Cameron Williams
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | Little White Lies, sbs.com.au, Birth.Movies.Death., The Popcorn Junkie, Junkee, Graffiti With Punctuation, The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia), The Brag |
| Location: | Australia |
| Official Websites: | thepopcornjunkie.com |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 35% | Fahrenheit 451 (2018) |
A hot take on a classic.‐ Birth.Movies.Death.
Read More | Posted May 14, 2018
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| 83% | Avengers: Infinity War (2018) |
A spectacular display of monotony.‐ The Brag
Read More | Posted Apr 30, 2018
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| 73% | Ready Player One (2018) |
A nostalgic thirst trap with no reverence for the pop culture moments it deploys haphazardly.‐ Junkee
Read More | Posted Mar 28, 2018
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| 87% | Annihilation (2018) |
A spectacular work of science fiction that not only gets under your skin but it becomes part of it.‐ Junkee
Read More | Posted Mar 12, 2018
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| 15% | Mute (2018) |
Struggles in the shadow of its influences, however endearing they may be, and fails to leverage the sum of its parts into something worthwhile.‐ The Brag
Read More | Posted Mar 1, 2018
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| 97% | Black Panther (2018) |
Proves a Marvel film can aspire to be something more; it has political bite, emotional depth, ethical dilemmas, and regal jostling, but it still manages to maintain a bombastic comic book aesthetic that's spectacular.‐ The Brag
Read More | Posted Feb 6, 2018
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| 77% | All the Money in the World (2017) |
A portrait of one man's greed but it can never push past constantly questioning the allure of wealth while going through the beats of a true tale.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jan 5, 2018
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| 91% | Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) |
Muddled by bombast, but it finds significance in the art of failure as a means to an end for a new beginning (again) for Star Wars.‐ The Brag
Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2017
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| 40% | Justice League (2017) |
A headache. A disorientating, nonsensical, hot mess barely tethered together by the digital blurs of DC Comics' heroes. These heroes appear to need saving from themselves.‐ The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia)
Read More | Posted Nov 16, 2017
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| 85% | It (2017) |
Only glances the skin but never gets under it.‐ The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia)
Read More | Posted Sep 12, 2017
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| 92% | Dunkirk (2017) |
Tightly focused, even minimalist approach to telling the true tale of a military disaster and how hope was cultivated in the sands a mighty failure.‐ The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia)
Read More | Posted Jul 19, 2017
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| 93% | Baby Driver (2017) |
The action film with the heart of a musical. Ask your local cinema to play it loud.‐ The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia)
Read More | Posted Jul 18, 2017
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| 15% | The Mummy (2017) |
A film that approaches Cruise like it's 1996. Never settles into a groove and it's constantly suffering from an identity crisis.‐ The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia)
Read More | Posted Jul 12, 2017
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| 92% | Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) |
Puts Peter Parker the teenager first, and piles superhero woes on top of him, but it never loses its sense of mirth‐ Junkee
Read More | Posted Jul 11, 2017
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| 86% | Okja (2017) |
A brilliant war of ideologies over the life of a superpig.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jul 4, 2017
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| 66% | Alien: Covenant (2017) |
Leverages the franchise's canon into bold, existential ideas about artificial intelligence and the relationship between gods and monsters; fathers and sons.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted May 20, 2017
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| 83% | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) |
Stuck on rewind in space.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Apr 24, 2017
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| 5/5 | 88% | I don't feel at home in this world anymore. (2017) |
The vigilante tale we need right now, pushing back on the decay of decency with pulp in the first truly great Netflix original film.‐ sbs.com.au
Read More | Posted Feb 27, 2017
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| 84% | Silence (2017) |
The key to unlocking Martin Scorsese's new film is to listen closely.‐ sbs.com.au
Read More | Posted Feb 23, 2017
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| 88% | Jackie (2016) |
If the winners write history, the survivors become guardians of the legacy.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jan 11, 2017
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| 19% | Assassin's Creed (2016) |
A slave to the material.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jan 6, 2017
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| 92% | La La Land (2016) |
Envisioning the best versions of ourselves in snappy musical numbers before reality crashes the party.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Dec 19, 2016
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| 85% | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) |
The rebel yell is a little croaky.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Dec 14, 2016
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| 94% | Arrival (2016) |
Manages to transcend its genre elements and get to the heart of our existence. It exemplifies the power of love and sorrow to work as markers for our lives.‐ Graffiti With Punctuation
Read More | Posted Nov 2, 2016
