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Deep Focus Review is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Brian Eggert.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3.5/4
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Brian Eggert It boasts lofty ambitions for a zany, mind-bending comedy, and it’s all the more noble and satisfying for the inspired result. 
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Whistle (2025) Brian Eggert For those who like a good death scene, this movie has several of them, making it worthwhile for those moments but not altogether satisfying as a whole. Whistle isn’t a great horror movie, but there’s enough here to admire for those curious.  
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
1/4
Dracula (2025) Brian Eggert Besson makes one baffling choice after another in his blatantly derivative yet quirky English-language production, which might as well be called Luc Besson’s Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Shelter (2026) Brian Eggert Shelter isn’t aggressively bad. But it’s not very good, either. The whole thing’s temperature lingers well below the boiling point, never quite bubbling or even getting heated enough to generate interest.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Send Help (2026) Brian Eggert Anchored by committed performances from Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, along with a blend of social commentary and spookhouse jolts courtesy of Raimi, Send Help is the most fun moviegoing experience I’ve had in recent memory.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Magellan (2025) Brian Eggert It’s a formally inspired piece of work that evokes more admiration than passion, but its vision is commendably uncompromising.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
1/4
Mercy (2026) Brian Eggert It’s set on delivering a real-time murder mystery in less than 100 minutes, with only a fleeting curiosity about the moral and societal implications of the world it depicts.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
0.5/4
Return to Silent Hill (2026) Brian Eggert I found the experience difficult to sit through and nonsensical from moment to moment, with its confounding story and shoddy CGI matched only by its lack of entertainment value.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
The Rip (2026) Brian Eggert The Rip’s skilled ensemble and the promise of tense gunplay may be enough for some, but the unremarkable result leaves no lasting impression.
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Brian Eggert A triumph of rich thematic storytelling and social reflection that beckons its audience to search for answers and solutions rather than act on the lizard-brained instincts and emotions that fuel humanity’s worst impulses.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Battle of Algiers (1966) Brian Eggert With irresistible style and narrative efficiency, The Battle of Algiers mourns the conditions of colonialism, capturing the moral complexity and human toll of an imperialistic relationship between the colonizer and colonized.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Night Patrol (2025) Brian Eggert With humor and gore to spare, it’s a bloody good time that, like many exploitation movies, sneaks in a commentary on the back of its genres.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Primate (2025) Brian Eggert Primate may have benefited from another draft of the screenplay to give the material some substance and the characters some depth, but, regardless, Roberts achieves a blood-curdling, efficient B-movie. It’s simple, straightforward, and effective.
Posted Jan 10, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Greenland 2: Migration (2026) Brian Eggert The follow-up feels a little less novel, but that’s usually the case with Hollywood sequels. Maybe this review has damned the sequel with faint praise, but I maintain that it’s an easy recommendation for a matinee or a casual late-night watch.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Brian Eggert A cherishable, perceptive work of art. 
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Dead Man's Wire (2025) Brian Eggert Dead Man’s Wire has only a surface-level interest in its characters and proves ham-fisted in its unmistakable, if meritorious commentary.
Posted Jan 05, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
We Bury the Dead (2024) Brian Eggert What’s most affecting is Hilditch’s exploration of how death seldom allows us to achieve any real closure with loved ones who have passed, and that’s what grief is.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Plague (2025) Brian Eggert There’s no need for a mysterious disease, extreme violence,  or supernatural forces for the director to make his point. It’s a nerve-racking experience because we’ve all faced the kind of social pressures and torment on display here.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Song Sung Blue (2025) Brian Eggert The music helps maintain the 132-minute feature’s tempo. But throughout Song Sung Blue, I never bought into Brewer’s production, which [...] feels like it belongs on the small screen.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Brian Eggert Those who purchase tickets will surely feel it was money well spent. However, my hope is that Cameron imbues the next visit to Pandora with different stakes that don’t feel like another retread, only bigger.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Ella McCay (2025) Brian Eggert A confounding and messy disappointment from a filmmaker who has turned out much better movies.
Posted Dec 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
True Lies (1994) Brian Eggert While a well-executed shoot-em-up, armed with a bevy of uneven jokes and several wowing set pieces, there’s not much more to the experience than some diverting fun.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) Brian Eggert Silent Night, Deadly Night manages to be thrilling, scary, and a little goofy. It’s sure to become a rewatched Christmastime classic for horror-obsessed households.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
100 Nights of Hero (2025) Brian Eggert [The film] has all the elements to make a delightfully nonconformist indie catered to a Gen Z audience. It’s an amusingly ironic and lushly aestheticized deconstruction of folklore, except that few of the emotional beats stick in any meaningful way.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
No Other Choice (2025) Brian Eggert Though Park set out to make his masterpiece, I wouldn’t rank No Other Choice among his very best; however, it’s a skillfully made, thoroughly entertaining screwball thriller with searing relevance.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Marty Supreme (2025) Brian Eggert Marty’s ambition runs on a full-tank mixture of delusion and pure skill. Watching his journey may cause adrenaline surges, gasps, and gripped armrests; it might also lead to a mild heart attack followed by tears and applause. 
