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Ryan McQuade

Ryan McQuade's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Ryan McQuade is a film-obsessed writer located in San Antonio, Texas. Raised on musicals, westerns, and James Bond, his taste in cinema is extremely versatile. He?s extremely fond of independent releases and director?s passion projects. Engrossed with all things Oscars, he hosts the Chasing the Gold podcast at InSessionFilm.com. When he?s not watching movies, he?s rooting on all his favorite sports teams, including his beloved Texas Longhorns. You can follow him on Twitter at @ryanmcquade77.

Reviews

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The Lost Bus (2025) 88% D EDIT “The Lost Bus is a complete disaster in not just the events we see on screen, but in almost every aspect as a film.” – AwardsWatch Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Good Fortune (2025) 78% C- EDIT “The problem with Ansari’s first feature directorial film is that it’s barely funny at all and suffers for the lack of humor that’s needed from a major studio comedy.” – AwardsWatch Sep 8, 2025 Full Review The Fence (2025) 70% B EDIT “[Matt] Dillion and [Isaach] de Bankolé give fine work as two opposing views colliding with one another until one has to cave, reaching their breaking point with the other so they can both somehow put this tragedy behind them.” – AwardsWatch Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Fuze (2025) 83% D EDIT “The problem with Fuze isn’t the first half of the film but rather everything in the second half, when the movie decides it wants to be six movies all at once, and can’t decide which one it wants to be.” – AwardsWatch Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% A- EDIT “O’Connor and Craig have electric, insanely believable chemistry, and with that, the audience can buy into their journey down the rabbit hole with every fun zig and zag along the way. ” – AwardsWatch Sep 7, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% B EDIT “What can’t be denied is the scope that del Toro creates here, which is something that many viewers of his films know he won’t disappoint on.” – AwardsWatch Sep 3, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% C+ EDIT “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere will leave you wanting more, for good and bad reasons that might not ever get explored again on the big screen.” – AwardsWatch Aug 31, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 87% B+ EDIT “The Naked Gun is a fresh take on the spoof comedy that honors the past by being one hundred percent its own silly, goofy, ten jokes a minute self, poking fun at just about everything and everyone in the cop, spy, true crime genre.” – AwardsWatch Jul 31, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% B- EDIT “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning sends the franchise out on more of a polite shrug than a disappointing whimper or grand triumph.” – AwardsWatch Jun 5, 2025 Full Review Alpha (2025) 56% D- EDIT “Ducournau’s latest film is by far the most disappointing, safest film of the year, devoid of the uniqueness and emotional power found in her early work.” – AwardsWatch Jun 5, 2025 Full Review Arco (2025) 91% C EDIT “Arco doesn’t allow itself the chance to separate from thinking of other [animated] films that are better than it in almost every way.” – AwardsWatch May 25, 2025 Full Review My Father's Shadow (2025) 97% C EDIT “However great the themes of the film are, the film’s relaxed pace and family dynamic collides with the political messaging to form a film that feels like two wonderful ideas that never fully develop into something one, special film.” – AwardsWatch May 25, 2025 Full Review Splitsville (2025) 84% F EDIT “The rest of Splitsville plays like a bad sitcom from the 1990s that never evolved its humor from the immature dude sex jokes and self-deprecation.” – AwardsWatch May 25, 2025 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% B- EDIT “What elevates the film is the performances from [Everett] Blunck, but especially [Kayo] Martin, who is downright evil in his role as Jake, making for some of the best young actor performances in some time.” – AwardsWatch May 25, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% A EDIT “It’s a powerful film that ranks not just as one of the best films of the Cannes Film Festival, but one of the best films of the year.” – AwardsWatch May 25, 2025 Full Review Highest 2 Lowest (2025) 83% B+ EDIT “With Highest 2 Lowest, [Spike Lee's] got plenty to say as he provides a cool, assured version of the acclaimed crime thriller, alongside his greatest collaborator of his career; Denzel Washington.” – AwardsWatch May 23, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% A EDIT “Die My Love ranks as some of Ramsay’s best work yet, with confident direction from a visual, tonal master of their craft.” – AwardsWatch May 23, 2025 Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% A- EDIT “For [Mia] Threapleton, this is a breakout performance, as she understands the Wes Anderson rhythm like a seasoned vet.” – AwardsWatch May 19, 2025 Full Review Fantasy Life (2025) B EDIT “Peet’s Dianne, a middle aged actress wanting to recapture the magic of her career from just a few years ago, is easily the best work of her career...” – AwardsWatch Apr 14, 2025 Full Review Uvalde Mom (2025) B+ EDIT “While Uvalde Mom does end on a hopeful (if rushed) note for Rose Gomez and her family, the fight is still on-going in this small Texas town for justice for all. Only time will tell if everyone will get it, and if that feeling of normalcy will ever return.” – AwardsWatch Mar 15, 2025 Full Review Slanted (2025) 86% C+ EDIT “Slanted shows the promise of an up-and-coming voice in filmmaking that isn’t able to stick the landing with her debut, but provides a glimpse of a new voice to keep an eye out for over the next couple of years.” – AwardsWatch Mar 15, 2025 Full Review $POSITIONS (2025) C+ EDIT “What if someone took the style of the Safdie Brothers and placed it inside the Midwest? Well then you would get Brandon Daley’s debut feature $POSITIONS, which follows Mike, a factory worker who is slowly becoming obsessed with the world of cryptocurrency” – AwardsWatch Mar 15, 2025 Full Review The Dutchman (2025) 57% D- EDIT “The Dutchman is a bland, uninteresting, embarrassing examination of modern racial politics and dynamics. ” – AwardsWatch Mar 15, 2025 Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 86% C- EDIT “We Bury the Dead is good when it is a two-hander, but it is even better when it is just focused on Ridley, who has moments here where she gets to rummage through his wasteland with nothing more than an ax and a limp in her step.” – AwardsWatch Mar 15, 2025 Full Review The Threesome (2025) 77% C- EDIT “he Threesome [is] a repetitive, flaccid exercise.” – AwardsWatch Mar 13, 2025 Full Review
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