Matt Glasby
Matt Glasby's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
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Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
Movies reviews only
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What Keeps You Alive (2018) |
There is a violent about-turn that will surprise even hardened genre fans, but this is otherwise a not especially original play on the usual hunter/hunted model. - Radio Times
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| Posted Mar 23, 2023
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Pearl (2022) |
The result doesn't quite stand up on its own, but as an eye-catching origins story that casts new light on the original film, it's a malevolent marvel. - Radio Times
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| Posted Mar 09, 2023
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Skinamarink (2022) |
At 100 minutes, it will try even the most patient viewer, but its eerie mood is entrancing. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 09, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
The ending doesn't hit quite as hard as it might, but this is still solid Shyamalan. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 09, 2023
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Next Exit (2022) |
[Mali] Elfman's script is so witty and sensitive, and the performances so heartfelt, you won't want the journey to end. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 09, 2023
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Resurrection (2022) |
Hall gives a committed, convincing performance as a woman on the verge, Roth unnerves without ever becoming a caricature, and Kaufman holds it all together as the lone voice of reason. - Radio Times
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| Posted Dec 09, 2022
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Speak No Evil (2022) |
What makes this so effective isn't just the violence, but the sense that we're complicit through our own moral cowardice, that title both a teaser and a rebuke. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 13, 2022
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I Came By (2022) |
A skilful genre flick bogged down by a heavy-handed touch. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 22, 2022
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Hatching (2022) |
Though the effects are imaginatively icky and you can't fault Bergholm's ambition, the film as a whole is slightly too cartoonish to really chill. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 01, 2022
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X (2022) |
There's lashings of sex and gore, plus a few surprises along the way. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jul 07, 2022
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Nitram (2021) |
Kurzel's films are famously brutal, yet the biggest surprise here is not the tension as Martin's mental health deteriorates, but the tenderness with which it's portrayed. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jun 16, 2022
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DASHCAM (2021) |
Among the annoyances are scenes of genuine invention and intensity. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jun 16, 2022
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Choose or Die (2022) |
A concept this goofy should be fun but... it just leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 21, 2022
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You Are Not My Mother (2021) |
Dolan's film distinguishes itself with its memorably creepy blend of uncanny elements and kitchen-sink realism. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 14, 2022
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Benedetta (2021) |
While it's never boring, Benedetta remains more convincing as the work of a provocateur than a penitent. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 07, 2022
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Some Like It Rare (2021) |
Deeply, deliciously funny. - Radio Times
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| Posted Mar 24, 2022
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Against the Ice (2022) |
Although the scenery is beautiful, the action is solid rather than spectacular, and viewers of ice-bound adventures such as TV's The Terror and The North Water will know what to expect. - Radio Times
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| Posted Mar 17, 2022
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The Long Walk (2019) |
Though frequently creepy, The Long Walk is not quite a horror or sci-fi movie, but rather a stirring mystery that slowly, sensuously, gives up its secrets. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 24, 2022
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Europa (2021) |
It's a nightmarish scenario, expertly conveyed by writer-director Haider Rashid, whose film hits the ground running and never lets up. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 24, 2022
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Lamb (2021) |
Although glacially paced and not for everyone, Lamb is an impressively strange and disquieting creation. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 18, 2022
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Amulet (2020) |
Garai has a great eye for unsettling details, making the ordinary seem alien with a series of extreme close-ups. The central performances and score, a cacophony of screeching psalms, are also strong. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jan 06, 2022
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Dune (2021) |
What it has in spades is an unshakable belief in its own world-building, from a drop of sweat trickling down the ear of a desert rodent to the massive shimmering tsunamis of sand. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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Rebel Dykes (2021) |
It covers a lot of ground - perhaps too much - lending it a shapeless air. But this is more than compensated for by the warmth and wit of the women themselves. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 14, 2021
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Enforcement (2020) |
Taking its name from the Arab word for "police", this Danish thriller tackles systemic racism and brutality among Copenhagen cops. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 07, 2021
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Come Play (2020) |
Jacob Chase's horror won't win any prizes for originality. What it does have is heart. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 14, 2021
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Demonic (2021) |
