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Julia Glassman

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Julia Glassman reviews film and TV for The Mary Sue, and her writing has appeared in The Offing, Joyland, and other outlets. Under the pen name Asa West, she's the author of The Witch's Kin (2024) and Witch Blood Rising (forthcoming in 2025). She loves science fiction, fantasy, folk horror, the MCU, and all things witchy. You can see more of her writing at juliaglassman.carrd.co.

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Starve Acre (2023) 81% 5/5 EDIT “A deliciously creepy treat for folk horror fans. With its weathered, vintage feel and a bucolic landscape bristling with menace, this film hearkens back to classics like The Wicker Man and Rosemary’s Baby.” – The Mary Sue Jul 15, 2024 Full Review Backspot (2023) 87% 4/5 EDIT “A nuanced portrait of a young athlete who’s trying to make sense of the world around her, and the ways that the adults around her struggle with their own failings.” – The Mary Sue May 30, 2024 Full Review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Furiosa serves up all the best parts of the Mad Max saga: it’s a thrilling vision of an apocalyptic future you’d never want to actually live in, populated by people with real human hearts under all that armor.” – The Mary Sue May 17, 2024 Full Review Babes (2024) 87% 3/5 EDIT “A heartfelt exploration of birth, parenting, and friendship. It’s also a zany comedy about wearing a prom dress to your own delivery. The problem is that it never manages to be both at the same time.” – The Mary Sue May 15, 2024 Full Review New Life (2023) 94% 3/5 EDIT “The film does some interesting things with [its concept], playing with the agony of lingering self-awareness amidst terrifying bodily transformations. The makeup is superb, and the over-the-top practical effects got at least one gasp out of me.” – The Mary Sue May 3, 2024 Full Review I Saw the TV Glow (2024) 85% 5/5 EDIT “If you love beautiful indie filmmaking and strange stories filled with genuine heart, you’ll love this film.” – The Mary Sue Apr 29, 2024 Full Review Love Lies Bleeding (2024) 94% 5/5 EDIT “It’s an unsettling and exhilarating look at love itself, and the ways love can be warped and twisted in the service of violence. You may not have much faith in humanity after you see this movie, but you’ll believe in the power of young lovers.” – The Mary Sue Mar 4, 2024 Full Review The Peasants (2023) 61% 5/5 EDIT “Its unconventional animation style might make Jagna and the other characters seem like snippets from a fairy tale -- but the human core of the story reminds us that they’re just as human as we are.” – The Mary Sue Jan 22, 2024 Full Review I.S.S. (2023) 61% 3/5 EDIT “A fun, taut sci-fi thriller, if you feel like some Cold War paranoia in microgravity.” – The Mary Sue Jan 16, 2024 Full Review T.I.M. (2023) 43% 3/5 EDIT “Despite its shallow premise, T.I.M. is a fun, tense, darkly comic movie about a simple robot who loves too much. ” – The Mary Sue Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) 33% 2.5/5 EDIT “It’s fine. It’s fun. It’s boring sometimes. It’s bright, colorful, and kind of clumsy. If you’re looking for somewhere to spend two hours of a chilly winter day, then Atlantis might be as good a place as any.” – The Mary Sue Dec 21, 2023 Full Review The Zone of Interest (2023) 93% 5/5 EDIT “In portraying a crime too colossal for words, The Zone of Interest finds its own language to express what feels unspeakable.” – The Mary Sue Dec 11, 2023 Full Review Maestro (2023) 78% 3/5 EDIT “Even though the film itself falters, Bernstein himself shines through, and maybe that’s its own kind of achievement.” – The Mary Sue Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Wish (2023) 48% 4/5 EDIT “If Wish is just another Disney movie, then why was I ugly crying 20 minutes into it?” – The Mary Sue Nov 17, 2023 Full Review Napoleon (2023) 58% 3/5 EDIT “From epic military campaigns to intimate, character-driven moments, Napoleon captures the tremendous upheaval of 18th-century France -- and the rest of Europe -- giving the audience a look at the bloodshed that helped steer the course of world history.” – The Mary Sue Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Falling Stars (2023) 84% 4/5 EDIT “Even though some scenes drag and all the film’s parts don’t quite add up to a satisfying whole, the pervasive sense of dread is more than enough to keep you invested. ” – The Mary Sue Oct 26, 2023 Full Review The Creator (2023) 67% 3/5 EDIT “Visually, The Creator is a breathtaking work of science fiction, filled with awe-inspiring (and terrifying) technology... Despite the film’s promise, though, it’s held back by clumsy and derivative storytelling. ” – The Mary Sue Sep 26, 2023 Full Review It Lives Inside (2023) 64% 4/5 EDIT “A fun, skin-crawling horror flick with a satisfyingly chilling conclusion. I can’t wait to see what Dutta comes up with next. ” – The Mary Sue Sep 18, 2023 Full Review Stan Lee (2023) 80% EDIT “Admittedly, "Stan Lee" doesn’t really break much new ground in our understanding of comics history. If you’re a Stan Lee fan, though, you might find it a breezy way to pass an hour and a half.” – The Mary Sue Jun 24, 2023 Full Review Elemental (2023) 73% 3/5 EDIT “Elemental is, like most recent Pixar films, fine. If the studio would only throw the gimmicks out the window and focus on good stories, though, it might go back to making the phenomenal films that it’s known for.” – The Mary Sue Jun 13, 2023 Full Review Soft & Quiet (2022) 84% EDIT “Soft & Quiet isn’t fun to sit through, but it’s worth a watch if you want to understand the violence lurking beneath the surface of the Tradlife movement.” – The Mary Sue May 31, 2023 Full Review Beau Is Afraid (2023) 67% 3/5 EDIT “In Beau is Afraid, Beau is the world and the world is Beau, and as he sloshes around in the turmoil of his own subconscious, you may recognize yourself in his many fears.” – The Mary Sue Apr 11, 2023 Full Review Evil Dead Rise (2023) 85% 5/5 EDIT “What makes the premise of Evil Dead Rise so compelling is that it dips into every parent’s deepest, most unspeakable fear: not that something will hurt your kids, but that you will hurt them.” – The Mary Sue Apr 10, 2023 Full Review The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) 59% 2/5 EDIT “It’s now, in my opinion, the best Super Mario Bros. movie ever made, but that’s not saying much... The movie literally feels like video game levels punctuated by cutscenes.” – The Mary Sue Apr 4, 2023 Full Review Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) 76% 3/5 EDIT “If you love intricately rendered spectacle, director James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has plenty of it -- and the story almost manages to catch up with the visuals.” – The Mary Sue Dec 13, 2022 Full Review
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