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Reeling Reviews is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Laura Clifford, Robin Clifford.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
C+
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026) Laura Clifford won't tell anyone who's read anything at all about the subject anything new, instead appearing to be a documentary essay to ease the filmmaker's own anxieties...and it sure didn't make me an apocaloptimist.
Posted Mar 24, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Miroirs No. 3 (2025) Laura Clifford a most peculiar ghost story, a case of post-trauma shifting identities told with humor, heart and a dash of mystery...may have a light touch, but its psychology digs deep.
Posted Mar 24, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
A Magnificent Life (2025) Laura Clifford Sylvain Chomet employs his distinct animation style of hand drawn, exaggerated characterizations cast in autumnal nostalgia to bring decades of one of France's most prolific literary figures to life.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
The Serpent's Skin (2025) Laura Clifford Mackay displays a similar sensibility to "I Saw the TV Glow's" Jane Schoenbrun with themes of finding one's identity, a nostalgia for 90's television and love of shocking pink.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Sound of Falling (2025) Laura Clifford Mascha Schilinski's generational family trauma reverberates through one German farmhouse, cinematographer Fabian Gamper's camera the ghostly presence that glides around it as editor Evelyn Rack seamlessly weaves back and forth among different eras...
Posted Mar 22, 2026  Edit critic review
A
A Magnificent Life (2025) Robin Clifford "A Magnificent Life" is, indeed, about a magnificent life and I feel that I really got to know the man and his art in a way I did not expect
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Tow (2025) Robin Clifford an honest look at what can happen to person struggling to make a life and a living in the wealthiest, most powerful country the world has ever know – for those at the top.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Slanted (2025) Robin Clifford Writer-director Amy Wang is none too subtle with her treatise on the pervasiveness of "white privilege" in its domination of America.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
C
The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) Robin Clifford The kids may like it, though the environmental message will go over the heads of most. I suppose that is to give the parents a reason to watch.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Tow (2025) Laura Clifford ...appears to be a labor of love, but Jonathan Keasey & Brant Boivin's ripped-from-the-headlines screenplay bogs down its pacing with too many details which don't matter much in the overall scheme of things.
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Nadja (1994) Laura Clifford Michael Almereyda's 1994 take on "Dracula's Daughter" has received a stunning 4K director's cut restoration, the better to admire the visages of Romanian actress Elina Löwensohn and 'whatever-happened-to' Galaxy Craze, this film's love interest Lucy...
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Project Hail Mary (2026) Laura Clifford "The Lego Movie" directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller seem unsure if they're making a cutesy derivative space adventure or a serious scientific exploration, tonal schizophrenia exacerbated by an excessive run time.
Posted Mar 15, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) Laura Clifford Ricard Cussó and Rio Harrington keep the brightly animated action swimming in directions that should delight the kids while writers...adapt Deborah Diesen's children's book with some clever and subversive humor for adults.
Posted Mar 13, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Slanted (2025) Laura Clifford crosses the generational conflicts facing immigrant families found in such films as Neon's 2023 horror outing "It Lives Inside" with The Twilight Zone's 'Number 12 Looks Just Like You' and a dash of "Mean Girls" to explore racial inequality in America.
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Waiting for Guffman (1996) Robin Clifford I felt good after watching "Waiting For Guffman," and that ain't a bad way to feel about a movie.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
undertone (2025) Laura Clifford Feature debuting writer/director Ian Tuason exhibits artful visual and aural technique in a film that builds suspense without offering much in the way of payoff.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
André Is an Idiot (2025) Laura Clifford Benna's documentary begins with zaniness, incorporating everything from game shows to toilet POV shots, gradually leaning into harsh reality...André lived life well, serving up his death as a helpful and humorous warning to the rest of the human race.
Posted Mar 04, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Late Shift (2025) Robin Clifford In my experience, Floria personifies the nursing profession. They truly are our guardian angels.
Posted Mar 04, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Late Shift (2025) Laura Clifford Using long takes, Volpe paces her film like a tense thriller, the extraordinary Leonie Benesch never stops multi-tasking at breakneck speed yet always has time for a kind word, gentle touch or sympathetic smile.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Heel (The Good Boy) (2025) Robin Clifford the main story is a terrific tale of behavior modification, like in "A Clockwork Orange (1971)," but on a personal, rather than institutional, scale.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Sirāt (2025) Robin Clifford I can make an educated guess that you will not see the ending coming.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Heel (The Good Boy) (2025) Laura Clifford achieves squirmy black humor with a film that appears to condone the unthinkable even as it condemns it, a modern take on "A Clockwork Orange."
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
Dolly (2025) Laura Clifford Cinematographer Justin Derry achieves a 70's look shooting on 16mm and the film's trailer goes heavy on the "Texas Chainsaw" influence, but Blackhurst offers gore instead of scares in a film that is merely unpleasant. Even the dolls aren't creepy.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Hoppers (2026) Laura Clifford ...may be overly complicated for its target audience. It's like "Dr. Dolittle" crossed with "Face/Off" squared.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Sirāt (2025) Laura Clifford Spain's submission for the International Oscar is very much an original, a film about connection, inconceivable loss and a dark future, all set to composer Kangding Ray's infectious dance beats.
