Amanda Waltz

Amanda Waltz's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s): The Film Stage

Publications: The Film Stage

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Movies

	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Review
	85%	Rust Creek (2019)	But for all its female tenacity and curious potential pairing, Rust Creek proves far too formulaic to generate tension. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 11, 2019
	No Score Yet	Second Chance Christmas (2017)	To call Second Chance Christmas problematic would be putting it very lightly. This is basically Gaslighting: The Movie. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 26, 2018
	No Score Yet	No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018)	The conceit of No Sleep 'Til Christmas is a stretch. That it actually manages to sell it is nothing short of a miracle. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 20, 2018
	No Score Yet	A Cinderella Christmas (2016)	The film also demonstrates some refreshingly meta humor. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 17, 2018
	56%	Last Holiday (2006)	The main reason I find Last Holiday so charming, despite its corny concept and broad humor, is because I get to see good things happen to a good person. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 11, 2018
	No Score Yet	A Very Nutty Christmas (2010)	Hart executive produced this movie, which means she was cool with all of this. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 11, 2018
	93%	Kusama: Infinity (2018)	As it should be with a film like this, the most fascinating aspect is the examination of Kusama's process, its evolution, and the psychology that drives it. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 14, 2018
	95%	Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras) (2018)	While the film does have its weak spots, including some out-of-place CGI, they're worth ignoring, as Dutra and Rojas deliver a smart, sensitive film with just enough gore to keep it interesting. - Pittsburgh City Paper EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 31, 2018
B	No Score Yet	Nae-ga sal-in-beom-i-da (Confession of Murder) (2013)	Despite its inner conflict, Confession of Murder weaves a suspenseful, compelling tale that saves its surprises until the very end. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jul 11, 2016
A-	81%	Stop The Pounding Heart (2014)	Stop the Pounding Heart becomes a sensitive, lovingly crafted illustration of the relationship between culture, faith, and identity. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 27, 2016
D+	28%	The Family (2013)	Full of tone deaf humor and gratuitous violence, The Family marks a miscalculated step for an otherwise fine filmmaker. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 27, 2016
B-	96%	Birth Of The Living Dead (2013)	Viewers will feel most rewarded by Kuhns' dissecting of Night's production, which provides a colorful and inspiring portrait of guerrilla filmmaking from a pre-digital era. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 22, 2016
C+	25%	The Wait (2014)	Visually, Blash does a excellent job portraying the character's quiet desperation, even if the symbolism sometimes verges on the obvious. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 21, 2016
C+	45%	Raze (2014)	With plots as flimsy as the one presented here, there's a tendency to favor spectacle over character development, and it's no surprise that Raze struggles to balance the two. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 21, 2016
D	33%	Summer in February (2014)	The performances are but one eye roll-inducing aspect of a period drama so generic and formulaic that it verges on parody. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 21, 2016
D+	27%	Pompeii (2014)	Pompeii's recreated world feels especially hokey as the backdrop for shoddy sets, cheesy costumes and ludicrous dialogue. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 21, 2016
D	78%	The Den (2014)	The film is neither compelling or innovative enough to justify sitting through its torture porn-y moments. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 21, 2016
B+	83%	Hide Your Smiling Faces (2014)	By showing and not telling, Carbone creates a profoundly tender work made all the more affecting by his young stars' effortless performances. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 7, 2016
D+	38%	In the Blood (2014)	In the Blood does fulfill one rite of passage for Carano, who had yet to make her own terrible, B-level movie. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 6, 2016
A-	100%	Der Samurai (2014)	Der Samurai is an unusual little gem of a film that excites with its own offbeat blend of horror, suspense, and visual elegance. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 6, 2016
B	88%	Belladonna of Sadness (Kanashimi no Beradona) (1973)	Belladonna stands as both an important forebear to a now widely beloved genre, and as a confused, yet earnest tribute to those who dare defy authority in order to elevate themselves. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted May 6, 2016
B-	50%	Holidays (2016)	While each entry satisfies in its own unique way, the anthology as a whole makes for an impressive examination of distaff fears and underestimated ferocity. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 18, 2016
C	50%	One More Time (When I Live My Life Over Again) (2016)	The ineffective quality of the music composition rubs off onto the script, a dragging narrative occasionally punctuated with workable humor. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 7, 2016
B-	67%	Rigor Mortis (2014)	By combining Chinese and Japanese aesthetics, Rigor Mortis also becomes a sometimes fun, sometimes original shout-out to the East's rich and varied horror film culture. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 26, 2016
