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Rob Lowman
Rob Lowman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Los Angeles Daily News
Movies reviews only
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Whitney Cummings: I'm Your Girlfriend (2016) |
"I'm Your Girlfriend" is never manic or outright hilarious, but Cummings is quick-witted -- she interacts well with the audience -- while being right on target about so many things. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Aug 01, 2019
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Judd Apatow: The Return (2017) |
I'm not sure that Apatow should give up his day job. He may need another 25 years to come up with fresh material. But telling jokes for nearly 70 minutes and making people laugh hard, he proved he could do it with this amiable, amusing show. - Orange County Register
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| Posted Jul 08, 2019
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Thank You for Your Service (2017) |
You get the irony from the title, but it's also sincere in its wishes for these young soldiers. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jan 22, 2018
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) |
A lot of the story's impact quickly evaporates when it's over. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jan 22, 2018
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Psych: The Movie (2017) |
If you liked the series - you had eight years to find out - you'll like the movie. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Dec 28, 2017
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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017) |
The documentary doesn't overplay the JFK material - there is a whole documentary or two there. It's an important point - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Dec 01, 2017
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Logan Lucky (2017) |
The film is a breezy, undemanding romp, a nice respite from what's in theaters now. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Nov 27, 2017
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) |
The real attractions are Bresson's dizzying special effects, hosts of bizarre alien creatures and colorful worlds. Too bad the visuals weren't tethered to something more solid. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Nov 20, 2017
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The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) |
The film aims pretty low and hits there. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Nov 20, 2017
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The Dark Tower (2017) |
The movie seems confused by the mash-up of genres and the rather thick mythology King has laid on. Since it lists four screenwriters, it's now clear nobody got a handle on it. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 30, 2017
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Too Funny To Fail (2017) |
Too Funny To Fail amusingly looks at how a series with so much talent crashed and burned almost immediately - even with a lead-in of one of the top-rated Home Improvement. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 21, 2017
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Personal Shopper (2016) |
Stewart is magnetic. The film's premise rests on the audience falling under her sway. It almost seems voyeuristic, but even when the film edges occasionally to silliness, the young actress never loses your attention. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 20, 2017
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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) |
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" is another lesson that we need to keep being reminded of about climate change. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 20, 2017
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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) |
While War pivots around the test of wills of the colonel and Caesar, the movie demonstrates a sense of humor, particularly with Steve Zahn's Bad Ape, who got his name by being admonished so often by humans. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 20, 2017
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George Michael: Freedom (2017) |
While the pop singer, as you would expect, doesn't dig too deeply into the more scandalous aspects of his life, the documentary isn't simply self-serving, either. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 19, 2017
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Lady Macbeth (2016) |
The story of female oppression from William Oldroyd ... walks a careful line as the beauty who had been kept cooped up by her husband begins to show her strength. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 12, 2017
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) |
The action is plentiful, though not particularly memorable, and, sigh, a sequel has already been announced. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 12, 2017
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Girls Trip (2017) |
It's served well by a likable cast. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 12, 2017
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Gerald's Game (2017) |
Gerald's Game uses Hitchcockian suspense to create tensions in an age of few restraints. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The Big Sick (2017) |
Like Apatow's best, it is filled with quirkiness, pathos, drama - there are stakes involved. And the story like real life - and in this case, it was real life - has its ups and downs. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Sep 15, 2017
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Wonder Woman (2017) |
While I'm not a big fan of superhero movies, Petty Jenkins' Wonder Woman proved to be entertainingly in its own unique way. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Sep 15, 2017
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All Eyez on Me (2017) |
The decision to tell Shakur's story from the artist's point of view may have been honorable in its way, but it's not the best artistic choice. Despite the soundtrack, the film feels flat. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Sep 07, 2017
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Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) |
By the end ... you won't feel you know anything new about Houston's life. "Can I Be Me" just raises questions. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Aug 24, 2017
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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016) |
The real reason to watch Bright Lights is for the scenes between Fisher and Reynolds; some are priceless. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jan 05, 2017
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Barry (2016) |
