The Pop Break
The Pop Break is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Marisa Carpico
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
5.5/10
The Mustang (2019)
Despite being based on a real program and-as the credits suggest-real experiences, Cleremont-Tonnerre's film can work too hard to make its points.
Posted Mar 13, 2019
2
7/10
The Hummingbird Project (2019)
...while the trailers make it seem like the same coke-fueled con thriller we've seen before, the film is far more melancholy, smart and subversive than it first appears.
Posted Mar 13, 2019
3
7/10
Nancy Drew has always been a role model for young girls and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase only reinforces that wholesome image.
Posted Mar 13, 2019
4
8/10
Captain Marvel (2019)
She's cool and she knows it and one of the film's greatest joys is watching Larson swagger around and verbally out-spar Jackson.
Posted Mar 8, 2019
5
7.5/10
3 Faces (2019)
3 Faces may be made up of long, beautiful pans and one strange side adventure after another, but its real subject is the misogyny the titular actresses face.
Posted Mar 6, 2019
6
9/10
Climax (2019)
...a childish middle finger to the film community, America and even the audience. For viewers who think that's sounds like fun, Climax may be one of his best.
Posted Mar 4, 2019
7
9.5/10
Apollo 11 (2019)
...Apollo 11 is a filmgoing experience so spectacular, it's likely to be one of the year's best.
Posted Mar 3, 2019
8
8.5/10
...Erlingsson's Woman at War is equal parts hopeful and desperate.
Posted Feb 27, 2019
9
6.5/10
What Men Want (2019)
Sure it's a helluva lot of fun, but is that really enough?
Posted Feb 7, 2019
10
8/10
Arctic (2019)
At its core, 'Arctic' is not so much about survival, but the way our connection to others can allow us to push back against hopelessness.
Posted Jan 30, 2019
11
6.5/10
Fyre (2019)
On some level, the reason Hulu...were able to get the drop on Netflix...is because they seem to have a better understanding of how and why the Fyre Festival could happen.
Posted Jan 20, 2019
12
3/10
Replicas (2019)
We're not even two weeks into the new year, but Replicas may already be 2019's most fun disaster.
Posted Jan 12, 2019
13
3.5/10
They Remain (2018)
...it eventually delivers on all the darkness it sets up, but the journey up to that moment is such a waste of a good idea and decent actors...
Posted Dec 25, 2018
14
6.5/10
The Square (2017)
Östlund is questioning the very function of art and while we can read the film in myriad ways, it's unlikely that we're supposed to choose one interpretation.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
15
8/10
Unbroken (2014)
The posters claim the movie is about "Survival. Resilience. Redemption," but it only gives us the first two, and the finished product is less effective because of it.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
16
9/10
The Guest (2014)
Perhaps it's a little early to say, but I'm already calling The Guest as the best horror movie of 2014.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
17
7.5/10
Spectre (2015)
Spectre is perhaps not as accessible to the average viewer, but it might be more rewarding as an entry in not just the franchise, but Daniel Craig's time in the role.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
18
3/10
The Book of Life (2014)
So, if you're looking for a solid family movie this Halloween or Day of the Dead, The Book of Life isn't it.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
19
4/10
St. Vincent (2014)
...St.Vincent is one of the most insincere feel-good movie you'll see this year.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
20
7/10
Beyond the Lights (2014)
...the film is a deeply effective and provocative look at the demands fame makes on women-but then Kaz shows up...and the whole thing turns into a rote love story.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
21
5/10
Peter Pan Live! (2014)
I suppose Meron and Zadan can't really be blamed for wanting to make a legitimately good show, but in succeeding, they've also taken all the life out of the experience.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
22
9/10
Wild (2014)
Wild may just be the best movie of the year.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
23
1/10
Annie (2014)
There is a lot of money up on the screen, from the stars...to the sets, but there's absolutely nothing of worth in the movie.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
24
7/10
The Boy Next Door (2015)
...in an awards season filled with existential crises and heavy historical dramas, maybe [The Boy Next Door] exactly the fun, sexy break we all need.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
25
8.5/10
Focus (2015)
Despite their 22-year age difference, [Smith and Robbie] connect in that old Hollywood bantering way where a smile and a clever turn of phrase were enough to begin a romance.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
26
6/10
It Follows (2015)
