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Bleeding Cool

Bleeding Cool is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Bill Watters, Kaitlyn Booth
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
7/10
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Matrix Resurrections is another attempt to make the lightning of the original film strike again. While it is an admirable attempt, it might be time to accept that it just isn't possible to make something as impactful as The Matrix again.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
2
7.5/10
The King's Man (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The King's Man isn't as good as the first one, an improvement over the sequel, but it is also its own thing at the same time. It's a bit too long, and the pacing is off, but there are some fantastic action scenes, and it's more fun than it isn't.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
3
7.5/10
Encanto (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Encanto isn't anything particularly special when it comes to the music. However, the plot and how it handles being treated like an outsider by your own family is going to hit some people much harder than others.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
4
10/10
The Power of the Dog (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Power of the Dog features some of the best performances you'll see all year with gorgeous cinematography, a fantastic ending, and an almost horror movie-like atmosphere proceeding over the entire enterprise.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
5
7.5/10
Licorice Pizza (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Licorice Pizza features some genuinely stunning breakout performances from its two lead actors, but the movie as a whole fails to come together and really fumbles the ending.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
6
10/10
C'mon C'mon (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

C'Mon C'Mon is one of those rare movies where kids are presented as complex human beings with thoughts, and the trials of parenting are approached with a stark honesty that leads to one of the most honest and heartwarming movies you'll see all year.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
7
8/10
8-Bit Christmas (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

8-Bit Christmas isn't going to change anyone's life or become a new holiday classic, but it's pretty cute and comes out in the eleventh hour to really smack you in the face with the feels.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
8
6/10
The Tender Bar (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Tender Bar might have a few standout performances, but director George Clooney makes a series of baffling decisions that causes this film to feel incredibly generic and mediocre by the time the credits roll.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
9
8/10
West Side Story (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

West Side Story is very well made and executed with some star-making performances. However, aside from that, it doesn't do much of anything to elevate the source material or the genre beyond the established norms.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
10
10/10
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a masterpiece of incredible set design, fantastic lead performances, and giving the classic play that A24 horror sheen that makes all of their movies just a little unnerving.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
11
6.5/10
Being the Ricardos (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Being the Ricardos is a movie that only half works because Kidman is only believable when she is playing Lucille Ball the person. It undercuts its own message of how hard she had to work to get Desi cast by not hiring a Cuban actor to portray him.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
12
9/10
Don't Look Up (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Don't Look Up approaches the idea of denial and fake news with all of the subtly of a 24 to the face, and that combined with some genuinely funny moments and some real heart, artfully gets the point across while not getting overly preachy.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
13
9.5/10
Nightmare Alley (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Nightmare Alley is director Guillermo del Toro operating on another level as he masterfully brings this beautiful noir film to life that will surprise people unfamiliar with the source material.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
14
8.5/10
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Spider-Man: No Way Home is exactly the movie you think it is if you've seen a single trailer for this movie for good and for ill. The first and second acts are very messy, but the third act pulls it together to pack one hell of an emotional punch.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
15
6/10
Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Ron's Gone Wrong is the quintessential kid's movie. It doesn't try nearly as hard as it should, the themes it explores have been explored better elsewhere, but it also isn't so bad that parents are going to hate their lives.
Posted Oct 31, 2021
16
7.5/10
The French Dispatch (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The French Dispatch might be a love letter to magazines, but it doesn't use its own framing device as well as it could, so it isn't a cohesive film. Instead, it is a few short films that are well-acted and written but don't add up to much.
Posted Oct 31, 2021
17
8.5/10
Dune (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Dune is awkwardly paced and has the problem of very much feeling like half of a movie, but everything else on screen is so good that it's worth sitting through the exposition because you get to spend more time in this world.
Posted Oct 31, 2021
18
8/10
Last Night in Soho (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Last Night in Soho is a visually stunning movie with some solid central performances that stumbles when it comes to the third act. However, it is one of those movies where ambition means that a stumble was almost guaranteed.
Posted Oct 31, 2021
19
7/10
Eternals (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Eternals is going to be a divisive movie because it doesn't really work at the end of the day. There is too much exposition, the pacing and structure are a mess, and the story of love in all its forms gets lost.
Posted Oct 31, 2021
20
4.5/10
The Last Duel (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Last Duel might have good intentions, but the execution of everything from the script to the multiple points of view to the duel of the title seems to contradict those good intentions.
Posted Oct 14, 2021
21
4/10
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Dear Evan Hansen might be beloved to specific segments of the theater-going public, and perhaps they will enjoy this adaptation, but standing on its own, it's an awkward mess that comes out extremely emotionally manipulative.
Posted Oct 9, 2021
22
9/10
Lamb (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Lamb is unexpected in the best possible way. Beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, uncomfortable but not in a queasy way while also being weirdly sweet.
Posted Oct 9, 2021
23
9/10
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the best possible way to approach reviving franchises. It has plenty of reverence for the previous movies, but it's the new stories told with plenty of heart and good characters that really cements it as an excellent movie.
Posted Oct 9, 2021
24
3.5/10
The Addams Family 2 (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Addams Family 2 once again wastes its specular cast and great animation style on an extremely conventional story that doesn't feel like the best use of the Addams Family.
Posted Oct 1, 2021
25
6.5/10
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Many Saints of Newark is a pretty good gangster movie that is only hindered by a marketing campaign that is misleading as to who is the main character.
Posted Oct 1, 2021
26
6.5
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Venom: Let There Be Carnage knows exactly what it wants to be, shows up, and then ends before it gets overly long. While not a great movie, it's much more tonally consistent than the first one and leans into the things that worked.
Posted Sep 30, 2021
27
7/10
No Time To Die (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

