Edwin Arnaudin
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
Visually stunning and frequently hilarious, but also shaggy, overwhelming, and in need of some serious editing. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Jun 03, 2023
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The Little Mermaid (2023) |
One of the better Disney live-action remakes, but still suffers from redundancy. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 30, 2023
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BlackBerry (2023) |
For a while, 2023 had a new top film. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 23, 2023
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Master Gardener (2022) |
Nobody is making films quite like Schrader these past five years, and his efforts warrant celebration. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 21, 2023
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Fast X (2023) |
Despite leaning on the same components that ideally would have made this series a one-and-done back in 2001, Fast X damn near succeeds thanks to its new blood. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 19, 2023
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Showing Up (2022) |
Rather than build on the film's emotionally-rich, quiet moments, Reichardt and co-writer Jonathan Raymond seem more interested in showing off the world they’ve created. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Sick of Myself (2022) |
A scathing critique of attention hounds and fame-seekers in the age of social media. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 10, 2023
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Hypnotic (2023) |
A new career low for Affleck and Rodriguez. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 10, 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) |
The first MCU film to make grown men cry and traumatize their kids. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted May 06, 2023
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Evil Dead Rise (2023) |
We’re talking buckets and buckets and buckets of blood, poured out in increasingly shocking ways as Cronin shows zero interest in following any blueprint of who should survive. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 30, 2023
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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) |
The intensity of the men's predicament might have been better served by Peter Berg or Paul Greengrass, both of whose frenetic styles more aptly fit the material. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 30, 2023
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Polite Society (2023) |
A quirky delight — until it enters cuckoopants territory. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 30, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) |
Ari Aster's "Synecdoche, New York." - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 22, 2023
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Renfield (2023) |
If this wacky, blood-spraying, limb-snapping diversion is the start of a new era for Universal horror, we welcome our new, gleefully psychotic masters.
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Sweetwater (2023) |
An insult to Clifton’s legacy, one so blatant that everyone involved should be embarrassed. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Paint (2023) |
Rather than simply parody Ross, McAdams has something more ambitious in mind, and his distinct, heartfelt take on the romantic comedy is a treat to experience. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 07, 2023
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Air (2023) |
Some of the writing is hokier than Virginia Tech, and Affleck is barely trying behind the camera, but it's damn entertaining. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 06, 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) |
Entertaining for longtime tabletop players and those who've never rolled a D20. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 06, 2023
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A Thousand and One (2023) |
In those final moments, it achieves an authentic greatness rarely seen in modern filmmaking. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 04, 2023
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Smoking Causes Coughing (2022) |
Random to a fault, yet also just random enough to work — but barely.
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| Posted Apr 04, 2023
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A Good Person (2023) |
The best narrative film thus far about the opioid impact. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Apr 01, 2023
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) |
Solidifies John Wick as a truly iconic action hero. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Mar 27, 2023
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65 (2023) |
What is this January dumping ground movie doing on screens in March? - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (2023) |
A breezily entertaining romp that makes many recent would-be peers look like…well, Statham’s films without Ritchie. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Creed III (2023) |
No Stallone? No problem. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Mar 07, 2023
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Emily (2022) |
Add Frances O'Connor to the list of talented performers who fare just as well — if not better — behind the camera. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Feb 26, 2023
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Cocaine Bear (2023) |
It blows. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Feb 25, 2023
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Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022) |
Traditional documentary filmmaking doesn't get much better than this. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Feb 19, 2023
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) |
Gloriously weird. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Feb 18, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Shyamalan has lost his mojo — again. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Feb 03, 2023
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The Mad Writer (2023) |
The gifted producer/DJ behaves refreshingly brusk and borderline uncooperative, questioning the filmmaking process whenever possible. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Jan 31, 2023
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Infinity Pool (2023) |
Too creative to be bad, yet too sloppy to be great. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Jan 29, 2023
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Plane (2023) |
A decent action/survival flick. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Jan 15, 2023
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M3GAN (2022) |
Limited by a PG-13 rating and filmmakers who aren’t sure what kind of movie they’re creating. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Jan 15, 2023
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Bones and All (2022) |
A mesmerizing first half gives way to a final hour that suggests Guadagnino let his interns take over the production. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Close (2022) |
Stick with it past the meandering beginning and a memorable gut-punch awaits. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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The Inspection (2022) |
A lean, mean, fighting machine of a movie. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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She Said (2022) |
All the triumphs and applause-worthy moments are there, but in this by-the-book presentation, they’re sadly muted. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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White Noise (2022) |
The dark comedy revels in absurdist humor, delivered via Altman-esque overlapping dialogue. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) |
Iñárritu joins the ranks of Fellini, Fosse, and other filmmakers who’ve brilliantly grappled with their life, their life’s work, and life as an artist overall via one contained work. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Women Talking (2022) |
Polley’s return to her Away From Her form. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Armageddon Time (2022) |
Paul’s erratic behavior as he makes sense of the world and pursues his artistic dreams yields plenty of Holden Caulfield-like delights. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) |
For Round Two with Benoit Blanc, Johnson feels far more confident in this world, willing to take risks and experiment with whodunnit conventions to a much greater extent than he did three years ago. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
Like its predecessor, The Way of Water isn’t a movie — it’s a technology showcase. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Dec 16, 2022
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Aftersun (2022) |
Brief, emotionally-rich moments are sandwiched between such nothingness that it’s difficult to care beyond a basic humanist level. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Nov 28, 2022
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The Menu (2022) |
Darkly, deliciously humorous and razor-sharp in its class commentary. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Nov 21, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) |
As good as Black Panther, yet Coogler & Co.’s balancing of Boseman’s legacy with a fresh, new adventure is a different kind of achievement. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Nov 14, 2022
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) |
The modern-day activism is enthralling, but Poitras' dry depiction of Goldin’s past is a chore to endure. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Nov 04, 2022
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Descendant (2022) |
Brown's knack for storytelling and technical mastery make her latest effort a step above her peers. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Nov 04, 2022
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Ticket to Paradise (2022) |
Goofy fun with two of our best movie stars. - Asheville Movies
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| Posted Nov 04, 2022
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