Lainey Gossip
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Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Sarah Marrs
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Boy Erased (2018)
I feel bad marking this rotten because the subject is so important, but the execution is just not there.
Posted Nov 19, 2018
2
Kills any interest that might have existed for more fantastic beasts.
Posted Nov 19, 2018
3
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
The worst case scenario of homogenized, generic filmmaking.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
4
Outlaw King (2018)
Points for technical proficiency, but otherwise Outlaw King doesn't justify itself.
Posted Nov 11, 2018
5
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
A weirdly punishing portrait of Freddie Mercury.
Posted Nov 2, 2018
6
Hunter Killer (2018)
Hunter Killer is basically what you think it is-a low-rent Hunt for the Red October that is a straight-up ludicrous hero fantasy.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
7
Keira Knightley's performance is completely off the rails and really the only watchable thing in this movie.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
8
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a misanthrope's character study, a candid revelation of a shocking literary scandal, and a brilliant performance from Melissa McCarthy.
Posted Oct 19, 2018
9
Halloween (2018)
A cut above your typical slasher fare.
Posted Oct 19, 2018
10
Venom (2018)
11
A Simple Favor (2018)
A blackly comedic take on all those tropes common to salacious "women's entertainment", done in a way that actually empowers women.
Posted Sep 20, 2018
12
First Man (2018)
First Man is as much a spectacle as it is an emotional experience, and in that way feels as old-fashioned as its protagonist.
Posted Sep 14, 2018
13
The Predator (2018)
The Predator dismisses itself as "dumber than group one", which, no argument.
Posted Sep 14, 2018
14
Assassination Nation (2018)
It actually defies logic that this movie works.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
15
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
A haunting piece of cinema, fully evocative and intimately illuminating.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
16
Widows (2018)
Widows is a heist movie with a mind and a voice and a total lack of fear in using both.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
17
Beautiful Boy (2018)
It is perfectly fine.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
18
The Front Runner (2018)
Gary Hart is the least interesting character in the story, which is kind of a problem when he's the protagonist.
Posted Sep 11, 2018
19
Equal parts pulp, examination of the class divide, and ESCANDALO.
Posted Sep 10, 2018
20
Destination Wedding (2018)
Destination Wedding isn't a rom-com, it's a horror movie about a woman trapped with a men's rights activist.
Posted Sep 10, 2018
21
A Star Is Born (2018)
It's not adding anything new to the Star is Born canon, but it is a solid retelling for a new generation.
Posted Sep 10, 2018
22
Alpha (2018)
It's fine.
Posted Aug 26, 2018
23
The Happytime Murders (2018)
Not funny, not clever, and not nearly as shocking as it thinks it is.
Posted Aug 26, 2018
24
Searching (2018)
An extremely well plotted thriller with enough satisfying twists and turns to keep you entirely engaged.
Posted Aug 26, 2018
25
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Spike Lee at his fiery best.
Posted Aug 19, 2018
26
Mile 22 (2018)
Incomprehensible and flat-out ugly in pretty much every way it can be.
Posted Aug 19, 2018
27
Slender Man (2018)
Slender Man commits the double sin of being not only bad, but boring.
Posted Aug 16, 2018
28
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
The world is on fire, enjoy this glass of champagne.
Posted Aug 16, 2018
29
Eighth Grade (2018)
A lovely but cringe-inducing film about one of the most precarious times in a person's life.
Posted Aug 13, 2018
30
The Meg (2018)
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Posted Aug 13, 2018
31
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Points for Kate McKinnon and a ruthlessly supportive female friendship.
Posted Aug 5, 2018
32
Christopher Robin (2018)
The movie is okay, Tigger is a nightmare.
Posted Aug 5, 2018
33
Blindspotting (2018)
A little messy, but more often than not Blindspotting is a bold, freewheeling examination of race in class in gentrifying America.
Posted Jul 31, 2018
34
Mission: Impossible - Fallout might as well start with an epigraph that says "Buckle up" followed by a giant explosion and an air horn.
Posted Jul 27, 2018
35
A little mundane for a subject as interesting and creative as John Callahan.
Posted Jul 24, 2018
36
Equalizer 2 (2018)
Equalizer 2 is a slow, ponderous affair that not even Denzel's considerable charisma can save.
Posted Jul 21, 2018
37
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
Objectively terrible but SO much fun.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
38
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
A unique vision that unfolds in the WILDEST manner.
Posted Jul 14, 2018
39
Skyscraper (2018)
Just another forgettable disaster flick.
Posted Jul 14, 2018
40
Damsel (2018)
A joy to watch.
Posted Jul 5, 2018
41
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
It's honestly a little hard to separate Ant-Man and the Wasp's actual quality from what a lovely break it is from reality.
Posted Jul 4, 2018
42
The First Purge (2018)
The First Purge stumbles into relevance.
Posted Jul 4, 2018
43
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Every plot point is straight off the Fox News conspiracy reel.
Posted Jul 1, 2018
44
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)
Her finale is a blistering, impassioned plea for empathy, a furious call to action, and a battle cry to do better.
Posted Jun 28, 2018
45
Tag (2018)
Take your demonstrative friendship movies where you can find them.
Posted Jun 23, 2018
46
"Fresh" because there is no "overripe tomato about to go completely off".
Posted Jun 23, 2018
47
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
A loving portrait of a loving man.
Posted Jun 18, 2018
48
Incredibles 2 (2018)
The Incredibles 2 may not be as philosophically cohesive as it could be, but it is a fun, engaging film about letting others live their authentic lives.
Posted Jun 18, 2018
49
Hotel Artemis (2018)
More than a John Wick knock-off, but not quite justifying itself, either.
Posted Jun 13, 2018
50
Ocean's 8 (2018)
Ocean's 8 is incredibly fun and glamorous and sly.
Posted Jun 11, 2018