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Prabhjot Bains
Tomatometer-approved critic
Prabhjot Bains is a critic and columnist based in Toronto, Canada. His love of Hollywood is only matched by his affinity for international cinema. His work can be found at Exclaim!, But Why Tho?, The Hollywood Handle, and Tilt Magazine. Find Prabhjot at @prabhjotbains96
Movies reviews only
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Borderlands (2024) |
Borderlands feels like glorified cosplay, where capable performers like Blanchett and Curtis, merely take position and feign emotion to get a nice group picture. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Aug 08, 2024
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Sing Sing (2023) |
As powerful a treatise on the correctional system as it is on the nature of performance. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted Aug 08, 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |
Deadpool & Wolverine is about as lazy as a blockbuster can get. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jul 23, 2024
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Fly Me to the Moon (2024) |
It’s clear Fly Me to the Moon relies on star power to keep it in orbit but sparkling chemistry can only go so far before its nuts and bolts come undone. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted Jul 14, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) |
It’s the rare prequel that defends its existence with earned emotion, offering us something to explore in between its moments of dread and suspense. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted Jun 28, 2024
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MaXXXine (2024) |
It’s as if MaXXXine is prepared to play the part of a Giallo but never live it, often feeling more like dress-up than anything interested in truly poking and prodding at its audiences. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Kinds of Kindness (2024) |
This tri-pronged anthology goes to grotesque lengths to communicate simple ideas, transforming them into something not only profound but oddly human. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted Jun 21, 2024
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The Bikeriders (2023) |
As it rides into the sunset, The Bikeriders reads as a pretty love letter that’s quick to seduce us but gives us little reason to stay once its true, dull colours are laid bare. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 21, 2024
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Inside Out 2 (2024) |
Inside Out 2 is the rare Pixar sequel that justifies its existence as a moving, human experience that embraces the magic of the animated form.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) |
Bad Boys: Ride or Die fails to accomplish what its earliest predecessors did best: entertain. Instead, it manifests as a film designed to be chopped up and shared on social media left to be seen on smaller and smaller screens as time drags on.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jun 04, 2024
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The Beach Boys (2024) |
Though not a definitive account of “America’s Band,” the Disney+ doc dishes up great insight into their creative process. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted May 25, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
Miller imbues Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga with a guttural, exhilarating power. His prequel is his most pure and primal expression of cinema: he distills it down to its very essence and injects it into our veins at high-octane speeds. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted May 23, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) |
It’s an experience that’s as stylistically bold as it is emotionally introspective, mining profound truths about how we consume media, how our relationships with it change over time, and how much of who we are is intrinsically tied to it. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted May 20, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
Kingdom cements itself as a strong continuation of Caesar’s trilogy, tapping into what makes the series so moving, rich in character, and ultimately, timeless. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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The Fall Guy (2024) |
David Leitch’s bonkers, self-referential actioner is a fun, albeit flawed, celebration of cinema. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted May 02, 2024
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Challengers (2024) |
Armed with a sweltering love triangle for the ages, Challengers repeatedly places the audience on a knife’s edge of sexual tension and cutthroat gamesmanship, forcing us to teeter on the half-court net until it explodes with pure, intoxicating catharsis. - RANGE Magazine
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| Posted Apr 25, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) |
Love Lies Bleeding takes wild swings that don’t always land, but when they do, Glass’ second outing fires on all cylinders—like a roaring transgressive machine. - Our Culture Mag
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| Posted Apr 03, 2024
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One Life (2023) |
For what One Life lacks in cinematic style, the riveting facts of its story, and a tear-inducing lead performance carry it through.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Spaceman (2024) |
Spaceman aims for the stars with its sci-fi concept but lacks the restraint and focus to imbue it with wonder. What remains is an overly sleepy think piece that’s easy to admire but difficult to love. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Mar 01, 2024
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) |
Despite failing to retain the staying power of Coen’s earlier efforts, Drive Away Dolls is so ludicrous and spirited that it’s not hard to find something to love along its unmoored journey.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Feb 22, 2024
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Madame Web (2024) |
Madame Web’s utter lack of originality is a testament to how corporatized and soulless it feels. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Feb 13, 2024
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Lisa Frankenstein (2024) |
While its weakest moments lean a tad too heavily on the narrative conventions of its 80s predecessors, Williams and Cody carve a bloody teen romance to die for—or in this case, to come back to life for. - Our Culture Mag
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| Posted Feb 07, 2024
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Argylle (2024) |
In attempting to deconstruct it’s “Bondian” influences with a winking, high-concept plot, it retains none of the charm and wit that made them so memorable and, most of all, enjoyable—often becoming the butt of the joke it aims to deliver. - Our Culture Mag
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| Posted Feb 05, 2024
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Orion and the Dark (2024) |
…It’s a thoughtful film that pushes both kids and adults alike to look inward at the fears that still hold sway over us and the stories we tell ourselves and loved ones to overcome them. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 29, 2024
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The Beekeeper (2024) |
It’s an action movie only in name, with the only memorable brawl likely between moviegoers vying to leave the theatre first. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 10, 2024
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The Book of Clarence (2023) |
Though Samuel’s film slightly fudges its take on religion, it can’t be accused of lacking style and energy. It’s a unique, sonorous take on the Biblical epic that not only leaves us with plenty to chew on but bouncing to a gorgeous beat while doing so. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Jan 10, 2024
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Ferrari (2023) |
For as fast as the cars go, Ferrari seldom moves us.
