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Charles Pulliam-Moore

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Charles Pulliam-Moore is a NYC-based film, tv, and culture critic whose writing often explores genre fiction that challenges the established sci-fi and fantasy canons. He's also an avid lover of podcasts whose work has previously appeared in NPR, PBS Newshour, and Slate.

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Sinners (2025) 98% “Coogler set out to make something not just for himself, but for everyone who understands the power movies have to pull us into their fantastical realities. Sinners not only succeeds, but it ushers Coogler into a new echelon of cinematic storytellers.” – The Verge Apr 17, 2025 Full Review Opus (2025) 41% “Despite its promising start, Opus ends up feeling more concerned with style than substance and like it doesn’t exactly know which of its points — many of which are solid — it wants to leave you thinking about.” – The Verge Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 77% “Mickey 17's overall messiness is part of what makes the movie — along with its central message about the responsibility workers have to value themselves — stand out as a perfectly timed story to this current moment, despite being set in the far future.” – The Verge Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 48% “Brave New World's kinetic moments of spectacle aren’t enough to make the movie feel like it has anything substantive to say about who Sam is or how his becoming Captain America changes the world” – The Verge Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 84% “It’s rare to see a remake that so effectively celebrates its predecessors while also realizing its own distinct vision, but that’s what is going to make Nosferatu an instant horror classic.” – The Verge Dec 26, 2024 Full Review Kraven the Hunter (2024) 15% “The fact that Kraven was even making its way to theaters implied that Sony had a plan in mind for its central character, but that’s not at all the impression you get actually watching the movie/” – The Verge Dec 26, 2024 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) 48% “The War of the Rohirrim’s characters are so two-dimensional and its story is so plodding that it’s difficult to understand why the studio thought this particular bit of lore needed to be adapted for the big screen.” – The Verge Dec 26, 2024 Full Review Wicked (2024) 87% “The film is as gorgeous as its musical numbers are tremendous, and there’s a depth to its story that makes a case for it being split into two parts.” – The Verge Nov 21, 2024 Full Review Venom: The Last Dance (2024) 40% “The Last Dance doesn’t exactly deliver on the iffy but intriguing comic madness Sony has been teasing, it does bring this gooey, gory bit of ridiculous adaptation to a fitting end.” – The Verge Oct 25, 2024 Full Review Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 31% “If Joker was a dark comedy, then Folie à Deux is its dreary, tragic twin with a frown stuck on its face. It’s a sour note for this franchise to end on but a great reminder that, eventually, all comedians bomb.” – The Verge Oct 4, 2024 Full Review The Substance (2024) 89% “The Substance drives head-on into territory reminiscent of Cronenberg’s Crash and Crimes of the Future, which Fargeat makes her own with buckets of artfully splattered viscera. The movie might leave you feeling sick, but that’s how you know it’s working.” – The Verge Sep 10, 2024 Full Review Blink Twice (2024) 75% “With a bit more time spent making its players feel like actual people, Blink Twice’s attempts to shock you with a heavily telegraphed pivot into metaphorical horror might work much more effectively. Instead, the film lands closer to Don’t Worry Darling” – The Verge Aug 29, 2024 Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% “Because so many of Romulus’ beats echo iconic moments from past Alien movies, few of the new film’s twists and turns will take longtime fans. But for folks just looking for a few solid jump scares and of Ridley Scott’s imagination, the film is enough.” – The Verge Aug 14, 2024 Full Review Cuckoo (2024) 79% “As a series of alarming chases through the woods, Cuckoo is a fantastic showcase of Singer’s ability to conjure atmospheric unease and Schafer’s chops as a rough-and-tumble final girl armed with a switchblade. ” – The Verge Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 78% “For all of its big-ticket fan service and willingness to poke fun at how much of a drag the MCU’s become, Deadpool & Wolverine feels like a sign that the days of genuinely exciting Marvel movies might just be behind us.” – The Verge Jul 23, 2024 Full Review MaXXXine (2024) 72% “By setting MaXXXine in 1985 and building its story around the Night Stalker murders, West cleverly sets the feature up to play like a coked-up tribute to the year itself, with all its paranoia and B-horror projects that went on to become genre classics.” – The Verge Jul 3, 2024 Full Review I Saw the 온라인카지노추천 Glow (2024) 84% “Even with its handful of distracting, fourth wall-breaking exposition dumps, I Saw the 온라인카지노추천 Glow is a spellbinding watch as a sophomore feature that’s trying to capture the essence of being one of the weirdos.” – The Verge May 3, 2024 Full Review Civil War (2024) 81% “rather than articulating nuanced thoughts about America’s political instability or the role journalists play in society, Civil War plays it safe with a story so hesitant to say anything meaningful that it feels like Garland is out of his narrative depth.;” – The Verge Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Monkey Man (2024) 89% “Dev Patel’s directorial debut surges with enough energy to make its action work, but it stumbles as it veers into social commentary.” – The Verge Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) 54% “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (pronounced “Godzilla Kong” like a first and last name) features enough crowd-pleasing fights to satisfy theatergoers. But those hoping for the film to establish a way for the franchise to keep evolving may be disappointed.” – The Verge Mar 28, 2024 Full Review Problemista (2023) 86% “Though Problemista’s flights of fancy bring a levity to the film, their strength lies in how powerfully they illustrate the more complex, serious ideas Torres is exploring with his script.” – The Verge Mar 17, 2024 Full Review Dune: Part Two (2024) 92% “Dune: Part Two is a powerfully effective spectacle and a masterful showcase of Villeneuve’s ability to realize worlds that are as beautiful as they are terrifying.” – The Verge Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Madame Web (2024) 11% “Sony’s Madame Web isn’t especially great or terrible, but it’s surprisingly committed to transporting you back to 2003 — a golden age for comic book movies that were aggressively mid or worse.” – The Verge Feb 21, 2024 Full Review The Kitchen (2023) 91% “What makes The Kitchen feel so distinct is the way its subtle touches of speculative futurism work to highlight realities about how at-risk communities are surveilled and how riots end up becoming people’s organic response to state-sponsored violence. ” – The Verge Jan 20, 2024 Full Review Godzilla Minus One (2023) 99% “Rather than focus on how far the king of monsters has come, writer / director Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One turns back to the titan’s origins to tell a devastating story that lays bare the original myth’s brilliance.” – The Verge Nov 30, 2023 Full Review
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