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Aurora Amidon
Aurora Amidon's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Publications:
Movies reviews only
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Prom Dates (2024) |
Prom Dates’ high-concept plot is simply a vehicle for two things: a succession of funny sequences and a handful of touchy-feely self-discoveries. - AV Club
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| Posted May 03, 2024
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The Tearsmith (2024) |
If someone were to compile a comprehensive list of young adult romance genre tropes, it would likely be a spitting image of Netflix’s The Tearsmith. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Apr 04, 2024
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The Greatest Hits (2024) |
The Greatest Hits loses steam quickly—or never really picks up steam to begin with. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Apr 02, 2024
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Good Grief (2023) |
Good Grief is not a dramedy, but rather a somber film about the messiness of grief and its often unforgiving, even destructive, grip. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jan 05, 2024
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Night Swim (2024) |
The issue with Night Swim isn’t that it’s ridiculous, it’s that it doesn’t understand quite how ridiculous it is. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jan 04, 2024
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When Evil Lurks (2023) |
When Evil Lurks isn’t just a grim and nightmarish cautionary tale – it’s also insanely fun. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Oct 09, 2023
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Saw X (2023) |
It’s torture-forward, funny, preposterous, imaginative and puts into practice what the franchise should have learned a long, long time ago: There is no reason to reinvent the saw blade. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Sep 29, 2023
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The Nun II (2023) |
If you’re looking for nothing more and nothing less than a film where a barbaric nun slaughters everyone in its sight, well, look no further. Everyone else will be nun too pleased. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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The Eternal Memory (2023) |
Perhaps the greatest feat of the courageous The Eternal Memory is Alberdi, Góngora and Urrutia’s ability to broach the subject with an emphasis on life, not death. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Aug 09, 2023
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Meg 2: The Trench (2023) |
Meg 2 is a series of unfortunate events that is so non-stop that it will exhaust even the biggest action enthusiast. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Aug 07, 2023
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Corner Office (2022) |
While Corner Office is heavily concerned with satirizing office culture, it doesn’t actually bother to say anything meaningful about it. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Aug 03, 2023
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) |
Its sunny, pastel color palette, whip-smart comedy, and ecstatic musical montages make Margaret an exhilarating, ecstatic, and thought-provoking watch. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Apr 27, 2023
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From Black (2023) |
From Black falls short both as a tale of grief and as a campy creature feature. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Apr 26, 2023
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To Catch a Killer (2023) |
Unfortunately, grandiose fireworks and scathing close-ups aren’t enough to rescue To Catch a Killer from committing the cardinal sin of a psychological thriller: It’s a little dull. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Apr 19, 2023
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Air (2023) |
A deft, nail-biting look into one of biggest deals in sports history. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Apr 05, 2023
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Joy Ride (2023) |
If you miss the days when comedies weren’t afraid to dish out an outrageous serving of full-frontal nudity, hard drug use, unbridled horniness and delightfully gruesome potty humor, boy do I have the movie for you. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Mar 20, 2023
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Evil Dead Rise (2023) |
Evil Dead Rise is everything you could ask for from an Evil Dead flick: It’s disgusting enough to make you physically recoil, it’s funny as hell and, perhaps most importantly, it might just wield more blood than I’ve ever seen in a movie. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Mar 17, 2023
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Tetris (2023) |
Tetris is repetitive, melodramatic and surprisingly uneventful. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Problemista (2023) |
A wholly Kafkaesque experience, replete with a healthy dosage of ludicrousness that Torres highlights with magnificent maze-like sets that recall the wacky, dystopian office spaces of Jacques Tati’s Playtime. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Bottoms (2023) |
With the help of Sennott, who co-wrote the script, Seligman squeezes every ounce of humor out of each of the film’s thoughtfully-crafted scenarios. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Mar 13, 2023
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National Anthem (2023) |
The beauty of National Anthem is that it effortlessly challenges all expectations and preconceived notions. To keep viewers surprised, while also confidently challenging the very fabric of the American West, is a mighty and somewhat miraculous feat. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Mar 13, 2023
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Your Place or Mine (2023) |
Juxtaposing Your Place or Mine with much better films gives it an unfair disadvantage right out of the gate. And it’s a disadvantage that it doesn’t need. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Feb 10, 2023
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Somebody I Used To Know (2023) |
Somebody I Used to Know’s strengths don’t lie in its humor, but Brie’s performance, the magnificent story, and well-played dramatic moments are (almost) enough to make up for the cringing. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Feb 09, 2023
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You People (2023) |
Hill’s unique talent for playing a character who incessantly talks himself into a hole carries much of You People’s comedic success. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jan 27, 2023
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Dog Gone (2023) |
Perhaps most frustrating about Dog Gone’s unabashed gushiness is that it’s dishonest to the story it’s based on. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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The Drop (2022) |
