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      Steve Davis

      Steve Davis's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s): Austin Chronicle
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      Rating T-Meter Title | Year Review
      2/5
      Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) Plays like soggy cereal. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted May 11, 2023
      3/5
      Chevalier (2022) Chevalier succeeds in revealing the astounding life of a man to an audience unfamiliar with him. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Apr 20, 2023
      2.5/5
      Mafia Mamma (2023) It’s like someone’s always turning the knob in one direction, and then in another in Mafia Mamma, rarely settling on any mood with clear reception. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Apr 13, 2023
      3.5/5
      Return to Seoul (2022) In her assured film debut as Freddie, [Ji-Min] Park holds your rapt attention. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Apr 06, 2023
      3/5
      Scream VI (2023) This latest entry in the ongoing saga of Ghostface demonstrates its premise remains viable, though admittedly showing a few signs of calcification. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Mar 09, 2023
      2/5
      Jesus Revolution (2023) Nothing in this evangelical film about a short-lived religious movement taking root in late Sixties Southern California... is open to chance, much less to any interpretation other than an unequivocal One. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Feb 23, 2023
      3/5
      Of an Age (2022) On its own, it’s a nicely drawn vignette, tapping a palpable sense of desire between the two leads. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Feb 16, 2023
      3.5/5
      Sharper (2023) Sharper ticks so assuredly in execution the hitches won’t distract you – and that may be the biggest con of all. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Feb 09, 2023
      3/5
      Plane (2023) It ain’t Shakespeare, but if the bread-and-butter movies of Butler’s career were as compactly entertaining and as plausible (granted, a relative term) as Plane, he might get a little more respect. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jan 12, 2023
      3.5/5
      Women Talking (2022) Polley keeps things moving at a good pace as the looming deadline creates tension. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Dec 22, 2022
      3/5
      Leonor Will Never Die (2022) Although its ambitions often exceed its reach, the meta-mad Filipino film Leonor Will Never Die bursts with imaginative impulses, scoring slightly more hits than misses. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Dec 01, 2022
      4/5
      Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) Pinocchio thrives on a storytelling imagination that thinks outside the box. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Nov 17, 2022
      3/5
      Till (2022) What distinguishes Till from most other well-intentioned films telling similarly themed stories set during this tumultuous era of American history is the absence of white saviors. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Oct 27, 2022
      2.5/5
      Loving Highsmith (2022) While the documentary offers a few delicate glimpses of a self the writer did not openly share during her 74-year lifetime... it falls short of conveying the vital essence of this modern and enigmatic woman of her time. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Oct 13, 2022
      4/5
      Moonage Daydream (2022) Can only be described as an enormous cinematic collage. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Sep 15, 2022
      3.5/5
      Breaking (2022) It’s solid, from top to bottom. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Aug 25, 2022
      Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) The movie delivers its chuckles and elicits its sighs in a calibrated narrative arc that softens the hard edges of its late bloomer’s life. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jul 14, 2022
      Lost Illusions (2021) The only way to avoid a disastrous debut is to shell out a higher fee to the provocateur in return for applause and a standing ovation... Lost Illusions deserves this rave simply based on its commendable merits. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jul 07, 2022
      Attack on Finland (2021) This is nothing like the absorbing Nordic noir of modern Scandinavian television and cinema. It more resembles good old-fashioned American mediocrity. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jun 30, 2022
      Benediction (2021) Benediction is both expressionistic and vivid in recounting selected particulars of an outwardly fascinating life. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jun 02, 2022
      Vortex (2021) Unrelenting and inconsolable, with a smattering of compassionate moments, the superb Vortex brings to mind an observation attributed to actress Bette Davis, no less: Getting old ain’t for sissies. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted May 05, 2022
      The Aviary (2022) A beguiling metaphor, but by the end, you’re left with a self-cannibalized movie. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Apr 28, 2022
      Mothering Sunday (2021) While the movie’s nonlinear construction is its selling point, at least for those moviegoers who prefer a bit of a challenge, an underlying vibe of melancholy gives Mothering Sunday thematic weight. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Apr 07, 2022
      Compartment No. 6 (2021) For a while, you wonder whether the movie will become a thriller about the perils of solo travel, particularly for single females. But the intimacy of director Kuosmanen’s Dogme 95-inspired camerawork hints that something more is happening here. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Mar 17, 2022
      Death on the Nile (2022) The cast of characters is a predictable mixed bag of types updated to include persons of color, but Branagh eschews an all-star approach in filling those roles in his pursuit of something other than pomp and circumstance. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Feb 10, 2022
