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Charles Solomon
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Blue Lock the Movie -Episode Nagi- (2024) |
I guess if you like soccer a lot, you'll have a good time with it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jul 13, 2024
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Despicable Me 4 (2024) |
The well is clearly running pretty dry. You've seen everything in this before. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jul 13, 2024
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Taking Venice (2024) |
It's frenetic without telling you anything really that fascinating. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 14, 2024
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The Beach Boys (2024) |
There are some things they really don't deal with... But you'll have Beach Boys songs playing in your skull for the rest of the week, and there was a lot I didn't know, not being a rock 'n' roll fan. A good film, no question. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 14, 2024
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HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle (2024) |
It's very much your standard issue "anime sports story," but it delivers on it. If you enjoy volleyball, you will have a lot of fun with it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 14, 2024
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The Garfield Movie (2024) |
This film is so bad, it doesn't have a credit crawl at the end of it -- it has a rap sheet. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 14, 2024
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Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024) |
Excruciating. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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City Hunter (2024) |
A cheesy crime action-drama with some comedy thrown in. What's most interesting about it is how backward these characters are and how different Japanese attitudes are from ours. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) |
The scenes aren't contributing to the story, so you have a film that is simultaneously frantic and slow. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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Tiger (2024) |
The tigers are gorgeous. It's a beautiful film, and you want to go out and protect them after you've seen it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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Spy x Family Code: White (2023) |
It never seems to know where it's going. Fans of the show I'm sure will adore it, but if you don't know the series already you'll probably find yourself lost. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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The End of Evangelion (1997) |
It's quite spectacular and one of the weirdest films you will ever see... The only thing I can compare it to is animated schizophrenia. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Mar 23, 2024
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024) |
If you're a fan of the series and know what's going on, you'll have a great time seeing it on the big screen. If you're unfamiliar with the series, then you're going to be somewhat lost. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Mar 23, 2024
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The Tiger's Apprentice (2024) |
A perfectly competent, low-budget animated film, but a lot of it you've felt like you've seen before... Not a bad film, but nothing exceptional about it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Feb 13, 2024
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Paprika (2006) |
Even the title sequence alone reminds you just how brilliant Kon was at shifting between reality and fantasy. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Feb 13, 2024
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Orion and the Dark (2024) |
It talks and it talks and it talks. There's just not an original idea in it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Feb 13, 2024
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Maboroshi (2023) |
The storyline is a little more convoluted than it needs to be and the film is a little longer than it needs to be, but that image of a life that just continues so drearily and endlessly without any change is quite chilling. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Feb 01, 2024
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Time Bomb Y2K (2023) |
You know nothing happened, so it becomes kind of like documenting those periodic fundamentalist revivals where they announced that the world would end at such-and-such time... It's like trying to build up suspense when you know there's no murder. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 06, 2024
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Migration (2023) |
This is not the worst animated film of the year, but it is the biggest disappointment. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jan 06, 2024
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The Canterville Ghost (2023) |
It never shuts up and the animation is very limited. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 12, 2023
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The Peasants (2023) |
Devoid of sustenance, savor, flavor, or pleasure. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 12, 2023
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (2023) |
You just wonder if you're going to do something that this beloved and popular, why wouldn't you do it first-rate? - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 11, 2023
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) |
I don't know if it's the greatest film Aardman's ever made, but it's lots of fun and has that British silliness you don't get anywhere else. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Dec 11, 2023
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They Shot the Piano Player (2023) |
This film has two problems: If they shot this in live action, it would be so much more effective... [And] it's at least a half an hour too long. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 29, 2023
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The Boy and the Heron (2023) |
This is by orders of magnitude the best animated film of the year. It's Miyazaki with all of his powers intact. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 29, 2023
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Wish (2023) |
If you put a bunch of executives in a room and told them to put out a list of what elements you have to have in a Disney feature, this is what you'd get. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 29, 2023
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Leo (2023) |
There's something worse than Adam Sandler trying to be funny -- it's Adam Sandler trying to be touching. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 29, 2023
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Trolls Band Together (2023) |
This is the third installment of the Trolls franchise, so it's not surprising that it has all the individuality and inspiration of a Big Mac. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 29, 2023
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Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning (2023) |
It carries an excellent message to kids: you've got to put away your devices and talk to each other directly. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 29, 2023
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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022) |
While it's not a perfect film, it's a very interesting one. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 29, 2023
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My Love Affair with Marriage (2022) |
The filmmaking is still interesting... But "Rocks in My Pocket" was more focused and much more powerful. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 01, 2023
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The Mission (2023) |
I spent most of the film wanting to slap him silly... I was completely infuriated [by the subject]. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Nov 01, 2023
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Into the Weeds (2022) |
Very powerful. The problem is that it also rambles... If you were to cut it down a bit, it would make it stronger. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 21, 2023
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023) |
Like it's predecessor, this is a great big commercial disguised as a not very good animated feature. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 21, 2023
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The Inventor (2023) |
The biggest problem is the story. Although I think of Capobianco as a very talented story man, this just rambles, fumbles and stumbles its way along. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) |
A flower on the grave of all the children who have died needlessly in war. It is eloquent, moving, and beautiful. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Sep 07, 2023
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The Monkey King (2023) |
It's not particularly well-designed or animated... There's nothing new here. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Sep 07, 2023
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Aurora's Sunrise (2022) |
The animation is adequate... It's an interesting film but has its flaws. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Sep 07, 2023
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Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (2023) |
This is very odd, very trite, and bad to the point of being offensive in places. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Aug 17, 2023
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Justice League: Warworld (2023) |
I found this odd. It takes three DC heroes and plops them into alien environments where they don't necessarily function terribly well. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Aug 17, 2023
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The First Slam Dunk (2022) |
Complicated emotionally and very exciting visually. I really enjoyed it, and I think basketball fans will get off on it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Aug 11, 2023
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) |
I've seen all of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, and this is the best of them by lightyears... Anyone who likes these characters is going to have a ball with it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Aug 11, 2023
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In the Company of Rose (2022) |
A very engaging and interesting doc. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jul 21, 2023
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Nimona (2023) |
A very interesting but frustrating film because parts of it are so good... The visuals in the film are so strong they can carry it. I just wish they hadn't talked us to death. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jul 21, 2023
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) |
To call this "derivative" would be kind. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jul 21, 2023
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Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King (2023) |
It's basically one long battle...If you haven't been following [Black Clover] you will probably be lost, but for anime fans, this pulls out all the stops. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 28, 2023
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022) |
It's not all it could be and not what you expect from a Keiichi Hara film. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 28, 2023
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Stan Lee (2023) |
It starts to feel a little "product placement," but if you love Stan Lee you will be ecstatic. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 28, 2023
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Elemental (2023) |
A good, B+ Pixar movie. All the elements are there for a great film, but they just need some rejiggering, reconfiguring, and trimming. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 28, 2023
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Americonned (2022) |
I found this to be a very frustrating film because I agreed with pretty much everything it was saying, but it didn't say it terribly well. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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| Posted Jun 13, 2023
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