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A day like today frustrates me like crazy being a film critic. I know they are first world problems but I think I work really hard to make things happen and it’s never returned or acknowledged. Just a really shitty feeling.

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Gotta love it when traffic and childcare hinder you from seeing Wicked. They certainly make you jump through hoops as a critic that is just trying to help keep cinema alive.

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I’m finally seeing Wicked: For Good tonight which in Film Critic time is basically 7 years after its release.

Now Watching: Hamnet

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Hamnet tonight! What lot do we tailgate in before?

I enjoy this early 2000s action movie and here’s why

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I’m watching Terminator 2. Felt like a Terminator 2 kind of day.

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The ending of It Was Just an Accident…

The Running Man - A Movie Guy November 10th, 2025 MOVIE: THE RUNNING MAN STARRING: GLEN POWELL, LEE PACE, COLEMAN DOMINGO, JOSH BROLIN DIRECTED BY: EDGAR WRIGHT AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) RATED: R RUN TIME: 133 MIN...

Being disappointed by The Running Man was not what I expected. Fun for a bit and then uneven throughout. Read my review:
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Katy O'Brian makes every movie better.

Now Watching: Queens of the Dead

Pam Grier & Yaphet Kotto. 5 bags of popcorn. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

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My depression is so strong and nothing makes it stronger than when you feel like a terrible parent.

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I have a really long list of actors & directors I was scheduled to interview but it didn’t work out due to issues with timing. I guess it’s cool to say “I ALMOST interviewed Michael Shannon”

Now You See Me: Now You Don't - A Movie Guy October 27th, 2025 MOVIE: NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T STARRING: JESSE EISENBERG, WOODY HARRELSON, ISLA FISHER, DAVE FRANCO, JUSTICE SMITH, DOMINIC SESSA, ROSAMUND PIKE, ARIANA GREENBLATT, MORGAN FRE...

The greatest trick they have pulled is that there are now 3 Now You See Me movies. Read my review of Now You See Me: Now You Don’t:
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Nouvelle Vague- 61st Chicago International Film Festival - A Movie Guy October 31st, 2025 MOVIE: NOUVELLE VAGUE STARRING: GUILLAUME MARBECK, ZOEY DEUTCH, AUBRY DULLIN, ADRIEN ROUYARD DIRECTED BY: RICHARD LINKLATER AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 4 STARS (Out of 4) RATED: R RUN T...

Nouvelle Vague is a beautiful slice of nostalgia and love for Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Seberg, and the French new wave. It hits Netflix on Friday. Read my review: amovieguy.com/2025/11/nouv...

Christy - A Movie Guy November 5th, 2025 MOVIE: CHRISTY STARRING: SYDNEY SWEENEY, BEN FOSTER, MERRITT WEVER, KATY O’BRIAN DIRECTED BY: DAVID MICHÔD AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) RATED: R RUN TIME: 135 MINUTES ...

Christy has a committed performance from Sydney Sweeney but isn’t doing anything we haven’t seen in other boxing movies. My review: amovieguy.com/2025/11/chri...

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Tonight it’s The Running Man. I hope it’s the motivation I need to get me back to being a Running Man.

Be sure to watch my interview with director @charliemcdowell now on AMovieGuy.com!
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Now Watching: Defiance

Now Watching: Together

Now Watching: Nuremberg

My fellow film critics need to chill on liking Christy. That movie looks like it was made by the team behind Green Book. Brutal stuff.

Corey Fogelmanis & Tommy Dorfman- Hot Seat Interview- Actor- Director- I Wish You All the Best - A Movie Guy

I Wish You All the Best has a spectacular lead performance from Corey Fogelmanis & great directing from Tommy Dorfman. Watch my interview with them here:
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I Wish You All the Best- SXSW 2024 - A Movie Guy March 19th, 2024 MOVIE: I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST STARRING: COREY FOGILMANIS, ALEXANDRA DADDARIO, COLE SPROUSE DIRECTED BY: TOMMY DORFMAN AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) One of the greatest p...

It’s only playing in a few select theaters but I Wish You All the Best is a beautiful film about self discovery & acceptance. I wrote about it here: amovieguy.com/2024/03/i-wi...

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Looks like I’m going to have to catch up on all the films of Gustav Borg.

Sentimental Value is as great as everyone has said. You won’t find another movie this year where all the performances are exactly in line with an emotional and poignant screenplay.

Now Watching: In Your Dreams

Predator: Badlands - A Movie Guy November 4th, 2025 MOVIE: PREDATOR: BADLANDS STARRING: DIMITRIUS SCHUSTER-KOLOAMATANGI, ELLE FANNING DIRECTED BY: DAN TRACHTENBERG AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4) RATED: PG-13 RUN TIME: 1...

Predator: Badlands absolutely rips. Thrilling science fiction on a planet where everything is trying to kill you. It’s hunt or be hunted. My review:
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‘THE PLAGUE’ Review: Charlie Polinger’s Brilliant Tale of Boyhood, Bullies and Body Horror Courtney Howard // Film Critic THE PLAGUE Rated R, 1 hour and 35 minutes Directed by: Charlie Polinger Starring: Everett Blunck, Kenny Rasmussen, Kayo Martin, Elliott Heffernan, Joel Edgerton, Luca…

Charlie Polinger’s #ThePlague floored me. It’s an immersive, harrowing horrorscape, from the chilling sound design by Damian Volpe (Nosferatu) to the sharp performances from Everett Blunck, Kenny Rasmussen & Kayo Martin.

My review: freshfiction.tv/the-plague-r...