Kyle Pinion
Tomatometer-approved critic
I've been a professional film critic since 2012, and have served as the Entertainment Editor at The Beat since 2014. My reviews are found there and on the outlet I founded, GeekRex. I'm a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association, The Atlanta Film Critics Circle, and the Georgia Film Critics Association.
Movies reviews only
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Creed III (2023) |
Flirts with greatness, but pulls its punches one too many times. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Feb 24, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Shyamalan’s most effective effort since The Village. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
The most mesmeric experience I’ve had in a theater this year, perhaps in a few years. - The Beat
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| Posted Dec 13, 2022
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Tár (2022) |
A thrilling film that defies easy categorization, even in terms of where its thematic interests lie. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Oct 16, 2022
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Hellraiser (2022) |
A 2-hour long game of “spot the references and easter eggs”, built basically to make longtime fans feel like it’s respectful of the mythology, which apparently replaces the need for quality and depth of storytelling. - The Beat
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| Posted Oct 11, 2022
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The Fabelmans (2022) |
An essential piece of cinema, and one of the best things I’ve ever seen. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Sep 19, 2022
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Decision to Leave (2022) |
This is Park’s Vertigo. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Sep 19, 2022
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) |
I expected an enjoyable thriller, but I didn’t expect a literal 21st century version of Sorcerer. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Sep 19, 2022
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R.M.N. (2022) |
To say the least, R.M.N. is an exceptional film in an increasingly troubling time. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Sep 19, 2022
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Return to Seoul (2022) |
While at times the film approaches a level of twee-ness in short bursts that I find a bit off-putting, it’s largely overcome by the emotionality of its central character - Screen Rex
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| Posted Sep 19, 2022
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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) |
Oh well, we’ll always have Ragnarok. - The Beat
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| Posted Jul 05, 2022
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) |
It’s a nostalgia trip that understands that’s why you’re there but also utilizes that as its own ammunition to create something better. Not through subversion, but enhancement. - Screen Rex
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| Posted May 16, 2022
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The Northman (2022) |
If this is how we get our big screen Sword & Sorcery revival, with inward seeking filmmakers taking a stab at arguably the most externally pleasurable genre, sign me up. - The Beat
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| Posted Apr 21, 2022
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X (2022) |
Theres a sense of what West was wanting to make interfering with what he was actually making, creating a mostly ineffective grindhouse exercise. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Mar 18, 2022
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The Batman (2022) |
I'll take 2 hours plus of the best Batman movie ever made with a little extra fat. I'll take that deal anytime. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Feb 28, 2022
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) |
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the anti-Eternals. It's bereft of any of that film's attempts at ambition, replacing it instead with gobs and gobs of fan service. On those merits, it succeeds in what it's trying to do. - The Beat
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| Posted Dec 15, 2021
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Don't Look Up (2021) |
Adam McKay's Downsizing. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Dec 09, 2021
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Nightmare Alley (2021) |
Nightmare Alley feels like it's ripped right out of the pages of a classic EC Comic - The Beat
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| Posted Dec 03, 2021
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The Power of the Dog (2021) |
I haven't felt this immersed by a western since The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Dec 01, 2021
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Licorice Pizza (2021) |
I'm in love with this movie and I can't stop thinking about it. There's no chance you're going to find anything better this year. - The Beat
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| Posted Nov 22, 2021
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Eternals (2021) |
A film that is constantly at war with itself, for nearly three hours. - The Beat
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Last Night in Soho (2021) |
A tonal mishmash where Wright's ever-present upbeat energy and needle drops consistently undercut any attempt at dread. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Oct 26, 2021
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Dune (2021) |
An experience where reading the book actually hinders your enjoyment of the film. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Oct 19, 2021
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Lamb (2021) |
A fable that will haunt you. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Oct 08, 2021
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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2021) |
It's frankly a better start than a lot of big name filmmakers have offered at the beginning of their careers - The Beat
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| Posted Oct 01, 2021
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Mad God (2021) |
Watch it at midnight with all the lights out and in the proper frame of mind. - The Beat
