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Matthew Sorrento
Tomatometer-approved critic
http://www.filmthreat.com
Movies reviews only
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
It’s invigorating to see a broad entertainment reach the heights of cinema’s visual potential. - Film International
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| Posted Jun 03, 2023
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Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022) |
Just what the pinball tribe needs, and offers a whole lot for feel-good indie fans, too. - Film International
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| Posted Mar 29, 2023
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Cocaine Bear (2023) |
For the few happy stoners who loved Strange Wilderness.... - Film International
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| Posted Mar 07, 2023
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An intriguing cinematic artifact and one hell of a camp treasure. - Film Threat
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| Posted May 02, 2021
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Toy Story 4 (2019) |
Let's hope new renditions of Disney properties continue such correctives, and that genre revisionism will again be in service. - Film International
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| Posted Sep 11, 2020
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The Pale Door (2020) |
Co-writer/director Aaron B. Koontz's perceptiveness for the Western genre makes The Pale Door into a worthy hybrid horror. - Film International
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| Posted Sep 01, 2020
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Lynch: A History (2019) |
Presents Lynch's mode of 'removing' himself from the media as an act of defiance against the NFL's exploitation. - Film International
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| Posted Oct 22, 2019
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Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017) |
"The film stands out in its treatment an active female protagonist not immediately supplanting male power, but slowly struggling to assume it." - Film International
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| Posted May 29, 2019
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Us (2019) |
The film is an economic nightmare machine, once it gets going. Serving both worlds of fans, the terrors are eerie and bone-crunching... in the same brisk rhythm as Get Out. - Film International
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| Posted Mar 22, 2019
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We Are Thankful (Siyabonga) (2019) |
There is a quiet power and tremendous dignity on display throughout We Are Thankful. This, along with Siyabonga's ingratiating "performance," is what makes Magor's film is so magical. - Film International
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| Posted Feb 04, 2019
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Brain Damage (1988) |
Traditional readings of the film see it as a commentary on the damning nature of chemical dependency. While the theme's presence is undeniable, the film also depicts the freeing and often empowering nature of stimulants. - Film International
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| Posted Dec 24, 2017
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Homicide (1991) |
As Mamet writes, so he directs -- his shots get to the point, usually one we don't forget. - Film Threat
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| Posted Dec 13, 2017
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Trumbo (2015) |
Roach is wise to highlight Trumbo's wit and bemused lovability while taking the lashes of persecution. - Film International
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| Posted Nov 26, 2015
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Elena and Her Men (1956) |
[R}eminds us of Renoir's complexity in even his "simpler" works. - Senses of Cinema
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| Posted Jun 16, 2015
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Always for Pleasure (1978) |
With the release of the Always for Pleasure box set, Criterion does a major service to the world of documentary film. - Film International
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| Posted Jun 04, 2015
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Zombeavers (2014) |
A consistently funny spoof. - Film International
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| Posted Apr 08, 2015
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Queen and Country (2014) |
Boorman returns to the classical style of the movies he enjoyed at a young age, again showing his flexibility and commitment to finding a story's ideal tone. - Film International
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| Posted Feb 28, 2015
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What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
Like the mock-doc tone, the vampire parody feels worn out, though the production shows its affection for the tradition and insight about the recent genre. - Film International
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| Posted Feb 28, 2015
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The Cult of JT LeRoy (2014) |
The story of JT LeRoy, a wunderkind writer who proved to be a hoax persona fashioned by Laura Albert, capitalized on [America's] need to weep and, simultaneously, encapsulated the trend. - Film International
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| Posted Dec 22, 2014
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Nightcrawler (2014) |
[F]eaturing one who lurks at night to gather crime footage for broadcast, the film parodies the obsession (with taking images) and notes it to be a tragedy of our times. - Film International
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| Posted Nov 21, 2014
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Red River (1948) |
Wayne is an offbeat presence in River. His longish hair and loose gait - the latter usually indicating a relaxed sense of power - now imply a man out of his place, and a kind of restlessness. - Film International
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| Posted Sep 20, 2014
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Boyhood (2014) |
Linklater uses life itself to his advantage by finding a clever way to capture its scope. - Film International
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| Posted Jul 25, 2014
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The Double (2013) |
An oddity, for sure: with established performers in a neophyte work, it's odd for all the wrong reasons. - Film International
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| Posted Jun 19, 2014
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The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne (2013) |
Beginning as a rather conventional documentary ... [the film] soon finds a matter-of-fact style that nicely reflects its subject. - Film International
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| Posted Jun 19, 2014
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The Hidden Fortress (1958) |
Mifune shines and invigorates what remains secondary Kurosawa (less rewarding than Throne), but a solid primal adventure in its own right. - Film International
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| Posted Apr 10, 2014
