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Shockya.com is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Brent Simon, Harvey S. Karten, Monique Jones, Perri Nemiroff.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
B
No Bears (2022) Harvey S. Karten Panahi's subdued filmmaking will appeal to an audience that enjoys the director's modus operandi.
Posted Nov 12, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Nothing Lasts Forever (2022) Harvey S. Karten Enlightens us to what we all knew: that the price of diamonds is high not because the stone is rare but because the industry tells us that your boyfriend cherishes you only when he gives you an engagement ring that he can't afford.
Posted Nov 10, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Sam & Kate (2022) Harvey S. Karten The director of The Matrix Reloaded deals this time with superstars instead of superheroes. Low key movie.
Posted Nov 10, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Soft & Quiet (2022) Harvey S. Karten The message is that once you hate, there is no telling what you may do. Mission accomplished.
Posted Nov 09, 2022  Edit critic review
A-
My Policeman (2022) Harvey S. Karten A class act with political dimensions: an endearing picture which may find enlightened viewers reaching for Kleenex.
Posted Nov 07, 2022  Edit critic review
C+
Resistance: 1942 (2021) Harvey S. Karten Germans and French speak English. That should warn viewers of the amateurish of the production.
Posted Nov 06, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Utama (2022) Harvey S. Karten You may not want to live there, but the movie is a cinematic wonder.
Posted Oct 30, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Call Jane (2022) Harvey S. Karten A lesson to today's anti-abortion extremists.
Posted Oct 23, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Holy Spider (2022) Harvey S. Karten Potent drama about a serial killer in Iran who intends to kill 200 streetwalkers and who has the support of crowds of the country's residents.
Posted Oct 23, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
A Piece of Sky (2022) Harvey S. Karten Filled with long takes, this look at Alpine village life against a stunning mountain background, shows us what happens to a family when a husband and father is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Posted Oct 04, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Some Like It Rare (2021) Harvey S. Karten It's not Sweeney Todd or Delicatessan but it could stimulate your appetite.
Posted Oct 02, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Hinterland (2021) Harvey S. Karten This could be the year's most expressionistic film.
Posted Oct 02, 2022  Edit critic review
C
Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021) Harvey S. Karten Snail-paced drama of a family that movies from Beirut to the Lebanese sticks.
Posted Sep 11, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Simchas and Sorrows (2022) Harvey S. Karten Bittersweet tale of an atheism who is converting to Judaism without great fanfare.
Posted Sep 11, 2022  Edit critic review
C+
I Am Like You (2022) Harvey S. Karten A dog story (good) but unfocused with unnecessary shifting of time (bad).
Posted Sep 11, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Unidentified (2020) Harvey S. Karten Intense performance in a police story like few others.
Posted Sep 11, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in WWII (2020) Harvey S. Karten Demolishes the idea that Jews did not fight back against the Nazis.
Posted Sep 11, 2022  Edit critic review
B
House of Darkness (2022) Harvey S. Karten A cheap endings mars an otherwise engrossing chamber piece.
Posted Sep 04, 2022  Edit critic review
C
Hold Me Tight (2021) Harvey S. Karten Cerebral, unemotional, enigmatic.
Posted Sep 04, 2022  Edit critic review
B-
After the Wedding (2019) Harvey S. Karten Takes aim at the rich one percent though the movie is not as entertaining as the Danish version.
Posted Aug 31, 2022  Edit critic review
B
The Good Boss (2021) Harvey S. Karten Demonstrates how a good boss can be the one that stabs you in the back.
Posted Aug 22, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Rogue Agent (2022) Harvey S. Karten Features enough scams to sustain several episodes on any streaming service.
Posted Aug 07, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Emily the Criminal (2022) Harvey S. Karten Aubrey Plaza in a stunning performance as a woman drowning in student debt who accepts an offer she can't refuse.
Posted Aug 07, 2022  Edit critic review
B-
The Road to Galena (2022) Harvey S. Karten Entertaining enough but could find a spot as a daytime TV episode as well.
Posted Jul 03, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Accepted (2021) Harvey S. Karten Sometimes charter schools are not what they're cracked up to be.
Posted Jun 26, 2022  Edit critic review
B-
Apples (2020) Harvey S. Karten Overly deadpan.
