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Bruce Diones

Bruce Diones's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Toy Story (1995) 100% EDIT “The easy-to-follow screenplay, about the rivalry between two toys—cowboy Woody and spaceman Buzz Lightyear—should excite young children; teen-agers and parents can enjoy the brilliantly executed action sequences.” – The New Yorker Sep 9, 2025 Full Review The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman (2007) EDIT “A lively and thoughtful look at a deeply lived-in life.” – The New Yorker May 13, 2019 Full Review Don't Breathe (2016) 88% EDIT “The suspense is built as carefully as it is in a good John Carpenter movie; Alvarez uses the camera like a stealth weapon, exploring dark corners and hidden areas of the house with devilish glee.” – The New Yorker Sep 26, 2016 Full Review Lights Out (2016) 74% EDIT “Although the movie doesn't offer much in the way of characterization, its cheap thrills are manufactured effectively, like an amusement-park ride designed to rattle the nerves.” – The New Yorker Aug 1, 2016 Full Review Finding Dory (2016) 94% EDIT “While not as visually dazzling as its predecessor, the film is still colorful and immersive; the script, while predictable, puts an engaging spin on the issues of home and identity.” – The New Yorker Jun 27, 2016 Full Review Manhattan Night (2016) 35% EDIT “The thrilling twists and turns of Harrison's plot are here, but DeCubellis's hazy pacing drains the film of the book's zest. Though great material mishandled is frustrating to view, there are nonetheless some bright spots.” – The New Yorker May 30, 2016 Full Review Criminal (2016) 30% EDIT “The movie is a little more fun than it has any right to be, thanks to its super-serious cast (including Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, and Gal Gadot) and the straight-faced approach to its ridiculous shenanigans.” – The New Yorker Apr 25, 2016 Full Review Hardcore Henry (2015) 51% EDIT “This first-person-shooter extravaganza has little purpose besides showing what happens when a GoPro is strapped to a series of stuntmen as they run through their repertoire of extraordinary action moves.” – The New Yorker Apr 18, 2016 Full Review John Wick (2014) 86% EDIT “Stylishly violent and not much else.” – The New Yorker Nov 10, 2014 Full Review Annabelle (2014) 28% EDIT “The script, by Gary Dauberman, is a clichd mess, lacking humor and surprises. But Leonetti stages some fright-worthy sequences ...” – The New Yorker Oct 13, 2014 Full Review The Cabin in the Woods (2011) 92% EDIT “The filmmakers are less interested in providing a slow buildup to their frights than in splattering the clichés of the form in funny, spirited ways.” – The New Yorker Oct 6, 2014 Full Review The Maze Runner (2014) 66% EDIT “It's all familiar territory, but it's realized with flair.” – The New Yorker Oct 6, 2014 Full Review The Guest (2014) 92% EDIT “The director Adam Wingard joins the ranks of the current masters of unease with this suspenseful horror tale.” – The New Yorker Oct 6, 2014 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 91% EDIT “Chris Pratt, overflowing with charisma, plays the leader of the pack of misfits, and his blissed-out space cowboy (with a love for seventies music) is so full of good will that he buoys the film and its requisite whizbang special effects.” – The New Yorker Sep 5, 2014 Full Review The Ring (2002) 72% EDIT “The movie's nifty beginning-all anxiety and dread-suggests that the audience is in for a fearful ride, but the one-dimensional story quickly runs out of fuel.” – The New Yorker Jul 25, 2014 Full Review Coherence (2013) 89% EDIT “The film's not perfect-the hand-held camerawork sometimes distracts from the unnerving mood-but it's a good, spooky mind-bender.” – The New Yorker Jun 30, 2014 Full Review How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) 92% EDIT “The writer and director Dean DeBlois takes the comedy to a deeper, more satisfying place than he did in the original franchise-launching animated film.” – The New Yorker Jun 23, 2014 Full Review The Fault in Our Stars (2014) 81% EDIT “The film dodges most of the pitfalls of clichd cancer dramas with humor and natural warmth.” – The New Yorker Jun 16, 2014 Full Review Bad Boys II (2003) 23% EDIT “The producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the director Michael Bay's buddy-cop destructorama has all the editing beats of a sex film.” – The New Yorker Jun 6, 2014 Full Review Mr. 3000 (2004) 54% EDIT “This fuzzy baseball story about a conceited player (Bernie Mac) who comes out of retirement to fix his record (he's three hits short of the magic three thousand) is a major letdown.” – The New Yorker May 12, 2014 Full Review Catwoman (2004) 8% EDIT “Another hundred million dollars down the drain.” – The New Yorker May 2, 2014 Full Review Divergent (2014) 41% EDIT “Barely diverting.” – The New Yorker Mar 31, 2014 Full Review Veronica Mars (2014) 80% EDIT “The film is an obvious labor of love for all concerned, and the good times are infectious.” – The New Yorker Mar 24, 2014 Full Review Bottle Rocket (1996) 86% EDIT “[Bottle Rocket] meanders pleasantly, like a road movie, with a seventies-style, anything-goes offhandedness that whisks the audience through the rough spots.” – The New Yorker Mar 4, 2014 Full Review The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) 74% EDIT “The tale has no emotional resonance, and the thinness of the plot (only five of the book's chapters are adapted here) and the colorless depictions of the leading characters do it no favors.” – The New Yorker Dec 30, 2013 Full Review
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