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J.R. Kinnard

J.R. Kinnard
J.R. Kinnard's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s): PopMatters, Nonfics

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Review
3/10 50% Tomb Raider (2018) Uthaug, like many of the creative folks at DC, confuses grittiness with emotional depth. His insistence upon combining this faux gravitas with action results in countless scenes of unintentional hilarity.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Mar 22, 2018
3/10 46% Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) This is a sequel at odds with its own identity, fighting to avoid the schlocky excesses that it needs to be successful. By the time the fun finally arrives, all the little boys have taken their action figures and gone home.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Mar 22, 2018
4/10 41% A Wrinkle in Time (2018) DuVernay clearly wants to show us a good time, but a guiding artistic vision never materializes.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Mar 7, 2018
6/10 47% Red Sparrow (2018) What ultimately makes Francis Lawrence's twisted tale of sexual gamesmanship worthwhile is the fearlessness of its leading lady and its uncanny ability to feel both cold and erotic at the same time.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Mar 1, 2018
7/10 88% Annihilation (2018) Annihilation is a visceral cinematic experience that, while plagued with structural problems, delivers plenty of thrills and eye-popping spectacle.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Feb 22, 2018
6/10 82% Game Night (2018) Mostly this is a dumb comedy filled with characters who don't exist beyond the boundaries of this dumb story. The laughs are there, though, and if you keep your expectations low, you won't get too bored at this Game Night.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Feb 22, 2018
3/10 33% An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018) An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn is a stylistic exercise in unpleasantness. There's an audience that enjoys such torture, but I'm not among their ranks.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Feb 8, 2018
8/10 75% I Think We're Alone Now (2008) Leave No Trace is a powerful statement about devotion, survival, and the interconnected threads that shape a society.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Feb 1, 2018
8/10 78% Damsel (2018) The Zellner Brothers, David and Nathan, deliver plenty of quirk but little punch in this frontier tale filled with reprobates, rascals, and one adorable mini-horse named Butterscotch.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Feb 1, 2018
8/10 86% 306 Hollywood (2018) Anyone who has ever buried a parent or grandparent understands the soul-crushing process of re-visiting a loved one's trash and treasure. 306 Hollywood tackles this thankless task with reverence, humor, and an almost scholastic zeal.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Feb 1, 2018
100% Hal (2018) A vivid portrait of artistic integrity and complete commitment to the art of filmmaking.‐ Nonfics
Read More | Posted Jan 30, 2018
5/10 59% Juliet, Naked (2018) Juliet, Naked is a surprisingly pedestrian affair. The lack of humor or tension traces back to a love triangle that falls utterly flat.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 29, 2018
5/10 74% Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) Ultimately, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is a frustrating tweener. It's not funny enough to keep you smiling, insightful enough to make you think, or sensational enough to shock you.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 29, 2018
100% RBG (2018) Regardless of your political ideology, you'll come away with a newfound respect for the tireless pioneer of gender equality.‐ Nonfics
Read More | Posted Jan 27, 2018
92% Three Identical Strangers (2018) This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.‐ Nonfics
Read More | Posted Jan 25, 2018
6/10 92% Blindspotting (2018) We enjoy spending time with these characters, but the script needs to be leaner and less self-indulgent. When things finally click into gear, however, Blindspotting is relentless. ‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 25, 2018
7/10 90% Sorry to Bother You (2018) Powerful statements are made about racial identity, as well as facilitating and profiting from slavery by more fortunate members of the victimized group. Sorry to Bother You is a film with something important to say and it says the hell out of it.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 25, 2018
95% Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) If only for a few hours, this documentary proves that human kindness can be contagious.‐ Nonfics
Read More | Posted Jan 25, 2018
8/10 64% Summer of '84 (2018) It's the type of outrageous ending that divides audiences and builds cult followings. Summer of '84 is a trashy classic that will absolutely rock midnight movie houses.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 25, 2018
100% Eighth Grade (2018) Your heart absolutely aches for Kayla, who is an adorable bundle of mumbles and stutters around her peers. As an adult observer, you know that Kayla will be okay, but those days seem fantastically improbable from her vantage point. ‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 25, 2018
8/10 100% Leave No Trace (2018) Leave No Trace is a powerful statement about devotion, survival, and the interconnected threads that shape a society. ‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 23, 2018
7/10 81% I Think We're Alone Now (2018) [Reed] Morano made her bones as a cinematographer and it really shows in I Think We're Alone Now. She delights in a world without electricity, where she's free to illuminate her characters and interiors with luxurious natural light. ‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jan 23, 2018
75% Generation Wealth (2018) Lauren Greenfield's stinging indictment of greed and excess also packs an unexpected emotional wallop.‐ Nonfics
Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2018
3/10 51% Downsizing (2017) Alexander Payne will do good work again, but Downsizing is more than a tiny blemish on his resume.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Dec 22, 2017
