Randy Myers
Randy Myers's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
San Jose Mercury News
Contra Costa Times
Contra Costa Times movie critic.
Movies reviews only
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The Tutor (2023) |
The film and [Garret] Hedlund start out strong, but then both unravel just as the lead character does. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 22, 2023
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Are You Lonesome Tonight? (2021) |
One of the most invigorating debuts you’ll likely to see this year. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 22, 2023
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Boston Strangler (2023) |
The matchup of Keira Knightly and Carrie Coon punches up this involving, period-rich but somewhat ordinary thriller that celebrates old-school journalism. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 22, 2023
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A Good Person (2023) |
It’s a tough indie drama, but A Good Person doesn’t wallow in its own tragedy. It beautifully expresses the flaws in human nature and the tangled mess that results from life and death. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 22, 2023
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The Magician's Elephant (2023) |
An original fairy tale that reminds us to dream big and keep hope even in the darkest times. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Moving On (2022) |
Moving On has much to recommend it, even as it occasionally gets stuck in idle gear. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Inside (2023) |
Inside rests on the shoulders of Dafoe. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Swallowed (2022) |
A lean and mean horror film with a[n] LGBTQ twist and solid performances and taut direction. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) |
Announces the welcome arrival of a new horror filmmaker [Michelle Garza Cervera] who knows how to tell a damn good, multi-layered story that has a purpose and a vision. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Punch (2022) |
Punch realizes that when it’s two guys in the ring — as sparring partners or as romantic partners — outside forces can take them down for the count. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Champions (2023) |
Champions runs on too long, but its shaggy, rambling style can’t help but win you over as it progresses. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023) |
Luther barrels ahead without much finesse to a grandiose finale, a silly showdown that jumps the shark and puts not only Luther but this series on the thinnest of ice. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Children of the Corn (2023) |
Isn’t scary or thrilling as its young cast takes on Boomers who’ve left their generation with nothing more than a fistful of crop dust. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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RRR (2022) |
The bonanza with a cast of what looks to be thousands and a storyline about getting back at colonizers is a blast throughout its 3-hour-plus running time. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (2023) |
It’s cockamamie from beginning to end, but shows a real appreciation for wanting to entertain its audience. Mission accomplished. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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Creed III (2023) |
Quality film that’s better than the bulk of Rocky movies. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Mar 02, 2023
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Marlowe (2022) |
The story is laden with red herrings and punched-up dialogue, but little manages no land. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 22, 2023
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Only in Theaters (2022) |
It’s essential viewing for any film fan and should — yes — be seen on the big screen. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 22, 2023
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Juniper (2021) |
An ever more robust film with an enduring message that’s filled with soul and heart. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 22, 2023
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022) |
It’s a quotable celebration of compassion and empathy that relays the everlasting power of friends. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 22, 2023
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Emily (2022) |
A film that doesn’t want to be bound — much like its central character — to one genre or one overall conceit. And that lifts Emily far above other recent, more staid and comfortable biopics. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 22, 2023
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The Blue Caftan (2022) |
It’s the equivalent of a cinematic poem, filled with ache, insight and exhilaration. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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All That Breathes (2022) |
It soars as high as the birds it depicts, while telling a compassionate story of two Muslim brothers trying to do their part in making the world a better place. It’s astonishing. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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Of an Age (2022) |
There’s more here than longing, with Stolevski making a U-turn late in the film, and taking us to a staggeringly beautiful and heartbreaking destination. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) |
It’s all entertaining enough, but Quantumania seems like an in-between enterprise, another chess move in the superhero series. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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Let It Be Morning (2021) |
Eran Kolirin’s satirical drama is a wily one, filled with layers and deeper context within its relatively simple framework as it relates the complexities of Palestinian-Israeli relations. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Sweetheart (2021) |
Sweetheart is a funny, achingly real slice of familial drama that speaks with the ease and authority of someone who perhaps experienced a summer much like the one presented on screen. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Disquiet (2023) |
This is risible shot-on-the-cheap junk that can’t even thread together its plot strands in any fashionable, intriguing way. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Attachment (2022) |
It’s a beautiful, artistically told love story with supernatural elements, and serves as yet another example of elevated horror filmmaking that’s pushing the genre into interesting, exciting and relevant new directions. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Sharper (2023) |
Sharper is a glossy gas that gaslights us and most every character in it. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Somebody I Used To Know (2023) |
What could have been rote and predictable love triangle turns into a character-driven romance about loving yourself and not compromising who you are with anyone around you. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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Private Desert (2021) |
It’s a film field with ache and passion... it offers hope rather than unending despair. T - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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The Offering (2022) |
Park cranks up both the mood and the fear factor for a devilishly good supernatural thriller. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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Baby Ruby (2022) |
Baby Ruby employs a shaky narrative to deliver a rattling good commentary about every parent’s nightmare - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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To Leslie (2022) |
A thoughtful indie that doesn't wallow in despair as it gives us a downtrodden character who's used up her second, third and even fourth chances yet still deserves another a shot of redemption. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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The Accidental Getaway Driver (2023) |
The Accidental Getaway Driver springs from a true story and says something with such gentleness about our need for family and connection. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 26, 2023
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20 Days in Mariupol (2023) |
It’s both urgent and necessary and provides a complex time capsule of the war. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 26, 2023
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The Drop (2022) |
Sarah Adina Smith’s comedy is bereft of laughs, leaving us stuck with irritating people. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 26, 2023
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Back to the Wharf (2020) |
More than just a satisfying slab of neo-noir but a peel-back-the-layers statement on the human tolls of growth in China. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 26, 2023
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Sick (2022) |
Sick is a slick shot of horror, fast-paced, and written with just enough biting commentary to make it a cut above. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023) |
Director Roxanne Benjamin never allows Children to overstay its welcome, resulting in a scare package worth seeking out. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Alice, Darling (2022) |
It’s hardly an easy watch, but there’s a relevant, resonating and necessary film here. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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The Son (2022) |
Tears need to be earned, and The Son fails at that. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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My Sailor, My Love (2022) |
Filled with sage wisdom and vulnerable people struggling to do the best that they can even when they are at their worst. It’s a lovely indie. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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When You Finish Saving the World (2022) |
Eisenberg’s adaptation of his own 2020 audio play is acutely observant of these sometimes flailing characters who can’t seem to understand that what they’re looking for is right in front of them. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Missing (2023) |
Missing runs too long, but mostly achieves what it sets out to do. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Corsage (2022) |
While some factual details could have actually helped the film, “Corsage” is still a fascinating commentary about celebrity... - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 12, 2023
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The Devil Conspiracy (2022) |
Is it a good movie? Not by any means. But is it fun? A hell to that yes. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 12, 2023
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Plane (2023) |
A retro guilty pleasure, one that’s as predictable and as lovably dumb as the films it cribs from. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 12, 2023
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Broker (2022) |
What could have been a train wreck if it were an American comedy/drama turns into a funny, sad, brittle, beautiful and absolutely strange odyssey wherein the image of family gets distorted and reimagined in the most touching way imaginable. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 05, 2023
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