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Charles Pulliam-Moore

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Biography:

Charles Pulliam-Moore is a NYC-based film, tv, and culture critic whose writing often explores genre fiction that challenges the established sci-fi and fantasy canons. He's also an avid lover of podcasts whose work has previously appeared in NPR, PBS Newshour, and Slate.

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% EDIT “It was hard to get a sense of how 28 Years Later might grow into a compelling trilogy. But The Bone Temple makes it clear that Boyle and Garland have been cooking with heat from the very beginning of this new chapter of the larger franchise.” – The Verge Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “Fire and Ash is a technical marvel, but at its core it feels like Cameron is still recycling a lot of the franchise’s basics.” – The Verge Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% EDIT “As silly as Predator: Badlands is, it balances that energy out with bone-crunching fights and a handful of dramatic twists plucked right out of the Alien franchise. It makes for a solid entry that sets up a big and promising pivot for the future.” – The Verge Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 88% EDIT “The feature shapeshifts with an impressive, Parasite-esque nimbleness that keeps each of its narrative modes — comedy, body horror, psychological thriller — in constant focus.” – The Verge Nov 2, 2025 Full Review TRON: Ares (2025) 53% EDIT “Unlike Tron: Legacy, which felt like a tech-forward theme park ride, Ares is an uninspired soft reboot that spends much of its time overexplaining a plot that’s as convoluted as it is predictable.” – The Verge Oct 7, 2025 Full Review HIM (2025) 30% EDIT “Him is more stylish than “scary” in the traditional horror sense. But even though the movie starts to fall apart in its final acts, it works as a thought exercise about the prices people are willing to pay for one of America’s favorite pastimes.” – The Verge Sep 23, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% EDIT “Cregger proves that he is capable of weaving tales of suspense without an overreliance on surprise. Like Barbarian, Weapons’ visuals are as arresting as its story is disturbing. But the new film works much harder to show you the meaning behind its scares.” – The Verge Aug 13, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% EDIT “As meandering and largely uninspired as the MCU’s multiversal project has been, First Steps does a fantastic job presenting a reality that looks and feels truly different from what Marvel has been putting on the big screen.” – The Verge Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% EDIT “Every set piece works to remind you that, in a world populated by superhumans, Superman’s the best of the best. But he’s also just a farm boy who happens to have excellent chemistry with a woman who wants the world to see him for what he truly is.” – The Verge Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 50% EDIT “Jurassic World was full of promise because it implied that the franchise was going in a new direction that could lend itself to different kinds of big budget spectacle. But Rebirth's flatness points to a tame, relatively boring future for the series.” – The Verge Jul 3, 2025 Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% EDIT “The new 28 Days Later sequel’s infected ghouls aren’t all that scary, but the film’s Brexit-y undertones sure are.” – The Verge Jul 3, 2025 Full Review Thunderbolts* (2025) 88% EDIT “Despite its overabundance of limp gags and a plot that falls short of being inspired, Thunderbolts* isn’t really a bad film — it’s just classic, by-the-numbers Marvel that’s coming at a time when the studio has drifted away from that style of moviemaking.” – The Verge May 2, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% EDIT “Coogler set out to make something not just for himself, but for everyone who understands the power movies have to pull us into their fantastical realities. Sinners not only succeeds, but it ushers Coogler into a new echelon of cinematic storytellers.” – The Verge Apr 17, 2025 Full Review Opus (2025) 39% EDIT “Despite its promising start, Opus ends up feeling more concerned with style than substance and like it doesn’t exactly know which of its points — many of which are solid — it wants to leave you thinking about.” – The Verge Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 78% EDIT “Mickey 17's overall messiness is part of what makes the movie — along with its central message about the responsibility workers have to value themselves — stand out as a perfectly timed story to this current moment, despite being set in the far future.” – The Verge Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 46% EDIT “Brave New World's kinetic moments of spectacle aren’t enough to make the movie feel like it has anything substantive to say about who Sam is or how his becoming Captain America changes the world” – The Verge Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 85% EDIT “It’s rare to see a remake that so effectively celebrates its predecessors while also realizing its own distinct vision, but that’s what is going to make Nosferatu an instant horror classic.” – The Verge Dec 26, 2024 Full Review Kraven the Hunter (2024) 15% EDIT “The fact that Kraven was even making its way to theaters implied that Sony had a plan in mind for its central character, but that’s not at all the impression you get actually watching the movie/” – The Verge Dec 26, 2024 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) 49% EDIT “The War of the Rohirrim’s characters are so two-dimensional and its story is so plodding that it’s difficult to understand why the studio thought this particular bit of lore needed to be adapted for the big screen.” – The Verge Dec 26, 2024 Full Review Wicked (2024) 88% EDIT “The film is as gorgeous as its musical numbers are tremendous, and there’s a depth to its story that makes a case for it being split into two parts.” – The Verge Nov 21, 2024 Full Review Venom: The Last Dance (2024) 40% EDIT “The Last Dance doesn’t exactly deliver on the iffy but intriguing comic madness Sony has been teasing, it does bring this gooey, gory bit of ridiculous adaptation to a fitting end.” – The Verge Oct 25, 2024 Full Review Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 31% EDIT “If Joker was a dark comedy, then Folie à Deux is its dreary, tragic twin with a frown stuck on its face. It’s a sour note for this franchise to end on but a great reminder that, eventually, all comedians bomb.” – The Verge Oct 4, 2024 Full Review The Substance (2024) 89% EDIT “The Substance drives head-on into territory reminiscent of Cronenberg’s Crash and Crimes of the Future, which Fargeat makes her own with buckets of artfully splattered viscera. The movie might leave you feeling sick, but that’s how you know it’s working.” – The Verge Sep 10, 2024 Full Review Blink Twice (2024) 74% EDIT “With a bit more time spent making its players feel like actual people, Blink Twice’s attempts to shock you with a heavily telegraphed pivot into metaphorical horror might work much more effectively. Instead, the film lands closer to Don’t Worry Darling” – The Verge Aug 29, 2024 Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% EDIT “Because so many of Romulus’ beats echo iconic moments from past Alien movies, few of the new film’s twists and turns will take longtime fans. But for folks just looking for a few solid jump scares and of Ridley Scott’s imagination, the film is enough.” – The Verge Aug 14, 2024 Full Review
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