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Andy Lea
Andy Lea's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Daily Express (UK)
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Movies reviews only
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Cassandro (2023) |
The film works as a family drama as well as a rousing underdog tale. Bernal body slams them both, holding us in his vice-like grip throughout. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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A Haunting in Venice (2023) |
Horror nuts could find it a bit tame but Christie fans should welcome a fresh guessing game and devilish twists to the classic formula. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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Past Lives (2023) |
Past Lives could battle Oppenheimer at the Oscars. It’s just as explosive. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Sep 11, 2023
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023) |
This tasty brew felt like it was on the turn when writer-star Nia Vardalos reheated it for a 2016 sequel. Now, it feels as stale as last week’s moussaka. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Sep 07, 2023
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Cobweb (2023) |
Creepy camerawork and sinister grown-ups keep the tension simmering away in the wonderfully creepy buildup. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Sep 05, 2023
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The Equalizer 3 (2023) |
The action scenes are horribly entertaining, but McCall is just as deadly with a withering smile. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Sep 05, 2023
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Passages (2023) |
Slowly a slightly toxic relationship turns into something utterly venomous. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Sep 05, 2023
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Mob Land (2023) |
... Some crunchy dialogue and very dark twists add surprises to a familiar set-up. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 25, 2023
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Theater Camp (2023) |
The songs aren’t as catchy, the lines aren’t as sharp and there are no mishaps with badly measured stage props. But a game cast delivers a few wry smiles and a couple of gentle cringes. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 25, 2023
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The Blackening (2022) |
This is mainly about a great cast and the laughs, which a razor-sharp script delivers by the bucketload. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 25, 2023
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Blue Beetle (2023) |
There are some mildly amusing moments but I’m not sure if Jaime’s eccentric uncle (George Lopez) and gun-toting granny (Adriana Barraza) freshen it up enough. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 18, 2023
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Strays (2023) |
As the script resorts to increasingly laboured gags about humping and poo, you suspect Strays may have worked better as a sketch. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 18, 2023
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Somewhere in Queens (2022) |
Romano is less interested in gags and more intent on mining the relationship between fathers and sons. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 18, 2023
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Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023) |
Neill Blomkamp cuts through the cheese with remarkable high-speed driving sequences that demand to be watched on the big screen. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 11, 2023
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Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) |
Tony Award-winning playwright-turned-filmmaker Matthew Lopez whisks us off to a much-improved version of the real world. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 11, 2023
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Haunted Mansion (2023) |
It won’t put the frighteners on Barbie but Disney’s spooky family comedy should keep tills ringing over the school holidays. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 11, 2023
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Revoir Paris (2022) |
This touching character study makes a trip to a quiet art-house cinema feel doubly satisfying. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 04, 2023
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Maggie Moore(s) (2023) |
The two [Jon Hamm and Tina Fey] spark off each other nicely but stirring romance into this brew doesn’t make it go down any more easily. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 04, 2023
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Joy Ride (2023) |
Wu and Cola show decent comic timing but they are in a constant battle with the script’s almost pathological need to shock. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Aug 04, 2023
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Barbie (2023) |
The feminist parable doesn’t always make sense and some characters fail to come to life. But, after a raft of over-polished blockbusters, this messiness feels refreshing - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jul 24, 2023
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Oppenheimer (2023) |
Eye-popping cinematography conveys the terrible force of Oppenheimer’s bomb, and brilliant writing invites us to chew over the morality and consequences of its creation. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jul 24, 2023
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They Cloned Tyrone (2023) |
Unsurprisingly, an uneven tone is the main issue with the ambitious and fitfully entertaining first self-directed feature from Creed II screenwriter Juel Taylor. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jul 24, 2023
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Hello, Bookstore (2022) |
Tannenbaum’s anecdotes could turn introverted book lovers into Amazon Prime subscribers. But the affection of his customers sets up this charming documentary’s happy ending. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jul 03, 2023
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) |
I’m not sure Ruby has the legs for a franchise but witty dialogue and peppy animation keep this coming-of-age comedy afloat. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jul 03, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) |
