quickly Loses Steam. Paste, Mar 2022.
Creative Horror Deadstream Takes Found Footage to the Streaming World. Paste, Mar 2022
Sharp Yet Deeply Unappetizing, I Love My Dad Needs Focus. Paste, Mar 2022.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is Hollywood's Love Letter to Nicholas Cage. Paste, Mar 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once Achieves the Impossible. Paste, Mar 2022.
"The Adam Project" is a rare Netflix Blockbuster Done Mostly Right. FSR, Mar, 2022
Someone Gets Ravaged by a Polar Bear and Against the Ice is Still Boring. Paste, Mar 2022.
Naomi Watts Thriller The Desperate Hour is too Desperate to Entertain. Paste, Feb 2022.
The Lost Boys. Screen Slate. Feb, 2022
There's Enough Excitement (and Champagne) to Fill Death on the Nile's Gaps. Paste, Feb 2022.
Dystopia Master Jean-Pierre Jeunet Disappoints with Dark Comedy Bigbug. Paste Feb, 2022.
Tall Girl 2 Falls Short. Paste, Feb 2022
Lunar Disaster Moonfall is a Ridiculous Amount of Fun (Duh). Paste, Feb 2022.
Munich - The Edge of War Turns a Historical Event into a Character Study. Paste, Jan 2022
For Better or Worse, How I Fell In Love with a Gangster Has Everything you Could Want from a Gangster Film. Paste, Jan 2022
A Lack of Nuance Makes Sex Appeal an Unappealing Teen Comedy. Paste, Jan 2022.
Juliet of the Spirits. Screen Slate, Jan 2022.
