Tony Stamp
Tony Stamp's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
Movies reviews only
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Nope (2022) |
Its big reveal is the best kind: one that seems obvious in hindsight, but delivers a wonderful kind of cinematic pleasure, that of seeing a unique idea presented on screen for the very first time.
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| Posted Aug 10, 2022
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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) |
Almost feels desperate in its attempts to entertain - fights, special effects, and jokes, jokes, jokes. But if everything’s a joke, then does any of it really matter? - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jul 06, 2022
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Drive My Car (2021) |
Its Hamaguchis deeply human filmmaking that invests you deeply, and early on. You will care about these people, and youll want to see what happens. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 22, 2022
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The Green Knight (2021) |
Even if you're familiar with the lore, it may prove maddeningly oblique. Best not to get too hung up on plot and just roll with the vibe. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Oct 28, 2021
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The Guilty (2021) |
Transplanting this particular story to America is ruinous in ways that completely misread the public perception of cops in 2021. Particularly Los Angeles cops. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Oct 03, 2021
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The Power (2021) |
While I'm sure the filmmakers had nothing but good intentions, they didn't manage to translate them into anything that compelling on the screen. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Apr 12, 2021
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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) |
It's basically incomprehensible. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 26, 2021
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Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021) |
It helps that this particular teen is so eccentric, and quite fascinating. For fans and skeptics alike, this a thoroughly engrossing watch. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 07, 2021
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Freaky (2020) |
Landon has made the jump to an R rating, which means the gore has gone up several notches from the more family-friendly Death Days. The first few kills, in particular, are real doozies. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Nov 13, 2020
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Come to Daddy (2019) |
A true crowd-pleaser for adventurous audiences that packs a surprising amount of nuance under the hood. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Feb 18, 2020
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) |
Story-wise it ain't much, but that's fine... it's all just an excuse to watch celebrities squirm, and on that front B2F:TM doesn't disappoint. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Sep 23, 2019
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Beats (2019) |
Beats is entertaining enough, but like many Netflix offerings can feel inconsequential. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jun 17, 2019
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Dark Phoenix (2019) |
It's a bummer, a once-mighty franchise going out not with a bang, but a shrug. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jun 07, 2019
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) |
It's all very nice to look at, but it's sloppy, and ultimately unsatisfying. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted May 22, 2019
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Shazam! (2019) |
David F. Sandberg has made Shazam! intentionally small, leaning into the goofiness of its concept and leaving some time for small-scale human drama. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted May 06, 2019
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Thunder Road (2018) |
Perpetually teetering between hilarious and heartbreaking. Put it this way-I spent a large part of the film unsure if I should be laughing or not. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 27, 2019
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A Song of Love (2019) |
McIver and co-lead George Mason acquit themselves admirably in the singing and acting departments, but in the end it all rings hollow, no matter how much director David Stubbs juices up the melodrama. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 19, 2019
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Aquaman (2018) |
DC have doubled down after the muted reaction to Justice League and thrown everything at the wall, and most of it sticks. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Feb 20, 2019
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Happy Death Day 2U (2019) |
The sequel nods (multiple times) to Back To The Future Part 2, an ambitious thing to aim for in terms of time travel shenanigans. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Feb 13, 2019
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Cold Pursuit (2019) |
Cold Pursuit is always entertaining, even when it seems unsure what it's aiming for. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Feb 08, 2019
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Glass (2019) |
The main thing to savour is what a downright weird dude the director is, and how it bleeds into the movie. Glass is really strange. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jan 15, 2019
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Hunter Killer (2018) |
Hunter Killer is replete with sub-TV level CGI and a lot of that thing they did in Star Trek where they had to pretend the set they're on is shaking. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Mandy (2018) |
It shouldn't be overlooked how good Cage is. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Oct 18, 2018
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22 July (2018) |
While it's a film too steeped in actual tragedy to describe as 'entertainment', it's engrossing, thought-provoking, and well worth your time. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Oct 10, 2018
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Beast (2017) |
