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Joel Copling

Joel Copling's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2025) 100% EDIT “Christensen’s documentary isn’t an overwhelming experience in terms of its form, but the subject and story are enough to carry it.” – Spectrum Culture Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Killer Whale (2026) 22% EDIT “The incompetence on display in Killer Whale, an alleged thriller about surviving a potential orca attack, is occasionally breathtaking.” – Spectrum Culture Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Charlie the Wonderdog (2025) 42% EDIT “The movie thankfully isn’t too frantic nor frenetic, but it never recaptures the slight promise of its opening few minutes.” – Spectrum Culture Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Oscar Shaw (2026) EDIT “Oscar Shaw quickly devolves into both formula and routine.” – Spectrum Culture Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Cover-Up (2025) 98% EDIT “Both an interesting profile and a sobering reminder of how our political history continues to bleed into the present.” – Spectrum Culture Jan 8, 2026 Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 86% EDIT “Filmmaker Zak Hilditch gets caught up in the broader details without developing them in a particularly worthwhile way.” – Spectrum Culture Jan 6, 2026 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% EDIT “The Choral has been plotted within an inch of its life, complicating a fairly simple story with too much at the service of too little.” – Spectrum Culture Jan 5, 2026 Full Review Not Without Hope (2025) 75% EDIT “Not Without Hope is a sturdy account of an incredible and tragic event, whatever its shortcomings of perspective and scale.” – Spectrum Culture Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Hunting Season (2025) 60% EDIT “A solid Gibson gives a sturdy foundation to the narrative, but his younger co-stars are just as good. ” – Spectrum Culture Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Tinsel Town (2025) 47% EDIT “Tinsel Town is simply unsure of itself, its uniquely cast protagonist and the potential of its various assembled parts. ” – Spectrum Culture Dec 2, 2025 Full Review Cutting Through Rocks (2025) 100% EDIT “A standard but engaging profile of Shahverdi that functions more effectively as a portrait of the contemporary politics in her region. ” – Spectrum Culture Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Altered (2025) 10% EDIT “Once the gears of Altered’s plot start to turn, any focus on trying to build its initial concept from the inside out is squashed in favor of a tired formula. ” – Spectrum Culture Nov 24, 2025 Full Review Murder at the Embassy (2025) EDIT “Whether the series continues from here is sort of an open question, but if it does, maybe the filmmakers can finally figure out a way to do justice to the character. ” – Spectrum Culture Nov 19, 2025 Full Review King Ivory (2024) 71% EDIT “The complex, ambitious stories hinted at in King Ivory eventually lose focus as John Swab’s real interest, which has to do with its simpler genre aspirations, gets in the way. ” – Spectrum Culture Nov 17, 2025 Full Review I Wish You All the Best (2024) 86% EDIT “I Wish You All the Best only tackles its story in the broadest possible sense. ” – Spectrum Culture Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) 98% EDIT “The whole of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is a bit slight and on the nose, but when the film reaches its destination, the results are often lovely. ” – Spectrum Culture Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Self-Help (2025) 82% EDIT “Around the time of the cliched grand finale, we realize how tedious and circular an affair Self-Help has been. ” – Spectrum Culture Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Dracula (2025) 66% EDIT “What we have here is a solid joke undermined by an indulgently elongated delivery all leading up to something that doesn’t really resemble a punch line or even a clear statement. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Shelby Oaks (2023) 55% EDIT “Shelby Oaks hints at the promise of a new, original horror vision, then traps that vision in an ode to every cliché in the book. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 27, 2025 Full Review Delivery Run (2024) EDIT “It’s almost impressive how the screenwriting pair flubs in the seemingly simple department of running with a no-nonsense premise by interrupting its momentum. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 22, 2025 Full Review Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning (2025) EDIT “Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning teases a lot of interesting narrative avenues without ever providing any follow-through. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 21, 2025 Full Review Pets on a Train (2025) EDIT “While kids may enjoy the bright colors of this broadly energetic diversion, they deserve better than what they get in Pets on a Train. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 21, 2025 Full Review Deathstalker (2025) 86% EDIT “A diverting and admittedly superior reboot that’s nevertheless thoroughly disposable. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 13, 2025 Full Review Bone Lake (2024) 84% EDIT “Morgan directs with a clear sense of style, but that only gets Bone Lake so far when that style is barely in the service of anything that might look like substance. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse (2023) EDIT “With Wildfire, the filmmakers fail to convince us that the sincerity of their production matches the soulfulness of its source material. ” – Spectrum Culture Oct 1, 2025 Full Review
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