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Richard Bardon

Richard Bardon's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) 60% B- EDIT “absolutely ridiculous, inane, and illogical. had a great time with it. ” – Mad About Movies Podcast Nov 22, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% A+ EDIT “Timeless and timely. With miraculous and wholly unique performances with a driving plot that could easily meander into a "hang out movie" but decides to be a plot-driven thriller instead, thankfully. Perfect. ” – Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 2, 2025 Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% B+ EDIT “Affecting and well paced, of emotional weight and harrowing though perhaps forgettable in years to come. ” – Mad About Movies Podcast Sep 18, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Perfectly paced and performed, not quite a masterpiece but I now believe Cregger has one in him...” – Mad About Movies Podcast Aug 28, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 87% A EDIT “A joke-first, last, and everything comedy we don't see too often anymore. Extremely well executed and not a second too long. ” – Mad About Movies Podcast Aug 11, 2025 Full Review Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) 62% C+ EDIT “Enjoyed the real golfers enormously, and a few of the other celebrity cameos as well...a perfectly fine nostalgic Netflix exercise – but not a real movie.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Aug 1, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% B EDIT “A nice aesthetic and thematic reset – can't say it lit me on fire for another 18-movie run grounded in this setting, but a perfectly enjoyable summer 120 minutes” – Mad About Movies Podcast Aug 1, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% B- EDIT “Making a passable Superman film (among the highest degree of difficulty in their stable of characters) is certainly a step in the right direction. Tonally sound, even if some character inclusions and drama may have been a bit ham-fisted in moments” – Mad About Movies Podcast Jul 22, 2025 Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% A EDIT “Like the recent Planet of the Apes films, this does a stellar job world building a bit more than the originals. The thrills are logistically earned and the visuals are seamless with the original films. ” – Mad About Movies Podcast Jun 25, 2025 Full Review How to Train Your Dragon (2025) 77% B EDIT “There's an existential problem with this movie, of course (movie for shareholder value!), but the end result is a fun, perfectly accessible family film with a solid, scene-stealing performance from Butler (without the White House in danger!) ” – Mad About Movies Podcast Jun 20, 2025 Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% B EDIT “Some enjoyable setups and the John Wick lever was pulled the appropriate amount, but unlike it's cousin, it lacked the feel of a necessary theatrical release. ” – Mad About Movies Podcast Jun 16, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% B EDIT “Attempting to summarize an 8 film franchise where many of the films were made with different writers, directors, and, not to mention, decades – is an Impossible ask, indeed. Still always a thrill to be in the universe, even if this is on the bottom end. ” – Mad About Movies Podcast May 28, 2025 Full Review The Accountant 2 (2025) 75% B EDIT “While this is technically a sequel, it certainly feels more in line with Air and the general ethos around Artists Equity and the breezy, films for adults mission they seem to have set accomplish: A good time for adults at the movies.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 30, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% 9/10 EDIT “Mesmerizing, tonally perfect, and simultaneously wholly (well) influenced and extremely original. As sexy and soulful as the blues itself and as terrifying as the blues felt viscerally in 1930s.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 23, 2025 Full Review The Electric State (2025) 14% .5/5 EDIT “'Netflix original' (at least when it comes to blockbuster fare) is quickly becoming the linguistic opposite of "Criterion Collection."” – Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Disney's Snow White (2025) 39% 1.5/5 EDIT “Thankfully they can't go back much further (or much lower) than this, that's the good news, I suppose?” – Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 2, 2025 Full Review John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) 94% A+ EDIT “I wasn't sure the Wickiverse could ever top "knife museum" but then they gave our man John a pair of nunchucks and...well...” – Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 7, 2023 Full Review John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) 96% A+ EDIT “Mulaney, Sawyer, and Bolin create the perfect template to allow the true stars of the special - the cast of kids - to flourish, in this incredibly unique hour of joy.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Dec 29, 2019 Full Review Uncut Gems (2019) 91% A+ EDIT “It's far too rare to find films like this that explore real worlds and people that are, to this point, unexplored territory. A frantic, masterful, delight.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Dec 28, 2019 Full Review Cats (2019) 19% F EDIT “A truly terrible 'Memory' that will haunt me for a thousand lifetimes.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Dec 28, 2019 Full Review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 51% A+ EDIT “Thrilling, charming, at times cheezy - like all Star Wars films - convenient, and wonderful throughout. Kudos to Ridley for putting a daunting franchise on her back.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Dec 20, 2019 Full Review Glass (2019) 37% C EDIT “Far more of a mediocre Split sequel than a continuation of Unbreakable/new exploration of Glass.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Jan 22, 2019 Full Review Vice (2018) 64% B+ EDIT “While disappointing (Rockwell's performance alone almost sunk this one) the reinvention of form by McKay and the perfect performance by Bale leads me to think this one will grow in my estimation in time.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Jan 22, 2019 Full Review MacGruber (2010) 47% A+ EDIT “A profoundly self-aware comedy that works on another level for those with more than a passing knowledge of action film history. The laughs-per-minute quotient is nearly untouchable.” – Mad About Movies Podcast Dec 5, 2018 Full Review
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