Rendy Jones
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) |
This is the Transformers movie we deserved eons ago. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jun 06, 2023
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The Boogeyman (2023) |
It may work as a solid expansion to a short story, but it lacks originality among many other grieve-scary stories. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jun 02, 2023
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) |
Just when you thought Everything Everywhere All at Once was the pinnacle of multiverse stories, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swings in to take Miles Morales’ saga and the animation medium to the next level. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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The Little Mermaid (2023) |
Halle Bailey. Enough said. Good night, everybody! - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 27, 2023
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The Wrath of Becky (2023) |
Offers the familiar rebellious girl vs. hate group gorefest formula with the same skillful execution as its predecessor.
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| Posted May 27, 2023
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You Hurt My Feelings (2023) |
Exemplifies Nicole Holofcener’s signature sharpness through a lighthearted, entertaining comedy. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 27, 2023
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You Can Live Forever (2022) |
Accurately illustrates every side of the Jehovah's Witness lifestyle through riveting romantic drama that puts the brainwashing realities of their society on display. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 22, 2023
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I Used to be Funny (2023) |
Raw, thoughtful, funny, and featuring a chilling dramatic performance by Rachel Sennott, I Used to Be Funny marks a stellar filmmaking debut for writer/director Ally Pankiw. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 15, 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 might bite off more than it can chew, but its focus on character growth, dazzling action, and rocking playlist has James Gunn going out with his galactic-found family in style. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 05, 2023
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Showing Up (2022) |
It’s a timely humanistic portrait of artists of all ages and personalities, dedicated to their craft amid life’s wacky tribulations. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted May 03, 2023
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) |
Kelly Fremon Craig’s adaptation of Blume’s classic captures the whimsical beauty of girlhood and its many complexities. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 28, 2023
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Polite Society (2023) |
Manzoor’s dry comedic style and surrealist visual imagery—like Edgar Wright if he made movies from a feminist Pakistani lens—carries over to Polite Society wonderfully. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 26, 2023
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Sisu (2022) |
A ballistic Nazi-mowing thrill ride sure to fill Lionsgate’s John Wick void. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 24, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) |
If you ever played the dungeon crawler video game The Binding of Isaac and wanted a Charlie Kaufman-like film adaptation, Beau Is Afraid is for you. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 18, 2023
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Evil Dead Rise (2023) |
A rip-roaring bloody great time at the movies. With gallons of blood thrown at your face alongside all the graphic carnage, Evil Dead Rise invigorates new adrenaline into its live system. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 18, 2023
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If You Were the Last (2023) |
An endlessly funny and stylish sci-fi rom-com fueled by Anthony Mackie and Zoë Chao’s impeccable chemistry. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Renfield (2023) |
Renfield prospers from Nic Cage and Nicholas Hoult biting down on their distinctive charisma supplying blood to this stylized horror comedy. But the lack of meat within the characters and story prevents it from reaching the height of its unholy potential. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 13, 2023
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Bloody Hell (2023) |
Powered by a star-turning comedic performance by Maddie Ziegler, Molly McGlynn’s Bloody Hell is a hilarious, honest, and raw teen sex comedy with resounding visibility for its female demographic. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 11, 2023
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BlackBerry (2023) |
A refreshing rise and fall narrative less concerned about the impact of the product itself, leaning towards a layered study of three business dudes using power and passion for profit. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 11, 2023
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Air (2023) |
Though it hits its motivational speech seminar platform far too often, Air is still a slam dunk that’ll make the crowd roar as loud as they did when MJ used to get on the court. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 06, 2023
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
Despite the solid visuals and action direction, the Illumination touch on the story (or lack thereof) prevents Mario from reaching the top of the goalpost. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 04, 2023
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It Lives Inside (2023) |
Bishal Dutta’s It Lives Inside means well with its earnest attempt to bring Hindu representation to American horror. Unfortunately, it suffers from frustrating execution, generic plotting, and underwhelming thrills. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 03, 2023
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Talk to Me (2023) |
Talk to Me might be the first to accurately capture the Gen-Z teen experience through a fun and empathetic portrayal, which is hard to do because teenagers suck. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Apr 03, 2023
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) |
The equivalent of a beautiful ballet for hardcore action fans, this latest installment delivers the most exhilarating display of shoot-‘em-up excellence in the titular lead’s saga. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Only The Good Survive (2023) |
Dutch Southern’s colorful genre-bending heist thriller bursts with wit, color, gore, and a welcoming rebellious spirit that makes you want to put on your favorite punk album. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 23, 2023
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Down Low (2023) |
If Very Bad Things was for the bros and Rough Night was for the girlies, then Down Low is for the gays (and would make the other two films blush). - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 21, 2023
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) |
Delightfully funny and action-packed campaign thrown onto the big screen. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 20, 2023
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Scream VI (2023) |
After maintaining a fresh tone and building on the groundwork laid by last year’s entry, the climax pivots to nonsensical cartoonish territory, demanding the audiences suspend disbelief and equipping too many characters with heavy plot armor. - them.
