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Kyle Kizu

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Biography:

Kyle Kizu is a film studies graduate from UC Berkeley, now working as a freelance entertainment writer out of Los Angeles. As obsessed with the IMAX spectacle as he is with the tiny independent, Kyle lives at the movie theater and loves to write both reviews and thought pieces. He has bylines in The Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, Crooked Marquee, and Film Inquiry.

Reviews

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Fabiana (2020) “Documentaries always warrant ethical questions about the narrative process, and Laboissière is impressively restrained with her direction.” – Vague Visages Dec 14, 2023 Full Review The Wandering Earth (2019) 70% “Director Frant Gwo shoots these scenes with utter confidence and clarity, as well as something simple that is often forgotten with stories in fantastical worlds: awe.” – Vague Visages Apr 12, 2019 Full Review They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) 99% “They Shall Not Grow Old is such an apt title because the experiences of these soldiers are made entirely immediate, through both technical and narrative care.” – Vague Visages Apr 12, 2019 Full Review First Man (2018) 87% A+ “It's odd for such a film, one of a momentous historical moment, to end up as an artful poem with the spirit of Dylan Thomas.” – MovieMinis Nov 6, 2018 Full Review Justice League (2017) 39% D+ “Justice League, seemingly a continuation of Batman v Superman, a third film in this trilogy, is jarringly hollow in comparison.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Thor: Ragnarok (2017) 93% C “It's tough to hate Thor: Ragnarok, as the film is beautiful to look at and one of the funnier entries in the MCU. But it's more difficult to love it.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Coco (2017) 97% B+ “The intricacies of its culture are deeply felt on a visual, auditory and thematic level.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Dunkirk (2017) 92% A+ “There's a method here more polished than in any of Nolan's previous work.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Darkest Hour (2017) 84% B “Delbonnel's cinematography is particularly striking ... there's a persistent haze that's as equally eerie as it is strangely invigorating.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Good Time (2017) 91% B “Good Time represents a shift for [Pattinson], who turns in his best and most singular performance in this gritty underbelly thriller from the Safdie brothers.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Columbus (2017) 96% A- “The story centers heavily around architecture, and Kogonada and cinematographer Elisha Christian, craft still-frames ... that feel like pieces of architecture themselves.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review The Glass Castle (2017) 52% C+ “The story is about imperfection, in person and in family, so if the film is imperfect, it can be forgiven.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review The Florida Project (2017) 96% A “The film never exploits its characters' lives, but simply understands them and, in turn, portrays them both sensitively and candidly.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Gerald's Game (2017) 91% B- “Despite being set almost entirely in one room, Gerald's Game turns out to be a deeply visual and physical film.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) 91% A- “The Last Jedi breathes urgent purpose into the new trilogy, purpose it had yet to prove.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review The Greatest Showman (2017) 56% C- “The music never really plants itself in viewers' minds as each piece feels overdone and jarringly anachronistic.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review American Made (2017) 85% C+ “Cruise, sporting a Southern accent, is magnetic, a presence with gravity, one that drives the energy of each scene.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Battle of the Sexes (2017) 84% B “Emma Stone and Steve Carell are both absolutely dynamic as King and Riggs.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Hostiles (2017) 71% A- “So much of Hostiles works, and sticks with us long after we've left the theater, because of how quiet and subtle it all is.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Our Souls at Night (2017) 91% B+ “Neustadter and Weber's dialogue is simultaneously a showcase of naturalism and of calculated specificity. Nothing is over-explained or overstated. Nothing seems written.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Death Note (2017) 36% F “[Death Note] shamefully uses Japan and Japanese people at its convenience.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review The Shape of Water (2017) 92% B+ “The visuals are stunning ... but those visuals are even more memorable because of the tone of empathy that del Toro injects into it all.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review The Post (2017) 88% B “The Post wants to make sure viewers confront its themes directly and explicitly rather than allow the subtlety of the progressing narrative to seep into them.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Chappaquiddick (2017) 80% B “[Chappaquiddick] undoubtedly rests on the shoulders of Jason Clarke, and Clarke turns in one of his finest performances.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Molly's Game (2017) 82% B+ “Chastain manages the tricky balancing act of channeling the spark of Sorkin's dialogue while also shaping a character that feels naturally lived in.” – MovieMinis Oct 31, 2018 Full Review
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