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Joel Mayward

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Joel Mayward (PhD, University St Andrews) is a theologian, author, and film scholar with bylines at RogerEbert.com, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Christianity Today, and Think Christian. Joel is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and Interfilm; his film reviews can be found at www.cinemayward.com. Follow Joel on Twitter: @joelmayward.

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The Matrix Resurrections (2021) 63% 3/5 “This is a Matrix film with a sense of humor, as well as a self-awareness.” – Cinemayward Dec 23, 2021 Full Review Dear Evan Hansen (2021) 28% 1/5 “If Dear Evan Hansen is meant to be received as sincere-and everything about it seems to suggest that all parties involved are playing it straight-then it's a bizarre and ghoulish atrocity.” – Cinemayward Sep 25, 2021 Full Review Nine Days (2020) 90% 4.5/5 “Edson Oda's fantastic "Nine Days" is simultaneously familiar and evocative, inspiring and disequilibrating.” – Cinemayward Jul 6, 2021 Full Review God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija (2019) 82% 3/5 “"God Exists, Her Name is Petruyna" is an ambitious and provocative film which demonstrates that the spirit of patriarchy still needs to be exorcised.” – Cinemayward Jun 28, 2021 Full Review Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) 95% “As prophetic performance art, Inside is a well-crafted, expertly edited, perfectly lit personal cry for help and a powerful call for our society to be better.” – Think Christian Jun 10, 2021 Full Review Undine (2020) 89% 3.5/5 “Undine is a fairytale for a secular age.” – Cinemayward Jun 4, 2021 Full Review Army Of The Dead (2021) 67% 2/5 “Bloated, bleak, and bleary, "Army of the Dead" takes an entertaining action zombie film premise and sucks the life right out of it.” – Cinemayward May 24, 2021 Full Review Wrath of Man (2021) 68% 2/5 “For all of its promise in the reunion of Ritchie and Statham, "Wrath of Man" is ultimately soulless.” – Cinemayward May 7, 2021 Full Review The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) 97% 3/5 “This Phil Lord and Chris Miller-produced animated film is a madcap movie-celebrating meta-commentary amusement ride.” – Cinemayward May 3, 2021 Full Review A Week Away (2021) 58% 2.5/5 “"A Week Away" won't make any new converts, but it will make its intended audience smile, or even sing along.” – Cinemayward Mar 26, 2021 Full Review Minari (2020) 98% 4/5 “By showing us the particular rituals and rhythms of this singular family in this specific time and place in America, "Minari" elevates a down-to-earth narrative to the level of mythology.” – Cinemayward Feb 10, 2021 Full Review Little Fish (2020) 91% 4/5 “In our present era where the experience of loss is always on the horizon, "Little Fish" is a powerfully poignant cinematic balm for the soul.” – Cinemayward Feb 4, 2021 Full Review The Dig (2021) 87% 3/5 “What elevates "The Dig" beyond its scattered narrative misgivings are the understated, affecting performances from Fiennes and Mulligan, as well as the lush cinematography of Mike Eley.” – Cinemayward Jan 31, 2021 Full Review Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) 58% 2.5/5 “WW84 shines brightest when Gadot and Pine are on-screen together.” – Cinemayward Dec 23, 2020 Full Review Tenet (2020) 70% 4/5 “"Tenet" succeeds in somehow transcending the audience's basic understanding of time and narrative while nevertheless keeping them engaged and entertained for the film's entirety.” – Cinemayward Dec 23, 2020 Full Review Promising Young Woman (2020) 90% 3.5/5 “Writer/director Emerald Fennell's "Promising Young Woman" is bold, brilliant, and blistering in its evisceration of our male-dominated culture, while Carey Mulligan's daring performance is a career-best.” – Cinemayward Dec 22, 2020 Full Review Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) 97% 3.5/5 “It is arguably [Boseman's] strongest on-screen performance, and were he to be honored with a posthumous Oscar, it would certainly be earned.” – Cinemayward Dec 19, 2020 Full Review Wolfwalkers (2020) 99% 4/5 “In a cinematic age where CGI reigns supreme, Wolfwalkers' defiant aesthetic in its messy hand-drawn style is at once nostalgic and forward-looking, a beautiful simplicity on the far side of complexity.” – Cinemayward Dec 16, 2020 Full Review Time (2020) 98% 4/5 “...the lyrical formal approach Bradley adopts with 'Time' elevates an already-compelling story into the realms of transcendence.” – Cinemayward Dec 16, 2020 Full Review Sound of Metal (2019) 97% 4.5/5 “Sound of Metal is a film with perfect narrative rhythm; the cinematic story makes interesting, poignant decisions for the entirety of its runtime.” – Cinemayward Dec 13, 2020 Full Review Mank (2020) 83% 2.5/5 “I'm sad to report that 'Mank' might be the least interesting thing David Fincher has ever directed.” – Cinemayward Dec 7, 2020 Full Review Nomadland (2020) 93% 5/5 “It is an achingly moving work of transcendent cinematic art which is, paradoxically, humble and confident, fanciful and true, a film of realist authenticity and formalist wonders.” – Cinemayward Dec 2, 2020 Full Review Palm Springs (2020) 94% 4/5 “"Palm Springs" brings both levity and poignancy...by reminding us of the gift of presence.” – Cinemayward Dec 2, 2020 Full Review Hillbilly Elegy (2020) 24% 1/5 “I will pull no punches: Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy is simply awful.” – Cinemayward Nov 26, 2020 Full Review First Cow (2019) 96% 4.5/5 “Like the oily cakes Cookie and King-Lu create, the film's ingredients are simple, but the results are richly delectable and well worth coming back for seconds.” – Cinemayward Oct 31, 2020 Full Review
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