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J.C. Maçek III

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Where's Daddy? (2018) 100% EDIT “This true life feature explores a timely topic from a very different perspective than one that we, the public, are generally given.” – PopMatters Feb 1, 2018 Full Review The Quiet Earth (1985) 71% 7/10 EDIT “For those of you who can handle the cerebral drama that marks some of the best sci-fi, The Quiet Earth is for you.” – PopMatters May 23, 2017 Full Review Something Wild (1961) 50% 4/10 EDIT “Something Wild ultimately comes off as incomplete and, perhaps even misogynistic and mean-spirited.” – PopMatters May 23, 2017 Full Review Get Out (2017) 98% 8/10 EDIT “Get Out: is a masterfully done horror film that builds its chilling menace slowly and does not reveal itself until it's too late to resist.” – PopMatters May 23, 2017 Full Review Beyond Borders: Esteros (2016) 100% 7/10 EDIT “The film works as a drama, as a romance and as, in fact, a biopic of Santiago itself as it comes of age and stands before the camera as a character in its own right.” – PopMatters Nov 22, 2016 Full Review The Revenant (2015) 78% 7/10 EDIT “The Revenant survives and has the staying power to stand up to multiple viewings. If you loved the film in the theater, the experience is hardly lessened by its viewing on Blu Ray. The ghost still walks.” – PopMatters Jun 17, 2016 Full Review Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 84% 7/10 EDIT “The film is pretty spectacular, with enthralling action sequences and stellar special effects (when you can make them out through director J.J. Abrams' omnipresent lens flares).” – PopMatters Jun 17, 2016 Full Review Star Trek (2009) 94% 6/10 EDIT “This is not your father's Star Trek (for better or for worse).” – PopMatters Jun 17, 2016 Full Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (2015) 70% 7/10 EDIT “Mockingjay Part 2 is one great example of the source material being respected, partially because with fans like this saga has, such allegiance is expected.” – PopMatters Apr 11, 2016 Full Review Frankenstein (2015) 100% 7/10 EDIT “With very few exceptions the risk pays off and Frankenstein manages to be smart and engrossing. However, because of the sharp execution of this well-thought-out retelling, when flaws do arise they are impossible to ignore.” – PopMatters Mar 29, 2016 Full Review The Visit (2015) 68% 6/10 EDIT “There are a lot of both the good and the bad "Shyamalanisms" in this film to both support the argument that this is a good comeback and to show that he isn't the filmmaker he was 15 years ago.” – PopMatters Mar 29, 2016 Full Review Spectre (2015) 63% 7/10 EDIT “Spectre is both modern and cutting edge as well as classic, vintage James Bond.” – PopMatters Mar 29, 2016 Full Review Sinister 2 (2015) 14% 4/10 EDIT “In a film where ghostly children attempt to force other kids to watch horror movies only to be repeatedly told "I don't' want to", this somehow manages to be a microcosm for Sinister 2. I don't want to watch any more either.” – PopMatters Mar 29, 2016 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) 80% 7/10 EDIT “There may be no good reason for such a surreal and crazy story about a sponge living in a place called "Bikini Bottom" with a starfish as a best friend to be quite this funny or endearing.” – PopMatters Mar 29, 2016 Full Review Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985) 29% 5/10 EDIT “The now-infamous closing credits scene features Syblil Danning's rapid-fire striptease replayed no less than 17 times. Danning was livid at the exploitation. The director was not.” – PopMatters Jul 10, 2015 Full Review It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958) 74% 6/10 EDIT “As with Alien and Jaws, for example, the most frightening things about this creature are the things that we don't see.” – PopMatters Jun 8, 2015 Full Review The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963) 88% 6/10 EDIT “The bizarre ending has a resonating factor that helps enhance the film's enjoyment quotient.” – PopMatters Jun 8, 2015 Full Review Chappie (2015) 32% 5/10 EDIT “CHAPPiE is a bit too personal and a bit too uneven to be the great film it had the potential to become.” – PopMatters Jun 8, 2015 Full Review Lord of the Flies (1990) 55% 6/10 EDIT “1963's Lord of the Flies was a transcendent experience in accurate filmmaking, 1990's Lord of the Flies is only a movie.” – PopMatters May 21, 2015 Full Review Escape From New York (1981) 85% 7/10 EDIT “The genius of John Carpenter includes his subtlety in composition. The man has always known that the best special effects are invisible and never detract from the story.” – PopMatters Apr 17, 2015 Full Review High Spirits (1988) 31% 4/10 EDIT “High Spirits is a good time but the film is far from Jordan's best, and isn't quite what one would call "memorable", even with the fun effects and witty quips from O'Toole.” – PopMatters Apr 13, 2015 Full Review Vampire's Kiss (1989) 64% 5/10 EDIT “As Vampire's Kiss unspools, the lead character, Peter Loew (Cage), wavers in and out of this accent and a wide variety of voices, seeming to give every role Cage has ever played (or would ever play, past, present and future) equal vocal time in the film.” – PopMatters Apr 13, 2015 Full Review Scream Blacula Scream (1973) 29% 4/10 EDIT “Blacula was a drama first and a horror and blaxploitation enterprise after that. Scream Blacula Scream is a blaxploitation horror film that takes its influence not just from its predecessor, but the burgeoning subgenre as the whole.” – PopMatters Apr 13, 2015 Full Review Blacula (1972) 46% 6/10 EDIT “Blacula itself is no joke and is, in fact, a legitimate and even dignified horror film with terrifying scenes and enduring moral questions.” – PopMatters Apr 13, 2015 Full Review Watership Down (1978) 81% 7/10 EDIT “Although this is an animated film featuring cute rabbits as the main characters, this is far from a children's movie, and considering the violence and horror to be found in this film, it is rather surprising that the MPAA passed it with a PG rating.” – PopMatters Mar 27, 2015 Full Review
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