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| Posted Oct 01, 2021
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No Time to Die (2021) |
Aims high and falls just short - Screen Rex
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| Posted Sep 30, 2021
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There's Someone Inside Your House (2021) |
There's Someone Inside Your House bakes societal and cultural awareness into its bones, positioning its by-the-numbers slasher template with of-the-moment themes - The Beat
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| Posted Sep 26, 2021
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The Card Counter (2020) |
Mid-tier Schrader is still far better than most. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Sep 08, 2021
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) |
With Shang-Chi, we have on our hands perhaps the least essential MCU affair since Mickey Rourke was throwing laser whips around Robert Downey Jr's head. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Aug 23, 2021
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The Night House (2020) |
The need to "say something" has felled many a talented filmmaker and in this case, chalk Bruckner up as another casualty. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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The Suicide Squad (2021) |
What's exciting about this second time at bat for the franchise is that it perfectly marries the two seemingly oppositional phases of Gunn's filmmaking career. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Aug 04, 2021
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The Green Knight (2021) |
The finest fantasy film in decades. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Jul 29, 2021
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For Madmen Only (2020) |
The need to serve too many masters ends up creating just an okay attempt at capturing what made Close such a giant in comedy. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Jul 27, 2021
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The Sparks Brothers (2021) |
It sacrifices depth for breadth, but is a solid introductory document for newcomers - Screen Rex
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| Posted Jun 18, 2021
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) |
In all, it's a recipe for a different kind of throwback, The Conjuring by way of direct to video sequel. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Jun 03, 2021
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Cruella (2021) |
At its core, Cruella is really just the chewed-up leftovers of other popular fare. - Screen Rex
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| Posted May 26, 2021
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Mortal Kombat (2021) |
Just today I saw an interview where Joe Taslim indicated he was signed up for four sequels to this film. I can't think of anything sadder. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Apr 22, 2021
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Nobody (2021) |
It's just hard to escape the feeling that the filmmakers sat down with a premise..."wouldn't it be funny if the Better Call Saul guy was John Wick?" and just never developed much of anything beyond that. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Mar 22, 2021
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Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) |
It's perhaps the best DC film of the current cycle, and certainly the one that most embodies the inherent thrill of that publisher's canon. It's also one hell of a redemption story. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Mar 19, 2021
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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) |
Most importantly, it serves as a fine balm for parents who have seen Frozen and Moana 200 times and need something new to throw into the rotation. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Mar 01, 2021
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) |
Judas' flaws start at the conception stage, and a script that just needed better focus or more care for both of its titular figures. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Feb 02, 2021
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The Little Things (2021) |
Why Hancock decided to film with what was lining his desk drawer is a mystery far more interesting than anything The Little Things has to offer. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Jan 28, 2021
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One Night in Miami (2020) |
Not every award winning actor can make the jump behind the camera with equal success, but King gets this new evolution of her career off to a very solid, if not always spectacular, start. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Jan 11, 2021
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Nomadland (2020) |
Nomadland is cinematic alchemy, and without a doubt this year's first truly essential film. Chloé Zhao is a miracle. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Dec 03, 2020
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Mank (2020) |
Mank is an excellent evocation of an era, history lesson, and dispelling of a popular myth in its first viewing, it may very well prove absolutely essential in subsequent ones. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Nov 20, 2020
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The Climb (2019) |
A collection of mundane 1917s - Screen Rex
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| Posted Nov 13, 2020
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Freaky (2020) |
Freaky is just empty calories of the Doritos variety: largely fine in the immediate sense, but ever so tiresome as you keep eating - Screen Rex
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| Posted Nov 11, 2020
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) |
I'd be shocked if we don't end up seeing a few headlines about what happens in the last 15 minutes of this film. - Screen Rex
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| Posted Oct 21, 2020
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Possessor: Uncut (2020) |
A great idea that looks good, but the question becomes "what is the end thesis?" - Screen Rex
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| Posted Oct 07, 2020
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