Jake Cole
Jake Cole's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Havoc (2025)
66%
2/4
“If the rest of it had been as driven by such a ferocious sense of purpose as its final act, Havoc would be one of the finest action movies of the decade so far.” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 24, 2025
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The Eel (1997)
82%
“Like much of Imamura Shôhei’s work, The Eel deals frankly with matters of sex and sexuality, but with an emotional detachment akin to an anthropological study.” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 17, 2025
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Sinners (2025)
98%
3.5/4
“Sinners is one of the most distinctive, confident mainstream films of the modern era.” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 15, 2025
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Manon of the Spring (1986)
78%
“The second film sacrifices some of the pitch-black comedy of its predecessor while leaning more into fable. ” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 11, 2025
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Jean de Florette (1986)
92%
“The edenic landscapes provide an ironic contrast for the heavy use of Biblical imagery and the xenophobic and greedy villagers’ religious superstitions that highlight their sanctimony. ” –
Slant Magazine
Apr 11, 2025
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Merry-Go-Round (1923)
“Perhaps inevitably, Merry-Go-Round plays like a Cliff’s Notes version of a von Stroheim film.
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Slant Magazine
Apr 6, 2025
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Freaky Tales (2024)
74%
2.5/4
“For all of its spiritedness, Freaky Tales wants for the sense of invention that defines the films that it references and whose moves it often falls back on borrowing.” –
Slant Magazine
Mar 30, 2025
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Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
75%
“The quality of a Godzilla film often resides less in the spectacle of the monster’s tussles with military forces and other kaiju than in the human drama.” –
Slant Magazine
Mar 19, 2025
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Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
97%
“Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy is a road movie on opioids.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 27, 2025
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
88%
3/4
“The film’s open affection for the Looney Tunes franchise has a restorative quality.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 27, 2025
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King Lear (1987)
64%
“Godard’s 1987 film is a total deconstruction of the prospect of adaptation.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 26, 2025
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Amadeus (1984)
90%
“Amadeus is one of the greatest film portraits of an artist for capturing the essence of their work.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 23, 2025
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Compensation (1999)
92%
4/4
“Compensation deftly uses intimate methods of character identification to encourage the viewer to imbibe the larger history lived through those figures.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 21, 2025
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Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
48%
2/4
“As the film explodes into numerous subplots that rapidly move far apart from one another, it necessitates constant leaps between characters and locations that only further disrupt the narrative flow of the proceedings.” –
Slant Magazine
Feb 12, 2025
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Winchester '73 (1950)
100%
“Anthony Mann and James Stewart’s first collaboration is a touchstone of the western genre.
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Slant Magazine
Jan 10, 2025
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Running on Karma (2003)
“Among the strangest yet most compelling of Johnnie To and Wa Ka-fai's team-ups is 2003’s Running on Karma, a film that’s by turns a romantic comedy, a procedural thriller, and a wire-fu action movie. ” –
Slant Magazine
Jan 7, 2025
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Seven (1995)
84%
“As horrific as the conclusion is, it’s also the final catalyst that shocks Somerset out of his own downturn toward defeatism and back toward a fight, however daunting, for humanity.” –
Slant Magazine
Jan 5, 2025
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The Cell (2000)
45%
“The film at times feels like an assembly of images that strives primarily for visceral impact, throwing cohesiveness to the wind.” –
Slant Magazine
Jan 3, 2025
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Eastern Condors (1987)
“Like much of actor-choreographer-director Sammo Hung’s work behind the camera, 1987’s Eastern Condors is a collision of disparate tones held together through sheer force of will. ” –
Slant Magazine
Dec 16, 2024
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Carry-On (2024)
88%
3/4
“The film is another showcase of Jaume Collet-Serra's refreshingly old-school grasp of thriller mechanics.” –
Slant Magazine
Dec 12, 2024
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A Complete Unknown (2024)
82%
1.5/4
“The bevy of documentaries, narrative films, and books about Bob Dylan’s breakout, ascent, and impact on the 1960s pop zeitgeist could fill a library, which makes this oversimplified retread of the same topic all the more tedious and superfluous.” –
Slant Magazine
Dec 10, 2024
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Galaxy Quest (1999)
90%
“Galaxy Quest is as funny and entertaining today as it was 25 years ago.” –
Slant Magazine
Dec 6, 2024
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Paper Moon (1973)
91%
“Peter Bogdanovich’s 1973 dramedy Paper Moon offers a kind of synthesis of his prior two critical and commercial hits.” –
Slant Magazine
Nov 26, 2024
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The Terminator (1984)
100%
“Guerilla filmmaking with a newcomer’s edge has rarely been put to better use.” –
Slant Magazine
Nov 18, 2024
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Gladiator II (2024)
70%
2/4
“Like so many latter-day Ridley Scott films, Gladiator II at once feels half-baked and overstuffed, and the lack of internal consistency robs its action of sustained tension and its comedy of bite.” –
Slant Magazine
Nov 11, 2024
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