J Hurtado
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | ScreenAnarchy |
Movie Reviews Only
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| 80% | Halloween (2018) |
David Gordon Green has reframed the Halloween series in a new and interesting way that is sure to sate the bloodlust of the hardcore fans‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 18, 2018
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| 71% | Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) |
[A] fascinating film that appeals to the best in us, while still managing to sate the worst in us and our thirst for blood and violence, and for that I salute it.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 11, 2018
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| 87% | Tumbbad (2018) |
A slow burn whose finale is wonderfully unexpected and yet fitting, Tumbbad is a great film and hopefully the start of a new trend in India.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 10, 2018
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| 88% | Diamantino (2018) |
Unlike anything you'll see this year, definitely worth seeking out and keeping an eye on the filmmakers; if this is what they do with their first feature, I can't wait to see what comes next.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 4, 2018
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| 69% | Manto (2018) |
Manto is an engrossing experience and one that finds itself perhaps more relevant today than it might've been even ten years ago.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 4, 2018
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| 100% | The Man Who Feels No Pain (2018) |
A big, goofy cavalcade of crowd pleasing moments that add up to one of the most fun experiences I've had with a film this year. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 4, 2018
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| No Score Yet | FP2: Beats of Rage (2018) |
Great for the existing fans, but I don't see this one necessarily making the impression that the original did.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 4, 2018
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| 80% | Apostle (2018) |
There is a lot to like in Gareth Huw Evans' ambitious folk horror tale, Apostle. The problem might be that there is just too much of everything to really fall in love.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 4, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Dachra (2018) |
Dachra takes on a not entirely unfamiliar journey into a heart of rural darkness with a unique setting that will leave fans [...] satisfied ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 4, 2018
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| 31% | Venom (2018) |
A Cleaned Up, Toned Down, Baffling Misfire‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Oct 4, 2018
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| 100% | Village Rockstars (2017) |
The atmosphere of Village Rockstars is so real that it almost feels like a documentary. Rim Das' direction is the opposite of fussy, allowing the characters and their actions to breathe on screen in a way that speaks to her affection for the subject.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Sep 28, 2018
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| 26% | The Nun (2018) |
A boring, uneventful, downright ludicrous attempt to capitalize on less than four minutes of screen time in an infinitely better film.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Sep 6, 2018
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| 22% | The Happytime Murders (2018) |
The Happytime Murders is a one joke film that runs out of laughs way too fast.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Aug 29, 2018
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| 45% | The Meg (2018) |
The Meg is a ton of pre-historic scary fun, and the last big blast of the summer!‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Aug 29, 2018
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| 90% | Brothers' Nest (2018) |
Reminiscent of the best of the Coens' work, Brothers' Nest is a future classic in the making.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Aug 29, 2018
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| 91% | Anna and the Apocalypse (2018) |
Even though we are aware that we are being taken on an unusual ride that we are meant to enjoy, the emotional stakes are high enough that the audience can't help caring about the characters and whether they'll live or die. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Aug 8, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Laplace's Witch (Rapurasu no majo) (2018) |
With Laplace's Witch, Miike takes another step toward mediocrity, and for that I am sad. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 83% | The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2018) |
As it stands, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot is an uneven attempt at telling too many stories and succeeding with none.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch (2017) |
Rokuroku is a confounding low budget mess of an ominous omnibus‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 83% | Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018) |
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires understands its audience well, and wears its own love of genre proudly on its sleeve.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Lôi Báo (2017) |
Lôi Báo is good fun and hopefully a harbinger of a new Vietnamese action renaissance that will bring back the spirit of the films from a decade ago.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 100% | The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (Manyeo) (2018) |
[A} hell of a lot of fun and will both satisfy Korean action fans looking for something different, and leave them desperate for more.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Inuyashiki (2018) |
Inuyashiki is absolutely breathtaking on every level.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 100% | The Dark (2018) |
The Dark is an unusual and refreshing film that was definitely one of the biggest surprises... at Fantasia.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 100% | One Cut of the Dead (Kamera o tomeru na!) (2017) |
One Cut of the Dead is one of the most ingenious deconstructions of backstage satire in recent years.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 63% | Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017) |
