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Ethan Gilsdorf

Ethan Gilsdorf's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Galapagos: Nature's Wonderland (2014) 3/4 EDIT “Corwin seems just as amused by the oddball flora and fauna as kids will likely be.” – Boston Globe Feb 11, 2016 Full Review Wild Africa (2015) 2.5/4 EDIT “Blurry footage of lions caught in a downpour feels curiously melancholic. Perfectly framed, thousands of flamingos filmed in Kenya's Lake Bogoria are reduced to works of abstract graphic design.” – Boston Globe Nov 19, 2015 Full Review Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World (2014) 64% 3/4 EDIT “The film captures both the claustrophobic and melancholic mood of Giger's house, and also, perhaps, his mind.” – Boston Globe Jul 2, 2015 Full Review Buzzard (2014) 89% 2/4 EDIT “Even as a quiet pathos brews over time, "Buzzard" doesn't quite gel into compelling drama.” – Boston Globe Mar 5, 2015 Full Review The Boxtrolls (2014) 78% EDIT “Like one of its wondrously designed steampunky contraptions, "The Boxtrolls" is a marvelous thing to behold, and watch spin, even if it doesn't go anywhere terribly interesting.” – Boston Globe Sep 25, 2014 Full Review The Maze Runner (2014) 66% EDIT “Teens should eat up this fantasy's scenery-chewing angst and doom, and the hopeful tale of survival and empowerment (to be continued in the inevitable sequel or sequels).” – Boston Globe Sep 18, 2014 Full Review The Kill Team (2013) 91% EDIT “Krauss's documentary is both solid and scathing, raising more questions that it answers.” – Boston Globe Sep 11, 2014 Full Review That Demon Within (2014) 47% 1.5/4 EDIT “There's a half-realized, half-haunting Hitchcockian psychodrama buried somewhere within "That Demon Within." What's on the surface plays more like Wong and Lam simply forgot to take their meds.” – Boston Globe Apr 17, 2014 Full Review Jerusalem (2013) 89% 3/4 EDIT “This IMAX spectacular largely does what it's supposed to: fascinate, educate, and visually wow the audience, in 45 minutes or less.” – Boston Globe Sep 19, 2013 Full Review The Wall (2012) 76% EDIT “Bleak and beautiful, harrowing yet inspiring, "The Wall" ("Die Wand") is a stunning tale of isolation and survival in a wild and silent world.” – Boston Globe Sep 18, 2013 Full Review Great White Shark (2013) 2.5/4 EDIT “British codirectors Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas ("Wild Ocean," "The Last Reef") are no newcomers to the nature documentary.” – Boston Globe Jun 6, 2013 Full Review The ABCs of Death (2012) 40% 2/4 EDIT “Some shorts are four-star material, others incomprehensible and disgusting. The sum total is a cinematic abecedary that barely gets a passing grade.” – Boston Globe Mar 7, 2013 Full Review The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) 16% 2/4 EDIT “Once the "what is real, what is fantasy" questions are answered, and exorcism part deux commences, The Last Exorcism Part II abandons its half-intelligent, tender exploration of Nell's vulnerability and desirability.” – Boston Globe Mar 6, 2013 Full Review Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) 8% 1.5/4 EDIT “Silent Hill: Revelation 3D quickly devolves into a smorgasbord of sutured faces and blades poking the viewer in the eye.” – Boston Globe Oct 26, 2012 Full Review V/H/S (2012) 56% 2/4 EDIT “"The Blair Witch Project" meets mumblecore.” – Boston Globe Oct 4, 2012 Full Review That's My Boy (2012) 20% 1.5/4 EDIT “How did American comedies come to rely on raunch rather than wordplay?” – Boston Globe Jun 14, 2012 Full Review Intruders (2011) 29% 2/4 EDIT “Its muddled, overambitious story leaves us unsatisfied - you might even say hollow.” – Boston Globe Mar 29, 2012 Full Review The FP (2011) 50% 1/4 EDIT “Neither obliviously dreadful enough to be "so bad it's good,'' nor intentionally tongue-in-cheek enough to be funny.” – Boston Globe Mar 15, 2012 Full Review Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) 38% 2.5/4 EDIT “See it in the right sick frame of mind, and "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie'' can be shockingly and terribly hilarious. Or not.” – Boston Globe Mar 1, 2012 Full Review Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) 21% 1/4 EDIT “” – Boston Globe Nov 24, 2011 Full Review Pusher (1996) 83% 3/4 EDIT “” – Boston Globe Nov 24, 2011 Full Review Before the Rains (2007) 51% 2/4 EDIT “” – Boston Globe Nov 24, 2011 Full Review The Giant Buddhas (2005) 2/4 EDIT “” – Boston Globe Nov 24, 2011 Full Review Devil (2010) 49% 2/4 EDIT “” – Boston Globe Nov 24, 2011 Full Review Puncture (2011) 52% 2/4 EDIT “"Puncture'' is based on an actual court case. But is this a story best served by focusing on the legal battle or the arc of Mike's flawed hero?” – Boston Globe Oct 24, 2011 Full Review
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