Posted Feb 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Dreams (2025) Laura Clifford While the sex between Jennifer and Fernando is steamy, the two practically inhaling each other, Jessica Chastain has never been icier, a woman of privilege yet little substance...
Posted Feb 23, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Documentary (2026) Robin Clifford Always a favorite category of mine, the Oscar shorts for documentary are varied and interesting
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Animated (2026) Robin Clifford Always a favorite category of mine, the Oscar shorts for animation are varied and interesting
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Pillion (2025) Robin Clifford Writer-director Harry Lighton creates a unique look at the biker sub-culture in Britain. It makes me glad I gave up riding those many years ago.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
The Love That Remains (2025) Robin Clifford The family life, even under the stress of the separation, feels genuine and sometimes funny, especially the chatter of the kids talking about their parents’ sex life
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) Laura Clifford If those who idolize celebrities feel like they know them, Luhrmann has probably gotten as close to that real intimacy with his presentation of Presley as possible, connecting us with the artist the way the Elvis connected with his audience.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
The Love That Remains (2025) Laura Clifford Pálmason pivots from the period missionary expedition of "Godland," to an intimate family drama, the films connected by a main character's artistic pursuits...This is a family that continually ebbs and flows like the ocean which surrounds it.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Animated (2026) Laura Clifford French writer/director Florence Miailhe's "Butterfly" utilizes the most strikingly beautiful animation technique, hand painted images where brush strokes shimmer into ocean waves...my pick for the Oscar.
Posted Feb 15, 2026  Edit critic review
B
2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Live Action (2026) Laura Clifford ...two amusing modernizations of literature from previous centuries, a well worn narrative elevated by its actors, an Israeli indictment of Palestinian oppression and France's second short in a row about an aversion to kissing.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Documentary (2026) Laura Clifford The five documentary shorts nominated for the 2026 Oscar are a reflection of today's world and, with the exception of one outlier, the effect is the opposite of uplifting.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Wuthering Heights (2026) Laura Clifford Featuring preposterous production design which at one point uses leeches in a design that extends from Cathy's breast up onto her pink bedroom walls, Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" may be ridiculous but it certainly scratches a particular itch...
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Pillion (2025) Laura Clifford British writer/director Harry Lighton makes a startlingly assured feature debut, a most unconventional love story that is frankly sexual, surprisingly funny and ultimately moving...Melling has made Colin unforgettable
Posted Feb 10, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Kokuho (2025) Laura Clifford a cinematic epic, a sweeping saga that pits innate talent against traditional hereditary birthright throughout decades...one of 2025's very best.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Islands (2025) Robin Clifford https://www.reelingreviews.com/reviews/islands/
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Whistle (2025) Robin Clifford Those nostalgic for teen horror movies from 50 years ago will likely enjoy "Whistle," but not me.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Magellan (2025) Robin Clifford We get a concise depiction of the expedition, with its violence – on several levels – generally shown in aftermath, like the battle that done him in.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Robin Clifford The statement the filmmakers make about the current and growing intrusion of AI on all of our lives – like it or not – is timely and called for.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Laura Clifford unwieldy as it becomes, is bursting with ideas and Rockwell keeps the fun factor high...an entertaining film with so much on its mind, it's just a little too much of a good thing.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Whistle (2025) Laura Clifford Lifting from films ranging from "Final Destination" to "It Lives Inside" to every teenage slasher flick featuring a harvest festival, "Whistle" works if you view it from the perspective of "Scream"-like self aware parody.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Magellan (2025) Laura Clifford If you are unfamiliar with the historical details of Magellan's life preceding his historic voyage, Diaz's in media res approach...requires patience, as eventually the details pull together and the epic tale achieves a rhythm.
Posted Feb 03, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Dracula (2025) Laura Clifford This Impaler is apparently more a lover than a fighter...All this and animated gargoyles!
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
A Poet (2025) Laura Clifford while we can see Yurlady is more interested in painting her nails than writing poems, Oscar's desire to help her is sincere and the two actually do forge a bond, one which sees Yurlady as his unlikely savior in ways practical and profound.
Posted Feb 01, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Send Help (2026) Laura Clifford while it sports Raimi's style, it also becomes so cartoonish in its third act, it ends up throwing out the baby with the bath water.
Posted Jan 31, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Islands (2025) Laura Clifford as languid as a lazy day at the beach, a perfect ploy for a story that sneaks up on you...Riley keeps us guessing, right up until the film reveals itself to be something else entirely from what we may have thought it was.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) Laura Clifford Working secretly with Talankin...writer/director David Borenstein exposes how Putin, in his quest to restore the Soviet Union and Imperial Russia, is brainwashing a generation of children to become cannon fodder.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
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