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The Gist

The Gist is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Mary Beth McAndrews, Matt Donato
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
2.5/5
Black Friday (2021)

Matt Donato

Robert Kurtzman's special effects endure, but it's a "halfway there" effort both as holiday horror and workplace horror.
Posted Nov 16, 2021
2
2.5/5
The Deep House (2021)

Matt Donato

'The Deep House' is a conceptual marvel that is so strong in its underwater haunted house visuals, but performances and narrative intentions become soggy too quickly.
Posted Nov 8, 2021
3
2.5/5
Knocking (2021)

Matt Donato

It's a dreadful tale of domestic horrors until the third act unravels, and overall feels stretched thin even at roughly eighty minutes.
Posted Nov 1, 2021
4
2.5/5
Last Night in Soho (2021)

Matt Donato

Last Night In Soho is a grand and gorgeous mess in the name of ambition.
Posted Nov 1, 2021
5
3/5
Eternals (2021)

Matt Donato

Eternals is visually elegant thanks to Zhao's creative sensibilities, but such a narrative undertaking does get the better of the filmmaker more than a handful of instances.
Posted Oct 24, 2021
6
1.5/5
The Amityville Moon (2021)

Matt Donato

'The Amityville Moon' is duller than a butter knife molded before 'An American Werewolf In London' was ever released.
Posted Oct 8, 2021
7
3/5
Kate (2021)

Matt Donato

The administration of a fatality countdown pegs an inherent intensity as every second matters-but I can't say Cedric Nicolas-Troyan makes them all count.
Posted Sep 16, 2021
8
4/5
Candyman (2021)

Matt Donato

'Candyman' is a powerful reinvention of the original and a reclamation of themes that DaCosta commands as her own.
Posted Aug 25, 2021
9
3.5/5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Matt Donato

'Shang Chi' starts out strong with some majestic martial artistry which does fade later on, but it's always visually engaging as Cretton builds an extension of the MCU that feels successfully standalone.
Posted Aug 23, 2021
10
4/5
Free Guy (2021)

Matt Donato

It truly is 'The Lego Movie' for gamers, but don't fret; delightful themes ring true whether you're a button masher or not.
Posted Aug 5, 2021
11
Old (2021)

Mary Beth McAndrews

In over-complicating his stories, he sabotages himself with unruly scripts that have fascinating thematic cores but messy dialogue and divisive endings. Old is sure to either enamor or enrage audiences, which is what Shyamalan does best.
Posted Aug 1, 2021
12
3.5/5
Jungle Cruise (2021)

Matt Donato

'Jungle Cruise' is a delightful adventure that flies by thanks to oodles of charm up-and-down the cast-in Jaume Collet-Serra we forever trust, like we should.
Posted Jul 27, 2021
13
2/5
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)

Matt Donato

The biggest problem of 'Snake Eyes' is an action film that stacks its cast with martial arts talent and then opts for the ugliest shaky-cam cinematography-a tragic disservice to most involved.
Posted Jul 22, 2021
14
3.5/5
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)

Matt Donato

Leigh Janiak unites the 'Fear Street' trilogy with a thoughtful conclusion, blending together different influential horror eras that play nicely together-tonal shifts are fluid.
Posted Jul 16, 2021
15
3/5
Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)

Matt Donato

Fear Street Part 2: 1978 fails to blend its Friday the 13th love into an original adaptation with the same balance or invigoration as 1994's embracing of Scream, but I'm still invested in the Shadyside universe.
Posted Jul 12, 2021
16
4/5
Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)

Matt Donato

Its cinematic DNA might reflect everything from SCREAM to IT FOLLOWS, but staying indebted to R. L. Stine's imagination leaves that fresh new-flick smell.
Posted Jul 12, 2021
17
Army Of The Dead (2021)

Mary Beth McAndrews

Army of the Dead may not be a good movie in the typical sense, but is it entertaining? Absolutely. It's a film that would benefit from being seen on the big screen with a ton of amped-up zombie lovers.
Posted Jun 8, 2021
18
The Djinn (2021)

Mary Beth McAndrews

The Djinn may be a bit predictable and repetitive, but it still provides an intense and entertaining experience for all ages.
Posted Jun 8, 2021
19
2.5/5
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)

Matt Donato

Gore is eternal, although the overall elusiveness of previous Saw installments is missing from this relatively cut-and-dry case of Jigsaw's lament retrofitted onto CSI: Saw Edition designs.
Posted May 15, 2021
20
2/5
Dreamcatcher (2021)

Matt Donato

It's a struggle to parse emblematic and important trauma infliction themes from an execution that gets lost in dizzying genre-hybrid ambitions that become a numbing trance.
Posted Mar 8, 2021