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Rhys Tarling

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Rhys Tarling. 25 years old. Recent graduate with a degree in mass comm and writing. I currently freelance write for Screen Rant and write film reviews for Isolated Nation and co-host podcast called Spoiler Nation. I consistently aim for my reviews to be incisive and concise, and imbuing them with a distinct personality -- much like films, no two reviews should feel the same.

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The Many Saints of Newark (2021) 72% 3.5/5 “There's thrills to be had in this well produced if slap-dashedly plotted Mafia flick” – Isolated Nation Oct 13, 2021 Full Review Candyman (2021) 84% 2/5 “The ideas are fascinating. But they lose resonance fast if they are trapped in a preachy mess of a thing.” – Isolated Nation Sep 9, 2021 Full Review Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) 71% 4.5/5 “While retaining the basic story of its theatrically released sister cut, it's its *violent* opposite in its feeling: decadent, sincere and mythic.” – Isolated Nation Mar 23, 2021 Full Review Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) 58% 1/5 “Wonder Woman 1984 is an appalling misfire.” – Isolated Nation Jan 6, 2021 Full Review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 51% 2/5 “Characters operate on one or two wildly unsophisticated levels: shouting plot details at one another or shouting reheated platitudes at one another.” – Isolated Nation Dec 24, 2019 Full Review El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) 92% 4/5 “If you can't tell a Jesse Pinkman from a Walter White, this film is assuredly not for you” – Isolated Nation Oct 17, 2019 Full Review Joker (2019) 68% 4/5 “The elements really came together for this unique one-off.” – Isolated Nation Oct 9, 2019 Full Review Thor: Ragnarok (2017) 93% 4/5 “Ragnarok finds new avenues for Thor where it can... And his new funky, jock-y 'tude, in lieu of his usual pompous dignity, is appropriate for a thunder god adventurer who traverses the galaxy in search of epic quests.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Happy Death Day (2017) 71% 4/5 “Happy Death Day is a slasher flick that oozes charm, humour and surprisingly little blood and gore. It's like Mean Girls meets Scream meets Groundhog Day.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Logan (2017) 93% 5/5 “Logan deals with regret, ageing, and familial love (maladjusted though that family might be) with the nuance and conviction of an arthouse movie from a hungry newcomer who's got something to say.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Live by Night (2016) 35% 2/5 “There are morsels of pleasure to be found here and there... No, it's not garbage. It's just a formless affair that feels destined to be relegated to the 2 and a half star pile on Netflix. It's a shame.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Personal Shopper (2016) 81% 3/5 “Personal Shopper is an absent-minded average film that nonetheless manages to occasionally jolt the heart exactly because large stretches of it are, putting mildly, sedate.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Manchester by the Sea (2016) 96% 4.5/5 “Even if Manchester were not so technically accomplished and beautifully acted, it would still stand as a unique work, simply because you get the ineffable sense that the director has experienced himself what he's depicting on screen” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Beauty and the Beast (2017) 71% 2/5 “If we're being real, there is no reason for this to exist other than to guzzle money. None.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Things to Come (2016) 99% 4/5 “Things To Come is bolstered by the terrific Isabelle Huppert, who is apparently chronically incapable of giving a boring performance.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Saban's Power Rangers (2017) 51% 3.5/5 “I'll take a movie that is genuinely interested in its characters and not as much in whatever an army of computer technicians can conjure. Call this one a flawed but good start.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Ghost in the Shell (2017) 43% 3/5 “To praise Ghost in the Shell's visuals is not merely to convey its tasteful prettiness; its aesthetic enhances the film's themes and moody atmosphere, so even when Ghost in the Shell is getting slow and stupid, it's ambiently compelling.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review A Monster Calls (2016) 86% 3/5 “It's a shame that A Monster Calls never ties together its fantasy and its reality; that its blunt epiphanies feel like predetermined arrivals.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Alien: Covenant (2017) 65% 3.5/5 “Alien: Covenant is undoubtedly uneven, but the good easily outweighs the bad... I suspect that the only inarguable thing about Alien: Covenant is that it looks beautiful.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) 85% 4/5 “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is worthy and it's a hoot and a half to boot.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Atomic Blonde (2017) 79% 2/5 “It's too damn hard to follow, it's too wrapped up in its own cleverness, it's too damn long.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Justice League (2017) 39% 3/5 “It's a pleasurable first-draft of a film that's keeping the DC Universe on life support. Hardly a ringing endorsement, I know.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) 51% “It was the inventive and slick action sequences; edgy, topical humour; a silly American villain to contrast against the gentlemanly & extraordinarily British Kingsman - instead of meaningfully expanding the emotionality of its predecessor.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Rampage (2018) 51% “It's completely without a pulse, despite the initial appeal of the Rock and his big mutant ape buddy George fighting other skyscraper sized beasties... This should've been a layup. It's not. It's a big fat expensive miss.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review It's for Your Own Good (2017) “A sly satirisation of male insecurities and a fresh family comedy all in one.” – Isolated Nation Sep 30, 2019 Full Review
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