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Reuben Baron
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) |
If you've seen A Quiet Place and you've seen Pig, imagine a pretty good combination of those two films and you'll find Day One will meet expectations. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Inside Out 2 (2024) |
If I had a nickel for every time I reviewed a good-but-not-great 2024 sequel to a flat-out amazing 2015 film, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jun 12, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a good movie that has either the fortune or the misfortune of existing as a prequel to a nearly perfect movie. - Looper.com
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| Posted May 21, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) |
Watching I Saw the TV Glow, the new horror-drama from writer-director Jane Schoenbrun, recalls nothing less than the experience of watching Donnie Darko for the first time. - Looper.com
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| Posted May 01, 2024
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Civil War (2024) |
Intellectually distinct from our reality but capable of visceral disturbance, the film manages to uncover significant elements of truth despite the worldbuilding not entirely making sense. - Looper.com
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| Posted Apr 09, 2024
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Road House (2024) |
Ignoring the behind-the-scenes drama, it's not a movie to get angry about, but it's a movie that barely exists. - Looper.com
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| Posted Mar 14, 2024
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) |
If you want a stupid, violent, semi-retro lesbian sex comedy that's actually funny, just watch (or rewatch) Bottoms instead. - Looper.com
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| Posted Feb 21, 2024
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Dune: Part Two (2024) |
Dune: Part Two is as huge an improvement upon its predecessor as The Dark Knight was to Batman Begins. - Looper.com
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| Posted Feb 21, 2024
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Ponyboi (2024) |
With Ponyboi, Gallo has taken a familiar genre and enlivened it with a story both groundbreaking and deeply personal. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 26, 2024
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Stress Positions (2024) |
Almost everything fascinating, funny, and frustrating about the film stems from its focus on people who might affectionately be referred to as “disaster gays” if any of them warranted any affection. - AwardsWatch
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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Sujo (2024) |
Often we see stories about the drug war to be told in a dramatic and violent fashion, but Sujo strenuously avoids sensationalism. - AwardsWatch
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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Handling the Undead (2024) |
This is the zombie movie as austere, meditative art cinema, centered around the question of how the revival of the recently deceased would impact the grieving processes of the living. - AwardsWatch
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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Love Me (2024) |
If this was a short film, I might have loved it. Alas, the full-length Love Me is something of a failed experiment, one that makes you appreciate just what miracle movies WALL-E and Her really are. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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Night Swim (2024) |
You can safely skip this. Who wants to go to the pool in January? - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 04, 2024
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American Fiction (2023) |
American Fiction isn't just decrying how books and movies reduce the Black experience to slavery, poverty, crime, and police violence — it's leading by example in showing there's a wide variety of other stories to be told. - Looper.com
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| Posted Dec 20, 2023
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Wonka (2023) |
You WILL feel the whimsy - Looper.com
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| Posted Dec 05, 2023
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Godzilla Minus One (2023) |
The exact sort of scary, inspiring, super entertaining large-scale popcorn movie we've been missing this season. - Looper.com
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| Posted Nov 22, 2023
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Dream Scenario (2023) |
My ultimate issue with the movie is that I just don't have much reason to care about Paul being "canceled." - Looper.com
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| Posted Nov 10, 2023
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The Marvels (2023) |
The Marvels is neither the best nor the worst MCU film, but it may very well be the most theme park-like. - Looper.com
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| Posted Nov 08, 2023
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023) |
One thing that's a constant is that as detailed and involved as the murder investigation and courtroom procedural is, it's the family story that sticks with you the most — well, that and the 50 Cent song stuck in your head. - Looper.com
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| Posted Oct 13, 2023
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Dicks: The Musical (2023) |
So congratulations to Larry Charles, Jackson, and Sharp: They've made the exact film they were aiming to make. Some people will love it, others will hate it, but it is what it is. - Looper.com
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| Posted Oct 06, 2023
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Hit Man (2023) |
It's the exact sort of movie you'll want to tell all your friends about and watch it again with them. - Looper.com
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| Posted Sep 16, 2023
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The Peasants (2023) |
The existence of The Peasants is a net good for humanity... I just wish the film itself was as thoroughly impressive as the circumstances surrounding its creation. - Looper.com
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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Next Goal Wins (2023) |
Fortunately, it's still a really funny movie with enough of a distinct cultural perspective to make something interesting out of its formulaic story. - Looper.com
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| Posted Sep 14, 2023
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The Boy and the Heron (2023) |
Even if it's not Miyazaki's swan song, this movie sure knows that birds are cool. - Looper.com
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| Posted Sep 10, 2023
