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Wesley Lovell
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies have always been a passion for me. Even when I was a child, I wanted to see movies that my grandparents wouldn't want me to see. Everything changed for me in 1990 when I sat down to watch the Academy Awards for the first time. I had a personal favorite going into the race and knew little to nothing about the awards themselves. Against odds that I was not aware of then, Driving Miss Daisy took home the trophy for Best Picture. I was ecstatic and it became my personal mission to study the Academy Awards and become a first rate prognosticator. In 1996, I founded The Oscar Guy, my personal website for the Academy Awards. Over time as I finished my studies in film, I began writing reviews in order to embellish my site. In 1997, I joined the Online Film Critics Society and have been a proud member ever since. In 2006, I was elected a governor of the Online Film Critics Society and am working on a number of projects that I feel will bring further prestige to the organization.
There are many movies that I enjoy but among my most beloved are Sunrise, Schindler's List, Citizen Kane, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Springfield, Missouri, USA
Movies reviews only
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) |
Ascetic monks and hermits. These are probably the only two types of people who have never heard of Star Wars. For everyone else, it’s something of a right of passage. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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American Fiction (2023) |
American Fiction specifically looks at the kind of literature that panders to its white audience while providing an unrealistic depiction of the myriad obstacles Black Americans face. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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Strange Way of Life (2023) |
Foreign cinema often gave queer topics and queer stories more nuanced representation than American cinema. Strange Way of Life is Pedro Almodóvar’s latest in queer cinema and while it’s a well worn story, the gay perspective is a fascinating twist. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
Superhero films suffer significantly from the law of diminishing returns as sequels strain to be better than their predecessors. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse stands out as the antithesis of this notion... - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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Trolls Band Together (2023) |
Family is a recurring theme in the Trolls series of animated films and Trolls Band Together gives you a double dose of such adventures. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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Godzilla Minus One (2023) |
One year shy of its 70th anniversary, Godzilla makes a return to the big screen with a Tojo effort that makes the American renditions look like drive-in disasters in Godzilla Minus One. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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2024 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation (2024) |
This year’s nominated short films are a disappointing batch with a few gems mixed in. The topical ones are a bit boring while the most interesting are the least political, a rarity in short films. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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2024 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action (2024) |
This year’s nominated short films are a disappointing batch with a few gems mixed in. The topical ones are a bit boring while the most interesting are the least political, a rarity in short films. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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2024 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary (2024) |
This year’s nominated short films are a disappointing batch with a few gems mixed in. The topical ones are a bit boring while the most interesting are the least political, a rarity in short films. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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All of Us Strangers (2023) |
Grief can be a powerful emotion that lingers long after the loss that spawned it. All of Us Strangers explores how regret colors one’s memories and allows one to fantasize about what might have been. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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Poor Things (2023) |
Life is strange and then there’s Poor Things. Set in a steampunk world of Victorian custom, Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) learns to experience life in her own way even if it grates against societal norms. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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The Boy and the Heron (2023) |
Japanese culture and spiritually have always provided a potent well from which Miyazaki draws his filmic inspiration. Boy and the Heron is no different and returns him to the fantastical roots that made Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke such successes. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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Oppenheimer (2023) |
As increasing tensions with Russia rise once again, it seems fitting that "Oppenheimer" sets forth the events that led to those initial tensions in aftermath of World War II. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Apr 07, 2024
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Ten Little Indians (1987) |
Regardless of the literalities of linguistic usage, remaining faithful to the text is brilliantly handled. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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Ten Little Indians (1989) |
For their part, Vaccaro and Lom do solid work and Pleasance is credible, but the rest of the cast range from forgettable (Maur Thorp) to terrible (Stallone). - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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Death on the Nile (1978) |
For fans of the novel, there are a few changes, but none that overwhelm the essence of the story, allowing viewers to take a trip on the Nile with the world-famous sleuth and his inimitable talents. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) |
While it has its flaws, much of that is wonderfully lambasted by the audience participation, which has grown and adapted with each generation adding something and making this multi-generational experience one that you won’t soon forget. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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Barbie (2023) |
"Barbie" does exactly what the doll itself was intended to do. It acts as a beacon to young women telling them that they can achieve greatness and be anything they want even in a patriarchal landscape where men control the levers of power. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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The Marvels (2023) |
It’s an engaging, entertaining effort that many will enjoy. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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The Holdovers (2023) |
