Kahron Spearman
Kahron Spearman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Austin Chronicle
The Daily Dot
Movies reviews only
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Torn Apart nails down the bleak realities of the Trump administration's version of immigration policy, which has made family separation a central tenet. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Oct 12, 2019
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Alternate Endings: Six New Ways To Die In America (2019) |
Alternate Endings doesn't push the viewer down particular philosophical alleys. Each story, each life, yields its own lessons. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Aug 14, 2019
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The Red Sea Diving Resort (2018) |
Black people get reduced to victims or despots who are at the mercy of paternalistic, good-hearted white Israelis who take ridiculous risks. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Aug 01, 2019
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Mo Amer: The Vagabond (2018) |
In a breakout performance filmed at Austin's Paramount Theater, Amer tackles identification, code-switching, "Mohammed" keychains, and contingency plans, with the observant nuance of a man who's lived two lifetimes. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jul 17, 2019
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Point Blank (2019) |
Point Blank makes sense as a Netflix release, given the flimsy potting and lack of electricity from its main cast. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jul 17, 2019
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Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017) |
The South African comic uses comparisons of his home and New York for foundational, scene-building material, but he really shines when he breaks out of that formula and gets a little more political. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jul 12, 2019
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ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads is a well-done, fact-setting reconsideration of Robert Johnson's brief but critical career. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted May 03, 2019
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The Miami Showband Massacre quickly swells into a labyrinth of vast conspiracy... and one man's desperate quest for the truth. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers (2018) |
Even worse, Corbell never digs directly into Lazar's claims. His failure to locate any sort of authenticity proves to be the film's worst feature, of many. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Feb 28, 2019
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Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History (2019) |
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History accomplishes the comedian's goal of presenting Black history with a palatable vocabulary for children. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Feb 14, 2019
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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018) |
Aside from highlighting two of the Big Apple's print journalism beacons, the film also rekindles a romance for the written word. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Feb 02, 2019
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ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium - A Victor Jara Story (2018) |
With its rich mix of politics, music, and Perlmutt's effective peering into the human condition, it's the series' best offering by far. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jan 14, 2019
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Joe Rogan: Strange Times (2018) |
Anyone who can make a bit on the return of Christ via a true story of a knife stabbing and a woman's underdeveloped reproductive system is at the peak of his powers. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Dec 28, 2018
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ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? (2018) |
The episode adds to the collective curiosity surrounding these deaths but never quite satiates. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Dec 11, 2018
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The World Is Yours (2018) |
Fast-rising director Romain Gavras takes a giant leap forward in the feature film arena with his ballsy, Cannes-approved pulp/crime comedy The World Is Yours. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Dec 03, 2018
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John Leguizamo's Latin History For Morons (2018) |
[Leguizamo] makes a valiant attempt to connect modern-day oppression with an excruciatingly violent past-and realizes they have the same root. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Nov 05, 2018
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Remastered: Who Shot The Sheriff (2018) |
ReMastered: Who Shot The Sheriff? ultimately solves little, and the film often sinks into a history lesson on Jamaica's muddled politics. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Oct 17, 2018
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Nappily Ever After (2018) |
The entirely-too-safe comedy doesn't entirely work in plotting or script, but the film still feels vital in its message. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Sep 24, 2018
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The Angel (2018) |
Ultimately The Angel works on its whole, largely on Vromen's excellent direction and the stiff back of Kenzari, who turns in a masterful performance. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Sep 17, 2018
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The Laws of Thermodynamics (2017) |
Though playful and occasionally bright, the high concept's never taken into the deep end of the imagination pool to leave a mark. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Sep 07, 2018
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The Skin of the Wolf (2017) |
...a spectacular effort of visual storytelling. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jul 23, 2018
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Tau (2018) |
By the end of TAU, if you've made it beyond the hand-wrung bargaining, the humans are inconsequential, and ultimately serve as systemic throughputs. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jul 06, 2018
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Believer (2018) |
HBO's genuinely moving Believer puts an attractive bow tie on the observance of Pride month, laying bare the ostracization of (and embarrassingly slow progress for) the Mormon Church's queer community. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jul 02, 2018
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Recovery Boys (2018) |
Accomplished without exaggeration and putting additional faces onto oft-stereotyped members of America, making them multi-faceted men and bursting through backwoods hillbilly convention. The immediate social impression of Recovery Boys is tremendous. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jul 02, 2018
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Brain on Fire (2016) |
Despite its best efforts... Brain on Fire is a 90-minute shrug. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jun 27, 2018