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Bottoms (2023) |
[Bottoms] further establishes Seligman as a director who should be on the radar of any moviegoers who care about comedy and queer cinema. - Looper.com
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| Posted Aug 21, 2023
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Detention (2019) |
Detention isn't exactly a great movie, but it's the only video game adaptation to set its sights on greatness. - CBR
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| Posted Aug 10, 2023
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Problemista (2023) |
Torres' depiction of his character's transformation is a crowd-pleasing comedic highpoint that solidifies an already funny film as a winner. - Looper.com
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| Posted Aug 01, 2023
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) |
An enjoyable hour and a half with some great action and just enough cleverness to keep its not-particularly-original story engaging. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jul 27, 2023
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Oppenheimer (2023) |
Nolan is a director who knows how to hold an audience's attention, whether it's in a bomb test or a political hearing. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jul 19, 2023
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Nimona (2023) |
It's cool in a way most kids' films aren't. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jun 17, 2023
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Stan Lee (2023) |
Considering the limitations that it's working within, Gelb's Stan Lee is a beautifully produced film that offers a good look at the most celebrated part of its subject's career. But it's far from the full story. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jun 13, 2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
Sony Pictures Animation is two-thirds of the way to having one of the best movie trilogies of all time. - Looper.com
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| Posted May 31, 2023
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May December (2023) |
[While] included in the prestigious Official Competition section, May December has the heart of a midnight movie. - Looper.com
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| Posted May 23, 2023
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The Zone of Interest (2023) |
[The] very thing that makes the film's message so pointed is the same thing I find myself struggling with as a viewer: the cinema of intentional boredom. - Looper.com
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| Posted May 23, 2023
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Monster (2023) |
Perhaps the highest praise I can give Monster: even with all of its emotional pain, I absolutely want to watch it a second time to see how having the full perspective shifts the experience. - Looper.com
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| Posted May 19, 2023
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Sisu (2022) |
A truly accurate representation of the experience probably wouldn't be written in complete sentences but rather in a series of impassioned grunts and laughter... ultimately leading to a conclusion of "Bro, that was sick!" - Looper.com
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| Posted Apr 24, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) |
It's as easy to admire the incredible artistic effort that went into the film as it is to never want to watch it ever again. - Looper.com
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Suzume (2022) |
Suzume is an extremely busy film, and it takes a while for its real thematic thrust to come into focus. Once it becomes clear, however, it proves to be perhaps Shinkai's most powerful meditation on grief, hope, family, and perseverance. - Looper.com
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| Posted Apr 11, 2023
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
While my critic brain found fault with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, I must confess that my nerd brain had a really good time with a lot of it. - Looper.com
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| Posted Apr 04, 2023
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The Five Devils (2022) |
There's a lot going on and it's generally handled at least adequately but not much really excels. - Looper.com
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| Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Blue Thermal (2022) |
It's not as if there's much that's actively bad about the movie, and a likable protagonist goes a long way towards keeping things breezy and enjoyable, but its pleasures are mild, and the experience of watching it is almost instantly forgettable. - Anime News Network
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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65 (2023) |
Either the best or worst thing you can say about it is that it's a stinker so generic that you'll barely even remember the odor after it passes. - Looper.com
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023) |
It doesn’t demand to be seen in theaters, but as a “TV movie” it’s a perfectly fine watch if you’re already onboard with the series. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Attachment (2022) |
Though neither the flashiest nor the scariest horror movie, its morally and emotionally complex character relationships and resonant themes prove subtly unnerving and offer a lot to think about. - Looper.com
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| Posted Feb 06, 2023
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Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023) |
Sadly, the film ends up failing on both dramatic and comedic levels. It's heartbreaking to see a story start off with so much potential, only to waste it by the time the conclusion rolls around. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 30, 2023
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My Animal (2023) |
There's definitely a built-in audience for this smart and sexy film. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 30, 2023
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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023) |
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt sometimes plays like the world's most beautiful stimming video. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 27, 2023
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Infinity Pool (2023) |
Even those who are captivated will be split on how much it actually amounts to anything meaningful. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 24, 2023
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Polite Society (2023) |
It has exciting action, clever comedic dialogue, a strong ensemble of actors, and solid production values, all adding up to a very good time at the movies. - Looper.com
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| Posted Jan 23, 2023
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