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Megan McLachlan
Tomatometer-approved critic
Megan McLachlan is a freelance writer that lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, The Cut, Paste, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thrillist, and The Washington Post. She can be heard weekly on Awards Daily's Water Cooler Podcast, which covers the Emmys, pop culture, and more. Follow her on Twitter at @heydudemeg.
Movies reviews only
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Sorry/Not Sorry (2023) |
What’s most illuminating about this documentary isn’t what C.K. did—which is both disgusting and degrading to the victims and himself—but what people around him didn’t do. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Jul 26, 2024
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The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane (2024) |
Struggling to remember this particular news story? That’s an underlying point of this gripping documentary, that Millane’s murder sounds like so many other tragedies of “women doing things alone." [...] Coan’s doc reveals itself like a horror film. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Mar 29, 2024
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The Woman King (2022) |
The Woman King made me think of classic films like Spartacus and how they don’t make movies like this anymore. Then it also made me realize that they’ve never made movies like this for women of color, [. . .] a fresh take on a classic historical epic. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 14, 2022
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Queenpins (2021) |
While sometimes a bit too on-the-nose with its metaphors [. . .], the script works because of how much Gaudet and Pullapilly care about their characters, which comes through in the performances from the cast as well. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Sep 09, 2021
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Just Mercy (2019) |
Naturally, with heavy-hitters like Jordan and Foxx, one would think this would be these two going head to head in every scene, but there are two supporting players who are scene-stealers. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 05, 2019
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) |
Hanks truly astounds in this performance. We're so used to seeing him in parts where he dominates every scene. Here, he takes a backseat (well, maybe a passenger seat). - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 05, 2019
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Waves (2019) |
Waves stands on its own as a thoughtful study into a devastating family dynamic. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 05, 2019
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Clemency (2019) |
It's hard to imagine someone else playing Bernadine Williams, since Woodard has always been a master of reserved tension, and this film is definitely a showcase for that skill. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 05, 2019
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Knives Out (2019) |
With rich-families-in-crisis shows like 'Succession' becoming phenomenons, this film has potential to make a big splash at the box office. And it's good, too, which is always something. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 05, 2019
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The Report (2019) |
Continuing his streak of one helluva movie year, Adam Driver truly delivers a powerhouse performance in 'The Report', written and directed by Scott Z. Burns. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Nov 05, 2019
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7 Days in Hell (2015) |
It's a creative take on sports documentaries and the bombastic nature in which commentators speak about historic games. And you don't even need to love tennis to appreciate it. - Awards Daily
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| Posted Aug 06, 2019
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