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Michelle Kisner

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Biography:

I have been writing about film for over five years now, and own thousands of them. My specialties include Japanese film, horror, arthouse, and cult movies. I write mostly for Spoiler Free Movie Sleuth, a Detroit-based website and am also a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society.

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Movies TV Shows
Save the Green Planet! (2003) 89% EDIT “Save the Green Planet examines the class divide through a mix of dark humor and truly harrowing torture and gore sequences.” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 7, 2026 Full Review Iron Lung (2026) 59% EDIT “There just isn't enough meat to flesh out two hours of runtime” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 6, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% EDIT “As the middle film in a trilogy, The Bone Temple successfully evolves the themes and narrative introduced in the first film, while setting the stage for what promises to be an incredible finale.” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 6, 2026 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% EDIT “In a meta sense, the film adaptation reinforces The Network's view of human suffering: as entertainment. Even as it comes up to the point of the story it is afraid encroach on the "fun factor" and happy Hollywood ending so it pulls its punches instead.” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 6, 2026 Full Review Deathstalker (2025) 87% EDIT “It's goopy and violent, never takes itself too seriously, and begs to be watched with a group of friends over some beer and pizza. ” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 6, 2026 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 87% EDIT “Like any Lanthimos film, everything drips with sardonic humor.” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 6, 2026 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “This film encapsulates all of Pynchon and Anderson's best qualities, blending them together to create a unique blend of cartoonishly exaggerated paranoia and sweeping American epic that should not be missed. ” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 6, 2026 Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% EDIT “The Long Walk is less about the actual walk itself and more about the psychological toll it would take on a person to participate, as well as the terror inherent in a society that looks at death as entertainment. ” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 6, 2026 Full Review C.H.U.D. (1984) 43% EDIT “The special effects and creature designs by John Caglione, Jr are fantastic with just the right amount of campiness.” – The Movie Sleuth May 9, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% EDIT “Sinners is a sexy, raw, occasionally funny, visceral gut punch of a flick that masterfully juggles various genres and tones.” – The Movie Sleuth Apr 15, 2025 Full Review Ash (2025) 71% EDIT “Ash is a dose of body horror, fractal weirdness, and little touches of humor that are ultimately entertaining and thrilling despite the script's lack of character motivations and backstory. ” – The Movie Sleuth Mar 24, 2025 Full Review Anora (2024) 93% EDIT “With Anora, intentionally or not, Sean Baker has made an anti-Pretty Woman which is more grounded and realistic, yet not wholly devoid of empathy and compassion.” – The Movie Sleuth Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 85% EDIT “Eggers has captured what makes Nosferatu a classic tale, imbuing the story with his own touches while keeping the theme intact.” – The Movie Sleuth Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% EDIT “Sadly, Gladiator II fails to recapture what made the first film special. While it isn't egregiously terrible, it's forgettable and dull, which is arguably worse. ” – The Movie Sleuth Feb 11, 2025 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% EDIT “The Brutalist is a sweeping film that encompasses everything great about cinema, and it feels simultaneously classic and modern.” – The Movie Sleuth Feb 11, 2025 Full Review The Girl With the Needle (2024) 92% EDIT “The Girl with the Needle is an attempt to understand what kind of environment would facilitate heinous acts of cruelty and what would make an individual see those acts as the ultimate kindness” – The Movie Sleuth Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Companion (2025) 93% EDIT “While Companion flirts with more profound themes about love and objectification, it ultimately settles for thrills and entertainment.” – The Movie Sleuth Feb 11, 2025 Full Review The Substance (2024) 89% EDIT “The Substance is an incredible film that works on many levels. It's a scathing commentary on aging and an excellent old-fashioned splatter gore freak-out for the ages. ” – The Movie Sleuth Oct 5, 2024 Full Review Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 31% EDIT “An amazing idea on paper, however Phillips can’t help but continually call back to the stylized imagery of the first film, which somewhat undermines his thesis and ultimately rings hollow.” – The Movie Sleuth Oct 5, 2024 Full Review Kinds of Kindness (2024) 71% EDIT “ Lanthimos is the God of these stories, an ultimately cruel master who creates these characters and puts them through the wringer.” – The Movie Sleuth Aug 25, 2024 Full Review Aggro Dr1ft (2023) 41% EDIT “While AGGRO DR1FT doesn't work as a film, it takes such a big provocative swing that it demands at least one viewing, at the very least, just for the experience.” – The Movie Sleuth Aug 25, 2024 Full Review Kill Craft (2024) EDIT “Kill Craft is an entertaining throwback to the plethora of direct-to-video action films that lined the shelves of video stores back in the '90s.” – The Movie Sleuth Aug 25, 2024 Full Review Luminous Woman (1987) EDIT “Although this film can sometimes feel unfocused, it never wavers in its affection for humanity and how we simultaneously love and hurt each other. ” – The Movie Sleuth Aug 25, 2024 Full Review Longlegs (2024) 85% EDIT “It's admirable that director Osgood Perkins doesn't let genre expectations pigeonhole his creativity, and at no point is his film boring.” – The Movie Sleuth Aug 25, 2024 Full Review Trap (2024) 56% EDIT “Overall, though Trap is somewhat messily constructed and often unbelievable, Josh Hartnett's intense performance and commitment to the character saves it from diving too far into ridiculousness.” – The Movie Sleuth Aug 25, 2024 Full Review
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