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David Reddish

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David Reddish is an award winning novelist and journalist. He lives in Studio City, CA.

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Americana (2025) 63% 1/4 EDIT “Americana has parallel elements to so many classic American indie films, but like the wigs on Halsey and Sweeney, they feel like bad drag. It ranks as one of the worst films of 2025.” – CBR Aug 15, 2025 Full Review Brokeback Mountain (2005) 88% 4/4 EDIT “A careful reading of the film will stand up to modern criticisms. Crash may have won the Oscar, but Brokeback Mountain won an even greater award: history remembers it as the real winner. This is one of the Greatest Movies Ever Made.” – CBR Jul 7, 2025 Full Review The Old Guard 2 (2025) 27% 6/10 EDIT “Despite the terrific cast, a fine performance by Ngô and the presence of Thurman and Golding, the alchemy never quite turns to gold. ” – CBR Jul 2, 2025 Full Review Nightbreed (1990) 56% 2/4 EDIT “Nightbreed suffers from too much ineptitude to laud, and shows off too much creativity to fully dismiss.” – CBR Jun 17, 2025 Full Review The Searchers (1956) 87% 4/4 EDIT “The Searchers isn’t just the greatest Western ever to hit screens. It’s one of the greatest movies ever made.” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) 89% 4/4 EDIT “While the original cut of The Magnificent Ambersons will remain a Holy Grail, no amount of Welles’ self-absorbed whining nor his Hollywood legend can overshadow one simple fact: The Magnificent Ambersons is, well, a magnificent movie.” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review Captain Blood (1935) 100% 3/4 EDIT “Even if countless other movies, TV series and theme park rides have robbed Captain Blood of its freshness, the movie still plays as a rollicking adventure today, one rife with old Hollywood craftsmanship and sexual subtext. ” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review Gremlins (1984) 86% 4/4 EDIT “More than 40 years on, Gremlins still has all the sweetness, adventure and irreverent humor that made it such a hit in the first place.” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review Sunset Boulevard (1950) 98% 4/4 EDIT “Movies do not get better than Sunset Boulevard. 75 years later, it stands tall alongside Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, The Godfather, or any other film often named as the greatest.” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review The Matrix Reloaded (2003) 74% 3/4 EDIT “In a genre dominated by fan service, “requels” (see also, The Force Awakens), and movies devoid of philosophical dilemmas or subtext, The Matrix Reloaded feels like a unicorn. The Wachowskis made it as a personal statement.” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review Dark City (1998) 78% 4/4 EDIT “The core of the film itself offers a meditation on human nature. Memories and personality do not define human beings; choices do. That haunting philosophy... makes Dark City live on as a classic; one of the most important sci-fi movies ever made.” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review The Tommyknockers (1993) 35% 3/4 EDIT “Fans of science fiction and of King’s work will still find a lot to enjoy in The Tommyknockers. Even casual viewers can enjoy the work of Smits, Helgenberger and Cassidy, and will appreciate the story’s comments on addiction.” – CBR May 5, 2025 Full Review The Amateur (2025) 62% 5/10 EDIT “Made with competence, grand production design, and acted with credibility, The Amateur succeeds as passable entertainment, but little more.” – CBR Apr 11, 2025 Full Review Queer (2024) 77% 8/10 EDIT “Though not a great or perfect film, Queer translates Burroughs to the big screen in all his wonderful, terrible power.” – CBR Dec 18, 2024 Full Review The End (2024) 56% 7/10 EDIT “The End tells a post-apocalyptic, unconventional love story. ” – CBR Dec 9, 2024 Full Review The Black Cauldron (1985) 56% 3/4 EDIT “Flaws and all, it doesn't deserve its reputation as the nadir of Disney's animated storytelling. If nothing else, it's still a hell of a lot more entertaining than Wish.” – CBR Nov 19, 2024 Full Review The Dark Half (1993) 58% 2/4 EDIT “For a general audience, The Dark Half will come off as dated and silly. One would have thought the combined powers of two horror masters would create a classic of the genre. Instead, it comes off as a classic dud.” – CBR Nov 19, 2024 Full Review Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) 66% 3.5/4 EDIT “Like Laura Palmer herself, the strange contradictions of Fire Walk With Me make it important and unique — both a sort of failure and a near-masterpiece of cinema. ” – CBR Nov 19, 2024 Full Review Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) 10% 2/4 EDIT “Watching a director attempt something wild and different, even when they fail, will hold interest more than any decent but mediocre and forgettable movie ever could. Call this particular sequel a disaster, but don’t call it boring.” – CBR Nov 19, 2024 Full Review Back to the Future Part II (1989) 63% 3.5/4 EDIT “Back to the Future Part II left the biggest mark on popular culture, sparking imagination and inspiring more adventure. Whatever its flaws or negativity it inspired from fans of the first movie, it remains the defining entry in the series.” – CBR Nov 19, 2024 Full Review Wicked (2024) 88% 4/4 EDIT “Even if The Wizard of Oz itself never existed, this movie incarnation of Wicked would still rank as a triumph of splendor and story. It's one of the best movies of 2024.” – CBR Nov 19, 2024 Full Review A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Lovers of cinema will also find solace in seeing a good, old-fashioned creature feature thriller, albeit one with some deeper thoughts buried in the dreck. ” – Wealth of Geeks Jun 29, 2024 Full Review Back to Black (2024) 35% 1.5/4 EDIT “Amy Winehouse deserved far better than she got in life, or than Back to Black offers her. Thank goodness then for Amy, with its no-holds-barred profile of Winehouse, sheltered from legal action through a documentary format.” – Wealth of Geeks May 15, 2024 Full Review The People's Joker (2022) 96% 4/4 EDIT “Taken on its own terms, The People’s Joker represents a gobsmacking act of artistic determination. The heck with pseudo-intellectual lauds and Oscar wins—this is the movie Todd Phillips and his defenders thought he made in Joker.” – Wealth of Geeks Apr 10, 2024 Full Review Dune: Part Two (2024) 92% 4/4 EDIT “In an era when old sci-fi war horses Star Trek and Star Wars have stalled their big screen outings, and, at a time when sequels and reboots galore die at the box office, thank God for Dune Part Two.” – Wealth of Geeks Feb 21, 2024 Full Review
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