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Throne of Blood (1957) |
Kurosawa grounds this downward spiral through the presence of Toshiro Mifune, who personalizes the Macbeth role while making it greater than his historical moment. - Film International
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| Posted Apr 10, 2014
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The Hatchet Man (1932) |
A variation of the hitman role to serve the studio's taste for gangsters ... Robinson sticks to his own persona and thus embraces realism over caricature. - Film International
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| Posted Feb 06, 2014
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) |
(Robinson's Dr. Ehrlich) accumulates knowledge much like an investigator, for him an oppositional role he'd later take for Wilder in Double Indemnity. - Film International
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| Posted Jan 30, 2014
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All Is Lost (2013) |
(Redford) is quite effective in the film's slower moments, while thoroughly rattled when reacting to the elements. - Film International
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| Posted Jan 14, 2014
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La Bête Humaine (1938) |
Renoir returns to the relle du train with little comfort for his 'human beast.' - Senses of Cinema
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| Posted Dec 18, 2013
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Seconds (1966) |
[C]hange comes only before the cradle and after the grave ... consumerism processes identity until it's oversold. - Film International
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| Posted Dec 02, 2013
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One Direction: This Is Us (2013) |
(Spurlock) has occupied both sides of manufacturing, first as the engine of expose, and now as a wide-eyed, willing participant. - Film International
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| Posted Sep 02, 2013
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Island of Lost Souls (1933) |
The film precedes the articulated mind and language of Boris Karloff's creature in Bride of Frankenstein; the beasts' killing of their mad creator also anticipates the monster's destruction of Dr. Pretorius. - Film International
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| Posted Aug 09, 2013
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Things to Come (1936) |
As troublesome as Wells' philosophy may be, especially his faith in technocracy, Things certainly helped urge the medium into a new era - another Nation's Birth of artistry, and ignorance. - Film International
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| Posted Aug 09, 2013
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Blue Jasmine (2013) |
In recent interviews, Woody admits that he continues making films out of guilt ... Let's rejoice that his guilt results in such palpable emotions for us all. - Film International
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| Posted Aug 09, 2013
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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) |
Cut out as a comic relief, [Margaret O'Brien's] Tootie becomes an integral aspect of the film's psychology, as the repressed middle-class anger rearing, if innocently. (PopMatters Essential Film Performances 2013: Musical/Comedy) - PopMatters
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| Posted Aug 07, 2013
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Pacific Rim (2013) |
del Toro playing it safe but with ease. - Film International
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| Posted Jul 10, 2013
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Hannah Arendt (2012) |
Arendt is so measured and elegant that the filmmaking seems effortless. - Film International
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| Posted Jul 07, 2013
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Rewind This! (2013) |
Like any pop cultural tradition, the videotape has its diehards, who are the diverting guests in Josh Johnson's new documentary. - Film International
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| Posted Jun 16, 2013
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Man of Steel (2013) |
Mantra 2: Zack Snyder should take his title too literally and pack his film with imagery of steel - Krypton could be called Planet Metallica. - Film International
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| Posted Jun 14, 2013
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Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2012) |
Offers us a peek into a fervent force of creativity - as with many great artists, it's one of which we have limited understanding though all the more appreciation. - Film International
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| Posted Jun 09, 2013
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The Iceman (2012) |
[Shannon] almost convinces us that the Iceman's humanity was real. - Film International
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| Posted May 20, 2013
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Ministry of Fear (1944) |
Adept at using cinema for art and entertainment since his early career, Lang treats this Graham Greene "entertainment" in modest, yet effective fashion. - Film International
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| Posted Apr 14, 2013
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42 (2013) |
[Writer-director Brian] Helgeland shapes Jackie into a tested and proven American archetype: the strong, silent type. - Film International
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| Posted Apr 14, 2013
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Laura (1944) |
Preminger deals in facades, with how perception cheats us, right down to the ideal image of Laura as a portrait. (Cinmathque Annotations on Film) - Senses of Cinema
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| Posted Mar 21, 2013
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Gangster Squad (2013) |
Viewers complaining about the cartoonish portrayal and wanting Curtis Hanson's Oscar winner again need to consider the source, and remember that - Paul Muni, anyone? - the former rules. - Film International
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| Posted Jan 12, 2013
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Cloud Atlas (2012) |
Like Babel stretched through time, though its character connections are merely assumed. - Film International
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| Posted Dec 07, 2012
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Eating Raoul (1982) |
Nicely lays out capitalism on the chopping block. In an obsessively consumptive culture like America's, the only way for a common couple to strive is through killing, then consuming. - Film Threat
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| Posted Nov 26, 2012
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The Game (1997) |
[N]ifty filmic style and crackpot sensibility. - Film International
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| Posted Oct 18, 2012
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Red Hook Summer (2012) |
Seems to be little but demands much more. - Film Threat
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| Posted Sep 01, 2012
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