Unfortunately, what could have been a neat take on the possession movie is let down by slack pacing and pedestrian direction from Blomkamp, who shows no flair whatsoever for the genre. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 26, 2021
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Old (2021) |
Though there are moments of pulse-quickening body horror, the film's pace is mostly sluggish, with telegraphed plot revelations and flubbed emotional cues piling up like flotsam. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2021
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Kandisha (2020) |
It's never boring, but it fails to summon a single memorable scare. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2021
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Caveat (2020) |
Written, directed and edited by Mc Carthy on an extremely tight budget, Caveat conjures genuine unease with scant resources, giving off strong Babadook vibes. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2021
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Censor (2021) |
An ambitious meta horror film that dabbles in Lynchian unease. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2021
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Tollbooth (2021) |
Plays like a stylishly shot sitcom, with good gags about thorny UK relationships and a strong supporting cast including Paul "Dennis Pennis" Kaye. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2021
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Army Of The Dead (2021) |
Never one for restraint, Snyder gives his trademark maximalism full rein, delivering a bloated 148-minute movie that favours empty spectacle over humanity. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 12, 2021
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Vicious Fun (2020) |
Steph Copeland's Carpenter-esque synth score and Jeff Maher's neon-spiked cinematography add a classy edge, and there's a ton of gore, from eye gougings to eviscerations. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jun 29, 2021
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Guns Akimbo (2019) |
[B]y mimicking the breathless tempo of a video game, Howden falls prey to video-game problems: the violence is unreal and weightless; the up-to-the-minute visuals seem immediately dated... - Radio Times
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| Posted Jun 17, 2021
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Here Are the Young Men (2021) |
Ultimately, like the boys themselves, this has bags of energy, but lacks focus. - Radio Times
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| Posted May 07, 2021
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Oxygen (2021) |
Although a lot of the film's best ideas are borrowed, what transpires is, within its own limited parameters, immersive and impressive. - Radio Times
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| Posted May 07, 2021
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Collective (2019) |
f you ever wondered what speaking truth to power really looks like, look no further. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 23, 2021
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) |
The film pulls the audience along in its slipstream with style and humanity to spare - like Hampton in full flow. - Radio Times
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| Posted Mar 05, 2021
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The Owners (2020) |
Based on the French graphic novel Une Nuit de Pleine Lune, Julius Berg's home-invasion horror transplants the action to rural England with depressingly familiar results. - Radio Times
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| Posted Mar 05, 2021
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Supernova (2020) |
Here as ever, Tucci is the most charming of performers. But something about the use of celestial metaphors and, more generally, the treatment of dementia seems heavy-handed. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Feb 24, 2021
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One Night in Miami (2020) |
Never quite overcomes its stage origins. But nor does it betray the seriousness of its intent in favour of easy answers. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jan 12, 2021
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I'm Your Woman (2020) |
It's all very well executed by Hart, and Brosnahan is riveting, but I'm Your Woman isn't quite so fresh when it faces the genre clichés head on. - Radio Times
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| Posted Dec 04, 2020
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Mank (2020) |
despite much talk about the emotive power of the movies, it's a film that only seeks to engage the brain. But perhaps for an unsentimental SOB like Mank-not to mention Fincher-that's the whole point. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Nov 25, 2020
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The Climb (2019) |
Overseeing a series of staggering unbroken takes, Kuperstein floats his camera alongside the characters as they encounter tricky terrain, both emotional and topographic. - Radio Times
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| Posted Nov 21, 2020
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I Am Woman (2019) |
Unfortunately, Cobham-Hervey's hollow turn in the lead threatens to sink the whole enterprise, having more in common with Reddy's conventional music than her revolutionary message. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 13, 2020
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Saint Maud (2019) |
A stark, sinister chamber piece built on atmosphere and performances. Morfydd Clark is a revelation. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 12, 2020
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The Devil All the Time (2020) |
Helped by exemplary performances from the largely European cast, the film conjures a bleak world of people broken by God's brutal designs, but there's something missing at the core. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 01, 2020
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Friedkin Uncut (2018) |
It's just a shame this entertaining documentary by his one-time line producer Francisco Zippel isn't as frank as its subject. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 13, 2020
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The Vigil (2019) |
Atmospheric, well-acted and freighted with survivors' guilt, this is thoughtful and frightening horror fare. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 13, 2020
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Perfect 10 (2019) |
What emerges is sweet if slight, overcoming its awkward moments with that rarest of qualities: empathy. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 13, 2020
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