      The Tiger Rising (2022) Director/screenwriter Giarratana occasionally summons up a lovely moment, although the overall tone is inconsistent. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jan 20, 2022
      The Legend of La Llorona (2022) This umpteenth time is not a charm. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jan 06, 2022
      American Underdog (2021) American Underdog becomes scarily ecstatic, religious in its fervor for the manufactured thrills of a professional sport many believe has lost sight of its original core values. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Dec 22, 2021
      Nightmare Alley (2021) Nightmare Alley is something to be admired, rather than treasured. It's big, classic moviemaking with a moral in the end. And there can be a lot to be said for that. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Dec 16, 2021
      West Side Story (2021) Methinks the Bard would be proud. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Dec 09, 2021
      Encanto (2021) There's nothing to dislike about this latest animated film in the Disney canon (No. 60!), but there's also not much about it that sticks either... - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Nov 24, 2021
      Belfast (2021) A messy, and sometimes glorious, blur. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Nov 11, 2021
      3.5/5
      Becoming Cousteau (2021) Though this capable documentary is comprehensively informative in so many ways (perhaps to a fault), the one thing it doesn't quite convey is the wonder and marvel of the undersea world of Cousteau, which continued to move him until his death at age 87. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Oct 21, 2021
      1/5
      The Addams Family 2 (2021) With the exception of Kroll's gravelly intoned Uncle Fester, the voicework is sketchy, with Theron's Seven-Sisters elocution bordering on sacrilege. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Oct 15, 2021
      2/5
      Dating & New York (2021) The gap between Gen Y-ers weaned on text messaging and Instagram posts and everyone else ("OK, boomer") may delineate which trespasses you're willing to forgive here, depending on your birth year. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Sep 09, 2021
      3/5
      Ailey (2021) Though Ailey aptly demonstrates why this virtuoso should be remembered, it reveals little about the man himself, only sketchily delving into his adult personal life. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Aug 05, 2021
      2/5
      The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) Whatever the reason, the pleasures of witnessing a miniaturized bigwig in full-on CEO rant mode are largely denied here. It's a like a version of 30 Rock featuring a Jack Donaghy with only a smidgen of his smarmy charm. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jul 02, 2021
      2/5
      Into The Darkness (2020) You'd think this chapter in Danish history would inspire passion in a native filmmaker, but the movie lacks fervency. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted May 20, 2021
      3.5/5
      There Is No Evil (2020) It's a comparatively solid quartet of short films that critically examine the country's dehumanizing system of capital punishment, putting a human face on the citizen-executioner asked to carry out the all-too-frequently enacted death penalty. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted May 13, 2021
      4/5
      The Killing of Two Lovers (2020) Director/screenwriter/editor Machoian is firmly in control throughout The Killing of Two Lovers, deftly sustaining a slow-burn tension in this unflinching story of a disintegrating marriage. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted May 13, 2021
      3/5
      Moffie (2019) Although Moffie is competently executed, its genre-straddling will leave you vaguely unsatisfied if you decide too quickly the kind of movie it should be. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Apr 09, 2021
      3/5
      F.T.A. (1972) While the cabaret performances are the documentary's draw, the movie comes most alive in the interspersed interviews with servicemen and women willing to speak their minds. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Mar 11, 2021
      4/5
      Stray (2021) Although Stray is a tonic for dog lovers, it also speaks to something greater than just the humane treatment of its animals. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Mar 06, 2021
      2.5/5
      Sin (2019) The film leaves you hanging, ending with a puzzling 11th-hour epiphany followed by a cheesy greatest-hits montage of Michelangelo's masterworks. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Feb 18, 2021
      4/5
      The World to Come (2020) When in the presence of Kirby's warm and exotic pre-Raphaelite beauty, Waterston smiles with pure delight (at first, it's a jarring sight), relieved in the discovery that life can be more than everyday drudgery and pain. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Feb 18, 2021
      4/5
      Supernova (2020) With these two actors in command, Supernova doesn't just dare to speak the name of a love between two deeply committed men facing an untenable situation. It shouts it from the rooftops. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jan 29, 2021
      3/5
      Our Friend (2019) It dares to speak to the rare joys of life in the midst of tragedy. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2021
      Two Deaths of Henry Baker (2020) The no-man-standing conclusion has the whiff of dramatic nihilism, and it's nowhere as perversely operatic as you might hope it would be. Still, the film projects both a strong intelligence and lots of ambition. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Jan 05, 2021
      2/5
      Fatale (2020) The movie requires her to go full on crazy-ass slasher-bitch, much like the character at the end of another movie previously mentioned here. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Dec 18, 2020
      2.5/5
      Wild Mountain Thyme (2020) The two leads are watchable enough, but the script keeps their characters emotionally separated, so you never see anything remotely like chemistry between them. - Austin Chronicle
      Read More | Posted Dec 11, 2020
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