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      Michael J. Cinema

      Michael J. Cinema is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Michael J. Casey.

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      Rating Title | Year Author Quote
      2/5
      		Dumb Money (2023) Michael J. Casey Gillespie’s narrative is surprisingly inert and for as much as characters talk about their backstories, hopes, and dreams, they never seem to break free of their one-dimensionality.
      Posted Sep 21, 2023
      4.5/5
      		The Tall T (1957) Michael J. Casey By keeping the movies brisk and the story tight, director Budd Boetticher employs an economy of storytelling that is enviable in today’s landscape of bloated runtimes and overly busy storylines.
      Posted Sep 20, 2023
      3/5
      		Amanda (2022) Michael J. Casey "Amanda" does a lot of things well but without feeling remarkable.
      Posted Sep 06, 2023
      3.5/5
      		A Compassionate Spy (2022) Michael J. Casey Though Ted is the subject of "A Compassionate Spy," the latest documentary from Steve James, Joan is the lifeblood ... Two passionate leftists devoted to each other and the secret they kept hidden for many years.
      Posted Aug 09, 2023
      3/5
      		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) Michael J. Casey These turtles are manic as hell and probably closer in spirit to the cartoons I grew up with—silly, irreverent, and way too hyper for parents.
      Posted Aug 02, 2023
      4/5
      		Talk to Me (2023) Michael J. Casey "Talk to Me" is effective because it moves at a speed where reflection and explanation aren’t necessary.
      Posted Jul 27, 2023
      4/5
      		Oppenheimer (2023) Michael J. Casey A master of compressing and collapsing time, Nolan manages to make a three-hour story feel like a sprint instead of a marathon.
      Posted Jul 26, 2023
      3/5
      		Cow Country (1953) Michael J. Casey Looks like it was shot fast and without a whole lot of attention to detail.
      Posted Jul 06, 2023
      2.5/5
      		Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Michael J. Casey A decent movie with plenty of action, some interesting set pieces, and a couple of good performances. It’s an engaging time at the movies, though I don’t think I can stretch to call it entertaining.
      Posted Jun 29, 2023
      4/5
      		The Woman They Almost Lynched (1952) Michael J. Casey A delightful and unusual western from Republic Pictures, one that looks beautiful and sports a lot more action than you might expect from a bargain basement studio.
      Posted Jun 29, 2023
      2/5
      		Dalíland (2022) Michael J. Casey A surprisingly bland take on such a visually arresting artist.
      Posted Jun 14, 2023
      3.5/5
      		Trail Street (1947) Michael J. Casey Sports a lean narrative that has all the trappings for a solid allegory that feels as relevant today as it did in 1947.
      Posted Jun 08, 2023
      3.5/5
      		Sanctuary (2022) Michael J. Casey Has the trappings of a stage play, one that manages to maintain tension through longer than average shot length, saucy editing, and Abbott and Qualley’s performances, which bounce back and forth between violent and vulnerable.
      Posted Jun 01, 2023
      4/5
      		You Hurt My Feelings (2023) Michael J. Casey Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, "You Hurt My Feelings" mines traumas, petty or otherwise, for good humor.
      Posted May 25, 2023
      2.5/5
      		Carmen (2022) Michael J. Casey Beautiful, atmospheric, but not entirely compelling.
      Posted May 11, 2023
      3/5
      		Polite Society (2023) Michael J. Casey A fun and funny sister story mashed up with shades of Jane Austen, Spaghetti Westerns, Looney Tunes, and Jackie Chan, featuring a hard left turn into some seriously icky territory that seems unbalanced with what the rest of the movie is going for.
      Posted Apr 27, 2023
      4/5
      		Showing Up (2022) Michael J. Casey "Showing Up" is an art movie about the art world where no one bothers to explain the purpose of art.
      Posted Apr 13, 2023
      4.5/5
      		Suzume (2022) Michael J. Casey Director Makoto Shinaki deftly plots "Suzume" so that action and chase sequences happen when you want them, backstories are revealed when you need them, and emotional gut punches arrive when you least expect them.
      Posted Apr 12, 2023
      2.5/5
      		Air (2023) Michael J. Casey Air’s obsession with greatness starts to tip the proceedings into parody. And a low-budget one at that.
      Posted Apr 05, 2023
      2/5
      		Creed III (2023) Michael J. Casey A sluggish story that telegraphs where it’s headed to the point that even the revelations feel inevitable.
      Posted Mar 02, 2023
      3.5/5
      		A House Made of Splinters (2022) Michael J. Casey Heartbreaking. "A House Made of Splinters" shows the effect a long, drawn-out war can have on the generation living through it and the ones to follow.
      Posted Feb 23, 2023
      3/5
      		Knock at the Cabin (2023) Michael J. Casey It has conviction, I'll give it that.
      Posted Feb 02, 2023
      1/5
      		Babylon (2022) Michael J. Casey "Babylon" is a big movie. The stars are big, the sets are big, and the story is the story of cinema itself, culminating in one pornographic orgasm of image and sound so deafening the movie practically beats you into submission.
      Posted Dec 21, 2022
      3.5
      		Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) Michael J. Casey An odd film, though it feels personal throughout, which is much more than you can say about a lot of other versions of the same story.