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| 89% | Doctor Strange (2016) |
Shows Marvel have mastered the art of the C+ despite getting wonderfully weird at times.‐ Graffiti With Punctuation
Read More | Posted Nov 2, 2016
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| 50% | Mascots (2016) |
Christopher Guest achieves dad-joke status.‐ Graffiti With Punctuation
Read More | Posted Oct 13, 2016
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| 86% | Sully (2016) |
A reminder of why pilots refer to their passengers as 'souls'‐ Graffiti With Punctuation
Read More | Posted Sep 15, 2016
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| 3/5 | 93% | Tickled (2016) |
A gonzo doco for the new media age.‐ Graffiti With Punctuation
Read More | Posted Aug 18, 2016
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| 4/5 | 57% | The Neon Demon (2016) |
Like getting mauled by a diamond encrusted hyena‐ Graffiti With Punctuation
Read More | Posted Aug 18, 2016
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| 74% | Ghostbusters (2016) |
The gender politics of women demanding to be taken seriously in their chosen profession has never been this much fun.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jul 12, 2016
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| 30% | Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) |
The dream of 90s blockbusters is alive. Unashamedly goofy and sincere with its absurdity.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jun 24, 2016
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| 27% | Warcraft (2016) |
A submissive digital splat.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jun 17, 2016
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| 81% | Girl Asleep (2016) |
Exquisitely encapsulates the struggle between adolescence and maturity with wide-eyed apprehension and a little mourning for the pint-sized person we once were‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jun 2, 2016
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| 90% | Green Room (2016) |
Pulsates on the collision of youth and violence with unrelenting execution of slasher/siege elements.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted May 31, 2016
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| 97% | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
It's like being killed with kindness, a good problem to have but a hard one to define beyond pleasantries ‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted May 31, 2016
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| 92% | The Nice Guys (2016) |
A crime tale that leaves the screwball comedy bruised and bloody with a retro reinvention of sorts.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted May 29, 2016
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| 60% | High-Rise (2016) |
Captures human degradation in style with a sly, twisted grin.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted May 26, 2016
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| 48% | X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) |
Has an identity crisis while suffering the hubris of assuming superhero movies are too big to fail.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted May 19, 2016
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| 83% | Midnight Special (2016) |
Quicker than you can say 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph' you're in the thick of an old parenting allegory.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted May 10, 2016
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| 91% | Captain America: Civil War (2016) |
Revels in it's complacency, spectacular only within the boundaries of what has become the serviceable standard for a Marvel film; it's all glory and no guts.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Apr 28, 2016
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| 28% | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) |
Delights in the dysfunctional wholesomeness of unwieldy families.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Apr 13, 2016
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| 95% | The Jungle Book (2016) |
A storybook come to life with the essence of old school Disney and digital effects that open a new chapter in cinematic enchantment.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Apr 3, 2016
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| 27% | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) |
Disjointed, numbing and spectacular with its intemperance.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Mar 22, 2016
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| 90% | 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) |
A little pre-Trump paranoia that's a reflection of our collective anxieties delivered as an easily digestible thriller.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Mar 18, 2016
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| 85% | Hail, Caesar! (2016) |
A prestigious eye-roll at the ridiculousness of looking for meaning in the institution of show business and every 'ism' vying for a stake of influence‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Feb 23, 2016
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| 83% | Deadpool (2016) |
Tries to rebel but it's as insubordinate as a kid wearing a Megadeth T-shirt to Church on a Sunday, but an okay break from saving the world.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Feb 9, 2016
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| 88% | The Big Short (2015) |
How to get rich with a conscience. It's informative, but never feels more than a cramming session before a big exam.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jan 18, 2016
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| 74% | The Hateful Eight (2015) |
The right kind of trouble.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jan 15, 2016
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| 81% | Chi-Raq (2015) |
Savage optimism.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jan 7, 2016
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| 80% | The Revenant (2015) |
Playground machismo.‐ The Popcorn Junkie
Read More | Posted Jan 5, 2016
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