J Hurtado
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | ScreenAnarchy |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 81% | 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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| No Score Yet | 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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| 100% | I Am Not a Witch (2017) |
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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| 59% | 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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| 71% | 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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| 85% | 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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| No Score Yet | 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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| No Score Yet | 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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| 63% | 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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| 71% | 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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| 52% | 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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| 88% | 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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| 83% | 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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| 43% | 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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| 41% | 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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| 57% | The Commuter (2018) |
Smart enough to know when not to be too smart, The Commuter is a fantastic punch out between Neeson and whoever dares to get in his way.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jan 11, 2018
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| 73% | Hostiles (2018) |
Hostiles is a fascinating and complex exploration of the evolution of the overall morality of the old west.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Jan 5, 2018
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| 100% | The House Next Door (Aval) (2017) |
An amazingly effective attempt at straight horror that homegrown Indian audiences have been begging for for years.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Dec 6, 2017
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| 90% | Newton (2017) |
It is clear that Masurkar is the real deal.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 14, 2017
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| 44% | The Oregonian (2012) |
Every frame of the film had a purpose, and that purpose was to unsettle. Mission accomplished. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 33% | The Ward (2011) |
The Ward fails on every count in which it should hit a home run.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 87% | Delhi Belly (2011) |
It is very, VERY funny.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 60% | Singham (2011) |
The film is very uneven and suffers greatly from it's desire to mimic South Indian action films.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 50% | That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011) |
A brave performance from Kalki Koechlin is certainly the highlight, but not the only reason to seek out this film.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Gandhi To Hitler (2011) |
I was continually flabbergasted by the perpetual cascade of gobsmackingly idiotic choices made by everyone involved. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 89% | Manborg (2011) |
What Manborg lacks in budget, it makes up for in heart and soul.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 76% | We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
Swinton hoists the film from a possibly melodramatic mire to a crushing discussion on the impact of nature vs. nurture.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 71% | The Woman (2011) |
Starts off with a whimper and ends with a bang, as all good horror films should.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | 7 Aum Arivu (7th Sense) (2011) |
Bogged down with commercial elements that do a grave disservice to the film we could have seen. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 67% | Ra. One (2011) |
Ra.One takes all of the tropes of Bollywood and meshes them into a modern story in a way that is engaging and propulsive.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | The Dirty Picture (2011) |
This film offers big laughs, fantastic spectacle, big emotions, and a powerhouse performance from a brave and exciting actress.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Good Night, Good Morning (2010) |
Among the most charming and creative Indian independent films I've seen recently.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 100% | Agneepath (2012) |
Agneepath's success is in Karan Malhotra's conscious decision to embrace the thing that makes Bollywood masala so appealing, the spectacle.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 45% | Agent Vinod (2012) |
Lacks the knockout blow that would have made it a real killer.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 80% | Juan of the Dead (2012) |
Polished and heartfelt, Juan brings a new voice in genre filmmaking from a land hamstrung by politics for decades.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 79% | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2012) |
An emotionally engaging story that flows naturally into violence and action, rather than a flat story that uses plot points only as excuses to get into the action.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 78% | Father's Day (2012) |
This is the kind of film we all expected to see inside all of those VHS boxes with the fabulous artwork.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Aadukalam (2010) |
I can now say, with authority, that Aadukalam is the real deal.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Chittagong (2012) |
Chittagong is a rousing success in the accomplishment of its goals.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 67% | Rowdy Rathore (2012) |
Rowdy Rathore wastes nearly an hour setting up plot points that should have taken no more than fifteen minutes, and the film suffers for it. ‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| 56% | Patang (2012) |
The lack of contrivance that turns Patang into a work worthy of admiration.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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| No Score Yet | Eega (2012) |
Incredible action sequences, inventive storytelling, technical excellence, and laughs and gasps that just keep coming; Eega has it all.‐ ScreenAnarchy
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2017
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