To its credit, "Barry" never aims for profound statements about Obama. Instead, it presents an interesting portrait of someone navigating between cultures in a country that continues to insist on labeling. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Dec 21, 2016
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) |
What the film captures so well -- if imperfectly -- is the tumult inside Billy. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Nov 11, 2016
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The Ivory Game (2016) |
While it is wonderful to see rangers, conservationists and activists in the documentary trying to fight and expose this terrible crime, you fear it's a losing battle. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Nov 11, 2016
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Born to Be Blue (2015) |
While not a definitive exploration of Baker's life, "Born to be Blue" does offer a lively portrayal of the man's elusiveness. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jul 28, 2016
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Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) |
Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! is delightful fun, a 1980s college romp complete with sex and offbeat hijinks. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jul 11, 2016
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O.J.: Made in America (2016) |
Despite how much you know or think you know about O.J. and the case, some moments in Made in America are absolutely jaw-dropping. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jun 10, 2016
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Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper (2016) |
There is a nostalgic wistfulness to it. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Apr 08, 2016
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016) |
[It serves] up many interesting personal moments. The artist was never dull. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Apr 05, 2016
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) |
Nelson's documentary shows that the story wasn't as simple as most people remember today. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Feb 16, 2016
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Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma (2016) |
Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma provocatively examines the question of what makes a homegrown jihadist. There is no easy answer, of course. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Feb 09, 2016
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Amy Schumer: Live From the Apollo (2015) |
While Schumer slyly plays off of her own girly persona, she also is willing to take just enough time to make a joke real - use the "cold hard facts," as a sports channel says. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Oct 14, 2015
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Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015) |
Hollywood and Scientology have often collided, but never quite as explosively as they do in Going Clear, the revealing documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Apr 17, 2015
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) |
While Catching Fire could easily stand on its own, it also should make audiences hungry for the next installment. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Feb 03, 2015
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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) |
The running time of 2 hours and 45 minutes allows plenty of time for lots of explosions and inane dialogue. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Feb 03, 2015
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The Zero Theorem (2013) |
Qohen and Bainsley are quirkily interesting though being little more than cyphers. And as in any Gilliam picture, there are some crazy flights of fancy, but this one is never grounded enough to come alive. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Feb 03, 2015
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Interstellar (2014) |
Interstellar is chockablock with philosophical ideas, visual effects and theoretical physics from Nolan and his brother, Jonathan, who co-wrote the script. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Feb 03, 2015
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Jupiter Ascending (2015) |
Considering some of the sci-fi dreck from Hollywood in the last couple of decades, Jupiter Ascending isn't that bad of a film, just one we have seen before in more interesting ways. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Feb 03, 2015
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Séraphine (2008) |
Rather painterly and a bit distant. It never digs into the messiest of either the artist's or her patron's lives. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jul 17, 2009
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The Girl From Monaco (2008) |
The film doesn't add up to much in the end, but if you like leggy, flirty blondes, dark, brooding tough-guy bodyguards and fussy middle-aged lawyers, it's entertaining. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jul 17, 2009
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Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) |
When the music starts playing, it's easy to forgive the film's flaws. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jul 17, 2009
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Surveillance (2008) |
Its dark weirdness turns it into a surreal blur. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jun 26, 2009
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Lemon Tree (2008) |
The film, though, belongs to the two women. Lipaz-Michael gives Mira a degree of empathy that's important to the film, while Abbass -- is a striking and formidable presence as Salma. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted May 01, 2009
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008) |
Michael Barrett's cinematography gives the film and the city of Pittsburgh just enough of a picturesque dream-like quality that, like its protagonist, you'll remember. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Apr 17, 2009
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Donkey Punch (2008) |
Had they invested more into the characters, Donkey Punch might have been worth noting. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jan 23, 2009
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The Lucky Ones (2008) |
As entertainment, the film works sporadically, though Burger never finds a rhythm. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Sep 26, 2008
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Tell No One (2006) |
Even when Tell No One's story gets a bit too convoluted for its own good, the cinematography, the acting and especially the action will keep you glued to the screen. - Los Angeles Daily News
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| Posted Jul 01, 2008
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