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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Rye Lane (2023) |
Refreshingly earnest Black Gen-Z romantic comedy with cartoonish visual surrealist humor and colorful imagery.2023 has merely begun, and Rye Lane is already one of my new all-time favorites. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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The Starling Girl (2023) |
A phenomenal examination of the hypocritical fundamentalist Christian institution and a rural teenage girl’s intense journey of self-discovery. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 10, 2023
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God's Time (2022) |
Antebi channels bits of early Spike Lee grit and the Safdie brothers, balancing a stressful, uneasy atmosphere with quirky characters who are entertaining enough to hold their own. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 06, 2023
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Creed III (2023) |
Michael B. Jordan delivers a knockout of a directorial debut. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Mar 03, 2023
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Cocaine Bear (2023) |
Unleashing a fury of thrilling, gory horror and screwball comedy, Cocaine Bear is a crowd-pleasing delight that roars in a new slasher icon for the year. You’d think Leonardo DiCaprio went with a slap on the wrist in The Revenant. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 23, 2023
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) |
That’s what I like about these Marvel films, man. I get older, and they stay the same. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 19, 2023
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Kim's Video (2023) |
The story is gripping and forms a fondness of the store’s mark on archival culture, but man is it frustrating in its approach. - Geeks of Color
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Moonage Daydream (2022) |
A once-in-a-lifetime cinematic musical odyssey, unlike anything I’ve seen before. - Xtra Magazine
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023) |
Cortés’s craftsmanship and Little Richard’s fascinating ability as a storyteller elevate the film as a mighty, affirming declaration that the culture of rock ’n’ roll would not be where it is today without him. - Xtra Magazine
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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The Civil Dead (2023) |
Clay Tatum’s The Civil Dead provides a refreshing take on the supernatural buddy comedy formula via a contemporary mumblecore lens. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) |
If the first two entries were considered gender-fluid due to their structureless freedom in storytelling, this trilogy finale is the most binary Magic Mike has ever been. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 12, 2023
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Bad Press (2023) |
A riveting, thrilling, and sometimes depressing commentary on why the press needs protection across all the nations in America, Tribal and federal. - Geeks of Color
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| Posted Feb 09, 2023
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Beyond Utopia (2023) |
Beyond Utopia is an essential, urgent viewing that everyone must see... It’s a groundbreaking and devastating tale of human resilience, existing in an inhumane government, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. - Geeks of Color
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| Posted Feb 09, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest is a refreshingly solid, brilliantly directed psychological thriller that showcases the talents of its featured ensemble. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 08, 2023
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80 for Brady (2023) |
An instant winner of a studio comedy that tributes the spirit of football and the loving relationships we share from it. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Feb 06, 2023
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You People (2023) |
This familiar reskin of a timely comedy is transformed into an unfunny and offensive exercise of oppression Olympics that only appeals to the Black people of Barris’ generation. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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M3GAN (2022) |
M3GAN knows who she is and the audience she’s programmed for, and she operates on being an entertaining campy ride. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2023
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Babylon (2022) |
If La La Land represented Chazelle in his high school freshman era, then Babylon is him as a college senior desperate to graduate. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 30, 2022
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Empire of Light (2022) |
If only Sam Mendes had a Black consultant to slap his hand when he wandered into the wrong areas. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 30, 2022
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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) |
So transparent in its commercialization that Kygo’s “Higher Love” remix as the end credits song was like a perfect final bow. Anthony McCarten really is the Arby's of musical biopics. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 27, 2022
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
In an era of visual slop from blockbusters, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is a breathtaking technical marvel that reminds you that CGI can be a visual feast. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 14, 2022
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Saint Omer (2022) |
Alice Diop’s searing story of motherhood and the unspoken layers surrounding it makes Saint Omer one of the year’s best pictures and one hell of a narrative debut for Diop. - Rendy Reviews
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| Posted Dec 14, 2022
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