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Matthew Monagle

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Matthew is a Texas-based film critic and tabletop aficionado. You can find his writing wherever people argue about movies online. He is also the co-host of Certified Forgotten, a podcast about the best horror movies of the 21st Century that fell through the cracks.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Return to Silent Hill (2026) 20% 2.5/5 EDIT “"There is a spark of the divine in the production, an inventiveness in bringing the city of Silent Hill alive on the screen that makes it impossible to rule out altogether."” – Certified Forgotten Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 79% 3.5/5 EDIT “'Primate' is a small miracle of costume design and performance, turning a silly concept into a genuinely tense game of cat and mouse (or, well, monkey and human).” – Certified Forgotten Jan 9, 2026 Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 86% 2.5/5 EDIT “Hilditch’s latest fails to meet the moment in a genre increasingly dominated by post-pandemic allegories for survivor’s guilt.” – Certified Forgotten Jan 4, 2026 Full Review Keeper (2025) 53% 4/5 EDIT “'Keeper' will be a gift to everyone on Perkins’s wavelength.” – Certified Forgotten Nov 16, 2025 Full Review Affection (2025) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Rothe once again flashes the full range of her genre starpower, and Meza equates himself well as a first-time director.” – Certified Forgotten Oct 8, 2025 Full Review HIM (2025) 30% 3.5/5 EDIT “Much of 'Him' unfolds as the kind of fever dream that would make Nicolas Winding Refn proud.” – Certified Forgotten Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Beast of War (2025) 89% 3.5/5 EDIT “'Beast of War' is a shining example of how to turn a simple concept into one of the stronger creature features you’ll see all year.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 26, 2025 Full Review The Vile (2025) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “Al Ansari’s sophomore feature is another example of how a few good actors and a well-dressed set is more than enough to create genre cinema that colors outside the lines.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 26, 2025 Full Review Coyotes (2025) 59% 2.5/5 EDIT “It’s hard to imagine 'Coyotes' being a successful crowdpleaser at a festival which celebrates analog technology and practical effects above all else.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 21, 2025 Full Review Cloud (2024) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “The slow build of 'Cloud' makes it clear that the road to hell is paved with good discounts.” – Certified Forgotten Aug 11, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Cregger’s second film proves that the first was not a fluke and establishes him as one of the more ambitious horror storytellers of this generation.” – Certified Forgotten Aug 10, 2025 Full Review Hellcat (2025) 89% 3.5/5 EDIT “Hellcat, the debut of writer-director Brock Bodell, is a crafty exercise in how to withhold information from your audience while not talking down to them.” – Certified Forgotten Jul 26, 2025 Full Review Redux Redux (2025) 98% 3.5/5 EDIT “'Redux Redux' is a film with big ideas (common) that is capable of seeing its vision through onscreen (less so).” – Certified Forgotten Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Ash (2025) 71% 3/5 EDIT “"Ash feels like more of a multi-disciplinary approach to genre than we’re used to – where video games and film are equal fodder for a new lexicon of science fiction and horror."” – Certified Forgotten Mar 22, 2025 Full Review MadS (2024) 94% 3.5/5 EDIT “Moreau imbues his film with little touches of dreamlike logic, playing with chronology or audio cues to make each experience a subjective hellscape for his three teenage leads.” – Certified Forgotten Oct 17, 2024 Full Review Azrael (2024) 71% 2/5 EDIT “While 'Azrael’s nonverbal approach to the apocalypse might not elevate the material in the way the filmmakers hoped, it is still a hell of a showcase for horror’s favorite final girl.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 26, 2024 Full Review Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse (2024) 88% 3.5/5 EDIT “'Párvulos' is not a cruel movie. It’s just one willing to take seriously the notion of growing up in an unsafe world. ” – Certified Forgotten Sep 25, 2024 Full Review Heretic (2024) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Watching Grant fence verbally with East and Thatcher – sometimes advancing, sometimes retreating, but always taking stock of his opponents’ defenses – is funny, unnerving, and oddly persuasive.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 24, 2024 Full Review Never Let Go (2024) 57% 2.5/5 EDIT “For as strong as its performances might be, 'Never Let Go' fails to ever coalesce into the ambitious low-fi apocalypse narrative it is so desperately chasing.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 23, 2024 Full Review The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024) 72% 3.5/5 EDIT “For those stretches when the film works – when Lithgow’s dead eyes speak to countless cruelties and the film taps into the true injustice of growing old – 'The Rule of Jenny Pen' is the kind of big swing you love to see from modern horror filmmakers.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Ghost Killer (2024) 96% 3.5/5 EDIT “While the sum of the parts may still be better than the whole, 'Ghost Killer' keeps the energy pointing forward, with a dynamic conclusion that lands as well as any action movie from the past decade.” – Certified Forgotten Sep 20, 2024 Full Review Cuckoo (2024) 79% 4/5 EDIT “For those who like their horror to be slippery – full of ideas that do not fit neatly into one box or genre label – 'Cuckoo' will be one of the highlights of the year.” – Certified Forgotten Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Longlegs (2024) 85% 4/5 EDIT “'Longlegs' is a welcome marriage between Oz Perkins and Nicolas Cage, whose instincts for restraint and excess (respectively) are in perfect balance.” – Certified Forgotten Jul 18, 2024 Full Review Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) 65% 3.5/5 EDIT “If 'Bad Boys for Life' shocked audiences and critics with its relevance, then 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' proves that the window for this franchise is, despite all odds, very much still open. ” – Austin Chronicle Jun 6, 2024 Full Review The Idea of You (2024) 80% B EDIT “'The Idea of You' is an example of the romance novel adaptation done right, an outstanding balance of chemistry and joke density that never talks down to its audience. ” – The Playlist Mar 19, 2024 Full Review
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