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John Higgins
John Higgins's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
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Movies reviews only
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Road Games (1981) |
Road Games is an intriguing, stylish thriller and heightens the paranoia that Keach's character feels, particularly in the verbal games that he plays with his passengers to pass the time. - Starburst
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| Posted Oct 23, 2020
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Black Magic II (1976) |
Black Magic 2 is a delight for the majority of its ninety-one-minute running time. - Starburst
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| Posted Oct 12, 2020
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The Axiom (2018) |
The overall idea behind the film does border on the far-fetched, but works fair enough as a hook on which to base the effective gore and shocks. - Starburst
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| Posted Oct 04, 2020
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A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019) |
Farmageddon happily retains the inventive action of the early classic shorts, and there is more than enough in the frame to hold the attention throughout. - Starburst
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| Posted Sep 16, 2019
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A Clockwork Orange (1971) |
From the opening stare through to the climax, McDowell owns the screen throughout and interprets Burgess' words with enthusiastic vigour. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 24, 2019
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The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019) |
Ultimately, the film rises and falls on the strength of a strong central performance from Duff amidst some jarring moments of horror and violence. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 03, 2019
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Rust Creek (2018) |
There's a touch of film noir within the story which lends itself more to the likes of classic Coen Brothers offerings... - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 01, 2019
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Devil's Path (2018) |
Devil's Path doesn't have the delicious double twist of What Keeps You Alive, and in terms of pacing it does take a little too much time to get to where the audience would like it to be as a bonafide shocker - Starburst
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| Posted Feb 20, 2019
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The Unholy (1988) |
After a bright and bloody opening, the film settles into a more mystical story before building to an atmospheric, if silly, climax. - Starburst
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| Posted Feb 19, 2019
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Mystic Demon Killer (2017) |
It's a cheap and cheerful affair at times, but as a low budget film it does have a lot to offer, reminiscent of some of Charles Band's offerings mixed with more recent British cult favourites. - Starburst
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| Posted Feb 14, 2019
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Distorted (2018) |
Thanks to Ricci's excellent performance as Lauren and Cusack's balanced supporting role, Disjointed will certainly find favour with fans of classic Canadian cult offerings. - Starburst
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| Posted Jan 29, 2019
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The Dark (2018) |
An atmospheric film at times and has some interest, but fans expecting a few more shocks throughout will feel short-changed. - Starburst
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| Posted Jan 15, 2019
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All the Devil's Men (2018) |
It is refreshing to see a British-set thriller, albeit a little old-hat by today's standards that can provide the sort of visual stimulant that the examples stateside have done for decades. - Starburst
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| Posted Dec 04, 2018
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Silencio (2018) |
It's an interesting effort and Villareal has much to be pleased with, as does the target audience after they watch this. - Starburst
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| Posted Oct 31, 2018
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The Book of Birdie (2017) |
Fans expecting jump moments and leaps out of the closet will not be satisfied by this. However, if you are looking for a more compassionate analysis of how people see the world, then there is something of appeal in the film. - Starburst
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| Posted Oct 23, 2018
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Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) |
There is a nice virtual-reality gag that is well worth the price of entry and the film sells well on the strength of Atkinson, who is at his level best here. - Starburst
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| Posted Oct 03, 2018
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Grizzly (1976) |
Marked as a rip-off of Spielberg's classic Jaws, Grizzly certainly and desperately fails in its intent and overall, you can spot the similarities throughout. - Starburst
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| Posted Sep 26, 2018
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Blood Child (2018) |
A gem of a genre piece. - Starburst
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| Posted Sep 20, 2018
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Lucky (2017) |
A worthy coda to a great career. - Starburst
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| Posted Sep 10, 2018
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Diane (2017) |
Stylistically dark and broody at times, Diane is a contrast from other films in the genre... Good performances from Smith and Avers heighten the film. - Starburst
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| Posted Sep 05, 2018
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Frightmare (1981) |
Stylistically, it is reminiscent of some of those classic Hammer House of Horrors and Phantasm, and it does retain some good old cultish charm throughout. - Starburst
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| Posted Sep 05, 2018
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What Keeps You Alive (2018) |
It holds your attention for much of its ninety-nine minutes duration and the performances from Allen and Anderson make this a highly-effective two-hander. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 29, 2018
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Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018) |
The plot and idea are simple and predictable and if - like this writer - you have seen any number of those classic Joel Silver and Steven Seagal flicks, then this is right up your dark alley. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 29, 2018
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Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch (2017) |
