Joey Moser
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
Joey is a Pittsburgh native and he currently lives in upstate, New York. He has contributed to Awards Daily, Daily Xtra, and he can be heard weekly on the Awards Daily Water Cooler podcast.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
92%
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“Wake Up Dead Man is sinfully good. It reveals how power can be accelerated by the halls of belief and our deepest, deepest confidences. ” –
The Contending
Nov 27, 2025
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Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter (2025)
64%
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“For Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter, director Zeberiah Newman re-introduces us to an icon with fervor, love, and patient affection.” –
The Contending
Nov 25, 2025
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Jay Kelly (2025)
75%
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“Exhileratingly smart and tender. ” –
The Contending
Nov 16, 2025
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Train Dreams (2025)
95%
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“Train Dreams is the most hauntingly beautiful film of the year.” –
The Contending
Oct 22, 2025
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Good Boy (2025)
90%
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“One of the most ingenious bump-in-the-night tinglers that you will ever see for how it transfers the scares to our furriest and most dependable allies.” –
The Contending
Oct 3, 2025
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Lucky Lu (2025)
EDIT
“It’s measured, but its emotions are never small.” –
The Contending
Sep 17, 2025
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Hedda (2025)
89%
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“Thompson lets Hedda rear her head back and roar.” –
The Contending
Sep 13, 2025
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The Lost Bus (2025)
88%
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“...a nerve-shredding thriller” –
The Contending
Sep 13, 2025
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The Eyes of Ghana (2025)
94%
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“Proudfoot shows how history can live alongside our present. It is never too late to discover our past, our passions, and look forward to a bright future.” –
The Contending
Sep 11, 2025
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
92%
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“Bronstein takes us on a hellishly emotional ride.” –
The Contending
Sep 9, 2025
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Twinless (2025)
97%
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“Twinless is smart, unexpected, and original.” –
The Contending
Sep 6, 2025
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Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
48%
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“[Farrell] hurls himself into this role, and it will surely rank amongst his very best...a blissfully berserk turn.” –
The Contending
Sep 1, 2025
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Hamnet (2025)
86%
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“Zhao's film is one of the best of the year. You will never forget it.” –
The Contending
Aug 30, 2025
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Superman (2025)
83%
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“As cheesy as it may sound, though, Gunn’s film implores us to find the goodness in your fellow man and to always fight for what’s right.” –
The Contending
Jul 28, 2025
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Queens of the Dead (2025)
83%
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“Romero's film is sharp, bloody, and sassy entertainment.” –
The Contending
Jul 8, 2025
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I Don't Understand You (2024)
52%
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“An unhinged, murderous caper.” –
The Contending
Jul 2, 2025
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On Swift Horses (2024)
53%
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“Minahan's film serves a mighty purpose: to prove that queer people have always fought not to just exist but to love intensely. ” –
The Contending
Apr 25, 2025
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A Nice Indian Boy (2024)
95%
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“Roshan Sethi’s film is a knock-out.” –
The Contending
Apr 4, 2025
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Misericordia (2024)
94%
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“Guiraudie proves, once again, that the pounding nerves of your heart and the hunger in your loins are tantalizingly connected. ” –
The Contending
Mar 21, 2025
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Plainclothes (2025)
83%
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“"Plainclothes is engrossing, sexy, and dangerous."” –
The Contending
Feb 6, 2025
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Perfect Endings (2024)
EDIT
“Ribeiro’s Perfect Endings leads with curiosity and has a lot of tantalizing fun along the way.” –
The Contending
Dec 19, 2024
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Will & Harper (2024)
99%
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“Greenbaum’s film is a tribute to allyship and enduring love, but, most importantly, it’s about connection through conversation.” –
The Contending
Dec 19, 2024
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The Last Showgirl (2024)
83%
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“This is a moment when you see a performer finally given the opportunity to grab ahold of meaty material, and this is the role that Anderson has been waiting her whole life for. There is hunger in her performance, and Anderson is incredible.” –
The Contending
Dec 19, 2024
Full Review
Nightbitch (2024)
60%
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“Nightbitch is daring and fearless.” –
The Contending
Dec 19, 2024
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The Luckiest Man in America (2024)
67%
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“The Luckiest Man in America takes a relatively unknown or forgotten water cooler moment and blows it up to be reconsidered. It’s amusing tale of how we just want to be told we are a winner. No risk, no reward.” –
The Contending
Dec 19, 2024
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