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HeraldNet (Everett, WA) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Robert Horton.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
War, Inc. (2008) Robert Horton The funny moments (some of them supplied by Joan Cusack and Ben Kingsley) aren't quite enough to make this a movie. It's a mess, but the sense of commitment is impressive, and sometimes exhilarating.
Posted May 07, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Greed (2019) Robert Horton Coogan, one of the world's leading experts in conveying fatuousness, is very comfortable here. With his perma-tan and blindingly whitened teeth, he's a walking advertisement for narcissism.
Posted Mar 06, 2020  Edit critic review
3/4
Onward (2020) Robert Horton Pixar has given the world many indelible images since the first Toy Story movie in 1995. I guess we can add "the gelatinous cube" to the list.
Posted Mar 06, 2020  Edit critic review
3/4
EMMA. (2020) Robert Horton There are so many bright young actors here, this movie could well become the Dazed and Confused of British cinema.
Posted Feb 28, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Seberg (2019) Robert Horton Seberg remains a bit of a blank.
Posted Feb 28, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Invisible Man (2020) Robert Horton That rare film in which screen space becomes a living, vital presence.
Posted Feb 28, 2020  Edit critic review
4/4
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Robert Horton Brightly colored but also cool and crisp; you can feel the brisk sea air in its scenes of women striding along the coast.
Posted Feb 21, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Call of the Wild (2020) Robert Horton Kiddie fare, and not especially distinguished as that. But it does come to life when Ford and the other old wolves get their due.
Posted Feb 21, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Assistant (2019) Robert Horton Green's idea to leave the mogul off the screen - a brilliant concept - forces us to concentrate more intently on the effect of someone like this.
Posted Feb 14, 2020  Edit critic review
2/4
Downhill (2020) Robert Horton It's certainly something different from the usual run of bigscreen comedies, but what we see doesn't go far enough.
Posted Feb 14, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Honeyland (2019) Robert Horton Amazing in the way it brings to life a human dilemma: between people who have developed a way of getting along with the world that makes life sustainable, and people who will cash in for short-term profit and exterminate the source of their own income.
Posted Feb 07, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Robert Horton Robbie's outlandish performance still dominates; she's like Lucille Ball plopped into a Spandex nightmare, mugging and wise-cracking her way through the chaos. Even when the movie loses focus, she stays razor-sharp.
Posted Feb 07, 2020  Edit critic review
2/4
The Rhythm Section (2020) Robert Horton Clumsy and cliched, which keeps it from hitting any kind of stride.
Posted Jan 31, 2020  Edit critic review
4/4
Atlantics (2019) Robert Horton Just when you think you have this movie figured out, it shape-shifts on you.
Posted Jan 31, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Last Full Measure (2019) Robert Horton A workmanlike but ultimately effective film.
Posted Jan 24, 2020  Edit critic review
3/4
The Cave (2019) Robert Horton The brief glimpses above ground are haunting, such as the sight of a man (a restaurant worker? An average citizen?) running through the streets to bring a vat of soup to the hospital. He might as well be carrying a solitary torch of humanity.
Posted Jan 24, 2020  Edit critic review
2/4
The Gentlemen (2019) Robert Horton The same smirk is in place, the same breezy pleasure in random violence, the same snickering over gay jokes and Asian names.
Posted Jan 24, 2020  Edit critic review
2/4
Bad Boys for Life (2020) Robert Horton Smith and Lawrence, who could both use a career boost, look tired of the whole thing. The hotshot energy they had as younger actors bubbles up only in flashes here.
Posted Jan 17, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Dolittle (2020) Robert Horton Hyperactive and jokey, large-scaled but swift-moving, the film perks along enough to get genuinely bizarre at times.
Posted Jan 17, 2020  Edit critic review
3/4
Just Mercy (2019) Robert Horton Part of the film's power is its portrait of a world in which facts no longer matter--even a carefully-prepared argument can be thrown aside because of the corruption within the system. I'm guessing this might resonate with movie-goers in 2020.
Posted Jan 10, 2020  Edit critic review
3/4
1917 (2019) Robert Horton The technique does give us a sense of the dreary slog at the front lines, although at times there's something mechanical about the effects and the series of death-defying coincidences that unfold like clockwork.
Posted Jan 10, 2020  Edit critic review
1/4
Like a Boss (2020) Robert Horton A movie in which the dead air that follows bad jokes sometimes threatens to swallow its actors whole.
Posted Jan 10, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Little Women (2019) Robert Horton The actors, especially, create an authentic sense of camaraderie -- Gerwig gets lively energy going without violating the period setting.
Posted Dec 27, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Uncut Gems (2019) Robert Horton One of the great talents of the Safdies is to show you New York from the inside. With their films you always feel like you're getting the worm's-eye view, an underground tour of where stuff actually happens.
