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Kate Sánchez
Tomatometer-approved critic
After receiving an MA studying the anthropology of popular culture, I decided academia wasn't for me. I turned to podcasting to review television, movies, and explain why different facets of popular culture matter. After a year of podcasting, I turned to writing out my reviews and quickly made press lists to review films. Not only to I review films, but I analyze their impact and attempt to see beyond my own genre biases.
Movies reviews only
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The Instigators (2024) |
The Investigators is fine to spend time with if you already have AppleTV+, but it's not a film that warrants a big screen. Even if the cast list screams that it does. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Aug 02, 2024
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Cuckoo (2024) |
Cuckoo is a testament to doing a lot with a little and the enduring power of the uncanny valley.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Aug 02, 2024
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Blue Period (2024) |
Coming of age isn’t easy; it’s lonely and scary. Taking a step toward your future is the same as well. All of that is captured in this adaptation. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jul 22, 2024
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Look Back (2024) |
Look Back tackles sentiments of inferiority, depression, and friendship. It also looks at grief and surviving after it in a nuanced way that punches beyond its 58-minute run time. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jul 21, 2024
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Twisters (2024) |
A sequel rarely captures the electricity of the original, but Twisters does. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jul 17, 2024
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Longlegs (2024) |
An FBI thriller that replicates moments of genre history, it pivots into hellish occult that makes it something special. Longlegs is a deeply unsettling experience from beginning to end. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Trigger Warning (2024) |
Trigger Warning (2024) isn’t the best action film I’ve seen this year, but it is more than a serviceable attempt for folks looking for revenge stories with compelling leads.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 24, 2024
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Ultraman: Rising (2024) |
Ultraman: Rising is easily the best-animated film of the year, and I don’t know if anything will surpass its emotional depth and artistic beauty. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 18, 2024
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The Imaginary (2023) |
The Imaginary’s depth of emotional exploration is a must-watch for all ages. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 15, 2024
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The Watchers (2024) |
Despite its third-act faults, The Watchers (2024) makes for good folk horror but even better theater horror.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 08, 2024
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Atlas (2024) |
Atlas is pretty to look at, and Jennifer Lopez continues her run as a very competent action star, but with a clunky narrative, you can tell that it wants to be an anime very, very badly. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted May 27, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
I envy any person who gets to have Furiosa: A Mad Max Story as their entry point into the franchise.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted May 24, 2024
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Boy Kills World (2023) |
I have absolutely no way to describe this bonkers movie. It’s bloody and violent and, at many times, erratically incoherent... but for those action fans looking for the next “what the hell” movie to watch, Boy Kills World fits the bill. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Apr 25, 2024
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City Hunter (2024) |
If you’re even slightly against playboy characters, this might not be for you. But if you’re all in on a seemingly horrible guy with a real heart of gold and badass action sequences, then City Hunter is ace. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Apr 25, 2024
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Spy x Family Code: White (2023) |
While Spy x Family Season 2 felt too derivative of the first season, the feature film has reinvigorated my love of the Forger family. Spy x Family Code White gets five Stella stars... - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Apr 17, 2024
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Challengers (2024) |
Skillfully directed, fantastically paced, and expertly acted, Challengers only stumbles when you remember what you were sold a ticket for. Once you’re over that hurdle, it’s a sumptuous take on romance and sport... - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Apr 12, 2024
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Problemista (2023) |
Problemista is simple and weird. It’s whimsical and authentic. The film feels like Julio Torres is letting us into his life. Alejandro is an autobiographical character in many ways, but not just for Torres.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 27, 2024
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Late Night with the Devil (2023) |
Another horror jewel in David Dastmalchian’s crown, this film is unlike anything you’ve seen and worth watching on the biggest screen. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 19, 2024
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Birdeater (2023) |
Birdeater’s shocking finale leaves everything open to interpretation. Jack Clark and Jim Weir task the audience to decide on the story’s end.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 19, 2024
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It's What's Inside (2024) |
A fantastic film, a perfect Midnighter, and a new take on a party game all in one, It’s What’s Inside is one you have to watch the moment it releases.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 18, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) |
I Saw The TV Glow has the legs to be a cult classic in the vein of the television series it immortalizes through The Pink Opaque.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 17, 2024
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The Idea of You (2024) |
A stellar rom-com that challenges what audiences think about what “coming of age” can mean, The Idea of You shows why we need more romantic comedies in every way. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 17, 2024
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Immaculate (2024) |
Decadent and beautiful, Immaculate doesn't reimagine religious horror, but it does walk the well-trodden path with a head held high. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 16, 2024
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Civil War (2024) |