It's compelling, and admirably avoids genre trappings, but while Beast occasionally seems poised to become something truly great, it never quite gets there. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Sep 25, 2018
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Searching (2018) |
When it's orchestrating the central mystery, it's like a well-oiled thrill machine. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Sep 10, 2018
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Midnight Oil 1984 (2018) |
It's largely concert footage, so familiarity with the songs goes a long way. The thing is, I found I had most of them lodged in my head somewhere, waiting to be remembered. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Aug 07, 2018
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The Equalizer 2 (2018) |
It's an absurd opening that promises something glorious... Alas, this is not that movie. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jul 18, 2018
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) |
One day maybe we'll get something as outlandish as dinosaurs with guns, but for now the franchise is content to play it safe. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jun 19, 2018
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Deadpool 2 (2018) |
It's often very funny, but periodically Deadpool 2 has to drop the ironic facade and shoot for real emotion, and here it stumbles. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted May 16, 2018
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Mr. Stein Goes Online (2017) |
The film plays out like a weird riff on Cyrano De Bergerac, before turning into something much more morally queasy. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted May 10, 2018
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The Divine Order (2017) |
The Divine Order stays relatively cheerful before tumbling into melodrama in its final third. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 28, 2018
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Tomb Raider (2018) |
Why get Walton Goggins as your villain then give him such a milquetoast role? - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 14, 2018
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The Square (2017) |
Östlund definitely takes a few pot shots at pretension, but he lets his comically-barbed scenarios meander into other unexpected territories. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 06, 2018
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Game Night (2018) |
Much better than you might expect. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Feb 21, 2018
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The Commuter (2018) |
As relentless as its sixty five-year-old lead actor and eager to entertain, logic be damned. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jan 17, 2018
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The Shape of Water (2017) |
While the parallels Del Toro is drawing will be too clunky for some, the film's huge heart and good intentions are always on display. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jan 17, 2018
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) |
A fun lark, but despite its humour and occasional sweetness it still feels disposable. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jan 08, 2018
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Human Traces (2017) |
The debut feature from Nic Gorman is essentially a three-hander between Sophie Henderson, Mark Mitchinson, and Vinnie Bennett, providing ample amounts of empathy, gravitas, and pure smoulder, respectively. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Nov 13, 2017
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Blade of the Immortal (2017) |
The fantastical elements are suitably cartoonish, but they're set in a world that's down to earth and grimy, and contains violence that's very bloody. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Nov 09, 2017
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Ingrid Goes West (2017) |
Ingrid Goes West doesn't offer any easy answers, and it's much better for it. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Nov 09, 2017
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Happy Death Day (2017) |
It's a pleasant enough time-waster, but it's hard to recommend. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Oct 13, 2017
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017) |
Enigmatic, continually intriguing, and at its heart, a noir film. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Oct 05, 2017
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The Trip to Spain (2017) |
This feels like the most impression-heavy Trip so far, adding Bowie and Jagger to the roster, but they're still the funniest moments. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Aug 17, 2017
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The Beguiled (2017) |
Engaging and dryly funny, with ironic bite courtesy of old-fashioned worldviews. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Aug 17, 2017
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Baby Driver (2017) |
The best thing about Baby Driver turns out to be its modest scale, favouring CGI-free action scenes filmed in broad daylight that feel downright refreshing. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jul 20, 2017
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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) |
It's a fantastic finish to a brainy trilogy that favours moral dilemmas over explosions, but finds room for a few of those too. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jul 13, 2017
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All Eyez on Me (2017) |
It's a corny approach, saddled with rags-to-riches clichs and the aesthetic of a TV movie. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Jun 15, 2017
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Alien: Covenant (2017) |
It's thrilling to see Scott play with iconography like face-huggers again, and do it so effectively. - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted May 09, 2017
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Logan (2017) |
Provides the tough, adult version of Wolverine that fans have been wanting for a long time... - Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)
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| Posted Mar 02, 2017
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