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Eric Francisco
Eric Francisco's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Total Film
Inverse
Movies reviews only
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Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023) |
Neill Blompkamp’s Gran Turismo is too unconfident, too distracted, too rote, and simply too short on gas to earn a place on the winner’s podium. - AV Club
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| Posted Aug 08, 2023
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) |
Without either Michael Bay’s maximalist flair or Bumblebee’s tenderness, Rise of the Beasts manages to be one of the lesser entries of a saga with an already low bar to clear. - Inverse
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| Posted Jun 15, 2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
Across the Spider-Verse nimbly weaves an intricate all-ages blockbuster with rare style and aplomb. It is both magnificent and exhausting, sometimes all at once. - Inverse
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| Posted May 31, 2023
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Knights of the Zodiac (2023) |
Knights of the Zodiac is secretly brilliant in its holistic understanding of what makes anime appealing as a medium. - Inverse
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| Posted May 12, 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 brims with animalistic fury and human complexity, beautifully expanding upon the series’ foundational theme of found families. - Inverse
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| Posted Apr 29, 2023
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Renfield (2023) |
Renfield’s overabundance of worn self-aware humor and inordinate bloodletting collectively amplify its most damning curse of all: the absence of an appealing personality. - Inverse
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| Posted Apr 13, 2023
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
With a pixel-thin premise and a plot propelled by a candy-induced sugar rush, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is an overstuffed 90 minutes of colorful, inoffensive fun. - Inverse
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| Posted Apr 04, 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) |
At best, Honor Among Thieves is an entertaining (eldritch) blast that harnesses the unbridled spirit of the thing it’s based on. At worst, it’s a noisy blockbuster too comfortable by the warm fires of familiarity. - Inverse
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| Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Inside (2023) |
Inside evangelizes against the wastefulness of wealth, but its gravest sin is feeling like a waste of time. - Inverse
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| Posted Mar 20, 2023
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Jung_E (2023) |
Yeon’s latest is altogether a disappointment, lacking both the brain power and the beating heart that made his other movies so full of humanity. - Inverse
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| Posted Jan 23, 2023
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Plane (2023) |
It’s not that Plane is bad, it’s just so nauseatingly functional that you have to question the circumstances that has led you to watching Plane at all. The only logical conclusion is that you’re on a plane and you’ve got an hour and 47 minutes to kill. - Inverse
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| Posted Jan 11, 2023
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
It demands the biggest screen you can find so that its most potent elements — from its impossible scale and skillful spectacle, to its more complete range of emotions and thematic romanticism — can be completely absorbed. - Inverse
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| Posted Dec 13, 2022
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Violent Night (2022) |
Watching Santa break, impale, and eviscerate faceless bad guys has its charms, but the gore frequently eclipses its grace, and even action aficionados will be left wishing for more. - Inverse
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| Posted Nov 30, 2022
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) |
Funny and just a little bizarre in the ways the Guardians movies have always been, "Holiday Special" is also authentically warm and thoughtful in the same way as a lovely gift from a friend feels. - Inverse
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| Posted Nov 28, 2022
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) |
An electric standalone sequel by writer/director Rian Johnson with nearly all of the same bugs and features of his predecessor, albeit with new flavoring. - Inverse
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| Posted Nov 17, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) |
"With ruminations on personal loss and the pride of nations, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a monumental epic whose thematic and narrative maturity elevates the superhero genre to breathtaking new heights." - Inverse
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| Posted Nov 08, 2022
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Werewolf by Night (2022) |
While most of its appeal is merely surface-level novelty — the black and white tragically feels more like an Adobe Premiere filter than a genuine artistic experiment — there is still a transformative experience in meeting Werewolf by Night on its terms. - Inverse
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| Posted Oct 21, 2022
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Black Adam (2022) |
Ultimately, the needs of the DC Universe butt up against the overwhelming star power of Dwayne Johnson, and the film ends up losing many of the entertaining qualities it might have had. - Inverse
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| Posted Oct 18, 2022
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Vesper (2022) |
Vesper is a compelling cautionary tale about our precious ecosystem where the eye-pleasing scenery isn’t gorgeous for its pristine looks, but tragically beautiful in its rotting textures.
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| Posted Sep 30, 2022
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Prey (2022) |
This is a multifaceted experience ripe with the kind of blood-pumping adrenaline common in action movies of the VHS era, but elegiac compositions put it in league with today’s progressive arthouse trends. - Inverse
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| Posted Aug 19, 2022
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Bullet Train (2022) |
While Bullet Train’s basic premise is a recipe for fun and does succeed in entertaining with pleasing action choreography, it’s never as clever as it thinks it is nor as exhilarating as it ought to be. - Inverse
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| Posted Aug 19, 2022
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Nope (2022) |
Brimming with tension but laced with gaiety so as to never feel hostile, Nope is an operatic and sweeping thriller that celebrates cinema and simultaneously condemns it as an industry built on obscured violence. - Inverse
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| Posted Aug 19, 2022
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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) |
But in a movie obsessed with Guns N Roses needle drops, Love and Thunder can’t find a singular, original rhythm of its own. - Inverse
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| Posted Jul 05, 2022
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The Black Phone (2021) |
"There are scarier movies with scarier villains, sturdier logic, and arguably even better filmmaking. But the specific alchemy that makes up The Black Phone means you’d be hard-pressed to find anything else as effective." - Inverse
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| Posted Jun 26, 2022
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Jurassic World Dominion (2022) |
Turgid, messy, and hilariously stupid, Dominion’s callous and empty reaches at nostalgia are painful reminders of how much better these movies used to be. - Inverse
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| Posted Jun 08, 2022
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) |
Maverick is truly one for the ages in its deliverance of a distilled summer blockbuster whose thrills are strong enough to inspire highs totally indistinguishable from narcotics. Beware, and welcome to the Danger Zone. - Inverse
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| Posted Jun 06, 2022
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The Batman (2022) |
Operatic, simmering, and replete with a smoky noir atmosphere, The Batman is an enthralling package of contradictions. - Inverse
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| Posted May 25, 2022
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) |
Multiverse of Madness is delightful, unhinged commercial art that is as complex as the multiverse itself. It’s thoughtful as it is stylish, as icy as it is effervescent. - Inverse
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| Posted May 09, 2022
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