It Follows is still good for a few scares, but it's ultimately a little boring because there's nothing interesting between them.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
27
5/10
Serena (2015)
Lawrence and Cooper deserved better.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
28
6/10
Furious 7 (2015)
While the movie succeeds spectacularly where Walker and his character Brian are concerned, it's far from the franchise's best installment.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
29
3/10
Kill Me Three Times (2015)
Kill Me Three Times is part action thriller, part comedy - and neither part is any good.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
30
8.5/10
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
...Magic Mike XXL delivers on the first film's promise...judging by the audience of near-rabid women I saw the movie with, it was a borderline religious experience.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
31
8.5/10
Joy (2015)
It almost feels pointless to praise Lawrence's acting after how much great work she's done, but this film is further proof of why she's so highly-regarded.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
32
7.5/10
Grease: Live! (2016)
Still, regardless of its flaws, Grease: Live was fantastic television.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
33
6.5/10
How To Be Single (2016)
Still, for a movie that's built largely on rom-com tropes, it's actually surprising how much [the characters] avoid cliché.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
34
6.5/10
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Unfortunately, here as so many times before, Fey and her collaborators get distracted from their exploration of womanhood by a bunch of other nonsense.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
35
9/10
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
What Rogen et al. are pointing out is that sometimes, in order to retain some modicum of power, women have to compromise in ways men don't.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
36
4/10
The Space Between Us (2017)
And despite the shockingly little screentime said love story gets, it's by far the most compelling thing about the film.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
37
6.5/10
Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
Like Kristen Stewart in Twilight before her, she is the conduit that lets the audience experience the dream of Christian Grey.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
38
8.5/10
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Now, the first Walker-less installment, The Fate of the Furious, proves that the series can survive, but that it has to make some big changes to do it.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
39
5/10
The Wall (2017)
The Wall isn't a bad film by any means, it's just a victim of the inevitable march of history.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
40
5/10
Becoming Bond (2017)
George Lazenby is an interesting guy, but as a complete picture of his life, this movie is woefully inadequate.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
41
8/10
The Big Sick (2017)
What follows is an off-beat romance that constantly bucks against rom-com conventions.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
42
9/10
The Beguiled (2017)
Though Coppola infamously took a lot of artistic license with 2006's Marie Antoinette, she delivers a serious period piece here.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
43
6/10
Landline (2017)
While the [film] takes the same realistic and unconventional approach to committed relationships [as Obvious Child], it also lacks the same focus and depth.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
44
6.5/10
Logan Lucky (2017)
What made Soderbergh's previous heist films so enjoyable was the sense that they were meticulously constructed...Logan Lucky...feels like a cheap knockoff.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
45
3.5/10
Lemon (2017)
If Lemon is about one thing (and I'm not sure it is), it's about the way people demean each other to make themselves feel better.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
46
7/10
School Life (2017)
School Life is a pleasant film about the quiet, pain-staking work of engaged educators.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
47
9/10
Trophy (2017)
However, the new documentary, Trophy...suggests that not only is the issue of hunting vs. conservationism not so black-and-white, but that the two [are] intertwined.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
48
8.5/10
Dayveon (2017)
Luckily, Dayveon is worth every penny. Quiet and powerful, it's a film that takes a familiar story and makes it feel new. So, take the risk. You won't regret it.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
49
8.5/10
Stronger (2017)
Rather than show how Jeff is bolstered by the people of Boston or his family, the film goes for something much darker, more nuanced.
Posted Dec 25, 2018
50
9/10
Bobbi Jene (2017)