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Michael J. Casey

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I cover movies for Boulder Weekly, program for CU-Boulder's International Film Series and write about them whenever I can.

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Cookie Queens (2026) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “The scouts’ sales goals and tactics vary, and each underlines the personal connection of running a small business and the impersonal threat posed by boosting numbers.” – Metro Arts Apr 24, 2026 Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 71% 2.5/5 EDIT “If ever there is a modern-day figure bestowed with messianic properties, pop star is it. That gives writer-director David Lowery’s ghost-slash-love story an interesting slant, though not a convincing one.” – Michael J. Cinema Apr 24, 2026 Full Review The Drama (2026) 77% 2.5/5 EDIT “Far too flippant for its own good.” – Metro Arts Apr 17, 2026 Full Review The Christophers (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “A delight. Julian and Lori are perfect vessels for Solomon and Soderbergh to underline their point: Get distracted by the eye-catching what on the surface, and you’ll miss the genius of the who beneath.” – Metro Arts Apr 17, 2026 Full Review On a String (2025) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “So fun, I wish it were 12 minutes longer.” – Metro Arts Apr 9, 2026 Full Review The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026) 90% .5 / 5 EDIT “A pedestrian overview of a complex issue with little clarity.” – Metro Arts Mar 28, 2026 Full Review Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “Cinema of (predictable) resistance.” – Metro Arts Mar 21, 2026 Full Review André Is an Idiot (2025) 97% 3.5/5 EDIT “A worthy entry into the growing niche of end-of-life documentaries.” – Metro Arts Mar 21, 2026 Full Review Micro Budget (2024) 85% 4.5/5 EDIT “One of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time.” – Metro Arts Mar 7, 2026 Full Review Sirāt (2025) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Methodical, intentional and works so well.” – Metro Arts Mar 7, 2026 Full Review Pillion (2025) 99% 3.5/5 EDIT “Sweet in spots and sports an impressive dual performance from Melling and Skarsgård. Both are committed to their roles in a way that would make Ray proud.” – Michael J. Cinema Feb 20, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 67% 4/5 EDIT “Everyone here is giving it their all, but Skarsgård is letting it all hang out and loving it.” – Metro Arts Feb 7, 2026 Full Review Arco (2025) 93% 3/5 EDIT “One part Studio Ghibli, one part King of the Hill.” – Metro Arts Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Man Who Saves the World? (2025) 100% 3/5 EDIT “The last 10 minutes of this movie is really where it's at.” – Metro Arts Jan 31, 2026 Full Review H Is for Hawk (2025) 81% 3.5/5 EDIT “Lowthorpe opts for a movie where the audience is allowed to sit within Helen’s sorrow with no clear-cut answers and marvel at the bird that provides none, yet seems to provoke the questions often unasked.” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 24, 2026 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Fantastic way to blend documentary and recreation.” – Metro Arts Jan 24, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% 2.5/5 EDIT “I suspect Garland and Boyle are most interested in Dr. Kelson. He’s the steadfast pole around which all of Garland’s disparate ideas spin, and Fiennes gives a beautiful and still performance that grounds Boyle’s frenetic tone.” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 17, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 2.5/5 EDIT “Despite all the physical and ideological provocation, I find these movies to be simplistic and a little silly. ” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% 3.5/5 EDIT “An impressive piece of drama and a paradoxical portrait.” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% 2/5 EDIT “"The Choral" is a movie without secrets.” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 14, 2026 Full Review My Darling Clementine (1946) 100% 5/5 EDIT “A magnificent movie, filled with poetry and conflicting ideals about the need for law and order, and the ease with which it corrupts.” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 14, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 3/5 EDIT “"No Other Choice" is the kind of flick I can get behind ... but why can’t Park get this engine to turn over?” – Michael J. Cinema Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 77% 2/5 EDIT “A crowd-pleasing flick that holds no secrets.” – Metro Arts Dec 27, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “The story of a New York City con man barely skirting the gutter, streaked with cinematographer Darius Khondji’s images that attach themself so close to Marty you can almost smell his desperation.” – Michael J. Cinema Dec 25, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 4/5 EDIT “A final shot that gives you everything you want out of this narrative. ” – Metro Arts Dec 20, 2025 Full Review
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