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John Daniel Tangalin

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Biography:

John Daniel Tangalin is a Filipino critic from Guam, an island and United States territory in Oceania. He graduated from the University of Guam with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with a Writing Minor to pursue screenwriting and filmmaking and is currently working on a Master of Fine Arts. He enjoys horror, comedy, and science-fiction and indulges in critical lenses and movements such as Gothicism, posthumanism, and risk theory.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) 77% 4/5 EDIT “If there is any debate about the film’s goodness, then it has got to be how Nelson writes two-sided natures. His lens into the narrative antagonists, the Snatcher and Chapman, toys with the audience’s sense of belief.” – The Cinema Spot Dec 28, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 5/5 EDIT “With its visual language and style, the film's superficial appearance is intended as melodramatic to the point that it requires a darkly comic element to balance the genres to avoid a totally bleak nature.” – The Cinema Spot Nov 23, 2025 Full Review Black Phone 2 (2025) 72% 4.5/5 EDIT “Black Phone 2 isn’t the year’s quintessential horror picture. However, it will more likely than not age tremendously for the genre fans. The film is a mandatory watch and a religious event, considering the moral panic and disarray in today’s world.” – The Cinema Spot Oct 28, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “Ultimately, Weapons will not prepare anyone for the kind of rabbit hole it creates for itself—no, not even in the fan theories that only scratch the surface of batshit craziness.” – Hue Watched It Oct 24, 2025 Full Review V/H/S Halloween (2025) 89% EDIT “With Paco Plaza driving his characters to death from life, most of the other storytellers strive to take their characters to horrifying truths at a descent from decency. The monster that one becomes by the end is the only thing that matters.” – The Cosmic Circus Oct 19, 2025 Full Review Dawning (2025) 5/5 EDIT “In nearly an hour and forty-nine minutes, this Norwegian film boldly tackles different thought-provoking, mature concepts and themes, including loss, empathy, intuition, and collaborative strength.” – The Cinema Spot Oct 4, 2025 Full Review Good Boy (2025) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “Good Boy is a horror movie for a reason; therefore, I wouldn’t suggest watching it to those who expect a feel-good narrative. Indy is an almost cartoonish caricature of a universal personality, and I believe a greater impact is left desirable.” – The Cinema Spot Oct 2, 2025 Full Review Night of the Reaper (2025) 80% 3.5/5 EDIT “Its influences are quite clear to identify, while others are a bit subtler. Although the overall narrative focuses on a masked serial killer, the Christensens attempt to offer nuance and navigate through tropes in an otherwise monotonous subgenre film.” – The Cinema Spot Sep 21, 2025 Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% EDIT “The Long Walk holds a point that carries on from the novel, but the lack of a solid narrative and multifaceted character development can hold this film adaptation back from attaining excellence. It’s a decent, must-see movie, but really, at what cost?” – The Cosmic Circus Sep 15, 2025 Full Review The Toxic Avenger (2023) 87% 4.5/5 EDIT “Sadly, there’s no miracle cure for superhero fatigue. However, The Toxic Avenger effectively remedies Troma’s long-term sores.” – The Cinema Spot Aug 28, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% 4.5/5 EDIT “The journey into mystery includes discovery, and Shakman et al’s film seemingly finds its footing with ease. Blending tradition with reinvention, its specific perspective is indisputably marvelous.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 29, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 68% 3/5 EDIT “There are a myriad things that can go wrong in Eddington, and Aster deliberately chooses the worst beats. I understand that it’s all satire, but it reaches almost unfathomable extremes.” – Hue Watched It Jul 24, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% 4/5 EDIT “Superman is a great movie, but it isn’t rhetorically fulfilling. The ethos resides in the protagonists, but the pathos is met with a little too much positivity, which will take some getting used to.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 23, 2025 Full Review It (2017) 85% 9/10 EDIT “Muschietti’s film teaches the audience that it is only when you are alone that IT sees you as vulnerable, but together–with friends that care so deeply for you and you for them–any disaster that comes your way can and will be conquered.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Thor: Ragnarok (2017) 93% 8/10 EDIT “Thor: Ragnarok has become a well-liked Marvel Cinematic Universe film by fans and critics alike, and is a film worth watching.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 93% 9.2/10 EDIT “This epic space opera introduces us to such great characters, heroes and villains alike. Daisy Ridley and John Boyega do great as newcomers, and Adam Driver performs splendidly as Kylo Ren.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Black Panther (2018) 96% 9.8/10 EDIT “With its beautiful cinematography, intense action sequences, heavy themes, cultural element, harmonious musical score, and remarkable plot, the film proves to be feasible on its own and also as an integral installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 91% 9/10 EDIT “This installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe showed that a lesser-known Marvel property can still be successful, and James Gunn proved this with a good story, an outstanding cast, and a memorable soundtrack.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 85% 9.5/10 EDIT “The film does a fantastic job of recreating scenes from the comic book pages, primarily Infinity Gauntlet (1991) and Infinity (2013). Infinity War‘s cinematography is splendid, but it would not be the same without the characters’ togetherness.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Deadpool 2 (2018) 83% 8.5/10 EDIT “It is okay to be angry, but such an emotion must not be taken out on oneself or others via harmful actions. Such is the case with our current events, and we should ensure that we do not let our gifts go to waste and should go towards a good cause.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) 69% 7/10 EDIT “The character’s claims of the Kessel Run make much more sense now that we saw how he accomplished it. Solo: A Star Wars Story is a good film, although it does have its flaws.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Halloween (2018) 79% 8/10 EDIT “The writing in this year’s Halloween is excellent for the most part, especially with the way scenes transition with jump scares to get the audience’s hearts pumping.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) 36% 5/10 EDIT “The Harry Potter film franchise had a charm to it, and the first Fantastic Beasts brought us back to that, but this film proves that magic could run out as time moves forward.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 97% 9.5/10 EDIT “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse breathes new life into versions of characters we have seen before in live-action films and television series as well as in the comic book pages.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review Glass (2019) 37% 7.5/10 EDIT “Shyamalan brought something new to the table that is not quite like any other superhero film. His use of the hero, the villain, and the outer forces of power has been brought to life wonderfully.” – The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 Full Review
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