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Rendy Jones
Tomatometer-approved critic
Rendy Jones (they/he) is a screenwriter, journalist, editor, stand up comic, photographer, and pretty much a jack of all trades in the realm of entertainment. Born in 1998, Rendy Jones has been in love with movies ever since he watched his first home video as a child. With a huge passion for film that he wears on his sleeve, Jones was determined to become a filmmaker and associate himself with the art form no matter what. In 2018 at age 20, Jones became the youngest African-American and first Gen-Z film critic and to be added onto the Rotten Tomatoes database. They’re also a member of the Critics' Choice Awards (BFCA), New York Online Film Critics Association, and GALECA: Society of LGBTQ Society of Entertainment Critics. As of today, Jones expanded his reach outside R.R’s realm and have been seen in Vanity Fair, Them, Teen Vogue, CBC News, and Paste. At the end of the day, he still writes for his site.
https://rendyreviews.com
Movies reviews only
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Janet Planet (2023) |
If you had a complicated relationship with a single mom during childhood this will read you for filth and force you to confront your upbringing, refusing to hold your hand in the process. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Fancy Dance (2023) |
An essential, important Indigenous drama. It’s eye-opening in the subject matter it tackles, while also being a well-told familial tale. - Autostraddle
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| Posted Jun 28, 2024
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Despicable Me 4 (2024) |
Despicable Me 4 may be conceptually thin, but with its vibrant animation, well-directed action sequences, and enough silly slapstick to amuse young viewers, this fourth installment is another fun outing. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jun 28, 2024
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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) |
A charming, dark, comedic romp for a new generation that is a welcoming new branch to the vampire cinema tree. - RogerEbert.com
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| Posted Jun 22, 2024
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Thelma (2024) |
Sweet and warm like your grandma’s baked cookies - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jun 22, 2024
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The Garfield Movie (2024) |
While Garfield has seen worse Mondays cinematically, the lasagna-loving cat's latest movie can't claw its way out of mediocrity, even with the efforts of animation legend Mark Dindal at the helm. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 22, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
George Miller executes some of the wildest and most stunning imagery used with bikes since Evel Knievel jumped his first bus. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 20, 2024
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Babes (2024) |
Stands out as one of the biggest bundles of joy this year has to offer. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 15, 2024
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Not Another Church Movie (2024) |
Exceedingly worse than watching any movie Tyler Perry has ever made. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 15, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
Can't shake off that dingy "episode 4 of this saga" smell. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 10, 2024
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Abigail (2024) |
Alisha Weir ate down…her victims. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 29, 2024
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Stress Positions (2024) |
A remarkable COVID-set flick that throws ripe tomatoes at American liberal millennials in all their blunt performative mindsets. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 29, 2024
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I Wish You All the Best (2024) |
Endearing, heartbreaking, and full of resounding hope, I Wish You All the Best is a sweet LGBTQ+ coming-of-age tale that will surely help many kids these days – especially those in the closet and without much foundation – feel seen. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 23, 2024
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MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024) |
Strengthened by its commentary about racial inequality in Black entrepreneurship and white privilege, MoviePass, MovieCrash is an eye-opening history lesson behind the subscription service designed to be great but co-opted to fail. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 23, 2024
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The Black Sea (2024) |
You can take the Black man out of Brooklyn, but you can't take Brooklyn out of the Black man. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 16, 2024
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Challengers (2024) |
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers – or, as I call it, "Of Tennis, Twinks, and Tea" – is a delicious, sexy, wine-raising rollercoaster featuring Mike Faist, Josh O’Connor, and Zendaya at top-notch acting power playing an excellent game. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 15, 2024
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The People's Joker (2022) |
The Batman parody trans people need and deserve. - them.
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem (2024) |
An intriguing, passable doc with some insight into the moments of internet history that got coerced into mayhem. Just don’t log in thinking you’ll get a clear answer as to why we’re all a little mad here on the internet. - Den of Geek
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) |
A fan-service installment of unimpressive visual quality, but there’s potential to give the audience more than CG-schlock in the future.
