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Katie Walsh
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Twisters (2024) |
Even if Chung does leave us wanting just a little bit more romance, he delivers a supremely entertaining summer blockbuster in “Twisters,” one with a thematic heft that makes it even better than expected - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jul 18, 2024
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Sing Sing (2023) |
a cinematic work of unique empathy, a slice of hand-turned humanity, hewn from the heart, with rigorous attention paid to the process itself. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jul 11, 2024
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Longlegs (2024) |
It feels like a riddle, the film itself a code to crack, and by the time it’s done, the whole puzzle has not yet been revealed. That’s OK. Understanding everything is not the point in a film that offers such a delicious roller-coaster ride of bad vibes. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jul 11, 2024
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MaXXXine (2024) |
A beautiful facade that’s empty behind the walls, all surface, meaningless symbols, and not an ounce of substance to be found. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jul 01, 2024
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) |
"“Horizon” is the kind of auteur project that makes one long for the idea of studio notes, for anyone to push back on Costner’s worst instincts. Unfortunately, he proves to be the judge, jury and executioner of his own passion project."
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| Posted Jun 28, 2024
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Janet Planet (2023) |
There is no way to predict what will strike a chord, or an arrow into your heart, but one thing is certain: the temporal, emotional, and sensory experience of “Janet Planet” is a uniquely rare gift that needs to be seen and savored. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jun 25, 2024
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Thelma (2024) |
Margolin captures the unlikely beauty of the Valley, and injects thrilling suspense into this yarn - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jun 21, 2024
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The Bikeriders (2023) |
feels like flipping through a photobook filled with arresting compositions and snippets of stories, and there’s a sketchy, snapshot quality to Nichols’ screenplay as well. The film is an evocation of character, place and time - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jun 21, 2024
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Inside Out 2 (2024) |
The imagery is smart, but it has the feeling of an educational children’s book. The movie‘s internal logic tests our own belief systems and fails to impart anything profoundly insightful to an adult audience. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jun 15, 2024
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Ghostlight (2024) |
This is a beautifully life-affirming fable about the power of art to heal, but really, it’s the people making the art that do the work. “Ghostlight” is a stunning and incredibly moving tribute to that process. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jun 14, 2024
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I Used to be Funny (2023) |
In her film debut, [Pankiw] delivers a full and fulfilling narrative arc that is anchored by a surprisingly complex performance from Sennott. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jun 12, 2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) |
It’s a thin tapestry of lore with some interesting creative embellishments, but without any real interest in character, it feels flimsy and disposable. You could do worse, but you could certainly do better.
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| Posted Jun 05, 2024
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Ezra (2023) |
a heartfelt, humorous and sometimes harrowing yarn. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jun 01, 2024
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Summer Camp (2024) |
While there are pops of piquancy in Landon’s script, her direction and the performances (with the exception of Woodard) fail to inspire much more than a shrug. “Summer Camp” is only mildly interesting as another entry in the Keaton-verse. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 31, 2024
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Young Woman and the Sea (2024) |
This rousing sports biopic is a throwback to the kinds of inspiring underdog stories we love, like “Rudy” but with a girl-power feminist bent and a woman-against-nature theme. - Los Angeles Times
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| Posted May 31, 2024
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The Garfield Movie (2024) |
May sport a deep knowledge of film history to delight cinephile parents, but it is still a kiddie movie and comes with the same zany, harried energy one might expect from such a project. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 28, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
If “Fury Road” was a snapshot that suggested a whole world of lore, “Furiosa” is an epic poem. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 22, 2024
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Gasoline Rainbow (2023) |
This wild, vicarious ride through youthful adventure is absolutely worth taking, for your own nostalgia and for the reminder that the kids are indeed alright. - Los Angeles Times
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| Posted May 20, 2024
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IF (2024) |
The storytelling of “IF” itself is a mess: a heartfelt but dramatically inert endeavor that whipsaws between tones ranging from whimsical to morose. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 18, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
The best “Apes” movies offer insight into ourselves and the world that we’ve created, and so does the latest installment, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” which manages to encompass everything we love about these movies into one sprawling story. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 09, 2024
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Poolman (2023) |
Sort of the physical, emotional and spiritual embodiment of Los Angeles itself: earnest, silly and a little (or a lot) ridiculous, but insistently charming if you decide to surrender to the experience. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 09, 2024
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The Fall Guy (2024) |
Though stunts may make the movies exciting, it’s the stars who get you in your gut. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 02, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) |
“I Saw the TV Glow” emerges like a fog, casting a pallor that drifts over the audience, allowing us to access this space of fictional liminality. On this psychic plane there is a limitless potential, where only the bravest among us can break through. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted May 02, 2024
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Unsung Hero (2023) |
Feels more like band merch than an insightful family portrait. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Apr 26, 2024
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Challengers (2024) |
“Challengers” is the kind of sexy, engrossing somewhat twisted romance we don’t see enough of these days, a thrilling film, thrillingly rendered in its layered storytelling expressed in the purest cinematic form. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Apr 25, 2024
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) |
Even if the heavy stylization leaves the film feeling a bit arch, there’s a real affection that comes through in Ritchie’s homage to these early special-forces soldiers, making them larger-than-life cinema heroes and letting the audience in on the fun. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Apr 20, 2024
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Abigail (2024) |
Radio Silence have delivered what is essentially a spiritual sequel to their breakout hit, this time with vampires rather than superstitious old-money sadists - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Apr 17, 2024
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (2024) |
Surprisingly authentic and fun for remake material, which is naturally formulaic. It’s the focus on character work that lets this one sing, and it should make a star out of Jones, who, like her character, manages to hold it all together. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Apr 13, 2024
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Civil War (2024) |
In this splashy, provocative yarn about photojournalists on the front lines of an imaginary war, Garland declines to share any trenchant insights he might have on the nuances of American politics.
