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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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You Hurt My Feelings (2023) |
The film is ultimately saved by a self-awareness of its own absurdly privileged viewpoint. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Aug 08, 2023
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Joy Ride (2023) |
The directorial debut of Adele Lim can be something of a hot mess, but that’s part of its charm. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Aug 04, 2023
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Smoking Causes Coughing (2022) |
This brilliant oddity is truly a film like no other. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Jul 07, 2023
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Elemental (2023) |
A bit like Inside Out meets Zootropolis – but not as fully worked out as either – it’s a movie of lovely, radiant moments. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Jul 07, 2023
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One (2023) |
Dead Reckoning Part One is this summer’s best action blockbuster and possibly the best Mission yet – and, yes I do say that every time. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Jul 05, 2023
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) |
Dominique Fishback totally outclasses her infantile dialogue... - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Jun 10, 2023
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The Flash (2023) |
We’re all feeling a bit multi-versed out right now in the wake of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. But The Flash still speeds along nicely – no mean feat when it’s 2 hours 25min long. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Jun 10, 2023
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The Boogeyman (2023) |
The Boogeyman disappoints with standard scares and nonsensical rules. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Jun 02, 2023
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Master Gardener (2022) |
The atmosphere is initially alluring yet, as the violence begins, this becomes not the film you'd naturally expect or desire — a stiff, stilted drama. - Daily Mail (UK)
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| Posted May 26, 2023
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My Name Is Happy (2022) |
... A tough, intimate, and painful watch. - Daily Mail (UK)
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| Posted May 26, 2023
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The Little Mermaid (2023) |
The new Little Mermaid is no classic but it's a dependable half- term treat... or rather feast, given that it runs for almost an hour longer than the original. - Daily Mail (UK)
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| Posted May 26, 2023
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Fast X (2023) |
Seeing what outrageous outfit he’ll wear next is the movie’s greatest pleasure. Otherwise it’s just an eye-wateringly expensive exercise in wheel-spinning. Let’s hope part 2 fully kicks the fun into gear. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) |
What should be an empowering big screen moment for a female ensemble cast whose average age is 77 is sadly let down by the lazy, by-the-book script. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) |
This lovely film strikes a universal chord. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) |
Still [is] like watching Fox’s life back through a new filter... - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry, The (2023) |
It's a non-religious pilgrim story about the power of hope and faith. A movie that celebrates everyday joys and human connection. The perfect pick-me-up tonic for tough times. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted May 05, 2023
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Evil Dead Rise (2023) |
Claustrophobic and ultimately anti-cathartic, it’s ironically praise to say watching this is like being trapped in a nightmare. - Times (UK)
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| Posted Apr 21, 2023
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) |
Old pros Cary Grant and Myrna Loy are effortlessly splendid in their third and final on-screen coupling, leaving the director HC Potter to basically twiddle his thumbs. - Times (UK)
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| Posted Apr 21, 2023
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Suzume (2022) |
Yet another dazzling and delightful animation from Japanese director Makoto Shinkai. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) |
The camp tone is tongue-in-cheek and family-friendly – more Shrek than Assassin’s Creed. Homage and affectionate parody in equal parts... - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Apr 03, 2023
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) |
Star super-villain casting can’t save this awkward sequel. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) |
Made on a shoestring budget...and it shoes. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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Scream VI (2023) |
Characters are distinctive, the script is witty and the action-packed direction deserves top marks. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Mar 09, 2023
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Creed III (2023) |
The Stallone-free debut from Michael B. Jordan bashes life into the boxing movie genre. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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January (2022) |
January is laden with potent metaphors that might be less impenetrable if you’re fully clued-up on Bulgaria’s post-communist transition — or might not. Ultimate unknowability is the endgame. - Times (UK)
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Unwelcome (2022) |
Jon Wright’s unexpectedly fun home-invasion horror is built on fertile, if familiar, ground. - Times (UK)
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) |
The spray tans have more depth than the characters. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Despite annoying lapses in M Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, it’ll have you hooked... - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Feb 04, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Another commendably original tale of the unexpected from Shyamalan. One of his best. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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The Fabelmans (2022) |
This is a movie so masterfully made, you can glide along its surface without quite realising all it’s asking of you. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Jan 27, 2023
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Piggy (2022) |
While this intelligent Spanish slasher gleefully sloshes on the high-tension splatter, it also delights in inverting generic tropes, dishing up a lip-smacking level of moral complexity. - Times (UK)
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Enys Men (2022) |
Enys Men (Cornish for Stone Island) suffers slightly from difficult second album syndrome, but is still extraordinary in its own right. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Jan 14, 2023
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Till (2022) |
A sensational acting showcase for Deadwyler, as Mamie shifts from devastated mother to reluctant activist. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Jan 14, 2023
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Black Adam (2022) |
Even the rock-solid charisma of Dwayne Johnson rolls off a cliff with this noisy and disappointingly boring load of CGI-laden superhero tosh. A DCU fail. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) |
This soulful sequel teams an emotional tribute to late star Chadwick Boseman with some spectacular visual action. A maturity milestone for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring Angela Bassett and Winston Duke. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Cow (2021) |
The British auteur Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank) turns to documentary with this powerful, cow’s eye view of the dairy industry. You may never look a pint of milk in the face again. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) |
Whodunnits are back with a vengeance. This inspired slasher twist boasts a thrilling satirical energy and a sizzling Gen Z cast, including Amandla Stenberg and Borat’s Maria Bakalova. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Living (2022) |
National treasure Bill Nighy finally gets his shot at Oscars glory as a repressed civil servant in this immaculate British drama, penned by Sir Kazuo Ishiguro. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) |
Burnished 1980s blockbuster nostalgia as Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer prove they can still make ’em like they used to. Strap in for the thrillingly real aerial dog fights. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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The Worst Person in the World (2021) |
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind meets Fleabag in Norway with this smart romcom about a drifting bookshop worker (Renate Reinsve) nearing 30. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
The most brilliantly bananas movie of 2022 absolutely lives up to its title. Michelle Yeoh kicks all types of butt as a time-travelling laundromat manager in a multiverse of madness. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022) |
‘We are revolting children, living in revolting times!’ Tim Minchin’s genius lyrics make this a smash hit, with Alisha Weir, for all ages. See you at the singalong version. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Babylon (2022) |
Damien Chazelle film’s direction is breathtaking and jaw-dropping... - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 17, 2022
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
As a spectacle it’s astonishing. But is this even a film? It’s more like a three-hour theme park ride. Or a superior version of those show-reel display loops they use in shops like Currys to show off how good the tellies are. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 17, 2022
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) |
Pinocchio’s spirited disobedience suddenly becomes a form of heroic resistance, rather than something to be squashed out of him. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 08, 2022
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Bones and All (2022) |
Dreamily shot, it’s all so achingly hip it hurts. But after two hours and 10 minutes of slow-burn meandering, I was hungry for more meat on these bones. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 03, 2022
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) |
What these two electric young stars really capture is the intense chemistry between two new lovers – that powerful, all-consuming pull. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Dec 03, 2022
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Barbarian (2022) |
Like the best horrors, it's 'about' stuff -- gentrification, abuse, toxic masculinity, taking responsibility. There's also plenty of jump scares. - metro.co.uk
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| Posted Nov 30, 2022
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Aftersun (2022) |
Paul Mescal's film is a micro-masterclass in poignancy and heartbreak... - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Nov 17, 2022
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Aisha (2022) |
Black Panther star Letitia Wright shows she’s not all about blockbusters with this small, moving story of a Nigerian woman seeking asylum. - Metro Newspaper (UK)
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| Posted Nov 17, 2022
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