The Drop’s meandering 90 minutes are entertaining enough, but they’ll inevitably have you wishing that it really was as bold as dropping a baby on the concrete. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jan 13, 2023
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The Pale Blue Eye (2022) |
Perhaps most frustrating about The Pale Blue Eye’s languid atmosphere is that the film often scratches at greatness. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jan 09, 2023
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M3GAN (2022) |
M3GAN is horror’s newest camp classic, and M3GAN one of the greatest horror icons of recent years. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jan 06, 2023
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) |
The newest adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s acclaimed 1929 novel sees war at its most chilling. - Film School Rejects
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| Posted Dec 23, 2022
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Empire of Light (2022) |
Its lack of nuance is a shame, as Empire of Light often runs with unexpected, powerful choices and is much better off for it. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Dec 08, 2022
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Falling for Christmas (2022) |
Lohan excels in a heartwarming, delightfully predictable Christmas flick. - Film School Rejects
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| Posted Dec 07, 2022
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Something from Tiffany's (2022) |
It’s hard not to be disappointed by low-energy affairs like Tiffany’s, which is nothing more than a mindless attempt at adhering to the Christmas movie algorithm. Even the Grinch would probably ask for something more. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Dec 07, 2022
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) |
It’s sweet, moderately sexy and sticks pretty religiously to Lawrence’s compelling story. But for a film based on a book that scandalized thousands, it will undoubtedly leave its viewer wanting more. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Dec 05, 2022
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My Policeman (2022) |
My Policeman undoubtedly could have benefited from a number of people involved loosening up just a little, but this doesn’t distract much from its undeniable, heartbreaking and scintillating ode to the waning art of forbidden romance. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Nov 08, 2022
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) |
A jolly romp filled with songs, jokes and clever twists on a well-known genre, it is plenty of fun—but only if you can forgive how frequently it repeats the same old joke. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Nov 05, 2022
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Good Night Oppy (2022) |
Good Night Oppy is sentimental but rarely over the top, dazzling to look at, frequently dabbles in the realm of the nail-biting thriller and, on top of all that, it’s highly informative. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2022
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Ticket to Paradise (2022) |
The big-budget rom-com may make a comeback one day, but it’s safe to say that day isn’t today. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Oct 27, 2022
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The Good Nurse (2022) |
The Good Nurse transcends the typical true-crime model - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Oct 25, 2022
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To Leslie (2022) |
Telling the tale of an undeniably flawed protagonist without offering much commentary on the matter is a heroic feat in itself, and it’s Morris who won the lottery when securing Riseborough as his Leslie. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Oct 12, 2022
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The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave (2022) |
Trapped 13 emphasizes that, without a doubt, the most important perspectives in the story of the Tham Luang cave rescue are those of the boys. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Oct 10, 2022
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Bring It On: Cheer or Die (2022) |
Even taking away Cheer or Die’s fruitless attempts at humor, it simply lacks the budget to be scary in the way that it wants to be. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Oct 07, 2022
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Luckiest Girl Alive (2022) |
It’s clear what Barker was attempting to achieve... a Gone Girl-like tale of revenge about sexual assault. But, sadly, the film lacks the depth and catharsis required to live up to such a thought-provoking predecessor. - Film School Rejects
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| Posted Oct 07, 2022
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Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) |
Not a call worth answering. - Film School Rejects
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| Posted Oct 07, 2022
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Amsterdam (2022) |
The wonderful elements of Amsterdam can only do so much to glue together this faltering house of cards. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Oct 04, 2022
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Barbarian (2022) |
There’s one thing you can be sure of when watching this new horror movie: you have no idea what comes next. - Film School Rejects
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| Posted Sep 15, 2022
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Look Both Ways (2022) |
Look Both Ways feverishly whittles itself down to ensure that it keeps a wide berth from anything unsavory or controversial. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Aug 17, 2022
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Thirteen Lives (2022) |
Howard manages to eke out a compelling—albeit shallow—action flick. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Aug 09, 2022
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They/Them (2022) |
As soon as you say They/Them out loud for the first time, you’ll realize that it’s a wickedly clever play on words. Unfortunately, that’s the last time the horror film displays any behind-the-scenes wit or gumption. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Aug 05, 2022
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What Josiah Saw (2021) |
The film’s inertia reveals it for what it truly is: A meditation on religious trauma and Christian guilt. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Aug 04, 2022
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We Met in Virtual Reality (2022) |
We Met in Virtual Reality [is] a totally original and utterly groundbreaking endeavor. - Paste Magazine
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| Posted Jul 27, 2022
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