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Christopher Lloyd

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Biography:

Christopher Lloyd is an award-winning film critic with an outreach that spans web, broadcast and print outlets. He is co-founder of The Film Yap, founding member of the Indiana Film Journalists Association and member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Lloyd appears regularly on WISH-TV in Indianapolis and his work appears in various newspapers.

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Movies TV Shows
Shelter (2026) 75% 3/5 EDIT “Jason Statham is back, playing his prototypical glum nobody who's -- surprise! -- actually a killing machine fighting for a girl's life against the shadowy government forces he used to serve.” – The Film Yap Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% 4.5/5 EDIT “A heartbreaking dramatization of a little Palestinian girl who was trapped in the Gaza war focuses on the human element rather than angry politics, elevating its power.” – The Film Yap Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 88% 3/5 EDIT “A compelling performance by Amanda Seyfried and an interesting use of music and dance. But it's often just quite dull, and could have done more to interrogate the religious fanaticism at the core of its story.” – The Film Yap Jan 24, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “Darkly satirical and funny, though not nearly the effective anti-capitalist screed it's trying to be.” – The Film Yap Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 24% 3.5/5 EDIT “Kind of cheesy, silly and even deliberately dumb, but you can't deny the entertainment value. Classic B-movie for January.” – The Film Yap Jan 24, 2026 Full Review In Cold Light (2025) 43% 4.5/5 EDIT “Maika Monroe anchors this terrifically tense thriller about a drug dealer just released from prison whose attempts to rebuild her empire turn toward death and disaster.” – The Film Yap Jan 22, 2026 Full Review H Is for Hawk (2025) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “A professor turns to training a killer goshawk as a way of dealing with the trauma of her father's death in this affecting based-on-true story.” – The Film Yap Jan 21, 2026 Full Review The Sea Chase (1955) 2.5/5 EDIT “This forgettable John Wayne vehicle attempts to graft a romance onto a grim adventure on the high seas, and the result is a movie dizzy with wayward narrative navigation.” – The Film Yap Jan 19, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% 3/5 EDIT “Decently acted and tense, though the divergence from the historical record is unnecessary and egregious.” – The Film Yap Jan 19, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 4.5/5 EDIT “Surprisingly, it approves on its predecessor, elevating the zombie flick genre with a contemplative approach, sometimes even gentle and funny. Contrasted with the utter terror of the Jimmys gang of satanic reavers.” – The Film Yap Jan 17, 2026 Full Review Charlie the Wonderdog (2025) 42% 2/5 EDIT “Solid animation and voice acting can't save this poorly written story about a superpooch that's probably only fit for the very youngest audiences.” – The Film Yap Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 93% 4/5 EDIT “A lovely cinematic hymn about a lonely rancher who loses everything in a wildfire, but finds a community and a connection to his estranged daughter in the bargain.” – The Film Yap Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% 3.5/5 EDIT “hough it may not be for everyone, Jim Jarmusch's eclectic anthology approach to dysfunctional families makes for a moody study of manners.” – The Film Yap Jan 9, 2026 Full Review I Was a Stranger (2024) 75% 4.5/5 EDIT “This anthology of connected stories about Syrian refugees is a searing tale that shows both the depravity and grace of humanity in crisis.” – The Film Yap Jan 8, 2026 Full Review My Neighbor Adolf (2022) 44% 4/5 EDIT “A little gem of a movie about a Holocaust survivor who suspects his new neighbor is the Führer; it starts out as a comedy caper, edges into tragic lament and somehow lands in sweet sentiment.” – The Film Yap Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Hot Rod (1950) 3/5 EDIT “This schmaltzy B-movie is enjoyable for its piping Ford roadsters and "Reefer Madness"-style treatment of the scourge of teens armed with high-compression engines.” – The Film Yap Jan 5, 2026 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% 4.5/5 EDIT “Charlie Polinger's drama about tweenager peer pressure is a disturbingly accurate meditation on social conformity, with Everett Blunck in one of the best child performances, ever.” – The Film Yap Dec 31, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% 4/5 EDIT “A heartwarming entry in the "communal English village do-goodism" genre, with Ralph Fiennes as the prickly conductor brought in to stage an ambitious production during World War I.” – The Film Yap Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Scarecrow (1973) 77% 4/5 EDIT “Al Pacino and Gene Hackman did not get along during the making of this rambling road picture, though their characters found a certain harmony as castoffs who each gain a partner.” – The Film Yap Dec 22, 2025 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 81% 3/5 EDIT “While not exactly all wet, the fourth theatrical film about the sea sponge who never grows up is soggier than its sharp predecessors. ” – The Film Yap Dec 21, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% 4/5 EDIT “A sneaky-smart psychological thriller that wears the close of a trashy '90s women-vs.-women pulp movie -- not to mention some surprising mordant humor.” – The Film Yap Dec 20, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4.5/5 EDIT “Has the sweep of an epic but the intimacy of a tidy little spy thriller.” – The Film Yap Dec 20, 2025 Full Review David (2025) 76% 3/5 EDIT “Despite some solid animation, this retelling of the pre-kinghood life of the Biblical David suffers from boy-band songs and some whitewashing of Old Testament violence.” – The Film Yap Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 4/5 EDIT “The third outing for the CGI sci-fi franchise is another visually impressive spectacle with oodles of kinetic action -- along with the now baked-in goofiness, clunky dialogue and neglectful pacing.” – The Film Yap Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 22% 2/5 EDIT “James L. Brooks' swan song is unfortunately more of an ugly duckling honk. There are elements of a wonderful film here, just mismatched and badly stuck together.” – The Film Yap Dec 14, 2025 Full Review
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