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Ali's Wedding (2017) |
The somewhat predictable setup and conclusion allow for some nuanced takes through [star and co-writer Osamah] Sami's Muslim lens. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jun 22, 2018
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Maktub (2017) |
[Maktub] boasts an array of vivid performances that fuse sentiment and buddy film humor with some incredible dark elements relative to Israel's politics and mob business. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jun 22, 2018
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Set It Up (2018) |
Set It Up pitches forward a new, diverse world for bubble-living viewers unaware that this world has been around them all along. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jun 22, 2018
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Lust Stories (2018) |
[Lust Stories'] four directors center intelligent and amusing narratives around the thoughts and desires of real women, without specific service to masculine ideals. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jun 22, 2018
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It Will Be Chaos (2018) |
The simultaneous beauty and tragedy of It Will Be Chaos immerses the viewer in the hopes and dreams (and rounded grief and disappointment) of immigrants. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jun 22, 2018
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Fahrenheit 451 (2018) |
Behind the beautifully shot veneer and potential lies a half-baked plot that makes radical departures from the novel. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted May 23, 2018
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I Am Not an Easy Man (2018) |
I Am Not An Easy Man has some winning portions in the strong comedic moments and Ferdane's spectacular performance, but ultimately its interesting concept goes nowhere. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted May 15, 2018
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Mercury 13 (2018) |
The film from David Sington and Heather Walsh is a captivating experience ripe with sobering details. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Apr 26, 2018
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Helmut Berger, Actor (2015) |
By the end of the film, you could lay out a strong case in showing degrees of empathy for Berger, a lonely and virtually broke former idol, who's clearly yearning for connection he's ill equipped to receive, partly because of self-deception - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Apr 19, 2018
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Paterno (2018) |
This is no lionizing biopic. The film digs into the uncertainties around the Sandusky scandal, addressing the renowned Penn State head coach's willful ignorance. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Apr 11, 2018
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Roxanne Roxanne (2017) |
The visceral Roxanne, Roxanne is a serviceable and necessary film carried by strong performances from Adams, Long, and Ali. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Mar 27, 2018
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Alt-Right: Age of Rage (2018) |
Alt-Right: Age of Rage, earnest and thoughtful, feels a bit undercooked from one very particular standpoint: It fails to get into the uncomfortable, historically thick and gnarly bits about the racism itself. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 12, 2018
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Atomic Homefront (2017) |
The human impact in the film is maddening and undeniable, begging for some exploration into the awful self-evidence of our defense apparatus. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Feb 22, 2018
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Cuba and the Cameraman (2017) |
He makes no bones about his leanings, and make no apologies, which lend significantly to the documentary. Whatever your politics, it's a stunning achievement. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Nov 30, 2017
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O Matador (2017) |
The Killer marks a new territory for Westerns, outlaw spirit and all. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Nov 17, 2017
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DeRay Davis: How to Act Black (2017) |
How To Act Black, Davis' overdue big break and first Netflix special, shows his evolved craft and a thriving history still being written. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Nov 17, 2017
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Kingdom of Us (2017) |
Touching and responsibly presented, the film shows the meditative, intimate power of the documentary format. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Oct 19, 2017
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First They Killed My Father (2017) |
Tantamount to something just above trauma porn, First They Killed My Father is drenched in arbitrary violence, and with minimal context as to why violence was the answer. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Sep 22, 2017
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Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive (2017) |
Through the vulgarity, there's a new softness and understanding. Morgan finds humor riffing about men being emotionally stunted. He says it in a way that more cautionary life lesson, and it's powerful. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted May 17, 2017
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Rodney King (2017) |
Lee is restrained and meditative as a director, save a few Lee-isms with camera effects... Lee makes sure that the story of where we were in 1992, and where we still are in many respects, is what we get. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted May 03, 2017
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This Is Your Death (2017) |
Placing the obvious philosophical hypocrisies aside, the film's ultimate issues lie in motivations, the film's and each of the characters. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 13, 2017
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Fits and Starts (2017) |
Fits and Starts ultimately glows through Cenac's unique charisma. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Mar 13, 2017
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808 (2015) |
It's a valuable piece of work, laying out the ongoing influence and impact of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. - The Daily Dot
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| Posted Jan 17, 2017
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Aloys (2016) |
As a first go, Aloys showcases Nlle's superior technical abilities, but the script stammers to an end that only a director who also wrote the film could create. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Oct 28, 2016
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The Age of Shadows (2016) |
Excellent gunfight scenes, and the director's stunning images and settings... overcome most of the film's character-specific problems. His superior eye for color and tone are top-notch. - Austin Chronicle
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| Posted Oct 26, 2016
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