Theo Estes

Theo Estes's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Consequence of Sound
The Spool
Publications:
Consequence of Sound,
The Spool
Movie Reviews Only
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83% | Happiest Season (2020) |
[I]t is the perfect holiday film for those who want a gay twist on Christmas. - The Spool
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| Posted Nov 23, 2020
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93% | The Life Ahead (2020) |
[Loren] imbues Rosa with dignity and grace, the portrait of an older woman who, despite her hard life, still has an aura of glamor. - The Spool
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| Posted Nov 14, 2020
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45% | Malasaña 32 (2020) |
The movie starts to feel like a retread of the same old ghost movies we've been watching for the last three-plus decades. - The Spool
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| Posted Oct 21, 2020
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25% | Books of Blood (2020) |
This may be a decent fix for those itching for some new Barker, but it's probably better to just revisit one of his classics. - The Spool
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| Posted Oct 7, 2020
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69% | Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
Dancer in the Dark critiques the relentless optimism of mid-century movie musicals, but it also puts the American cultural narrative under the microscope. - The Spool
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| Posted Oct 7, 2020
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82% | The Boys in the Band (2020) |
The stigma of being an out queer person has lessened since the '60s, and the self-loathing the characters feel may seem foreign to some queer people today. - The Spool
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| Posted Sep 27, 2020
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70% | The One and Only Ivan (2020) |
With such limited character building, The One and Only Ivan wastes its cast. - The Spool
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| Posted Aug 19, 2020
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100% | A Thousand Cuts (2020) |
[I]]t brings attention to the civil rights abuses occurring now in the Philippines, smartly implying how this illiberalism could happen elsewhere. - The Spool
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| Posted Aug 10, 2020
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100% | Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020) |
Though Tabsch & Constatnini aren't able to give us a glimpse of who Mercado was behind the cape, they adroitly capture his presence and what made him a force of nature in the Latinx world. - The Spool
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| Posted Jul 8, 2020
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100% | Welcome to Chechnya (2020) |
The fear the refugees live in is given a tangible quality, and the documentary imbues even the most mundane moments with tension. - The Spool
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| Posted Jun 29, 2020
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48% | My Spy (2020) |
In the end, Segal spends too much time trying to pull at the heartstrings with My Spy, rather than ticking the funny bone. - The Spool
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| Posted Apr 15, 2020
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98% | Blow the Man Down (2020) |
Krudy and Cole are able to achieve something rare... They give us a world that feels real, and lived in, that existed before the audience and will exist after. - The Spool
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| Posted Mar 20, 2020
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95% | Goldie (2020) |
Goldie's energy is matched by Shawn Peter's kinetic cinematography, which is paired with animation by Smith & Lee, a colorful and undulating aesthetic reminiscent of Klasky-Csupo. - The Spool
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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74% | The Photograph (2020) |
Rae and Stanfield (not to mention Noel and Adams) are such engaging screen presences, elevating what could have been a trite romance with some real heat. - The Spool
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| Posted Feb 13, 2020
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64% | Gretel & Hansel (2020) |
...it can't be completely dismissed; it's visually compelling, and Perkins has a real eye for atmosphere. - The Spool
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| Posted Jan 31, 2020
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88% | Ramen Shop (Ramen teh) (2019) |
While the first half . . . dabbles in some familiar dynamics, Khoo's loving depictions of the food that frame their story carry the film until it can get to a stronger back half. - The Spool
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| Posted Jan 18, 2020
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C | 22% | Men in Black International (2019) |
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson's charms can only do so much lifting in a film that falls short everywhere else, be it in story, stakes, or world-building. - Consequence of Sound
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| Posted Jun 12, 2019
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