Aja Romano
Aja Romano's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when
published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Vox,
The Daily Dot
| Publications: | Vox, The Daily Dot |
Movie Reviews Only
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| 62% | Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) |
Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie that consciously tries to position a gay man at its center while strategically disengaging with the "gay" part as much as it can...‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Nov 16, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 95% | CAM (2018) |
Ultimately as cheeky as it is scary, Cam is a seduction disguised as a sermon, and it's all the better for it.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Nov 16, 2018
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| 20% | H2: Halloween II (2009) |
Extends this interest in psychology to Laurie Strode (played this time by Scout Taylor-Compton), plumbing the emotional and psychological connection between her and Michael.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 26% | Halloween (2007) |
Because it's still about Michael Myers, it all feels epic and larger than life in a way few of those other films do.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 11% | Halloween: Resurrection (2002) |
Stay away unless you like kitschy early internet nostalgia and lots of blurry found-footage trickery.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 52% | Halloween H20 (1998) |
H20 is far more character-driven than any of its predecessors.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 27% | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) |
I need to state for the record that Donald Pleasence is a truly great actor... But he also loved to chew the scenery, and the middle period of the Halloween franchise gave him plenty to sink his teeth into.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 40% | Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) |
This movie is a dirty trick on all Halloween fans.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 30% | Halloween II (1981) |
As films go, however, Halloween 2 isn't very good.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 95% | Halloween (1978) |
Still creepy as hell.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 19, 2018
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| 65% | The Little Stranger (2018) |
A deft exploration of controlling and entitled masculinity.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Sep 6, 2018
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| 3/5 | 93% | Searching (2018) |
Searching is also a powerful conversation starter. It's worth watching just for the questions it raises about who we are in a digital world, and how real our virtual connections really are.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 29, 2018
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| 100% | Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) |
It's a powerful rejection of comedy itself.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Jul 5, 2018
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| No Score Yet | The Carmilla Movie (2017) |
As someone who wants queer narratives to feature happy romantic relationships and be charming and have serious characterizations with meaningfully substantive development and plots, I can't help but find it disappointing.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 27, 2017
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| 90% | Gerald's Game (2017) |
One of the best things about this movie is its smallness‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 3, 2017
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| 4/5 | 85% | It (2017) |
Yet for all its dark social relevance, It is also moving, emotional, and even optimistic.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Sep 6, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | 16% | The Dark Tower (2017) |
Arcel's film is fun, loving, scary, and often as genuinely compelling as it is wildly misguided.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 3, 2017
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| 4.5/5 | 87% | It Comes At Night (2017) |
Harrowing, visually striking, and almost too on the nose for the current sociopolitical moment, It Comes at Night is one of the best films of the year.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | 100% | Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017) |
The film's interweaving of past and present creates a visually unsettling tapestry of disbelief.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted May 16, 2017
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| 3/5 | 8% | Rings (2017) |
In conceptualizing how it feels to be inescapably pursued by something that's embedded in your culture, 2015's It Follows is a much better sequel to The Ring.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Feb 7, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | 83% | Beware the Slenderman (2016) |
Beware the Slenderman... goes deeper than a typical true crime doc in fascinating ways.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Jan 27, 2017
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| 2.5/5 | 82% | Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) |
[It's] a largely silly, disjointed construction of run-of-the-mill scares and awkward priest jokes, but at least director Mike Flanagan gives it his best shot, which is more than we can say of his predecessor.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Oct 24, 2016
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| 97% | Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) |
Like the original Mad Max trilogy, Miller's dystopia is drenched in political commentary, but while the film's feminism has recently taken center stage, its environmentalism is far more strident.‐ The Daily Dot
Read More | Posted Oct 24, 2016
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| 50% | Earth to Echo (2014) |
Earth to Echo will appeal to the nostalgia of older kids who appreciate a good coming-of-age romp, parents looking for movies that eschew most of the usual stereotypes of teens on film, and the average YouTuber and tween.‐ The Daily Dot
Read More | Posted Oct 24, 2016
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| 2/5 | 36% | Blair Witch (2016) |
A movie that contributes nothing new to either the Blair Witch mythos or the vast landscape of found-footage horror.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Sep 16, 2016
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| 4.5/5 | 88% | Don't Breathe (2016) |
[A] taut, appropriately breath-stealing new movie that galvanizes the tired home invasion subgenre of horror the way films like The Witch and It Follows have done for the coven and slasher subgenres.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Sep 6, 2016
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| 4.5/5 | 97% | Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) |
The stellar achievement of Kubo is the animation itself.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 19, 2016
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| 3/5 | 54% | The Purge: Election Year (2016) |
The Purge takes far too much glee in presenting its violence like a beautiful fever dream, undermining and muddling its solemn political messages at every possible turn.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 8, 2016
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| 4/5 | 99% | The Wailing (Goksung) (2016) |
The Wailing succeeds at combining a mood of deep unease with visceral gore, buddy cop comedy, and a hallucinogenic mix of horror tropes - a recipe that yields, among other things, an atypical exorcism helmed by an intense Korean shaman.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 8, 2016
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| 4/5 | 80% | The Conjuring 2 (2016) |
It somehow manages to be scarier, more thoughtful, and more intellectually honest than its predecessor.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 8, 2016
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| 57% | Me Before You (2016) |
In other words, if you've ever wanted your romance with a side of disability and chronic pain, Me Before You is perfect for you - as long as you don't actually want a realistic depiction of any of those things.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 8, 2016
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| 3/5 | 93% | The Little Prince (2016) |
The Little Prince should make a compelling, if not always fully incisive, case for clinging to the lessons of youth.‐ Vox
Read More | Posted Aug 8, 2016
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