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Zootopia 2 (2025) Brian Eggert It’s a pleasure to visit this beautifully conceived world, filled with rich character designs, winking animal humor, and a narrative that gives way to evocative themes. I hope we get to visit again.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Brian Eggert Johnson keeps the viewer guessing throughout, compelled by the excellent performances from the ensemble, particularly Craig and O'Connor.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Brian Eggert Fastvold found the harmonic register of the Shaker belief system and never wavers from that heightened perspective. The effect may be immersive for some; I found it rather monotonous, though fascinating from a historical perspective.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Rental Family (2025) Brian Eggert It’s a movie whose schmaltz serves both the material’s sentimentality and cleverly comments on how pretense can produce a genuine response.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Wicked: For Good (2025) Brian Eggert Unlike its predecessor, I never felt swept away by Wicked: For Good
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Is This Thing On? (2025) Brian Eggert With this terrifically acted and written film, Cooper offers a thoughtful, funny, and earnest look at what tears long-married couples apart and what pulls them back together.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Nouvelle Vague (2025) Brian Eggert Linklater reminds us that great art takes risks, which is something many filmmakers today have forgotten.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Jay Kelly (2025) Brian Eggert A funny and moving Hollywood cautionary tale about the perils of losing work-life balance, about buying into the dream of becoming a star, and about how, when your career has ended, what’s left are the meaningful relationships you’ve made, if any.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Eternity (2025) Brian Eggert There have been better afterlife movies and even afterlife romances. But this is a pleasant one, less for its vision and more for the strong work from the cast and genuinely romantic conclusion.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Sentimental Value (2025) Brian Eggert Sentimental Value is both intuitive and resonant, evoking tears, laughter, and recognition. It’s the filmmaker’s best film to date, giving both Reinsve and the more seasoned Skarsgård two of their most intricate and moving roles
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Running Man (2025) Brian Eggert Wright delivers a movie that could be watched as a pure adrenaline rush. Its remarks on the class divide only enrich its sheer entertainment value. 
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Peter Hujar's Day (2025) Brian Eggert Through Hujar’s words and Sachs’ film, the practicalities and mindset of artists form into both a distinct individual portrait and a sweeping, yet microcosmic look at what it’s like to be an artist in this place and time.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Die My Love (2025) Brian Eggert Bleak and unflinching, it’s a feel-bad movie of the highest order.
Posted Nov 07, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Predator: Badlands (2025) Brian Eggert There have been worse Predator movies and a couple of better ones than Badlands. What makes the latest so maddening is that it comes oh-so-close to delivering a fully satisfying entry
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Nuremberg (2025) Brian Eggert A movie like Nuremberg [...] may not offer a new take on the trials. But watching it, I kept thinking about how some kid might find the movie on Netflix and learn about humanity’s dark past, and perhaps even draw some parallels to today. That’s something.
Posted Nov 03, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Christy (2025) Brian Eggert Its generic, familiar quality never gives way to something worth the hype.
Posted Nov 03, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5
Hedda (2025) Brian Eggert The film feels less contingent on the emotions driving the story than the director pushing it forward with overt stylization.
Posted Nov 01, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Ballad of a Small Player (2025) Brian Eggert Although it boasts an admirably unhinged performance by Colin Farrell, who spends most of the film’s 101-minute runtime in a sweaty, nervous breakdown, this Netflix release never convinces us to care about the main character or the stakes. 
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Interview With the Vampire (1994) Brian Eggert Interview with the Vampire treats vampires not as folkloric monsters or Gothic aristocrats who corrupt traditional values, but as romantic figures of transgressive and alluring desire who subvert conventional definitions of sexuality, gender, and family.
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Bugonia (2025) Brian Eggert Filled with terrific performances, it’s Lanthimos’ most accessible film to date, but it’s no less a grim assessment of humanity, with the twisted, satiric, and bleak worldview one has come to expect from the Greek auteur.
Posted Oct 27, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Hamnet (2025) Brian Eggert Hamnet is a film teeming with distracting visual and aural choices that reflect Zhao’s recent self-conscious style, which reaches for emotional grandiosity and Malickian transcendence, but ultimately feels hollow.
Posted Oct 27, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
It Was Just an Accident (2025) Brian Eggert Iranian director Jafar Panahi presents one of the year’s most vital films: a searing story that’s both specific and allegorical, a drama about political vengeance, a slow-burning morality play, and an unlikely satire of a broken system.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2025) Brian Eggert The whole thing feels manufactured and never comes alive in the manner of the original.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Queens of the Dead (2025) Brian Eggert It all feels pleasantly scrappy, as though Romero was trying to do more than her resources allowed. That sort of ambition is infectious, and her love for her characters is palpable.     
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
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