If you buy into the cross-cutting of the various tales, then this is quite an effectively creepy yarn. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 17, 2018
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What Still Remains (2018) |
Josh Mendoza's post-apocalyptic drama What Still Remains taps into the same dystopian elements that helped to heighten the likes of The Hunger Games franchise and The Road. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 09, 2018
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One Cut of the Dead (2017) |
Its key strength is to take the zombie genre and tip it on its side. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 09, 2018
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The Nightshifter (2018) |
It is the skill of the film-makers and the style of this Brazilian gem that should enable it to find an audience out of the festival and domestic circuit. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 09, 2018
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The Saint Bernard Syndicate (2018) |
St. Bernard Syndicate is an adequate film for what it is. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 07, 2018
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Rondo (2019) |
A cult classic in the making. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 07, 2018
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Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017) |
Five Fingers For Marseilles is well worth the ride for the visual landscape as well as its music and sound, and is a worthy addition to Southern Hemisphere film-making. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 03, 2018
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Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017) |
Fans of Draculas and Twilights past are going to have an absolute ball, as this writer did, watching Sion Sono's new film Tokyo Vampire Hotel. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 03, 2018
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Knuckleball (2018) |
This is a slow-burner that will draw you in, with an eerie sense of atmosphere and style coupled with some excellent cinematography by Jon Thomas. One to be applauded for trying something different with conventional horror themes. - Starburst
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| Posted Aug 03, 2018
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Dolemite (1975) |
To concentrate on the negatives would be going against what makes this film so special. - Starburst
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| Posted Jul 31, 2018
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Teen Titans GO! to the Movies (2018) |
A fun and mildly diverting film. - Starburst
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| Posted Jul 31, 2018
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The Outlaws (2017) |
The Outlaws is a taut and tight piece of police drama, as bloody, brutal, profane and violent as anything to have emerged in the last ten years. - Starburst
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| Posted Jul 26, 2018
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The Brink (2017) |
The film is elevated thanks to some well-choreographed action fights and sequences which progress towards a climax that wouldn't look out of place in The Perfect Storm. - Starburst
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| Posted Jul 26, 2018
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Yellow Submarine (1968) |
This remains as it has done for the last five decades a hugely enjoyable experience, with an innovative animation style that is in turn both unique and strikingly realised. - Starburst
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| Posted Jul 02, 2018
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My Friend Dahmer (2017) |
Overall, this is more in keeping with more mainstream high school dramas, but doesn't have the vicious comic tone of films like Heathers and Mean Girls, both of which hit the mark in their respective ways. - Starburst
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| Posted Jun 01, 2018
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Jake Speed (1986) |
As such, it is a movie that takes a little too long to get going, before the real nitty-gritty of the action arrives in an admittedly pacey climax. - Starburst
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| Posted May 24, 2018
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The Little Vampire (2017) |
It's a limp affair throughout, drained of any substance. - Starburst
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| Posted May 23, 2018
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Downrange (2017) |
Downrange certainly delivers and holds the attention, especially when the film moves into the second half towards a climactic and satisfying pay-off. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 26, 2018
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Every Day (2018) |
If you enjoyed The Fault in Our Stars, you will find much to focus and appreciate here. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 19, 2018
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Infra-Man (1975) |
If you see the film cold without reading the booklet, be prepared for one of the wackiest, spectacularly silly and cheerfully tongue-in-cheek films to come out of the Shaw Brothers studio. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 12, 2018
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A Quiet Place (2018) |
A winner in every way. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 06, 2018
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Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) |
A lot of the scenes are stylishly spot-on but don't appear to have the same comedic impact as they did back in the day. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 04, 2018
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The Man Who Was Thursday (2016) |
Newcomers to the source will certainly enjoy this one, as I did. - Starburst
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| Posted Apr 04, 2018
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Dogs (1976) |
Dogs suffers from sloppy editing and expectation which renders the key moments more silly than shocking. - Starburst
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| Posted Mar 15, 2018
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My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) |
As it stands, this is a pretty bog-standard animation adventure, with a tradition well rooted in classic Disney fare like 101 Dalmations and The Rescuers. - Starburst
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| Posted Feb 22, 2018
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November (2017) |
November is a multi-faceted genre masterpiece, taking a stylish blend of classic supernatural horror and blending it with a tender tragedy to create a superior work of Eastern European Cinema. - Starburst
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| Posted Feb 22, 2018
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Scars of Xavier (2017) |
The film certainly whets the appetite at the outset. - Starburst
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| Posted Feb 17, 2018
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