7/10 91% Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) If Star Wars: The Last Jedi isn't a complete deconstruction of the original trilogy, it's at least an acknowledgement that these archetypical characters must evolve in order to survive.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Dec 12, 2017
9/10 91% Phantom Thread (2018) Ultimately, what Anderson has given us is the best dramatic film of 2017. Phantom Thread is a haunting and exquisite treatise on the complexity of love.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Dec 7, 2017
8/10 88% The Post (2018) Though they only share a few scenes, watching Hanks and Streep perform is like watching two jazz musicians improvising together; overlapping chatter giving way to strategic silence with only the slightest of nonverbal cues. ‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Dec 6, 2017
8/10 91% The Disaster Artist (2017) Perhaps the greatest compliment one can pay Franco's The Disaster Artist is that it encourages audiences to laugh with Wiseau and his clueless cohorts rather than mock them. ‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Dec 1, 2017
8/10 92% Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) If McDonagh's dark comedy-drama doesn't quite out-Fargo Fargo, it brilliantly illustrates the chaos a few choice words can cause in the hands of a talented filmmaker.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Nov 16, 2017
4/10 40% Justice League (2017) As if watching listless characters exchange infantile monologues isn't bad enough, the "villain of the week" is a complete bore.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Nov 16, 2017
92% Thor: Ragnarok (2017) The God of Thunder removes the giant hammer from his backside and drops his stodgy pretentions in favor of having a good time.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2017
3/10 29% Suburbicon (2017) Baffling and frustrating in equal measure, it's difficult to judge who Suburbicon was made for and impossible to imagine who will actually like it.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Oct 27, 2017
7/10 87% Professor Marston & The Wonder Women (2017) A firecracker first half eventually fizzles, as things take a melodramatic turn in the film's final act, but this is a clever and provocative look at love, sexuality, and the lies that preserve our fragile happiness.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Oct 12, 2017
8/10 87% Blade Runner 2049 (2017) The initial trepidation surrounding Blade Runner 2049 should be replaced by relief and exhilaration, as it's now clear that Villeneuve was the right man to helm such a risky project.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Oct 5, 2017
5/10 85% Battle of the Sexes (2017) It's a shame that Battle of the Sexes feels like little more than a primer to a different, more fascinating film.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Sep 28, 2017
1/10 52% Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) If Adam Sandler ever did a remake of Die Another Day, it would probably look something like Kingsman: The Golden Circle.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Sep 20, 2017
8/10 69% mother! (2017) This is a psychological and allegorical powerhouse that attacks your sensibilities with evocative imagery and rich symbolism.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Sep 15, 2017
2/10 85% It (2017) It's an unfocused hodgepodge of ineffective scenes and conflicting tones that disintegrates into an unsatisfying pile of... blah.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Sep 7, 2017
7/10 92% Good Time (2017) Good Time is the sleazy friend that knows all the best dives.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Aug 25, 2017
6/10 93% Logan Lucky (2017) Soderbergh... remains a talented filmmaker with an instinctive gift for pacing and style. Cinephiles can rejoice that his self-imposed retirement seems to be over, even if he doesn't push himself too hard in this modest return.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Aug 24, 2017
8/10 95% Step (2017) There are crowd pleasers, and then there is Step.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Aug 11, 2017
2/10 16% The Dark Tower (2017) The Dark Tower certainly flirts with plunging into entertaining schlock territory, but it's in too much of a hurry to indulge those tendencies. ‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Aug 4, 2017
3/10 77% Atomic Blonde (2017) By the time the action finally arrives in the film's second half, you no longer care. Any energy you might have invested in this ugly world filled with shallow characters has been squandered on silly spy plots and shoddy storytelling.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2017
9/10 92% Dunkirk (2017) Arguably Nolan's best film, Dunkirk is a propulsive descent into Hell that celebrates the indomitable human spirit.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jul 20, 2017
4/10 16% Wish Upon (2017) It's a benign horror movie for grandma and her teenage grandkids to watch at the Cineplex on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Everyone else should avoid it like a demented musical Chinese wishing box.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jul 14, 2017
7/10 92% Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) This is a lighthearted lark that functions as both a standalone feature, as well as an endlessly entertaining entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jun 30, 2017
6/10 93% Baby Driver (2017) Baby Driver is an immersive thriller that seduces you to embrace its ridiculously fun excesses.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jun 29, 2017
8/10 93% War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) Perhaps the greatest virtue of War for the Planet of the Apes is that it captures the futility of war without ever glamorizing the abhorrent carnage.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jun 26, 2017
3/10 20% The Book of Henry (2017) It's difficult to recall a film soaring so high, only to crash beneath the weight of its own narrative and thematic blunders.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jun 15, 2017
3/10 16% The Mummy (2017) A wise man once said, "Only a fool would make a campy horror movie into a serious drama." Actually, no one ever said that, but they should have, preferably on Tom Cruise's voicemail.‐ PopMatters
Read More | Posted Jun 9, 2017
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