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Walker MacMurdo
Walker MacMurdo's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Movies reviews only
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The Hero (2017) |
By never challenging the terms of Hayden's self-imposed misery, The Hero never resolves whether Hayden needs a second chance when he, perhaps, had a very good first one. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Jun 21, 2017
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Ghost in the Shell (2017) |
The action is a blurry mess of jump cuts and extraordinarily annoying slo-mo flips [but] director Rupert Sanders has created one of the most overwhelming visual worlds in recent memory. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Apr 13, 2017
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Raw (2016) |
Marillier seamlessly transitions from cloistered nerd to hypersexed party wastrel, playing her discovery that she's a beautiful young woman who's too smart for her own good with the squirmy, frantic energy of a real-life teenager. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Mar 29, 2017
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) |
What begins as a novel spin on the claustrophobic thriller takes a turn for the familiar about halfway through, but strong performances, lean exposition and tight camera work keep indie-horror rising star Andr vredal's new feature compelling. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Mar 01, 2017
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Get Out (2017) |
What emerges, with nods to the absurdist anxiety of Rosemary's Baby and the existential terror of Michael Haneke is a tightly wound, viciously funny comment on the quotidian horror of life in black America. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Mar 01, 2017
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Logan (2017) |
Despite tonal missteps, a major one serving as the film's transition to the third act, Logan is a thinking man's superhero flick: the best "gritty" offering we've had since The Dark Knight Returns. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Mar 01, 2017
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Aloys (2016) |
Director Tobias Nlle's pretty camera work can't save this film from being an utter chore. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 27, 2017
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I am not your negro (2016) |
Peck's masterful presentation of Baldwin's ideas lets the audience "see" America through his eyes, making his case intellectually and emotionally. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 09, 2017
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Yourself and Yours (2016) |
Although Lee Yoo-young's subdued performance as the film's lead is compelling, even Joe Swanberg completionists will struggle to find insights here. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 08, 2017
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Hedi (2016) |
Majd Mastoura gives a masterful performance in Mohamed Ben Attia's commentary on a rapidly changing Tunisia that forces people to choose between family and happiness. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 08, 2017
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xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) |
Thankfully, it avoids tonal pitfalls with a good dose of 2016 post-irony, ramping up the extremity to a scale so ludicrous and grating -- neon-splattered title cards introduce many of the film's minor characters -- that it's clearly tongue-in-cheek. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Jan 25, 2017
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Silence (2016) |
Scorsese overplays his hand, and Silence ends, 30 minutes late, on the exact syrupy note you expect it to. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Jan 12, 2017
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Elle (2016) |
Verhoeven and Huppert have crafted a grimly humorous but life-affirming portrait of strength and survivorship. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Jan 11, 2017
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No Pay, Nudity (2016) |
No Pay, Nudity is a good example of why studio executives don't want to throw money at pictures in which not much happens: If they aren't very good, they tend to be very dull. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Dec 14, 2016
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) |
The performances in this film are among the best the franchise has seen. This isn't a film of supermen. It's one of everyday people trying to justify, morally and practically, their roles in the struggles against an overwhelming, evil adversary. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Dec 14, 2016
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Bad Santa 2 (2016) |
Quietly, Thornton is an excellent comic, and writer Shauna Cross wisely gives him the film's best material to laugh-out-loud effect.. [But] film also suffers from a robust case of sequelitis. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Nov 23, 2016
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The Pearl (2016) |
The Pearl isn't some late-night infomercial selling transgender rights to an uneducated audience. It simply wishes to show trans humanity. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Nov 10, 2016
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From Afar (2015) |
Perhaps this film requires a deeper understanding of Latin American queerness than this reviewer possesses, but From Afar watches like an intimate film that lacks intimacy. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Oct 26, 2016
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The Handmaiden (2016) |
The Handmaiden is an undeniably lush, meticulously constructed film whose celebration of perversity is among the most artful you'll see. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Oct 26, 2016
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White Girl (2016) |
When White Girl isn't dressing up as a morality play, it sharply confronts the social and political anxieties of the most idealistic generation in generations. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Oct 12, 2016
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The Birth of a Nation (2016) |
Nation is a big, difficult, still important mess. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Oct 05, 2016
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