"The Holdovers" fires on nearly all cylinders, though there are moments that drag too much, a byproduct of its unnecessarily lengthy two-hour-thirteen-minute runtime. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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The Color Purple (2023) |
Finding joy in the heart of sorrow is no easy feat and while there are stylistic and structural issues with <em>The Color Purple</em>, its celebration of perseverance and indomitable spirit is infectious. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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Ten Little Indians (1975) |
While Ten Little Indians may not have worked in this particular location or with these specific actors, it seems more the fault of Towers and Collinson than the material or the characters. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Murder, She Said (1961) |
at least the opening salvo is worth the time of any murder mystery fan who likes the way Christie weaves stories, even when they are altered in many ways for the visual medium. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Murder at the Gallop (1963) |
While Murder at the Gallop is mostly as clever as the source material, that’s likely to both please and frustrate Christie’s fans - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Murder Most Foul (1964) |
With Murder Most Foul, the pacing is off, the mystery isn’t terribly exciting, and Rutherford seems adrift in the proceedings and that’s even giving some leeway for her capabilities. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Murder Ahoy! (1964) |
Murder Ahoy! is certainly a clever little trifle, but probably shouldn’t have been a Miss Marple film. Turning the series into a more farcical event is as far removed from Christie’s legendary works as it can get, but damned if it isn’t entertaining. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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And Then There Were None (1945) |
I admire what they did with the film, but also feel it inferior to the next major adaptation... - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Ten Little Indians (1965) |
It might not have the limited faithfulness of its predecessor nor all but two of the subsequent adaptations, but it’s no less ingenuous and inventive. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Gumnaam (1965) |
Gumnaam is one of those films that exists as a compelling trifle, but whose content is cheesy at best and strange at worst. Check out the film if you’re curious, but don’t expect something revelatory. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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The Deep Blue Sea (2011) |
...it has a stuffy air that dampens its thematic energy, which might help explain its lack of appreciation by American audiences - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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The Help (2011) |
As a piece of entertainment, it works. As a historical document, its contents are too sanitized in an effort to avoid inflaming old tensions and that mutes its impact. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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The Tree of Life (2011) |
There are two distinct films being made here and while the opening frames of The Tree of Life are some of the finest in memory, there’s little in the middle-to-late section of the film worth noting. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Michael Clayton (2007) |
Michael Clayton has an important story to tell, but is sometimes overly stifling in its stuffy pretenses. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Mad Max (1979) |
Mad Max is the work of a director with a strong vision starting out on a career that would ultimately impress. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990) |
For horror fanatics, this one needs to be seen, especially in tandem with other ’80s efforts like it, but on the whole, it’s not one worth catching if you have better options. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Midnight in Paris (2011) |
If the viewer is able to set aside their personal distaste for the creator, the film is a wonderful sit. If they cannot, then it steadily reminds them of the personality Allen curated for decades and that might just be a bridge too far. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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Werewolf by Night (2022) |
It’s nice to see Disney striking out in unique directions, especially when the big screen universe is struggling to regain its inventive stride. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 10, 2023
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The Bad Guys (2022) |
The humor is sometimes quite juvenile, but who doesn’t enjoy well executed fart jokes? - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) |
While there are elements of the film that stand out as compelling, the mystery at the core is not one of them. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) |
Apart from the notion of individuality and discrediting age as a barrier to success, Minions: The Rise of Gru rides entirely on the fumes of its inept yellow punchlines - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) |
The film’s biggest issues come down to the choice of animation techniques for fight sequences, which makes the events feel a little choppy and overly stylized - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Bros (2022) |
While the film does a fine job taking romantic comedy tropes and giving them the gay treatment, they remain tropes. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Black Adam (2022) |
One of the most notable issues with Johnson as an actor is his constant mugging for the camera. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) |
The story, which tries to maintain its connection to the Collodi, while differentiating itself from the Disney version, latches onto the Nazi angle. While that is a largely fertile ground from which to grow a story, it feels tired by the film’s end. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Love and Death on Long Island (1997) |
Hurt gives such a stirring performance that it’s hard to imagine him in any other role. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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The Horse Whisperer (1998) |
Other than the opening sequences with the horse in the sand and the horse and the truck, the rest of the film is rather unoriginal. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Sliding Doors (1998) |
The paralleling of stories is well done, but at times not enough. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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The Mask of Zorro (1998) |
“The Mask of Zorro” is easily the best action adventure film of the summer. It has everything you could desire, great acting, great romance and an exciting plot. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) |
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a step in the right direction for Disney and Marvel, but the excitement of the franchise has dimmed just enough to make it a pyrrhic victory. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Deep Impact (1998) |
The film portrays very well the human element and does something I rather enjoy. It plays on the emotions of the audience and creates sympathy for the characters and makes heroes out of the most unlikely of people. - Cinema Sight
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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