Posted Jun 19, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
A Man of Integrity (2017) Harvey S. Karten Effectively shows an Iran riddled with corruption.
Posted Jun 12, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Miracle (2021) Harvey S. Karten The Romanians know how to make a policier.
Posted Jun 05, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Hustle (2022) Harvey S. Karten As predictable as it is inspirational.
Posted Jun 03, 2022  Edit critic review
B
The Janes (2022) Harvey S. Karten This provides valuable information on a group that go around anti-choice legislation.
Posted Jun 02, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Fire in the Mountains (2021) Harvey S. Karten A bewitching story of lives of poverty-stricken South Asians.
Posted May 15, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Deception (2021) Harvey S. Karten Philip Roth does not display the toxic masculinity for which he was known.
Posted May 15, 2022  Edit critic review
B-
Continue (2022) Brent Simon A highly persuasive, ever-present current of emotional honesty underpins and anchors Continue, a deeply felt indie drama based on the real-life mental health difficulties of multi-hyphenate Nadine Crocker.
Posted May 08, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Africa (2019) Harvey S. Karten Straight from the director's heart.
Posted Apr 24, 2022  Edit critic review
C+
Hit the Road (2021) Harvey S. Karten I would have preferred more narrative momentum instead of what came across to me is a series of skits. Still, this was a Cannes favorite.
Posted Apr 22, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Petite Maman (2021) Harvey S. Karten A lovely, engaging film, one of those rare movies without conflict--featuring two wonderful child actors.
Posted Apr 17, 2022  Edit critic review
B
The White Fortress (2021) Harvey S. Karten Carefully crafted tale that may have been inspired by the star-crossed lovers in "Romeo and Juliet."
Posted Apr 17, 2022  Edit critic review
C+
Sexual Drive (2021) Harvey S. Karten Conflates food and sex in the spirit of the 1963 movie "Tom Jones" but styled in too much of a niche film.
Posted Apr 17, 2022  Edit critic review
A-
¡Viva Maestro! (2022) Harvey S. Karten Magnificent music evoked from a director with a knack for originality.
Posted Apr 06, 2022  Edit critic review
C
Morbius (2022) Brent Simon To call Morbius compelling would be overstating it. But there's enough energy and competent filmmaking here, plus an anchoring performance from Jared Leto, to probably qualify it as worthwhile for many who would be predisposed to care about its existence.
Posted Mar 31, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
The Rose Maker (2020) Harvey S. Karten Delightful, sentimental pic about a woman who changes prisoners' lives by catering to their latent love of flowers.
Posted Mar 31, 2022  Edit critic review
B
Caged Birds (2020) Harvey S. Karten Who would have believed that there were riots on the streets anywhere in the utopia of Switzerland? "Caged Birds" tells it all.
Posted Feb 21, 2022  Edit critic review
C+
A Taste of Hunger (2021) Harvey S. Karten Scenes are thrown helter-skelter serving to confuse rather than clarify.
Posted Jan 23, 2022  Edit critic review
A-
Salt in My Soul (2022) Harvey S. Karten Tracks the sheer horror of cystic fibrosis.
Posted Jan 16, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Delicious (2021) Harvey S. Karten Expect to be ravenous.
Posted Jan 09, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
See for Me (2021) Harvey S. Karten A home invasion pic with a twist: the blind victim gets instrucions through her iPhone on how to get rid of an intruderl
Posted Jan 02, 2022  Edit critic review
B+
Munich: The Edge of War (2021) Harvey S. Karten A solid dramatization of Britain's appeasement of Hitler.
Posted Dec 26, 2021  Edit critic review
B+
South of Heaven (2021) Harvey S. Karten Just the movie if you're in the mood for shootouts, hit-and-run accidents, hip banter and romance.
Posted Dec 20, 2021  Edit critic review
B
The Novice (2021) Harvey S. Karten This year's best movie about rowing used as metaphor.
Posted Dec 12, 2021  Edit critic review
B-
France (2021) Harvey S. Karten Riddled with cliches but at least Lea Seydoux has a better role here than in "No Time to Die."
Posted Dec 05, 2021  Edit critic review
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