A boring, overlong mess that just happens to have a bunch of campy violence. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Violence Voyager (2018) |
Violence Voyager is an unforgettable experience both in terms of the insanity happening on screen, and the fascinating technical construction of the film.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2018
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| 76% | What Will People Say? (Hva vil folk si) (2018) |
What Will People Say is about as delicate in delivering its message as a sledgehammer, but it gets the job done, and I really enjoyed it.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jul 11, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Tik Tik Tik (2018) |
Tik Tik Tik is definitely a step forward and Rajan is one of the most innovative filmmakers working in Tamil Nadu today.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 23, 2018
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| 83% | Virus Tropical (2017) |
A film about the adventure that is the life we all live while we're waiting for our grand adventure to begin.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 97% | I Am Not a Witch (2018) |
A Superb Film From A Prodigious New Talent‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 89% | Hereditary (2018) |
[N]erve-shredding perfection, exactly the kind of experience that leaves the viewer screaming for mercy, but ignores those cries in favor of twisting the blade.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2018
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| 50% | Kaala (2018) |
Not big enough to be bigger than life, but not real enough to be taken seriously outside of his filmy persona, Kaala is a middling film that doesn't seem to know which side of the fence it wants to be on.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2018
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| 57% | Hotel Artemis (2018) |
Hotel Artemis makes for an intriguing addition to the mid-budget action oeuvre.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2018
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| 63% | Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018) |
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero is another impressive outing for this filmmaker, and it definitely deserves some international recognition‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 2, 2018
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| 86% | Upgrade (2018) |
Upgrade is a future-shock action horror film sure to keep fans of high intensity science fiction happy.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jun 1, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil (2018) |
Tinu Pappachan is another young filmmaker ready to make an impression, and his first film is a corker.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted May 29, 2018
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| 67% | Field Guide to Evil (2018) |
Strickland's piece feels very unlike his previous work. Whereas in his other films, the overarching feeling is one of dread or anxiety, with this project he allows himself and his audience to have fun while still giving them a good jolt.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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| No Score Yet | Awe! (2018) |
This is the kind of film that has the potential to put Indian regional cinema on the map. High concept filmmaking is always welcome in any language, and Prasanth Varma's film definitely fits the bill. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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| 60% | Garbage (2018) |
Q is unafraid, and Garbage is proof positive that he is one of the most important working filmmakers in the world.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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| 65% | Beyond the Clouds (2018) |
Majidi's film attempts to use the rhythms of Bollywood without fully committing to the form‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Apr 22, 2018
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| 67% | Mercury (2018) |
A technical marvel, one of the best shot Tamil films in recent memory, with a surprisingly adept sound design that compensates for the lack of speech in creative ways‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Apr 16, 2018
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| 53% | Rampage (2018) |
Rampage is one of the biggest, loudest, explodiest, most violent, and cartoonishly gory films of the last decade, and it's never dull for a second.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Apr 11, 2018
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| 91% | Heavy Trip (Hevi reissu) (2018) |
Heavy Trip is a hilarious, loving ode to heavy metal fandom.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Mar 21, 2018
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| 70% | The Ranger (2018) |
[A] fun throwback with a killer soundtrack and enough solid kills in its 77 minutes [...] to sate spiky haired gorehounds everywhere.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Mar 21, 2018
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| 44% | Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) |
[S]o ridiculous and some of the action downright stupid that it's hard not to smile.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Mar 21, 2018
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| 100% | The Man from Hong Kong (The Dragon Flies) (1975) |
It's great fun and one hell of a calling card as the debut feature from the man who would become Australia's action king.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Mar 20, 2018
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| 47% | Red Sparrow (2018) |
[A] shamelessly entertaining film with more than enough nude torture to appeal to the B-movie crowd and a cast that will draw in cinephiles in spite of themselves.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Mar 2, 2018
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| 40% | Den of Thieves (2018) |
Den of Thieves is a textbook case of the kind of film that gets lost in the January doldrums, and with good reason.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jan 18, 2018
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| 83% | The Brawler (Mukkabaaz) (2017) |
Kashyap has made one of his best, most layered films in years, and all while sticking to his guns.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jan 11, 2018
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