Posted Dec 27, 2019  Edit critic review
2/4
Cats (2019) Robert Horton Cats is not good. But the blame goes to the clumsy style of director Tom Hooper, not people wearing digital fur.
Posted Dec 20, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Bombshell (2019) Robert Horton The movie sets up a weird dynamic: While we absolutely root for the Fox women in their legal action, we can't quite forget that they've made a fortune by serving up Ailes' incendiary views for years.
Posted Dec 20, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Robert Horton I don't go into a Star Wars movie with the fear that my childhood will be ruined if the moviemakers give Boba Fett the wrong color headpiece, so for me The Rise of Skywalker (dumb title, by the way) played just fine as a sci-fi spectacle.
Posted Dec 20, 2019  Edit critic review
2/4
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) Robert Horton The wild chases and hordes of stampeding ostriches keep pulling us away from hang-out time with our bantering avatars.
Posted Dec 13, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
The Two Popes (2019) Robert Horton Despite its undeniably cornball moments, it gets by with the two strong actors and the Italian settings.
Posted Dec 13, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Richard Jewell (2019) Robert Horton So well done, it makes you regret Eastwood's determination to grind an ax on this intriguing story.
Posted Dec 13, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Aeronauts (2019) Robert Horton Settles for high adventure rather than accurate history, and if you can accept the pumped-up heroics, it plays fine as a family-friendly escapade.
Posted Dec 06, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
Marriage Story (2019) Robert Horton At times harrowing but often blazingly funny.
Posted Nov 29, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
Honey Boy (2019) Robert Horton Ha'rel creates a woozy, sunbaked style for the material. She has a talent for finding the rhythm of intense exchanges between characters -- and there are quite a few of those here.
Posted Nov 22, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
Frozen II (2019) Robert Horton A smartly-turned piece of family entertainment. It is also redundant, somehow even more than most sequels.
Posted Nov 22, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/4
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) Robert Horton What really puts it over is Hanks, doing a wonderful balancing act. He's willing to let Mr. Rogers be somewhat enigmatic, and yet his performance suggests that doing good is a choice, and an effort.
Posted Nov 22, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Report (2019) Robert Horton Thanks in part to Driver's committed performance, we never lose awareness that something urgent and tragic is at play.
Posted Nov 15, 2019  Edit critic review
4/4
The Irishman (2019) Robert Horton Everything from the color of the drapes to the way people eat cereal has been shaped; you can feel Scorsese's care.
Posted Nov 15, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Charlie's Angels (2019) Robert Horton The whole thing goes down fairly breezily.
Posted Nov 15, 2019  Edit critic review
2/4
Last Christmas (2019) Robert Horton Golding came out of Crazy Rich Asians as a hot new property, so it's disappointing to see him stuck in a neutered role.
Posted Nov 08, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Doctor Sleep (2019) Robert Horton This movie has a good eye for people.
Posted Nov 07, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Pain and Glory (2019) Robert Horton In his Hollywood career, Banderas tapped his manic energy. All that gets bottled in here, as Salvador tends to watch and reflect, an artist observing everything around him, saving everything for future use.
Posted Nov 07, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Jojo Rabbit (2019) Robert Horton It isn't every day you find yourself saying this about a movie, but I'll go there: Not enough Hitler.
Posted Nov 01, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Robert Horton Cameron's gift for grabby ideas is on juicy display - it's candy you know is empty calories, but hard to resist.
Posted Nov 01, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
The Current War: Director's Cut (2019) Robert Horton The Current War probably sounds old-fashioned -- a bunch of guys in Victorian suits talking through giant mustaches -- with the potential of becoming a Drunk History episode. But the movie plays in livelier fashion.
Posted Oct 25, 2019  Edit critic review
4/4
Parasite (2019) Robert Horton You don't want to know too much about it in advance. Parasite unfolds in such a surprising way that watching it work on an audience - through levels of delight, shock and disbelief - is part of the fun.
Posted Oct 25, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Black and Blue (2019) Robert Horton Its tendency toward overstatement gets more flagrant as it goes along.
Posted Oct 25, 2019  Edit critic review
2/4
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) Robert Horton Just as jokey and just as violent as the first film, a demonstration of having it both ways.
Posted Oct 18, 2019  Edit critic review
3/4
Dolemite Is My Name (2019) Robert Horton A funny showbiz picture, and a welcome return for Eddie Murphy's still-sharp talents.
Posted Oct 18, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Lucy in the Sky (2019) Robert Horton Another fine turn for a terrific actress, even if the film itself has a tendency to bump its tail on terra firma.
Posted Oct 13, 2019  Edit critic review
2/4
Gemini Man (2019) Robert Horton The Ang Lee of Eat Drink Man Woman and Brokeback Mountain seemed like the last filmmaker who would get obsessed with tech. I would love to see him return to the human factor.
Posted Oct 11, 2019  Edit critic review
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