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| Posted Apr 09, 2024
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Housekeeping for Beginners (2023) |
Within “Housekeeping’s” restless, naturalistic aesthetic, Stolevski crafts complex and poignant images, contrasting the playacting the couple is forced to do with their searing gazes. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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Monkey Man (2024) |
Patel’s passion project is a big swing, and a big swerve for the actor. Luckily, it connects, landing with a satisfyingly bone-crunching intensity. And if this is intended as Patel’s calling card, he leaves the whole damn deck on the table. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) |
In the “Neeson skills” canon, “In the Land of Saints and Sinners” proves to be a gem, the performances elevating an enjoyably pulpy thriller. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 30, 2024
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) |
When you multiply Godzilla by Kong, what do you get? When Wingard’s doing the math, it’s an earnest, wacky, hectic ride that often feels like being thrashed about in an Imax seat. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 29, 2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) |
perfectly fine but incredibly dull - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 21, 2024
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Immaculate (2024) |
Blood-soaked and candlelit, Michael Mohan’s “Immaculate” disabuses the notion that any conception is ever without sin. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 20, 2024
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Arthur the King (2024) |
It’s fairly standard heartwarming dog fare, often treacly... but edged up with vibrant, handheld cinematography by Jacques Jouffret that gives the film a more adult, action-oriented feel - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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One Life (2023) |
“One Life” is a slow burn, slowly establishing Winton’s modest character as a younger and older man, but when it cracks open, it is a deeply moving portrait of true human goodness. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) |
This dumpling is a little too light on the filling. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) |
It is in this phantasmagorically corporeal obsession that Glass reveals the shared DNA of “Saint Maud” and “Love Lies Bleeding,” which are both about the twisted expansiveness of the female imagination, and whether or not that can transcend reality. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Mar 08, 2024
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Problemista (2023) |
This absurdist comedy becomes a beautifully moving piece about how we make it through the world with desperation and hope, and the hard-earned lessons we find in each other. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 28, 2024
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) |
The slight and scanty “Drive-Away Dolls” could dissipate with a gust of wind, but it beats a hasty getaway before that becomes a problem. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 24, 2024
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Ordinary Angels (2024) |
The character’s motivations don’t gel and no amount of Swank moxie can make it work. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 24, 2024
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Dune: Part Two (2024) |
A spectacular feat of science-fiction filmmaking, marrying immersive world-building with engrossing storytelling. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 21, 2024
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Bob Marley: One Love (2024) |
What could have been daring is ultimately trite, relying on familiar music biopic tropes. It’s a shame, because at the center is a bravura performance from Kingsley Ben-Adir, who is uniquely suited to the title role. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 16, 2024
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Madame Web (2024) |
Is “Madame Web” a good movie? No. Is it hilariously delightful? Often. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 14, 2024
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The Taste of Things (2023) |
But food is just a vessel for the love story in “The Taste of Things,” one we don’t see often enough, of a sweet, egalitarian love, built on respect and companionship, savored sweetly in the autumn of life. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 08, 2024
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Lisa Frankenstein (2024) |
Assembled lovingly from many different parts, “Lisa Frankenstein” flips the switch thanks to an overall commitment from cast and crew — and make no mistake, it’s alive. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 08, 2024
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The Promised Land (2023) |
“The Promised Land” is the kind of sweeping big-screen epic that will make you say, “they don’t make ‘em like this anymore.” Thank goodness Nikolaj Arcel is. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Feb 02, 2024
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Argylle (2024) |
It’s remarkable really, “Argylle” has bone-deep structural issues on a fundamental level, but it is also a failure of directorial execution from top to bottom, resulting in what has to be one of the most expensive worst movies ever made. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jan 31, 2024
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Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023) |
The Pacific Northwest chill permeates every frame of “Sometimes I Think About Dying,” from the setting to the tone, and while it’s not a traditionally heart-warming film, there’s a sweetness to its soft center. - Tribune News Service
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| Posted Jan 26, 2024
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