B+	92%	Creep (2015)	Though lean in running time, scale, and budget, Creep demonstrates its makers' masterful resourcefulness and spirited direction. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 26, 2016
F	24%	Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (2014)	A dreary, uninspired, unmotivated lump of putrid dreck. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 26, 2016
B-	No Score Yet	The Search For Weng Weng (2014)	Succeeds in spurring a dialogue on Weng Weng's role as a representation of the Filipino spirit, which, in the grand scheme of things, is more than any film scholar could possibly hope for. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 26, 2016
D+	47%	They're Watching (2016)	Tired jokes and uninspired gore abound in what amounts to an unbearable experience, and that's before the climactic bloodbath has a chance to disappoint with its sub-amateur special effects. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 25, 2016
B-	No Score Yet	Partners In Crime (2014)	Tidy and predictable, the film delivers few surprises, but makes for a somewhat attractive, if mediocre, drama about lives and relationships ended too soon. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 12, 2016
C+	83%	The Wave (Bolgen) (2016)	Its strict adherence to the disaster formula renders the experience far too generic and risk-averse to make it memorable. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 3, 2016
B	73%	ABCs of Death 2 (2014)	Despite a few missteps, ABCs of Death 2 promises a brighter future for an anthology progressing into sequel territory. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 26, 2016
B-	79%	Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2014)	Defined by a sanguineous sense of humor and unpretentious spirit, [it] makes for a stylish, self-aware, if somewhat lagging romp about film culture and creative ambitions. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 26, 2016
A-	92%	The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2014)	[It] does the world a service by chronicling and preserving, in a most charming and understated way, Miyazaki-era Ghibli and the human element beneath its creative genius. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 25, 2016
B	96%	Appropriate Behavior (2015)	Appropriate Behavior marks a strong first-time effort for the director, and establishes her ability as both a filmmaker and as an actress with considerable screen presence. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 25, 2016
D+	17%	Monsters: Dark Continent (2015)	Deprived of sympathetic characters, thrills, and Edwards' skilled touch, the film makes for a disappointing follow-up to some impressive sci-fi cinema. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 23, 2016
B+	68%	Dark Star: HR Giger's World (2015)	A dignified tribute to a very provocative figure. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
D-	25%	The Stranger (2015)	The genre deserves better, audiences deserve better, and the people of Chile deserve better than this lazy, artless nonsense. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
C+	43%	Madame Bovary (2015)	The players struggle to inject emotion into the bookish, period-specific dialogue, which often results in clunky, stilted exchanges. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
B-	82%	Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015)	An enjoyable, but unconvincing look at religious hypocrisy and Christianity's struggle to accept changing social norms. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
C-	25%	Bound to Vengeance (2015)	Its message remains muddled at best as it tries, and fails, to effectively comment on the consequences of rape culture. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
C+	No Score Yet	Chang-baek-han eol-gul-deul (On the White Planet) (2014)	Its imaginative, nightmarish look combines well with the grim tone, and makes for a compelling alternative to the meticulous polish of mainstream animated films. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
B-	No Score Yet	The Interior (2015)	It's worth overlooking The Interior's lopsided narrative structure in order to enjoy all the stylish, trippy, genuinely frightening moments it has to offer. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
C-	71%	I Am Chris Farley (2015)	We're left wondering a lot of things, as I Am Chris Farley scratches the surface of Farley's life and death, but never bothers to dig any deeper. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 22, 2016
C	88%	Fort Tilden (2015)	[An] unpleasant, unfunny experience with nothing fresh or insightful to say. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 21, 2016
B	71%	When Animals Dream (2015)	A Danish export with a surprisingly tender take on the werewolf myth. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 21, 2016
B-	81%	The Other Side (Louisiana) (2016)	An unflinching look at the unwholesome underbelly that, to the rest of the country's chagrin, defines the Deep South. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 21, 2016
B	50%	Der Nachtmahr (2015)	It's better to just accept the film for the bizarre curiosity that it is rather than examine its intentions. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 20, 2016
B+	83%	Uncle John (2015)	[Steven Piet] has masterfully interwoven multiple genres into one tightly crafted, surprising little film. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 20, 2016
B	76%	Goosebumps (2015)	[Goosebumps] focuses on keeping the dialogue snappy, the action plentiful, and the CGI convincing as it quickly moves through scenario after scenario. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 20, 2016
D	No Score Yet	Indigenous (2014)	[A] wholly unpleasant, ungratifying experience. - The Film Stage EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 20, 2016