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Joey Moser
Tomatometer-approved critic
Joey is a Pittsburgh native and he currently lives in upstate, New York. He has contributed to Awards Daily, Daily Xtra, and he can be heard weekly on the Awards Daily Water Cooler podcast.
Movies reviews only
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Janet Planet (2023) |
Baker’s film is a tender lullaby with wry humor and sharp observations. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jun 29, 2024
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His Three Daughters (2023) |
A fraught, gorgeously complex drama - Awards Daily
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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Femme (2023) |
Femme is an electric examination of how our fears intermingle with our darkest desires. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Mar 22, 2024
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Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2023) |
Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West is gorgeously shot and passionately directed, and Avis provides enough first-hand evidence to infuriate you. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Oct 30, 2023
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Lift (2022) |
Lift soars because of its raging, exuberant heart. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 25, 2023
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Dicks: The Musical (2023) |
Dicks: The Musical makes Team America: World Police look like a basement rehearsal of The Sound of Music. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 17, 2023
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National Anthem (2023) |
Gilford’s film is a middle finger to narrow-mindedness and an invitation to revel in the joys of gender expression. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 17, 2023
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Woman of the Hour (2023) |
Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour shifts the focus from our trained concentration on the killer to the victims, and it’s a lean, stunningly assured directorial debut. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 17, 2023
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Strange Way of Life (2023) |
An exploration of traditional American cowboy machismo imbued with taboos of male-on-male lust. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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Unicorns (2023) |
It’s fearlessly queer, and features a remarkable, charismatic debut from Jason Patel. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 14, 2023
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Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) |
‘Red, White’ Is a Royally Fun Romp - Awards Daily
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| Posted Aug 10, 2023
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Big Boys (2023) |
Corey Sherman’s feature debut, Big Boys, is openhearted, compassionate, and tuned into true feelings of the heart. It is a crowd-pleaser in the truest sense of the word. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jul 26, 2023
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The Mattachine Family (2023) |
Mattachine is infused with a lot of emotional intelligence and its cast brings a wonderful naturalism to the material. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jul 26, 2023
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) |
Between Swiss Army Man and Miracle Workers (and even The Lost City and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) Daniel Radcliffe proves one again that he is one of the most willing actors of his generation. His Al is eager, arrogant, assured, and coy all at once. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Dec 26, 2022
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022) |
Thompson sneers and dominates the screen in a way that it recalls the dangerous baboonery of people who need royally taken down a peg - Awards Daily
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| Posted Dec 26, 2022
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Please Baby Please (2022) |
Kramer has made John Waters proud. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 01, 2022
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Stars at Noon (2022) |
Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn have a palpable, elusive chemistry. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Oct 14, 2022
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God's Creatures (2022) |
God’s Creatures belongs to Watson’s gaze, and she burns through the screen. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 30, 2022
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Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) |
Hocus Pocus 2 was worth the wait. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 30, 2022
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Bros (2022) |
Not only is Bros one of the funniest films of the year, but it’s one of the best. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 23, 2022
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Catherine Called Birdy (2022) |
You are going to fall in love with Bella Ramsey. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 23, 2022
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) |
Glass Onion is not only a worthy successor to the 2019 megahit, but it’s glossy, sexy, and hilarious. You won’t have a better time at the movies. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 15, 2022
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Funny Pages (2022) |
I had no idea what any of the characters were going to do, and Kline plunges us into an underbelly of characters as if they, too, are out of an underground story. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Aug 26, 2022
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They/Them (2022) |
Queer people are some of horror’s most devout and vocal supporters, so these young actors take the horror genre by the throat. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Aug 04, 2022
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Hypochondriac (2022) |
Hypochondriac is ambitious–it claws its way under your skin and invades your brain. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jul 31, 2022
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Benediction (2021) |
Nobody makes movies like Terence Davies. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jul 27, 2022
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All Man: The International Male Story (2022) |
All Man: The International Male Story reveals just how vital and significant this publication was for gay men when there wasn’t another alternative. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jul 27, 2022
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Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022) |
Gabby Giffords wouldn’t quit on herself or her constituents, so why should we slow down on the issue of gun violence? Won’t Back Down is compelling portrait of one woman whose light cannot be extinguished. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jul 15, 2022
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Watcher (2022) |
‘Watcher’ Dares You To Look Away - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jun 05, 2022
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Fire Island (2022) |
After two years of not being able to celebrate Pride in the streets or with a crowd, what better way to commemorate this summer than with your best girlfriends? Grab your poppers, and let’s go! - Awards Daily
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| Posted May 31, 2022
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Spring Awakening: Those You've Known (2022) |
These actors and creatives have the ability to lovingly look back at the piece of art that truly changed them. - Awards Daily
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| Posted May 04, 2022
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Firebird (2021) |
Prior, with his striking blue eyes and boyish face, is the type of leading man we dont see in wartime stories. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Apr 29, 2022
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The Survivor (2021) |
Its a tribute to a man who would not go down without a fight, and that alone is inspirational in the face of true, unflinching evil. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Apr 27, 2022
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White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (2022) |
Klayman incorporates imagery from catalogues with animation to create a colorful, visual context. White Hot teases you but then asks how you would react in the same situation. Could you sacrifice being cool for doing whats right? - Awards Daily
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| Posted Apr 18, 2022
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
This film defies genre and your expectations. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Apr 06, 2022
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Lucy and Desi (2022) |
By positioning her doc as a love story, Poehler makes us fall in love with Lucy and Desi all over again. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Mar 04, 2022
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Three Months (2022) |
Frieder's film stands out as an entertaining, funny, and heartwarming example of queer resilience. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Feb 25, 2022
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The Capote Tapes (2020) |
Burnough paces his doc so well that it feels like you are hearing a great story at a crowded cocktail party. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 09, 2021
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021) |
A glittering good time. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 09, 2021
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A Wake (2019) |
Boswell's film is sensitive and emotionally open. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 09, 2021
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Pray Away (2020) |
Pray Away is hard to shake but Stolakis leaves us with light and beauty even though the darkness is still a threat. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Aug 04, 2021
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Julia Scotti: Funny That Way (2020) |
Above all else, Sandler's film celebrates an artist who continues to hone her craft at an age when most are slowing down. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jun 29, 2021
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Rebecca (2020) |
The sooner you come to terms that Ben Wheatley's retelling isn't trying to emulate Hitch, the better. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Oct 27, 2020
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All the Way (2016) |
While handsomely produced and well-acted, this adaptation feels a bit like a high school drama you were forced to watch in history class. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Oct 07, 2020
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The Boys in the Band (2020) |
The Boys in the Band could feel like an artifact, but Mantello and the actors give it such life that it is vital. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 25, 2020
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