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JD Duran

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JD Duran is the founder of InSession Film, and the host of the InSession Film Podcast. Find JD at @RealJDDuran & @InSessionFilm

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The Assessment (2024) 82% C “The Assessment is a movie based on what someone thinks children are like but has absolutely zero experience with children.” – InSession Film Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 98% A “It has the rare distinction of being the perfectly imperfect movie. It's a messy masterpiece and I wouldn't have it any other way. ” – InSession Film Apr 24, 2025 Full Review The Actor (2025) 77% B- “There is plenty to be found here with Paul and his deep fear of losing his identity. And his desperation to find it, even when you only have the ability to see yourself through the eyes of other people.” – InSession Film Apr 18, 2025 Full Review Warfare (2025) 93% B+ “Warfare is collection of memories from these soldiers manifested cinematically to poignantly tribute and reconcile with what happened...letting art be their catharsis.” – InSession Film Apr 18, 2025 Full Review Freaky Tales (2024) 74% B “It wears its aesthetic influences proudly and deftly leans into its visual flourishes. There's a mystifying lore that as entrancing as it is confounding, but I love that it's never explained.” – InSession Film Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Hell of a Summer (2023) 52% B “(The tropes in the film) are not because the film is lazy and derivative. It's because it wants to show reverence to those who came before it.” – InSession Film Apr 10, 2025 Full Review The Gorge (2025) 63% C- “The Gorge is essentially cut scenes from every World War II zombie video game you've ever seen. It has the same basic plotting, and is wholly derivative in its visuals and world building. ” – InSession Film Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 77% B+ “It's all kind of weird and messy, I don't know if it sticks the landing, but the dynamic between Mickey and Nasha is really great and there's a lot fun to be had here with the bizarre experimenting.” – InSession Film Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Love Me (2024) 47% B- “Its commentary on the artificiality we create in our lives, white trite, is affecting in the end.” – InSession Film Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Disney's Snow White (2025) 40% C “It does the exactly what we want these remakes to do in expanding on its predecessor...there are some things to like, it just doesn't get there in execution.” – InSession Film Apr 4, 2025 Full Review A Working Man (2025) 49% B- “I want Jason Statham/David Ayers to keep making movies with titles that briefly describe Statham's character in the opening minutes before he goes off to do his hunting.” – InSession Film Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Last Breath (2025) 80% B “The writing is a bit thin and it struggles to balance character with action. However, when it's just showing us what happened and acting as a pseudo live-action documentary, it's quite riveting.” – InSession Film Mar 6, 2025 Full Review The Monkey (2025) 79% D- “If we were not reviewing (The Monkey), I would have walked out of the theater.” – InSession Film Feb 28, 2025 Full Review Paddington in Peru (2024) 93% B “It's not as great as its predecessors, but it's still remarkably charming and fun.” – InSession Film Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 48% C+ “As a sequel to (The Incredible Hulk and The Eternals) it is effective enough, especially given the complaints surrounding both of them. Should they have done that in a Captain America movie? Probably not.” – InSession Film Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Heart Eyes (2025) 81% B- “It is frustratingly derivative as a horror film, but I did find it charming as a romantic comedy.” – InSession Film Feb 13, 2025 Full Review Love Hurts (2025) 19% D- “I love Ke Hue Quan, but I'm not sure we'll see a worse film this year.” – InSession Film Feb 13, 2025 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 84% A- “Nosferatu is a hauntingly beautiful fever dream that’s gorgeously crafted and bloody terrifying. ” – InSession Film Feb 11, 2025 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% B- “It falls into a lot of biopic narrative trappings, but makes up for it by featuring a musical number every 45 seconds.” – InSession Film Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Babygirl (2024) 76% B “There is a vivid eroticism to the film that is quite provocative and stirring, but it's obviously more than just a series of sex scenes. Thematically speaking it's a nuanced and wonderfully playful examination of power dynamics and sexual desire.” – InSession Film Feb 10, 2025 Full Review Hard Truths (2024) 95% B+ “Marianne Jean-Baptiste is the real deal. She is bitingly hilarious and extremely engaging before erupting into a poignant melancholy at the end that is very moving. ” – InSession Film Feb 10, 2025 Full Review Better Man (2024) 88% B- “Its generic rise-to-fall-to-redemption narrative is unbearably dull. However, the musical numbers are pretty electric and the editing is often inspired and clever. ” – InSession Film Feb 10, 2025 Full Review Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025) 62% B+ “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera doesn't regurgitate the formula of its predecessor. Taking its story to Europe, the film changes style and tone as well. If the first Den of Thieves is a mashup of Heat and Ocean's Eleven, this is more akin to Ocean's Twelve. ” – InSession Film Feb 10, 2025 Full Review Companion (2025) 93% B- “It has no desire to be Blade Runner, for example, or Ex Machina, or Her, or After Yang, or Spielberg's A.I. Instead, this is brazenly a fun, satirical, pulpy thriller that leans into its diverting qualities, and it's nothing more than that.” – InSession Film Feb 10, 2025 Full Review Presence (2024) 88% A- “Steven Soderbergh continues to be one of the more fascinating directors working today. I absolutely love how he plays with the form here.” – InSession Film Feb 10, 2025 Full Review
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