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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I Don't Understand You (2024) |
An Italian nightmare of hilarity and uncertainty, I Don’t Understand You is a sharp, witty horror comedy carried by Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells’ tight comedic chemistry. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024) |
Spike Lee would be so disappointed you used his term for this. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 27, 2024
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Bob Trevino Likes It (2024) |
A sincere, sweet portrait of healing and how the strangers we meet help us recognize ourselves. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 21, 2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) |
Lay this series to rest in a proton pack, please! - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 21, 2024
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The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024) |
A harrowing illustration of the rise of conspiracy theorists popularized in our digital age. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 18, 2024
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The Gutter (2024) |
What Bottoms was to Mean Girls, The Gutter is to Dodgeball, ribbing on sports tropes through its silly gags. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 18, 2024
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Y2K (2024) |
A sincere love letter to ‘90s teen flicks if teens had to go up against Skynet. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Damsel (2024) |
127 Hours With Dungeons and Dragons - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 08, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) |
Gives the Western revenge formula the gay bench pressing it deserves. Rose Glass, never trim your thorns. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 05, 2024
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Dune: Part Two (2024) |
Cooking with bolder savory spice – unlike anyone else has ever done with Herbert’s words – Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part Two is a masterpiece. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 25, 2024
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) |
Coen-coded wit but with a lesbian coat of paint, Drive-Away Dolls is a silly, fun, raunchy caper worth strapping into. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 21, 2024
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Madame Web (2024) |
So pathetic, it makes someone want to go back in time and give the execs who keep commissioning these movies arachnophobia. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 16, 2024
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The Tiger's Apprentice (2024) |
So many sparks of a roaringly okay movie are present in The Tiger's Apprentice in direction and voice cast. Unfortunately, the uninspired story and lack of character diminish its potential at every turn. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 07, 2024
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Scrambled (2023) |
A remarkable showcase for McKendrick, who provides a raw yet hilarious breakthrough performance. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 06, 2024
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Argylle (2024) |
In all its trashy, popcorn broadness, is an enjoyable yet overlong spy comedy held together by Matthew Vaughn's skilled direction and Bryce Dallas Howard at her best. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 02, 2024
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Miller's Girl (2024) |
Jade Halley Bartlett's hollow manic-gothic-Tumblr-fied screenplay fails to reach an intelligent margin. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jan 29, 2024
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Mean Girls (2024) |
Tell me how this made-for-Paramount+ musical movie with a last min theatrical push, a few dollars, and a dream, washed the Dear Evan Hansen stench out my mouth? If only Tina didn’t sanitize the script so hard that she lost the “mean” aspect. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jan 12, 2024
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The Beekeeper (2024) |
With Statham’s stinging star power pollinating the screen, The Beekeeper is a bloody fun thrill ride as solid as a January action flick can be. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jan 11, 2024
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Night Swim (2024) |
I want to make a water-related pun, but it doesn't deserve my H2Originality. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jan 08, 2024
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Anyone But You (2023) |
Mid Ado About Nothing - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 28, 2023
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All of Us Strangers (2023) |
Andrew Haigh's ghastly All of Us Strangers is a solid melodrama held by its mighty ensemble carried by Andrew Scott's incredible performance. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 22, 2023
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) |
Despite being reasonably entertaining, it doesn't negate that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is such a significant nothing burger of a blockbuster. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 22, 2023
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The Color Purple (2023) |
By the time she sang “I'm Here,” the best she had ever sung it, Barrino transported me back to 2004, crying the same tears after she won American Idol. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 21, 2023
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Migration (2023) |
Instead of adhering to what makes Western-made animated films so mediocre, Migration triumphs in its sophistication as the most anti-Illumination Illumination movie ever made. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 20, 2023
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Maestro (2023) |
Cooper went full “grad student doing his research paper” mode on the figure and delivered a sublime performance as Bernstein. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 14, 2023
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American Fiction (2023) |
While I could make a graph showing the areas in which, at times, American Fiction became my "autobiografy," Jefferson's most potent display as a storyteller is how harmoniously he juxtaposes his satire and familial elements with Wright steering the wheel. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 12, 2023
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Wonka (2023) |
While King continues his whimsy streak, this picture is a bit more peanut brittle than rich chocolate, for its chaotic story is hard to gobble. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 08, 2023
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May December (2023) |
Anchored by Moore and Portman’s “mother-off” warfare, Melton’s breathtaking performance, and Burch’s expertly toned screenplay, Todd Haynes' May December is remarkable. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 02, 2023
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Leo (2023) |
A charming animated family flick that passionately celebrates and satirizes the next generation on their way to growing up. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 01, 2023
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Monster (2023) |
Kore-eda’s Monster is an astonishing, intimate tale; its dense plotting and subtle foreshadowing keep you in suspense until the shattering finale. It’s a profoundly poetic tale and one of the year’s best dramas. - Xtra Magazine
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| Posted Nov 25, 2023
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Wish (2023) |
So I make this wish, to have a better film for us than THIS. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Nov 22, 2023
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