      Posted Dec 09, 2022
      3/5
      		Nanny (2022) Michael J. Casey Feels like two movies, both pretty good, but neither wholly convincing. There is promise, though, and with a little luck, Jusu should land a sophomore project.
      Posted Nov 25, 2022
      2.5/5
      		Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Michael J. Casey Stretches its premise so thin that the cleverness never feels all that satisfying.
      Posted Nov 25, 2022
      3.5/5
      		She Said (2022) Michael J. Casey Director Maria Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz opt stories over images to carry the emotional weight and place the viewers inside those trapped spaces.
      Posted Nov 18, 2022
      1.5/5
      		Stars at Noon (2022) Michael J. Casey What little goes on in "Stars at Noon" barely adds up to anything.
      Posted Oct 14, 2022
      1/5
      		Amsterdam (2022) Michael J. Casey What a mess.
      Posted Oct 06, 2022
      2.5/5
      		Don't Worry Darling (2022) Michael J. Casey The construct is familiar but none of it quite gels. Especially after you’ve seen the movie and start asking questions.
      Posted Sep 22, 2022
      2/5
      		Hold Me Tight (2021) Michael J. Casey Director Mathieu Amalric is Hold Me Tight’s unreliable narrator. Working from Claudine Galea’s play, "Je reviens de loin," Amalric relies on shorthand and atmospheric moments to give the impression of something fuller.
      Posted Sep 17, 2022
      4/5
      		Pearl (2022) Michael J. Casey "Pearl" is more character study than slasher flick—though there is a lot of blood. More "Leave Her to Heaven" less "Texas Chain Saw Massacre."
      Posted Sep 15, 2022
      3.5/5
      		My Name is Alfred Hitchcock (2022) Michael J. Casey Mark Cousins hopscotches between Hitchcock movies, stitching together images by theme, not chronology, and makes new that which feels so familiar.
      Posted Sep 15, 2022
      3.5/5
      		Miúcha, the Voice of Bossa Nova (2022) Michael J. Casey Directors Liliane Mutti and Daniel Zarvos (Miúcha’s cousin) recreate the Bossa Nova story—this time through the female perspective.
      Posted Sep 13, 2022
      2/5
      		Armageddon Time (2022) Michael J. Casey A head-scratching disappointment. That a filmmaker with Gray’s talents could turn in something this inert, this bland, is baffling.
      Posted Sep 13, 2022
      3/5
      		Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) Michael J. Casey BARDO is an expansive, pretentious piece of work, no doubt, but it is ambitious and electric.
      Posted Sep 08, 2022
      3/5
      		Living (2022) Michael J. Casey A well-made, well-acted, sweet piece of cinema that reminds you so much of the original that you start to wish you were watching that movie instead.
      Posted Sep 08, 2022
      4.5/5
      		Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) Michael J. Casey Marvelous.
      Posted Aug 25, 2022
      4/5
      		Vengeance (2022) Michael J. Casey The humor is plentiful, the story is solid—though coincidences play a heavy hand at times—and the performances are good.
      Posted Jul 29, 2022
      3/5
      		Nope (2022) Michael J. Casey Clever, but feels like every set is decorated with Chekhov’s gun.
      Posted Jul 21, 2022
      3.5/5
      		Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) Michael J. Casey Infectious.
      Posted Jun 30, 2022
      1.5/5
      		Jurassic World Dominion (2022) Michael J. Casey A movie bankrupt of ideas.
      Posted Jun 10, 2022
      3/5
      		Men (2022) Michael J. Casey "Men" is a head-scratcher, no doubt: a stunning, creepy, tense, hallucinatory head-scratcher with a few banal things on its mind.
      Posted May 20, 2022
      3.5/5
      		Phases of Matter (2020) Michael J. Casey "Phases of Matter" is a singular work that fully engages the audience by removing anything resembling a plot and characters.
      Posted Mar 15, 2022
      3.5/5
      		The Batman (2022) Michael J. Casey There's an awful lot going on in "The Batman," maybe three movies worth. But Reeves is a capable storyteller, and the actors are good enough to keep the momentum going.
      Posted Mar 04, 2022
      3.5/5
      		Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019) Michael J. Casey The heart and soul of the movie lie in the valley of Lunana, and once Ugyen arrives, the story takes off. The villagers all smile, and the children are eager to learn. It looks cold, but it also looks wonderful.
      Posted Feb 11, 2022
      3.5/5
      		Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022) Michael J. Casey Brown and Hall are outstanding. They're worth the price of admission alone.
      Posted Jan 28, 2022
      4/5
      		TikTok, Boom. (2022) Michael J. Casey Kantayya gathers about a dozen creators for her documentary, as well as about a dozen more talking head experts to put forth a pretty clear argument that TikTok is a terrible thing for our mental health, our personal data, even state secrets.
      Posted Jan 27, 2022
      4/5
      		Dual (2022) Michael J. Casey There are enough reversals here for several movies. Like any good sci-fi story, "Dual" is packed with high-concepts that work both in the context of the story and as observations of modern life.
      Posted Jan 26, 2022
      3/5
      		Watcher (2022) Michael J. Casey Monroe is good and cinematographer Benjamin Kirk Nielsen brings an eerie feeling of just barely not being able to make out certain details. The only real problem is that everything here feels familiar.
      Posted Jan 26, 2022
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