No Time To Die might feature some of the best action to come out of the Daniel Craig era, but his swan song as the character of James Bond is dragged down by a muddled story and an incredibly boring Bond girl.
Posted Sep 29, 2021
28
8.5/10
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings skillfully introduces a new corner of the Marvel universe with minimal stumbles along the way.
Posted Aug 23, 2021
29
7/10
The Protégé (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Protégé isn't going to change anyone's life, and it isn't unique enough to really stand out amongst the rest, but it has some great action beats anchored by an excellent performance from star Maggie Q.
Posted Aug 21, 2021
30
8.5/10
The Night House (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Night House is a solid piece of horror featuring plenty of atmosphere and a compelling lead performance, but it doesn't quite stick the landing when it comes to its ending.
Posted Aug 21, 2021
31
6.5/10
Reminiscence (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Reminiscence is a rather generic high concept science fiction story is elevated by some fascinating worldbuilding that would have benefited from more time to explore it.
Posted Aug 19, 2021
32
8/10
Free Guy (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Free Guy isn't going to change anyone's life, but it has a surprising amount of heart, it's very earnest, and it isn't here to make fun of the demographic it is trying to hit.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
33
10/10
The Green Knight (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Green Knight finally lets Arthurian legend get weird, and with it comes a masterfully atmospheric journey that won't be for everyone, but for those that can get on its level, it'll become a new favorite.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
34
2/10
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Space Jam: A New Legacy seems to fundamentally miss what made the first one memorable for an entire generation. Instead, it is Warner Bros. showing off that they own a bunch of different IP's, most of which feel awkward in a kid's movie.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
35
7/10
Jungle Cruise (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Jungle Cruise is Disney very much trying to do the Pirates of the Caribbean thing, and when the movie manages to nail its tone, it works very well and is extremely entertaining. However, the moments when it doesn't work, it feels very redundant.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
36
7/10
Old (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Old is the rare M. Night Shyamalan movie where he doesn't swing for the fences; instead, it is a mid-tier science fiction thriller with some interesting body horror moments and something moderately interesting moral quandaries at the end.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
37
9.5/10
The Suicide Squad (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Suicide Squad is a bloody and gory good time, which is to be expected, but thanks to some standout performances from the cast, it also has a lot of heart that makes you care about these people even while we hear about the terrible things they did.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
38
7.5/10
Black Widow (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Black Widow is trying to be a proper send-off to the first woman of the Avengers, but ultimately it falls flat due to how it was released and how it feels less like a send-off for Natasha and more like a setup for Yelena.
Posted Jun 29, 2021
39
3.5/10
Mortal Kombat (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Mortal Kombat has always been an intricately dumb idea from a mythology standpoint, which is not a bad thing, and this new movie adaptation takes that dumb material far too seriously.
Posted Apr 23, 2021
40
8.5/10
Nobody (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Screenwriter Derek Kolstad helped elevate the entire genre with the John Wick series, and unfortunately, Nobody can't quite reach those heights. It still kicks a whole lot of ass, though.
Posted Mar 26, 2021
41
6/10
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Zack Snyder's Justice League is better than the theatrical cut, and if the first half wasn't so slow, the second half could have been a triumph. Instead, there is a solid three-hour movie lost in the haze of a four-hour bloated mess.
Posted Mar 15, 2021
42
9/10
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

Raya and the Last Dragon might be telling a very familiar story, but between the stunning animation, a cast of lovable characters, and a fresh outlook that is well overdue more than makes up for it being a little predictable.
Posted Mar 1, 2021
43
3.5
The Little Things (2021)

Kaitlyn Booth

The Little Things starts off as a paint-by-numbers cop thriller that is utterly mediocre aside from good performances from its main cast until the end when it completely falls apart.
Posted Jan 26, 2021
44
9.5/10
Soul (2020)

Kaitlyn Booth

Soul is yet another homerun not just for director Pete Docter, who is almost scary good at this point, but also one of Pixar's best.
Posted Dec 20, 2020
45
7/10
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Kaitlyn Booth

Wonder Woman 1984 had some impossible shoes to fill, but, in the end, this extremely bloated sequel has some fun moments but is overall just another mediocre entry in the DC universe of movies.
Posted Dec 19, 2020
46
7/10
Tenet (2020)

Kaitlyn Booth

Tenet is trying very hard to be deep and meaningful, but the archetypical characters and over-explanation of the convoluted storyline means we have a lot of homoeroticism in fantastic menswear in between awesome set pieces.
Posted Sep 6, 2020
47
8.5/10
Mulan (2020)

Kaitlyn Booth

Mulan is by far the best of live-action Disney remakes as it takes a familiar story and twists it to create something with absolutely stunning cinematography and great fight scenes that truly makes it feel new and epic.
Posted Sep 3, 2020
48
6/10
The New Mutants (2020)

Kaitlyn Booth

The New Mutants takes way too long to get going, does way more telling than showing, but is ultimately an all right entry into an extremely inconsistent franchise.
Posted Aug 29, 2020
49
8.5/10
The One and Only Ivan (2020)

Kaitlyn Booth

The One and Only Ivan is a frighteningly relevant family film that just misses greatness but should find a decent audience with family's stuck at home.
Posted Aug 26, 2020
50
1.5/10
Cats (2019)

Kaitlyn Booth

Cats is a strange beast to begin with, but the combination of strange CGI makes the translation from stage to screen even worse.
Posted Dec 18, 2019