Dan Gvozden

Dan Gvozden Pro

Film educator and critic. Co-host of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast, Spider-Man expert for The Hollywood Reporter & BBC.

Favorite films

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Spirited Away

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  • Jailbreak: Love on the Run

    ★★

  • Fun and Fancy Free

    ★½

  • Heretic

    ★★★★

  • A Goofy Movie

    ★★★★

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  • Jailbreak: Love on the Run

    Jailbreak: Love on the Run

    ★★

    Trash, but the best kind of trash. Spent the whole movie yelling at the screen with my wife. It’s also got that one talking head who deserves her own show the minute you meet her.

  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★★

    Is it wrong to think that even after all the torture endured by these women in the name of religion that it still lets religion off the hook in the end?

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  • When Evil Lurks

    When Evil Lurks

    Let me begin by saying that I absolutely love horror films. I make horror films myself. I seek out horror films of all varieties, qualities, and intentions.

    I don't know that I've ever watched a horror film that is as mean-spirited as this one. If there is a tortured-COVID metaphor here, it is wasted. This is nearly two-hours of people (mostly children) being mutilated for ostensibly no reason, outside of the perfunctory "evil has come to this land". It's the…

  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★★

    Hands down, the funniest movie ever made. Believe the hype. No idea is wasted, or thrown away, a nonstop torrent of brilliant silent cinema gags.

    Laughed until I hurt. Entire audience burst into cheers 5 separate times during the film. I’ve never been in a screening like this.

    Do everything you can to see this film.