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| Posted Dec 25, 2023
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Dunki (2023) |
Though Dunki is mawkish and overly sentimental—sometimes to its detriment—it wears such monikers as badges of honour. Throughout each of its 160 minutes, Dunki’s heart remains true... - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Dec 23, 2023
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Migration (2023) |
Its story about facing the unknown unfolds as a cruel irony—preaching the importance of escaping one’s comfort zone while strictly adhering to a safe narrative formula. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Dec 20, 2023
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The Boys in the Boat (2023) |
What makes The Boys in the Boat all the more frustrating is that it’s helmed by a director who has never failed to inject intrigue into his period pieces, even when they don’t completely gel...
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Dec 15, 2023
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The Iron Claw (2023) |
It’s the year’s most honest film, deeply sincere in its characters, melancholy, and, above all, humanity, as it navigates both the burden and beauty of familial expectations...An essential entry in the canon of American tragedies. - The Hollywood Handle
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| Posted Dec 12, 2023
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Poor Things (2023) |
It’s a cinematic tour de force...unfolding like a phantasmagorical sex odyssey that challenges the ways in which we view the dynamics of intercourse, relationships, and decorum. All the while feasting on every emotion available in the spectrum. - Our Culture Mag
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| Posted Dec 07, 2023
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Leave the World Behind (2023) |
While Leave the World Behind can be too on-the-nose at times, it never fails to be an engrossing and chilling look at a doomsday that we can’t help but catapult ourselves towards. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Nov 24, 2023
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Napoleon (2023) |
Many elements of Napoleon are immensely captivating but don’t coalesce in a way that stays with us —unlike the man and the myth it seeks to capture.
- But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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The Killer (2023) |
The Killer is an incredibly nuanced and introspective feature that would be among the cream of any other film catalogue....Fincher proves himself to be one of the most exciting, observant, and oddly human filmmakers working today. - But Why Tho? A Geek Community
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| Posted Nov 06, 2023
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Priscilla (2023) |
Coppola’s screenplay lags in its last act...Nonetheless, Priscilla is a ravishing tale of a doomed romance, and though it will divide fans of the King, it’s an important look at a figure who’s long been denied a voice of her own. - The Hollywood Handle
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| Posted Nov 04, 2023
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Hustle (2022) |
While it’s no masterpiece, Hustle is an assured return to form for the sports drama, as it repeatedly lands the emotional blows it sets up. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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The Gray Man (2022) |
Netflix’s The Gray Man is its Most Expensive and Emptiest Star Vehicle - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) |
it unfortunately runs the original story through the Hollywood machine, rendering it a surface-level and boilerplate experience that dilutes the emotional profundity of its source material. All the while being a borderline unbearable snooze fest. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Bullet Train (2022) |
Bullet Train’s driving engine quickly loses steam. Its runtime is never justified, especially when it chooses to prioritize odd tangents over cogent and streamlined storytelling.
- Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Laal Singh Chaddha (2022) |
Like a box of “Gol Gappe” Laal Singh Chaddha adds a depth of flavour to what might otherwise have been an uninspired adaptation. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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The Silent Twins (2022) |
Heart-breaking on the surface but utterly boring where it counts. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Emily (2022) |
Frances O’Connor’s stunning debut finds poignant truths in speculation. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Kacchey Limbu (2022) |
Shubham Yogi’s feature debut undercooks both the sports and the drama - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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The Menu (2022) |
The Menu perfectly and sharply captures the milieu of this fine dining world with a scathing takedown of the condescension and pretension that fuels it. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Aftersun (2022) |
Charlotte Wells’ picture-perfect debut visually epitomizes the heart-wrenching processes of memory. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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My Policeman (2022) |
Michael Grandage’s gay romance is a heartbreaking delight, even though it won’t win Harry Styles an Oscar. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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The Good Nurse (2022) |
The Good Nurse is an Achingly Dull Foray into Medical Malpractice - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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The Whale (2022) |
It’s Aronofsky’s most blunt and uninspired work yet— an indulgent and strident slice of misery porn that rides a wave of unearned emotion to its underwhelming conclusion.
- Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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Prisoner's Daughter (2022) |
A family drama that lacks a fundamental understanding of drama. - Tilt Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2023
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