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For 698 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 59% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Sentimental Value
Lowest review score: 0 Melania
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 436 out of 698
  2. Mixed: 219 out of 698
  3. Negative: 43 out of 698
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  1. Black Box Diaries
    A remarkably intimate non-fiction exposé about the ordeals women suffer after being sexually assaulted—and the strength, courage and togetherness required to change that status quo.
  2. In the Lost Lands
    For sheer unadulterated geekiness, it’s got few contemporary equals.
  3. Suitable Flesh
    An affectionate homage that captures the psychosexual delirium of its genre inspirations, it’s a throwback chiller steeped in blood, kink, and the terrifying thrill of violation.
  4. Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
    Prepare to bang your head and raise your horns to what is surely the most epically metal release of 2023—and a satisfying conclusion to a gonzo parody par excellence.
  5. BS High
    A damning portrait of an unrepentant cheat and the unregulated system—and unsuspecting people—he bamboozled for his own gain.
  6. Cassandro
    Bernal is a charismatic force of nature, his magnetism so great that it elevates Williams’ drama above its clunkier, clichéd elements.
  7. Honey Bunch
    An audacious indie that plumbs the depths of passion, loyalty, and sacrifice with beguiling earnestness and intensity.
  8. The Commandant's Shadow
    An overpowering work of excavation and confrontation—as well as a timely and urgent warning about the continuing threat of antisemitism.
  9. Air
    A rousing underdog saga that—like Ben Affleck’s prior directorial efforts Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and Argo—has the type of snappy energy and charm that should earn it a long post-theatrical shelf life.
  10. Omen
    Makes up for any narrative patchiness with a bevy of unforgettable images and an attendant sense of ancient beliefs and rituals that divide as much as they unite.
  11. Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara
    An investigation into the myriad means by which the internet can be wielded to nefarious ends.
  12. The Legend of Ochi
    If the spell it casts is somewhat familiar, it’s nonetheless enlivened by surefooted atmosphere, excellent puppetry, and charismatically outsized performances from Emily Watson and Willem Dafoe.
  13. The Piano Lesson
    An agonized drama about the burden of yesteryear and the conflicting ways to embrace and transcend it—one that’s rich in character, conflict, detail, desire, and history.
  14. Saw X
    By cleverly setting its timeline between the series’ first two installments, Saw X is both an invigorating thrill ride on par with the franchise’s best entries and a trenchant, timely charge against industrial systems set in place to keep humans sick.
  15. Thunderbolts*
    With Florence Pugh as the intensely magnetic center of this ramshackle maelstrom, and despite a couple of familiar Marvel shortcomings, it’s a protean superhero saga that stands on its own—regardless of its title’s qualifying asterisk.
  16. The Rip
    A rugged affair that’s canny and concussive enough to compensate for a somewhat deflating ending, it proves that its headliners remain cinema’s preeminent BFF duo.
  17. Fight or Flight
    Amusing, energetic, and just clever enough to sustain its brief runtime, it serves up a boisterous and bruising brand of B-movie bedlam.
  18. Carry-On
    This breakneck Netflix offering confirms the enduring vitality of its chosen formula—and, in the process, proves an unexpected and welcome Yuletide streaming gift.
  19. Rebuilding
    A lyrical tale of combatting misfortune via community.
  20. When Evil Lurks
    Delivering scares at a pace that rarely allows one to catch their breath, and with enough gruesome surprises to consistently startle.
  21. No Accident
    Jacobson’s documentary resounds as merely a small victory in an ongoing war.
  22. Henry Johnson
    [Its] staginess is offset by their blistering investigation of morality, manipulation, individual and social responsibility, and masculine power.
  23. The Damned
    Concise, clever, and unnerving, it’s a perfect film for the onset of winter.
  24. MaXXXine
    MaXXXine may be less intimate to its detriment, but it does such interesting things with its scale that the lack of closeness doesn’t matter. It’s small compared to most movies, but massive compared to West’s first two installments.
  25. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
    No matter the out-of-this-world nature of their adventure, they remain an amusing and endearingly down-to-Earth doofus duo.
  26. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
    Funny and charming as ever, it’s a welcome cinematic reprise for the British icons, even if this latest outing is slight enough to suggest that it might have been perfectly fine as a short.
  27. The Invite
    A hysterical, insightful, and ultimately moving portrait of the difficulties of keeping long-term relationships alive.
  28. John Wick: Chapter 4
    More turns out to be just about right in this case, with the film offering up such an onslaught of brutal, breakneck action that it’s easy to forgive its less compelling narrative excesses.
  29. The Teachers' Lounge
    It boasts some of the nerve-wracking anxiety of Uncut Gems and the keenness of last year’s standout Playground, even if it doesn't eventually pull off its delicate tightrope act.
  30. Gaga Chromatica Ball
    Gaga Chromatica Ball feels as all-consuming as being at the show yourself. It’s a mobilizing watch experience, one that will make you dance, sing, and sweat. It’s rare to have such proximity to a performer where she’s most in her element: on the stage.
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