Ford’s charisma is firing on all cylinders. Indy may complain of “crumbling vertebrae” but the veteran actor more or less carries this $300m blockbuster on his own. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jul 03, 2023
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The Flash (2023) |
It all moves along rather zippily until director Andy Muschietti tries to restage the 2013 film's CGI-heavy finale. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jun 20, 2023
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Greatest Days (2023) |
[Coky Giedroy] has to rely on a certain ramshackle charm to paper over its slightly cheap-looking song-and-dance routines. Thankfully, her excellent cast and her choreographer Drew McOnie have that in abundance... - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jun 20, 2023
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Chevalier (2022) |
Kelvin Harrison Jr is so good in the lead role, you wish he’d been handed a better script. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jun 09, 2023
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Love Without Walls (2023) |
Homelessness is an important issue and this preposterous film doesn’t do it justice. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jun 09, 2023
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) |
While not quite a transformation, this new reboot offers a welcome change of pace from the bombast of Bay. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jun 09, 2023
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Reality (2023) |
The truth is a whole lot stranger than fiction in this tense but seemingly banal drama set almost entirely in asuburban bungalow. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jun 02, 2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have delivered another subversive superhero classic that’s wickedly funny, beautifully scored and gorgeously animated. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Jun 02, 2023
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) |
The long overdue film adaptation is heartwarming, sharply written, wonderfully cast and probably a bit tame for the social media-savvy girls of 2023. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 19, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) |
Ari Aster goes off the rails with a self-indulgent three-hour freakout. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 19, 2023
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Fast X (2023) |
Nobody watches this series for a coherent story but it’s clearly ridiculous. The screenwriters know it too, peppering the dialogue with self-aware quips. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 19, 2023
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) |
It’s shocking but inspiring. Parkinson’s hasn’t robbed Fox of his drive or his sense of humour. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 12, 2023
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Love Again (2023) |
Sadly, I’m not sure her [Celine Dion's] five new ballads power over this rom-com’s sizable plot holes. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 12, 2023
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Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) |
The four veteran stars deserved sharper dialogue and a better plot. But this is a rare sequel that doesn’t disappoint. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 12, 2023
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Ip Man: The Awakening (2021) |
The fight scenes are slickly choreographed and energetically staged but the plot is as thin as Tse’s barely written character. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 08, 2023
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A Small Fortune (2021) |
It’s well paced, nicely acted and, location aside, very familiar. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 08, 2023
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The Laureate (2021) |
Nunez isn't remotely interested in Laura's writing but she [Dianna Agron] keeps this zippy period soap opera ticking over. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted May 08, 2023
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Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry, The (2023) |
On screen, the pace flags and the side characters feel too thinly sketched. But the lead performances are terrific. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Apr 28, 2023
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Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023) |
As well as making a convincing case for Little Richard’s pioneering songwriting, Cortes’s film also offers a fascinating take on his role as a cultural revolutionary. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Apr 28, 2023
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Suzume (2022) |
... Anime fans will be moved by this gorgeous, touching and reliably bonkers fantasy. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Life of Brian (1979) |
All the Pythons are at the top of their game here. The jokes are joyously silly and the writing razor sharp. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Apr 07, 2023
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (2023) |
Guy Ritchie barely puts a foot wrong with his solid but largely forgettable spy caper. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Apr 07, 2023
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Air (2023) |
... An absorbing if overly earnest origins story for Nike's Air Jordan training shoe, set in 1984. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Apr 07, 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) |
For six decades, D&D has helped the spotty, the awkward and the romantically challenged find their tribe. This big-hearted fantasy channels some of that underdog spirit. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Mar 31, 2023
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80 for Brady (2023) |
Instead of bothering to craft any decent jokes, the scriptwriters rely on the concept of old people getting out of the house being inherently hilarious. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Mar 24, 2023
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Infinity Pool (2023) |
... The holiday-from-hell theme quickly switches into a sci-fi satire about the immorality of the one per cent. - Daily Express (UK)
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| Posted Mar 24, 2023
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