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Dan Scully
Tomatometer-approved critic
Dan Scully is a film buff and humorist from Philadelphia whose tastes range from sleaze to prestige. If it?s a picture that moves, Dan wants to know about it. @DanScully
Movies reviews only
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Napoleon (2023) |
A very good movie, but it could have, and should have, been capital-G GREAT. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Nov 21, 2023
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The Deep Dark (2023) |
It forges its own identity and delivers one of the best creature features of recent memory. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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Thanksgiving (2023) |
Immediately cements itself as a seasonal classic. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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Next Goal Wins (2023) |
It’s your standard underdog story, but with the added bonus of Waititi’s brand of dry oddball humor. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Nov 17, 2023
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Fingernails (2023) |
Buckley and Ahmed are exceptional together, with White’s understated nice guy serving as a sturdy and pitiable third side to this strange love triangle. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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Red Rooms (2023) |
Smartly uses the current true crime boom as the foundation of its thematic structure, making a strong comment on the ethical considerations of using tragedy as entertainment. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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Saltburn (2023) |
Mischievous in the best of ways. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 31, 2023
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The Killer (2023) |
It’s nice to see the genius filmmaker dipping back into genre, so to speak, with a clean and clinical thriller. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 29, 2023
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Maestro (2023) |
A warts-and-all approach allows Bernstein feel human, a feat accomplished better here than in many films of its ilk. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 27, 2023
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Sleep (2023) |
A consistently shocking horror flick. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 27, 2023
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Dream Scenario (2023) |
Sure, it’s upsetting at every turn, and truly bizarre to boot, but the laughs pretty much never stop. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 24, 2023
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American Fiction (2023) |
The funnier moments never undercut or cheapen the drama, and the more emotional material carries weight without ever feeling heavy. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 24, 2023
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) |
The considerable runtime is earned through impeccable craft and a masterful balancing of tones. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 15, 2023
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Dicks: The Musical (2023) |
Silliness writ large, but with a warm heart at its center. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 14, 2023
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The Uncle (2022) |
No matter how dark or punishing the story becomes, it never feels like empty provocation. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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The Coffee Table (2022) |
An exercise in dread and empathy being simultaneously milked for all they’re worth. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Crumb Catcher (2023) |
There are few things more delicious than a film that succeeds at pushing your buttons. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 04, 2023
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Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023) |
The most remarkable aspect of this breezy and entertaining documentary is the variety of talking heads that the filmmakers were able to gather under one roof. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 03, 2023
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When Evil Lurks (2023) |
It’s a fresh take on the possession film, and it uses the audience’s familiarity with certain tropes only as a jumping off point. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 03, 2023
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Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023) |
Feels simultaneously over-stuffed and truncated, always in such a rush to get to the next plot development that it barely has room to breathe, and fails at successfully prequelizing, well, anything. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Oct 01, 2023
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#Manhole (2023) |
The inherent silliness of the plot may prove distasteful to some viewers, but it’s such a bold swing that it’s hard to feel anything but excited by what transpires. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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Kill (2023) |
Turns every punch, every kick, every smash of a head against a luggage rack into a piece of high art. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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UFO Sweden (2022) |
A warm, exciting reminder that it’s important, when looking to the skies, not to lose touch with what we have right here on Earth. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 27, 2023
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So Unreal (2023) |
A reminder that history happens in the present, and we’re always witnessing it. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 24, 2023
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The Toxic Avenger (2023) |
Goes beyond being just a genre exercise, and well beyond being a simple remake. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 24, 2023
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Megalomaniac (2022) |
The thematics wrenched from this profoundly upsetting story speak on the self-perpetuating nature of violence, while simultaneously questioning the dark, albeit human catharsis achieved by revenge. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 13, 2023
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Outlaw Johnny Black (2023) |
A hootin’ and hollerin’ good time. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 12, 2023
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A Haunting in Venice (2023) |
In the world of “turn your brain off” movies, it certainly does the job. It’s just that an Agatha Christie adaptation should probably be the sort of thing that turns your brain ON. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Sep 12, 2023
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Brightwood (2022) |
Successful in establishing a strong arc for both of our main characters, while also maximizing the application of the core concept. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Aug 22, 2023
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Blue Beetle (2023) |
This is an origin story for the titular character, paired with a one-off adventure. No more, no less. And all things considered, it’s not bad. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Aug 22, 2023
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Oppenheimer (2023) |
A masterpiece of tone and craft that tells such a vast story that it’s impossible to take it all in in just one sitting. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jul 20, 2023
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Barbie (2023) |
There are more than a few gut-busters that take this bizarre concept and run with it in surprising ways. But for every transcendent piece of humor, there are ten gags that don’t register. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jul 20, 2023
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One (2023) |
What shines most in this entry is not the bombast or daring action, but the smaller moments. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jul 11, 2023
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Joy Ride (2023) |
A game changer even as it adheres to formula. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jul 06, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) |
A fitting, touching end to an American institution. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jun 29, 2023
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Asteroid City (2023) |
It’s a mammoth feat that no TikToker could hope to recreate by shooting silly skits over symmetrical backdrops. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jun 27, 2023
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The Flash (2023) |
It’s not perfect, and maybe a bit too long, but it looks and feels much more like a creative vision than a lot of recent superhero output. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jun 14, 2023
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Scare Package (2019) |
There’s something by and for everybody here, which is indicative of why horror is having such a moment right now. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jun 11, 2023
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Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (2022) |
An improvement over the first film, but it succeeds similarly in providing a slick, entertaining, and fun outlet for a diverse group of filmmakers to do their thing. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jun 11, 2023
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Brooklyn 45 (2023) |
Skillfully balances historical, dramatic, and supernatural elements, allowing space for each mode to breathe and find connection to the overall themes. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jun 05, 2023
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Padre Pio (2022) |
Strong ideas and a few exceptional sequences make for a true cinematic curiosity, but one that ultimately feels incomplete. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
It’s at least as good as the first film, if not better. - ScullyVision
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| Posted May 31, 2023
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The Boogeyman (2023) |
The scares come quickly and regularly, and Savage finds innovative construction for just about every gag. - ScullyVision
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| Posted May 30, 2023
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You Hurt My Feelings (2023) |
Consistently laugh-out-loud funny without necessarily being predictable or crass in its comedy. - ScullyVision
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| Posted May 24, 2023
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Outpost (2022) |
By the time the story elements are forced to be reckoned with, it’s all so messy and illogical that there’s no angle through which they can be explored. It’s a frustrating experience because it’s clear that there’s something worth digging into here. - ScullyVision
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| Posted May 23, 2023
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Fast X (2023) |
We made peace with the extremely loose physics many movies ago, and the film has a lot of fun with such freedom. - ScullyVision
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Polite Society (2023) |
Every little idiosyncrasy ultimately pays off in a big way, and every time you think you know where it’s going, you really don’t. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Apr 26, 2023
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BlackBerry (2023) |
It’s an even mixture of suspense, situational comedy, and history that has all the hallmarks of a biting documentary without the constraints of a non-fiction format. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Apr 26, 2023
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Sisu (2022) |
High-concept action pieces are executed cleanly, and by embracing the inherent ridiculousness of what’s happening, they allow for a certain level of cartoonishness to manifest, which can help pave over the falsity of some of the more bombastic moments. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Apr 26, 2023
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Master Gardener (2022) |
It’s less bombastic, more insular, and it’s made with the confidence, both on screen and on the page, of a man who is very good at what he does and knows it. - ScullyVision
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| Posted Apr 23, 2023
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