Asia Frey
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Turning Red (2022) |
Whether you zero in on generations of female empowerment and healing, or the lush tail of a gigantic furry beast, there is something for everyone in Turning Red. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 11, 2022
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Windfall (2022) |
From the retro font and music of the opening titles, Windfall announces itself as a throwback, Hitchcock-esque thriller, and proceeds, in its tidy runtime, to deliver. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 11, 2022
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Blonde (2022) |
This is an often beautiful-looking film that is hard to watch. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 11, 2022
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) |
The whole film seemed engineered to get her [Jessica Chastain] that little gold man, and her performance was often most noteworthy for the sheer level of transformation involved. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 04, 2022
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The Worst Person in the World (2021) |
I loved The Worst Person in the World. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 04, 2022
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Licorice Pizza (2021) |
A madcap, meandering trip to 1970s California, this comedy is full of unexpected action and unforgettable characters, including brief, insane cameos from well-known stars and magnetic, natural performances. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 04, 2022
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Cyrano (2021) |
With someone like Dinklage as Cyrano, this film didn’t need anything else to make it cool and relevant, and the mortifying musical sequences threatened to derail a gorgeous and emotional story. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 04, 2022
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Drive My Car (2021) |
This film is complex and ambiguous, wordy, deliberate, character-driven and masterful. It earns every revelation, and it deserves every minute. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 04, 2022
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All My Puny Sorrows (2021) |
If you are in the right mindset for a serious drama, All My Puny Sorrows is a delicate, beautiful story, a worthy screen adaptation of a book that has challenged and comforted many readers. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 03, 2022
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The Northman (2022) |
Spectacle, pageantry and myth combine with blood, mud and abs for a dazzling, uproarious Viking spree in which Alexander Skarsgård seeks to avenge the murder of his father with the aid of Anya Taylor-Joy and Icelandic national treasure Björk. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 03, 2022
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Strawberry Mansion (2021) |
A whimsical, science-fiction love story whose practical effects look not only like they were made by hand, but quite possibly by children. That is absolutely a compliment. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 03, 2022
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) |
If you ever liked any of the Fantastic Beasts movies, there is technically no reason for you to dislike the latest one, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 03, 2022
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Better Nate Than Ever (2022) |
A wholesome and hilarious valentine to Broadway, the power of art, the strength of hope and family itself. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 03, 2022
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) |
I have not had as much fun watching a movie in quite some time as I had watching The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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Lightyear (2022) |
Lightyear was exciting, suspenseful, funny and heartfelt, and animated action film is a category I didn’t realize I was missing out on. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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Last Looks (2021) |
Last Looks is enjoyable as a puzzle to solve, but even more so as an adventure to observe. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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RRR (2022) |
A colorful, beautiful action melodrama, this three-hour extravaganza does not shy away from, well, anything. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 28, 2022
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) |
A charming, understated, idiosyncratic adventure for especially mature kids or especially winsome adults. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 27, 2022
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Elvis (2022) |
Elvis Presley has a song in which he requests, “A little less conversation, a little more action, please,” but this film needed just the opposite. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 27, 2022
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Funny Pages (2022) |
It is possibly the bleakest coming-of-age film I have ever seen and, therefore, one of the most accurate. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 27, 2022
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Belle (2021) |
How did the anime version of “Beauty and the Beast” combine with “Ready Player One” to result in a teen drama that is subtle, moving and resonant? - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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Persuasion (2022) |
Like its heroine, Persuasion has an identity crisis. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) |
It is delightful. Unrealistic but delightful. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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The Automat (2021) |
Delivered an effective recipe of sincerity, nostalgia and interesting social history about a quirky little phenomenon that captured a slice of Americana. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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The Sea Beast (2022) |
The Sea Beast is a fulfilling and beautiful movie that is also kid-oriented, and I will gladly watch it again. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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The Gray Man (2022) |
An unapologetically pure action movie, and as such, tremendously entertaining. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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Mack & Rita (2022) |
Fortunately, Mack & Rita is playing at a movie theater that serves alcohol. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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I Love My Dad (2022) |
There is just one more weird thing about I Love My Dad — it is actually pretty good. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 06, 2022
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Spencer (2021) |
This unusual film might not be to everyone’s taste, but it was anything but dull.
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| Posted Sep 02, 2022
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Being the Ricardos (2021) |
Being the Ricardos kept winning me over by being interesting, despite being contrived and Nicole Kidman bearing no resemblance to Lucille Ball. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Aug 26, 2022
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The Tender Bar (2021) |
The Tender Bar was good enough, but it wasn’t great, despite its potential. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Aug 25, 2022
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Belfast (2021) |
A beautiful and emotional film that is inherently moving, Branagh tips the scales to the cheesy. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Aug 24, 2022
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Jump, Darling (2020) |
Jump, Darling... felt true, from the unshowy and natural writing to the realistic performances, one from the beginning and one from the end of a career. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Aug 24, 2022
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The French Dispatch (2021) |
By making a film about artists, Anderson has created an oblique autobiography about the creative process and its place in a vividly rendered, perfectly created dream world. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Dec 23, 2021
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8-Bit Christmas (2021) |
Unexpectedly heartwarming and hilarious throughout. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Dec 17, 2021
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The Power of the Dog (2021) |
Without the complex layers to Phil's character and motivations, it might have been just an exercise in endurance, but it was a breathtaking and suspenseful human mystery instead. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Dec 11, 2021
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Passing (2021) |
An elegant, somber film that showcases subtle and brilliant performances from Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Dec 03, 2021
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) |
A beautiful film full of some emotionally profound moments that will stay with me for a long time. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Nov 19, 2021
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The Green Knight (2021) |
David Lowery took an ancient myth and dressed it up in glorious, fairy tale finery. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Nov 05, 2021
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Dune (2021) |
Stately, gorgeous, exciting and ethereal, Denis Villeneuve has made a magnificent spectacle anchored by compelling performances. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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I'm Your Man (2021) |
Utterly delightful is the only way to describe I'm Your Man. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 21, 2021
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The Many Saints of Newark (2021) |
The relationship between the show and the movie is more of a fun novelty than a character exploration, and the film is most successful when it is free from lining up with the show. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 14, 2021
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Birds of Paradise (2021) |
Birds of Paradise is here to satisfy all your ballet catfight needs. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Oct 12, 2021
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The Mayberry Effect (2020) |
Maybe I'm just under the nostalgic spell described in the movie; maybe the whole thing felt like a Christopher Guest mockumentary and I'm just too soft headed to notice. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 30, 2021
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Swan Song (2021) |
You have never seen a character quite like Udo Kier's Mr. Pat in Swan Song, and he has a razor-sharp edge that cuts through even the most sentimental moments in this ebullient yet tear-jerking character study. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 17, 2021
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Charming the Hearts of Men (2021) |
At any rate, the women who I liked so much ended up better off than they started, and this was a very engaging historic dramedy. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 09, 2021
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Val (2021) |
You don't have to be a huge Val Kilmer fan to engage with the documentary "Val." - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Sep 01, 2021
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Pig (2021) |
Nicolas Cage delivers a moving, naturalistic performance. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Aug 25, 2021
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The Suicide Squad (2021) |
From the bonkers fight choreography to the macabre logic driving the madcap action, this stylized comic book world looked nothing like ours, and was all the more transporting and entertaining for it. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Ride the Eagle (2021) |
It seemed like a pet project of several actors that I really like, and I was more than happy to spend time with them on this slight-but-interesting excursion. - Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)
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| Posted Aug 11, 2021
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