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Film Frenzy is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Matt Brunson.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/4
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Matt Brunson The low-simmer setting of the project is precisely why it stays with you.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Snakes on a Plane (2006) Matt Brunson Even Samuel L. Jackson’s highly publicized quip about the "motherfuckin’ snakes" registers as much ado about nothing (besides, most of the truly classic movie lines arrive honestly rather than being carefully test-marketed, packaged, and pre-sold).
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Marie Antoinette (2006) Matt Brunson Recommended, but with reservations.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Sleepers (1996) Matt Brunson The first half is far stronger than the second part.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Point Blank (1967) Matt Brunson For a Hollywood picture, this sure feels like an international production.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Matt Brunson Worth the screen capture.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) Matt Brunson Just when it seems that this can’t get any funnier, along comes Jimmy Durante.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Maid (2009) Matt Brunson It isn’t until late in the game that audiences will be able to determine the extent of the picture’s darker undertones.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Groove (2000) Matt Brunson Nothing to rave about.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Die My Love (2025) Matt Brunson There have seemingly been more movies about doofus mall cops than there have been about women with postpartum depression, but here’s one to help the balance sheet.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) Matt Brunson This Is It doesn’t quite feel like a documentary, nor does it seem like a concert film. It’s clearly a love letter to the fans, but, perhaps more importantly, it’s an olive branch to the latter-day critics, cynics, and naysayers.
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant (2025) Matt Brunson Before Opus. Before Sparky. There was … Punk.
Posted Apr 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Machete (2010) Matt Brunson More fun than a barrel of Sylvester Stallone DVDs.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
1/4
Good Luck Chuck (2007) Matt Brunson Upchuck would have been a more accurate title for this nauseating effort.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2002) Matt Brunson Not since Francis Coppola’s sharp take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula has there been a vampire flick as deliriously off the wall as Guy Maddin’s Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Runaway Train (1985) Matt Brunson Runaway Train is based on an unused screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, which right there gives it no small measure of class and import.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Begin Again (2013) Matt Brunson Begin Again is about as grounded in reality as a Minions movie, yet the picture is so warmhearted and generous of spirit that it’s easy to overlook its contrivances.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Matt Brunson Of the six screen adaptations of Anthony Hope’s adventure novel, this is the version that’s supposed to be a comedy. Don’t you believe it.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Mercy (2026) Matt Brunson An early scene in Mercy shows that none of the film’s characters have apparently seen The Fugitive -- the rest of the movie makes it clear that they haven’t seen Minority Report, either.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
She Killed in Ecstasy (1971) Matt Brunson Fairly effective as a revenge yarn.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Vampyros Lesbos (1970) Matt Brunson This finds Jess Franco cheekily revamping the vampire classic.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Uncommon Valor (1983) Matt Brunson Uncommon Valor plays out largely as expected.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Lurker (2025) Matt Brunson A cringe psychodrama, as it were.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
It All Came True (1940) Matt Brunson Humphrey Bogart plays a tough -- but not too tough! -- gangster and Ann Sheridan receives top billing -- until she doesn’t! -- in this amusing lark from the Warner Bros. factory.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Gay Divorcee (1934) Matt Brunson It continues to rank as one of the best of the 10 Astaire & Rogers offerings.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
A Bridge Too Far (1977) Matt Brunson This rarely moves and only sporadically entertains.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Rambo: Last Blood (2019) Matt Brunson This doesn’t even feel like a Rambo flick as much as a generic action film starring any Tom, Dick or Liam.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
First Blood (1982) Matt Brunson The first and best of the franchise.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The Fog (1980) Matt Brunson Unpretentious genre fun, stylishly assembled and populated with colorful characters.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Matt Brunson It contains just as many formulaic narrative sops and expected character beats as the original, but the streamlining of the simple storyline provides a breeziness that befits and benefits the picture.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Top Gun (1986) Matt Brunson Slickly made, it's a fairly entertaining watch that doesn't provide much beyond surface thrills, although many have had fun analyzing its (unintentional?) homoerotic content.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Invasion (2007) Matt Brunson I suppose almost every generation deserves its own sociopolitical take on Jack Finney’s novel The Body Snatchers, although The Invasion does neither the viewer nor the source material any favors.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Chrystal (2004) Matt Brunson This is the sort of film in which the story often feels incidental to its makers’ ability to capture a specific landscape and its people.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
A Lot Like Love (2005) Matt Brunson A Lot Like Love is one of those romantic comedies that wants viewers to believe so bad in its central love story that they’ll willingly be led by the nose through all sorts of nonsensical contrivances.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Skin Deep (1989) Matt Brunson It would take a tremendous performance to make such a vile character interesting, and John Ritter isn’t up to the task.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Victor/Victoria (1982) Matt Brunson Coming off his marvelous turn in 1981’s S.O.B., Robert Preston again excels.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
We Bury the Dead (2024) Matt Brunson What sounds like a typical zombie flick is anything but.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Rockers (1978) Matt Brunson When it comes to Jamaican films powered by rhythmic reggae beats, it’s hard to top 1972’s The Harder They Come. But here’s Rockers carving out its own niche.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Randy and the Mob (2007) Matt Brunson Randy and the Mob lays an overcoat of forced cornpone whimsy over the proceedings -- that it manages to work at all is a credit to McKinnon’s abilities.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
D.E.B.S. (2004) Matt Brunson D.E.B.S. stands for "Discipline. Energy. Beauty. Strength." But it might as well stand for "Daft. Earnest. Banal. Sophomoric."
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Dune (1984) Matt Brunson As with many things lousy, this acquired a cult following over the years, but it’s hardly worthy.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Matt Brunson It now stands as one of the premier cult movies of all time, an honor no one saw coming back in ’84.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Karate Kid (1984) Matt Brunson A film that really keeps the blood pumping and brings the audience to its feet.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Dutchman (2025) Matt Brunson This update tries to build on the original play's themes, with mostly successful results.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Matt Brunson Like its protagonists, the picture wants nothing so much as to be loved.
Posted Apr 05, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Rollercoaster (1977) Matt Brunson Co-written by Richard Levinson and William Link, the team behind TV’s Columbo.
Posted Apr 05, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Matt Brunson An absolutely delightful film that, with the exception of Ed Wood, still ranks as Tim Burton's finest achievement.
Posted Apr 05, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Only Game in Town (1970) Matt Brunson Arid and ineffectual.
Posted Apr 05, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Be Kind Rewind (2008) Matt Brunson The premise of Be Kind Rewind is pure Michel Gondry. The end result is anything but.
Posted Apr 05, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Way Out West (1937) Matt Brunson A delight.
Posted Apr 05, 2026  Edit critic review
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