Craig Schroeder

Craig Schroeder's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Battleship Pretension
Publications:
Battleship Pretension
Movie Reviews Only
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81% | Do I Sound Gay? (2015) |
Do I Sound Gay? is a film that asks universal questions as a means to explore Thorpe's very personal struggle. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 13, 2021
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80% | Haywire (2012) |
Haywire is one of the best action films of the decade. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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67% | Jack's Back (1988) |
Despite all of its shortcomings, James Spader makes Jack's Back watchable. He's got a charm and dedication that elevates the film's shortcomings. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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75% | Eyes Wide Shut (1999) |
Eyes Wide Shut feels like the culmination of a career spent telling stories of every stripe; it's at once horrifying, sexy and thrilling and it explores a world that is unlike anything that could exist outside the mind of Stanley Kubrick. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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23% | Kill Your Friends (2016) |
Kill Your Friends has its moments, but in the end what's the point? It's all Blur and Oasis signifying nothing. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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90% | Tales From the Crypt (1972) |
It's easily forgotten, but just as easily recalled for being a lot of fun. Which seems to fall perfectly in line with Tales From the Crypt's pop-culture legacy. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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86% | Love Hunter (2014) |
Even at only 73 minutes, Love Hunter is indulgent. But, then, if a movie like this weren't, you'd probably ask for your money back. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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100% | Peter and the Farm (2016) |
Peter and the Farm is immensely rewarding as a fascinating personification of all of the emotions that mental illness renders you incapable of personifying. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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49% | San Andreas (2015) |
There's not a lot to hold onto in San Andreas. It ticks the boxes of a disaster film, but rarely, if ever, asks the audience to do anything other than ooh and ahh at its effects. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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83% | Patterns (1956) |
Patterns succeeds most as a showcase for its actors. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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No Score Yet | Little Annie Rooney (1925) |
Uneven second half notwithstanding, Little Annie Rooney is an exciting comedy, thankfully saved from the carnage of time. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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100% | The Dawn Wall (2018) |
The Dawn Wall moves with incredible fluidity. Framing the film around Caldwell and Jorgensen's ascent, the film floats effortlessly between past and present... - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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No Score Yet | Slumber (2017) |
For horror hounds, Slumber may scratch a familiar itch but it ultimately fails to distinguish itself and, like most dreams, quickly fades from memory. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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80% | No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) |
No Retreat, No Surrender is an argument for JCVD as a hard-to-define, compelling action commodity. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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88% | Car Wash (1976) |
Car Wash is an unconventional comedy that stumbles upon relevancy more often than not. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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56% | Stray (2019) |
It boasts flimsy stakes and underdeveloped characters, mired by large chunks of unremarkable exposition and cradled on a central mystery that isn't all that compelling. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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57% | The Hummingbird Project (2019) |
The Hummingbird Project asks the question but never gives a satisfying answer. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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43% | Scars of Dracula (1970) |
A messy delight... - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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93% | For the Birds (2019) |
For the Birds often has trouble finding the balance between human interest and exploitation. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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92% | The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) (1975) |
The Magic Flute is a fascinating look into Bergman's thoughts on the pretense of theater and film and the shared DNA between the two. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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88% | Ramen Shop (Ramen teh) (2019) |
Endearingly, the film shows food can unite two strangers from across the planet but can also transcend anger and resentment and make room for love and forgiveness. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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20% | Warning Sign (1985) |
In the war against the capitalist curation of streaming services, Scream Factory continues to be a noble soldier, offering horror fans the opportunity to see forgotten oddities and small pictures that would otherwise go unnoticed. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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44% | Endings, Beginnings (2020) |
It was written from a place of personal pain and experience. Unfortunately, when the cameras started to roll, that clear perspective was lost somewhere in the process... - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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No Score Yet | The Appaloosa (1966) |
It's impossible to offer a full-throated recommendation of The Appaloosa. It's beautifully shot but there's not much else to glean from it. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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87% | What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy (2015) |
Sands often lets his frustration with Wächter bubble over and it results in a film that frequently sprints towards brilliance while stumbling at critical thematic moments, incapable of overcoming its own editorializing. - Battleship Pretension
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| Posted Jan 7, 2021
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