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Chris McCoy

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Biography:

Chris McCoy is the Film/TV Editor for The Memphis Flyer. He has been writing about film and television professionally since 2001, and also writes travel, science, profiles and general interest articles on a freelance basis. Along with his wife, Laura Jean Hocking, he is the co-owner of the film and video production company Oddly Buoyant Productions. He has directed three feature films, including the award-winning Memphis punk rock documentary Antenna, as well as numerous short films and music videos.

Publications:
Favorites:

Mad Max: Fury Road Moonlight Us Out Of The Past Faces, Places Close Encounters of the Third Kind Star Wars: The Last Jedi Treasure of the Sierra Madre Man With A Movie Camera The General This Is What Love In Action Looks Like Dolemite Is My Name

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% EDIT “ Is it a good movie? I don’t know. Is it entertaining? As hell! ” – Memphis Flyer May 1, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 94% EDIT “One of the biggest strengths of Hoppers, Pixar’s latest animated feature, is that director Daniel Chong and screenwriter Jesse Andrews realize that saving your neighborhood can be just as compelling as saving the world. ” – Memphis Flyer May 1, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 94% EDIT “Gosling is the perfect actor for Lord and Miller’s style. He’s quick on his feet, with a great improv sense.” – Memphis Flyer May 1, 2026 Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 72% EDIT “Sure, there’s lots of impressively staged eye candy, and the couture is pretty stunning, but after yet another close-up of billowing fabric, you start to think maybe this isn’t going anywhere.” – Memphis Flyer May 1, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% EDIT “The biggest revelation from The Bone Temple is the confident, elegant direction by Nia DaCosta.” – Memphis Flyer Mar 4, 2026 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 94% EDIT “Like its protagonist, Train Dreams’ quiet eloquence is easily overlooked, but ultimately profound. ” – Memphis Flyer Mar 4, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 81% EDIT “There’s nothing Verbinski likes more than a great actor going stupid big, and Rockwell is the man for the job.” – Memphis Flyer Mar 4, 2026 Full Review TRON: Ares (2025) 53% EDIT “The Nine Inch Nails score is brilliant. The rest, not so much.” – Memphis Flyer Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “Frankenstein is del Toro at the height of his filmmaking powers.” – Memphis Flyer Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 87% EDIT “Bugonia is essentially a two-hander between Stone and Plemons, who are both at the top of their game.” – Memphis Flyer Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% EDIT “O’Connor steals the show as the tortured true believer who is enraged by the hypocrisy he sees in the institution he takes so seriously.” – Memphis Flyer Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “Avatar: Fire and Ash plays like a Pandoran hangout movie.” – Memphis Flyer Dec 19, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 71% EDIT “Emotionally stunted and repetitive to the point of tedium, The Smashing Machine never manages to get out of first gear.” – Memphis Flyer Oct 14, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% EDIT “But the biggest problem with the MCU is that it has become a conveyor belt of mediocrity. How many times have I written the same review, with different names? “It’s not terrible, just uninspiring and unnecessary.”” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 87% EDIT “Yeah, this film is not subtle. If you can’t handle the punny heat, stay out of the Police Squad! kitchen. Or something like that.” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (2025) 98% EDIT “It’s a thoughtful and deeply emotional film about a character who never quite fit in in life, and whose death was yet another Memphis tragedy. ” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% EDIT “Cregger leads us down each story path in turn, revealing much about how his characters’ inner lives and responses to trauma inform their actions while also dropping details which slowly reveal the bigger picture.” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review Highest 2 Lowest (2025) 83% EDIT “Highest 2 Lowest should be a triumphant victory lap for the most potent actor/director combo since Kurosawa and Mfune. Instead, the kidnapping drama plays out like a phoned-in cash grab. ” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025) 66% EDIT “This Is Spinal Tap was lightning in a bottle, so it’s no surprise that the legacy act version lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. The sequel is fun for fans, but if you’re new to Tap, do yourself a favor and go watch the original. It goes to 11.” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 91% EDIT “The number-one priority is fun — which also explains the worldwide appeal of KPop itself.” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “America is One Battle After Another. ” – Memphis Flyer Oct 1, 2025 Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% EDIT “As George Romero taught us, the real villains are always the humans” – Memphis Flyer Jul 25, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% EDIT “To paraphrase LBJ, doing the right thing is easy — the hard part is figuring out the right thing to do. And that is how you write a good Superman movie. ” – Memphis Flyer Jul 25, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 69% EDIT “ There’s a little bit of Robert Altman’s Nashville in the way Aster introduces a sprawling cast and quickly gives them motivations and flaws which set them on collision courses with both reality and each other.” – Memphis Flyer Jul 25, 2025 Full Review Materialists (2025) 78% EDIT “With a better lead, Materialists might have had a chance to make a statement about late capitalist love. But with Johnson droning on for an excruciating 117 minutes, it’s a slowly sinking ship. At least Titanic was romantic.” – Memphis Flyer Jun 18, 2025 Full Review
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