Luke Whiston
Luke Whiston's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
61%
C+
“Velvet Buzzsaw isn't an objectively bad film by any stretch, it just feels held back.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Isn't It Romantic (2019)
70%
B+
“It's a deft setup for a number of clever sight and continuation gags as romcom tropes are flipped and flipped again.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Behind the Curve (2018)
91%
C+
“The subjects are hopelessly blinkered and need either a good talking to or, in the worst cases, intervention and rehabilitation.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Triple Frontier (2019)
71%
C
“There are at least three or four good films buried within Triple Frontier but they went with the surface level stuff and called it a day.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Paddleton (2019)
89%
B
“A drily ambling exploration of masculinity and overcoming self-imposed barriers...” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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I Am Mother (2019)
89%
B+
“This is where I Am Mother distinguishes itself - bypassing doomsday to what happens in the aftermath, and how we come back.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
75%
C+
“Period. End of Sentence. may be a fairly flimsy documentary that never lives up to that puntastic title, but what it does do is serve as a necessary conversation starter.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Unicorn Store (2017)
66%
B-
“Maybe we should start celebrating how close we came to fulfilling our dreams more often - that might encourage us to not give up and find a way to realise them eventually.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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The Silence (2019)
30%
C-
“The Silence is a dull affair that reads aloud from many pages in the Big Book of Horror Tropes...” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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The Highwaymen (2019)
58%
C+
“It's a shame, then, that this meeting of weirdo star power is never more than pedestrian...” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Shaft (2019)
34%
D+
“Whatever Shaft is saying about race, authority, age, gender or masculinity - which are interesting talking points no matter how badly fumbled they are - I keep going back to the rancid humour.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
52%
B-
“Elizabeth Harvest is an effective enough sci-fi thriller which puts the science on the backseat in favour of shock twists.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Point Blank (2019)
41%
B-
“Point Blank takes a by-the-numbers plot and floats to a finish. There's nothing wrong with that. Just nothing note-worthy. And in the battle for our attention that's not going to pay the bills.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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See You Yesterday (2019)
93%
B
“As a debut feature from writer-director Stefon Bristol and co-writer Fredrica Bailey, See You Yesterday is an ambitious sci-fi in its own right, and a worthy entry into the canon of black representation.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Always Be My Maybe (2019)
89%
C+
“...a noble idea, but nothing close to the near-philosophical musings on life, loss, belonging and contentment is found here.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Rim of the World (2019)
31%
B-
“Films aren't just a collection of sensation-grabbing set-pieces - they have rules to engage with your brain, and viewers need someone to connect with.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)
18%
C
“It's a shame spiral all the way to the bottom of the barrel. You can make your own helter skelter jokes.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
86%
B+
“It's refreshing and never not genuine.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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The Wandering Earth (2019)
70%
B-
“The Wandering Earth isn't a bad film at all if you want to kill a few hours wondering what is going to explode next - it's just hampered by an overly-rigid and predictable structure.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Wine Country (2019)
66%
C-
“This seems like one of those films where everyone got in a room with a rough idea of what was happening and ad-libbed, expecting the results to be natural cohesive comedy genius.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019)
100%
A
“The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience is a dizzying mix of music and visuals that balances itself perfectly between overt ridiculousness, telling a bittersweet story, and respect for the craft.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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The Perfection (2018)
70%
C+
“It's difficult to know when bungled takes are compensated by good enough film-making that the end result is acceptable...” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Polar (2019)
20%
D
“Polar is a cliched, sloppy mess of sub-standard action and forgettable lines that might entertain someone who has never seen a movie from the last decade of R-rated action cinema.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Murder Mystery (2019)
43%
C+
“It would be welcome to see more movies between them in the same vein, even if Murder Mystery was a bit of an uninspired trek...” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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Avengement (2019)
89%
“While Avengement isn't exactly a classic in any regard, it's a step in the right direction for a new breed of British thumpfests that - if Adkins can wield his sensibilities correctly - may just begin to rival their Eastern origins.” –
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Jan 8, 2020
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