By choosing to come into the Civil War at the end of it, Alex Garland boldly chooses to simply use the War as a backdrop and let his characters carry his pro-journalist message loud and clear.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Música (2024) |
Rudy Mancuso is a phenomenal talent. In Música, his ability to create art from noise is unparalleled. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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The Fall Guy (2024) |
The Fall Guy isn’t just a love letter to stunts, it’s a whole damn book.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 13, 2024
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Hail Mary (2023) |
Despite its smaller budget for effects work, the heart of this retelling of a religious corner-stone packs a punch. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 13, 2024
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Monkey Man (2024) |
Whether breaking bones or screaming in pain, Dev Patel has shown his physicality and depth. Monkey Man demands your attention, and Patel deserves it.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 12, 2024
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Y2K (2024) |
For the Zoomers and tail-end millennials without concrete memories of the time to hold onto, Y2K is a movie that will capture what they idolize about the time period.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 11, 2024
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Sing Sing (2023) |
In a landscape that refuses to see these men and their stories as anything but their trauma, Sing Sing tells us of their joy. The film breaks your heart and rebuilds it stronger than before. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 10, 2024
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Fitting In (2023) |
As Lindy, Ziegler delivers a powerful performance and one that shows audiences that her career is just starting. Intimate and empathetic, Fitting In is a lot more than it appears, and that's what makes it great. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Feb 01, 2024
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Black Box Diaries (2024) |
Powerful, somber, and with just the right amount of hope, Black Box Diaries is one of the most stunning uses of documentary filmmaking as a storytelling mechanism I have ever seen.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 29, 2024
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Kidnapping Inc. (2024) |
On the whole, though, Kidnapping Inc. is the type of off-color humor action movie that works perfectly for a Midnight film at a festival...regardless of its hiccups. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 27, 2024
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Love Me (2024) |
Love Me (2024) is interesting, to say the least. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 27, 2024
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In the Summers (2024) |
In The Summers is a painfully perfect film about the anguish loving your family can cause. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 27, 2024
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Badland Hunters (2024) |
Badland Hunters isn’t high art, but it is rip-roaring fun that gets bigger and louder with each subsequent act. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Miller's Girl (2024) |
It’s just boring. And in a film aimed at pushing buttons, you absolutely can’t be boring. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 26, 2024
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In a Violent Nature (2024) |
When In A Violent Nature is firing, it does so on all cylinders... However, with a stalled pace and dialogue that sometimes runs too long, the film is better in concept than execution. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) |
Love Lies Bleeding is a carnal love story that allows its women to be hammers of retribution. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024) |
The film could have been seen as a sharp critique of respectability politics. Instead, it’s an empty presentation of them. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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A Real Pain (2024) |
A Real Pain will stay with those who carry their family’s trauma buried underneath their own weeping. Not because you’re sad but because it’s a mirror at times... Not all pain is equal, but it doesn’t stop any of it from being there. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 21, 2024
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Handling the Undead (2024) |
Handling the Dead is a horror film, but it’s one that invests time in how terrifying and unsettling grief can be.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 21, 2024
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10 Lives (2024) |
With a cast filled with charisma and voice performances that really stick the landing, 10 Lives is a wonderful tale for families.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 21, 2024
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The Outrun (2024) |
The weight of addiction is clear throughout [The Outrun], but so is the understanding that you can actually make it through the pain. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 20, 2024
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Freaky Tales (2024) |
Freaky Tales is a triumph of genre cinema. It’s loud, brash, hilarious, and packed with satisfying action. Plus, who doesn’t want to watch skinheads lose over and over and over again? - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 20, 2024
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Your Monster (2024) |
Your Monster is a weird, dark, and fantastical tale. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 19, 2024
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Mean Girls (2024) |
While Mean Girls 2024’s story and its songs are great, it’s the work that the cast puts in that makes the musical film extraordinary.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 10, 2024
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Self Reliance (2023) |
Self Reliance is somehow a lot and nothing at all. Some moments earn belly laughs, but others craft more confusion. At times, it really does feel like its all just words being hurled at the audience without a clear vision on where to go. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 08, 2024
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Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023) |
At its core, Noryang: Deadly Sea embodies a war epic in absolutely every sense of the genre. When viewed with the rest of the trilogy, Kim Han-min has captured the mythic proportions of Yi Sun-sin’s naval prowess.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 06, 2024
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Night Swim (2024) |
Night Swim is a good showing for theater horror in 2024, and that’s thanks to Wyatt Russell. It may not keep you out of the pool at night indefinitely, but it will test your anxiety around water for 90 minutes. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 04, 2024
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