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Nicole Ackman

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Nicole Ackman is a North Carolina-based critic, writer, and public historian. She writes for AwardsWatch, FF2 Media, Culture Cabinet, and her history-themed Substack, A Historian in the Public Sphere. You can find her on social media @NicoleAckman16.

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Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 48% 3/5 “Let’s get one thing out of the way: Sam Wilson is the correct character to take on the mantle of Captain America. Whatever issues Captain America: Brave New World has, they’re not Sam Wilson or actor Anthony Mackie’s fault. ” – Culture Cabinet Feb 17, 2025 Full Review Inside Out 2 (2024) 91% 4/5 “Inside Out 2 is an all-around impressive directorial debut from Kelsey Mann...It more than lives up to the legacy of Inside Out, giving a much more nuanced and well-developed exploration of its genius concept.” – Culture Cabinet Jun 15, 2024 Full Review Nowhere Special (2020) 100% 4/5 “Nowhere Special is a beautiful testament to the love between a father and son, the lengths that a parent will go to for their child even while suffering themselves...while Norton’s performance is a perfect centerpiece for the story.” – Culture Cabinet Apr 26, 2024 Full Review Wicked Little Letters (2023) 80% 3.5/5 “What Sharrock and the writer, comedian Jonny Sweet, do well is translate the story in a way that maintains all of its raucous humor while also highlighting the ways in which it exposes the misogyny that women lived through in this time period.” – Culture Cabinet Apr 8, 2024 Full Review The Beautiful Game (2024) 88% 4/5 “The Beautiful Game is a rare film that the whole family can enjoy, that features great performances, and shares information about a worthy but under-recognized organization.” – Culture Cabinet Mar 24, 2024 Full Review One Life (2023) 90% 4.5/5 “One Life is, in many ways, your typical British biopic. However, it’s elevated by strong performances and the important, largely forgotten story it tells.” – Culture Cabinet Mar 17, 2024 Full Review Out of Darkness (2022) 85% 4/5 “Out of Darkness is an unconventional survival thriller, but one that has much to offer between its conception of a Paleolithic world, the compelling performances, and the unique craftwork.” – Culture Cabinet Feb 26, 2024 Full Review Argylle (2024) 33% C- “The first section of the movie is rather entertaining. It’s nice to see Howard in the spotlight again, even though the movie doesn’t fully know how to use her talents.” – AwardsWatch Jan 31, 2024 Full Review Freud's Last Session (2023) 44% 2/5 “It’s a shame to take such an interesting imagined meeting between two of the most interesting figures of the early twentieth century and squander it by not delving deeply enough into either of their lives or their thoughts. ” – Culture Cabinet Jan 22, 2024 Full Review Mean Girls (2024) 69% 2/5 “What happens when you take the watered-down Broadway adaptation of a cult classic film and make a new film from it? In the case of the recently released Mean Girls, it’s a near-disaster of a film that is only kept afloat by its talented cast. ” – Culture Cabinet Jan 17, 2024 Full Review Strange Way of Life (2023) 78% 3/5 “If [it] had been a feature film...it could easily have been one of my favorites of the year. But in its actual state, it leaves the audience unsatisfied, like a too-small dessert that whets your appetite for more instead of leaving you feeling satiated.” – Culture Cabinet Oct 2, 2023 Full Review The Creator (2023) 68% B+ “[Gareth] Edwards and Chris Weitz have co-written a story that pulls inspiration from wildly different classics like Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, and E.T., yet still feels fresh. ” – AwardsWatch Sep 26, 2023 Full Review A Haunting in Venice (2023) 75% B “Based on the rest of Branagh’s filmography, you wouldn’t expect him to be skilled as a thriller director, but he effectively morphs this Poirot film from a mystery into a ghost tale. ” – AwardsWatch Sep 10, 2023 Full Review The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) 50% B- “Øvredal might not have created something that will completely define vampire cinema for years to come, but he did create something unique, born out of a novel over a hundred years old, and that’s worth celebrating.” – AwardsWatch Aug 10, 2023 Full Review The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders (2023) 57% 2/5 “This documentary tells an interesting story but doesn’t offer anything particularly meaningful to the genre.” – Ready Steady Cut Jul 31, 2023 Full Review Dream (2023) 44% 3/5 “Dream is really neither great nor terrible; it’s completely average. The performances aren’t anything particularly spectacular, but they are enough to keep the audience engaged.” – Ready Steady Cut Jul 26, 2023 Full Review Haunted Mansion (2023) 38% C+ “If you’re a fan of the Haunted Mansion (as many, many Disney fans are), you’ll appreciate all the little nods to the ride.” – AwardsWatch Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Oppenheimer (2023) 93% B+ “Oppenheimer’s story is a complicated one, and I’m still not entirely certain that Nolan was the best person to tell it. Though still fettered by some of his usual issues, he creates what is almost certainly his best work in Oppenheimer.” – Culture Cabinet Jul 21, 2023 Full Review King of Clones (2023) 100% 3/5 “King of Clones is undoubtedly worth a watch if you’re interested in learning more about cloning, stem cell research, and the ethical concerns around them.” – Ready Steady Cut Jun 25, 2023 Full Review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 95% A- “From the colorful animation to the impressive voice performances to the diverse and heartfelt characters, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse manages to recapture all of the magic that made the first film such a hit.” – Offscreen Central Jun 11, 2023 Full Review Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) 65% C+ “Peter Pan & Wendy shows the usefulness of the concept of the Disney live-action remake; it updates the racial and gender politics of the original 1953 animated film while also drawing further from the story upon which that story was based. ” – Offscreen Central May 4, 2023 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) 82% B- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is, in some ways, the strongest of its trilogy, but it suffers from being too much.” – AwardsWatch Apr 28, 2023 Full Review A Tourist's Guide to Love (2023) 72% C+ “Despite its flaws, A Tourist’s Guide to Love is a fun way to spend a couple of hours. It has all the breeziness that makes romantic comedies a comfort genre for many people, but also provides a lovely introduction to Vietnam’s culture and landscapes.” – Offscreen Central Apr 24, 2023 Full Review Ghosted (2023) 25% D “So Apple 온라인카지노추천+’s Ghosted is in good company, as a combination romantic comedy and action film. It’s just unfortunate that it’s not particularly good at being either one. ” – Offscreen Central Apr 21, 2023 Full Review Renfield (2023) 58% C- “Chris McKay’s Renfield takes an interesting premise and squanders it, abandoning the most interesting relationship at the heart of it for lots of therapy rhetoric and a romance plot line that never seems to work.” – Offscreen Central Apr 18, 2023 Full Review
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