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Joey Magidson
Tomatometer-approved critic
For the past decade, I've been writing for The Awards Circuit, writing all manner of reviews, covering the awards race, and injecting my own unique spin into the world of online journalism. When not seeing 300+ films a year, I'm obsessing over my dog, the Jets, or the Mets. There's nothing better than a great movie that whisks you away from reality, if only for two hours or so.
Movies reviews only
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Cuckoo (2024) |
Cuckoo is a wild horror ride with an unhinged Dan Stevens livening things up. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Aug 07, 2024
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War Game (2024) |
War Game captivatingly depicts six hours meant to potentially save democracy. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 31, 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |
Deadpool & Wolverine is a funny, gory, and meta introduction of/tribute to Fox superheroes by Marvel. It's an absolute blast. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 23, 2024
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Oddity (2024) |
Oddity is a little chiller that shows a lot of atmospheric promise. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 18, 2024
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Twisters (2024) |
Twisters is the sort of big dumb fun that movie stars and summer blockbusters were invented for. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 16, 2024
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Fly Me to the Moon (2024) |
Fly Me to the Moon is a pleasing mix of comedy, drama, and old fashioned star power fom Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Longlegs (2024) |
Longlegs is a serial killer horror masterpiece that burrows deep within your psyche. It's the best of its kind since The Silence of the Lambs and the best film of 2024 so far. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 08, 2024
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) |
Beverley Hills Cop: Axel F has some charm but ultimately not enough of a reason to exist. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 03, 2024
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MaXXXine (2024) |
MaXXXine is a bloody good time and a first rate slasher sequel from Ti West. Mia Goth again is fantastic as his scream queen. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jul 02, 2024
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Daddio (2023) |
Daddio has Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn talking it out during a long cab ride. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 28, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) |
A Quiet Place: Day One is a prequel done right. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Kinds of Kindness (2024) |
Kinds of Kindness is Yorgos Lanthimos at his most unhinged and you can't help but be entranced. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 19, 2024
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Thelma (2024) |
Thelma is the sweetest mix of action, comedy, and senior citizens you'll ever see. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 18, 2024
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Bang Bang (2024) |
Bang Bang is a career highlight from Tim Blake Nelson. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Firebrand (2023) |
Firebrand finds a game Jude Law and Alicia Vikander outperforming their screenplay. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Inside Out 2 (2024) |
Inside Out 2 is a winner From Pixar and a moving testament to the need to love all of ourselves. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 12, 2024
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The Everything Pot (2024) |
The Everything Pot winds up being a bit too silly for its own good. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 12, 2024
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All That We Love (2024) |
All That We Love is a touching look at dealing with grief. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 11, 2024
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Group Therapy (2024) |
Group Therapy sees comedians finding catharsis in discussing their mental health. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 10, 2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) |
Bad Boys: Ride or Die sees the normally lively action/comedy franchise running on fumes. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Jun 07, 2024
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Robot Dreams (2023) |
Robot Dreams is a breathtakingly beautiful work of art. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 30, 2024
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In a Violent Nature (2024) |
In a Violent Nature is a one of a kind horror experience that any genre fan will absolutely devour.
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| Posted May 28, 2024
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The Beach Boys (2024) |
The Beach Boys is a fascinating look at how the sound of the California Dream came to be. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 24, 2024
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Babes (2024) |
Babes is an equally amusing and touching comedy About friendship mixed with pregnancy. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 23, 2024
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Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) |
Jim Henson Idea Man is a loving tribute to a creative genius. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 19, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga sees George Miller painting on a bigger, yet equally ambitious, action canvas. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 16, 2024
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IF (2024) |
IF is a very curious effort from John Krasinski. The emotions do work, to be fair, but the film is all over the place, tonally. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 15, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes takes the franchise in an intense and intriguing new direction. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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Turtles All the Way Down (2024) |
Turtles All the Way Down sees Hannah Marks put her storytelling stamp on a John Green adaptation, with empathetic results. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 02, 2024
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The Fall Guy (2024) |
The Fall Guy is a ridiculously good time and exactly why we go to the movies for entertainment. - Awards Radar
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| Posted May 01, 2024
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Wildcat (2023) |
'Wildcat' finds Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke trying to embody Flannery O'Connor. The filmmaking is interesting and the acting is strong, but it's hard to fully engage with this one. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 30, 2024
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Challengers (2024) |
Challengers might be one of the sexiest films ever made. Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor's powerhouse performances sizzle. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 12, 2024
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LaRoy, Texas (2023) |
LaRoy, Texas is a fun little genre hybrid with echoes of the Coen Brothers. John Magaro is great. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 10, 2024
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Civil War (2024) |
Civil War is a deeply upsetting yet undeniably effective and visceral experience From Alex Garland. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 09, 2024
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The First Omen (2024) |
The First Omen is an intense prequel with a lot to offer. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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The Greatest Hits (2024) |
The Greatest Hits mixes music and time travel with fairly emotional results. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 04, 2024
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Monkey Man (2024) |
Monkey Man is full of action and big ideas from Dev Patel. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 03, 2024
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Girls State (2024) |
Girls State is an inspiring and even moving look at future leaders considering a government run by women. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Apr 02, 2024
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Asphalt City (2023) |
Asphalt City is a bleak experience lacking in sufficient redemption, or really redeeming qualities. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 28, 2024
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Lousy Carter (2023) |
Lousy Carter is a black comedy showcase for David Krumholtz. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 27, 2024
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Le Samouraï (1967) |
Le Samouraï is a stone cold classic for a reason. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 25, 2024
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Road House (2024) |
Road House is campy and over the top in exactly the manner you'd hope for. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 21, 2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is imperfect (though entertaining) evidence that busting still makes me feel good. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 20, 2024
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Immaculate (2024) |
Immaculate showcases strong scream queen work from Sydney Sweeney. She's unquestionably the highlight. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 19, 2024
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Late Night with the Devil (2023) |
Late Night with the Devil is a haunting experience bursting with originality as well as David Dastmalchian's best performance to date. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 18, 2024
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Shirley (2024) |
Shirley is a respectful and well-acted biopic that hints at an even greater story. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Remembering Gene Wilder (2023) |
Remembering Gene Wilder is a lovely tribute to a legend of the screen. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024) |
The American Society of Magical Negroes fumbles a potent premise with mostly middling execution. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 13, 2024
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Ricky Stanicky (2024) |
Ricky Stanicky has funny moments here and there, as well as a committed cast, but the film lacks enough in the way of laughter to pull you through. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 06, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) |
Love Lies Bleeding is a bloody and pulpy crime romance with style to spare from Rose Glass. - Awards Radar
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| Posted Mar 04, 2024
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