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John Kirk

John Kirk's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

John is a pop-culture writer and twenty year veteran of teaching English and History. www.Authory.com/JohnKirk John moderates celebrity panels at FAN EXPO CANADA, Canada's largest comic convention. A lifelong fanboy, he also has a passion for all things geek. Comics, Star Trek Star Wars ... if it's geek-worthy, John has written about it on websites like www.denofgeek.com, www.forcesofgeek.com, www.popmythology.com, or www.Trekcore.com. John also writes scholarly articles on comics for journals like BACK ISSUE magazine or has contributed to STAR WARS INSIDER.

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We Bury the Dead (2024) 86% B EDIT “Something of a thinking person’s zombie story, We Buy the Dead breaks a bunch of movie-zombie paradigms and is all the better for it. ” – Original Cin Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% B+ EDIT “Anaconda is a laugh and a half, though there’s also a meta level of appreciation that must be embraced for the gag to work. Make sure you stay for the credits, as it’s a film that clearly doesn’t want the jokes to end.” – Original Cin Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Code 3 (2025) 78% A EDIT “Wilson’s performance is thoughtful and moving. He shines when playing socially awkward characters, but in this case, his misanthropy isn’t comedic, but pitiable. Really – you just want to see Randy win one. ” – Original Cin Dec 17, 2025 Full Review One More Shot (2025) 67% B EDIT “It's a film that’s quirky and the characters can be charming, but its premise deserved a funnier payoff instead of Minnie's predictable personal growth via time-travel.” – Original Cin Dec 10, 2025 Full Review Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) 96% B EDIT “There’s no way anyone can walk into this film without back knowledge and immediately understand it. But the storyline is faithful to the original material, and it’s good to see film creators respecting their comic creator peers. ” – Original Cin Oct 23, 2025 Full Review This Too Shall Pass (2024) 87% A- EDIT “It’s about growing up in the ‘80s overall, but combined with echoes of John Hughes, and throwbacks to things on the minds of every teen in that decade. It’s a movie that is definitely out of its time and speaks to Gen-Xers with a warm sense of nostalgia. ” – Original Cin Oct 19, 2025 Full Review The Partisan (2024) C EDIT “The exploits of this heroic agent seem the wrong ones chosen, such that this incredible character is wasted in her own story. It makes one wonder if this is an edited version that's missing critical information. We don’t even see Malcolm McDowell much. ” – Original Cin Oct 2, 2025 Full Review Good Boy (2025) 90% A- EDIT “Only Indy – and the audience – can see what's coming, and this ups the fear factor. The viewer effectively has dog senses. When something dark and humanoid slithers towards Todd, we applaud Indy as the last line of defence, and we’re scared for him. ” – Original Cin Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Primitive War (2025) 65% C+ EDIT “It’s guns versus dinosaurs and while I respect the bellowing roar of a T-Rex, a la Jurassic Park, it’s nothing that impresses me. Well, that’s not entirely true. The foley artist did impress. It was cool to hear the snapping of the T-Rex’s jaws. ” – Original Cin Sep 21, 2025 Full Review Bride Hard (2025) 14% B-minus EDIT “While far from good, it’s not all that bad. Bride Hard is likeable. It manages to hold up an acceptable storyline, provides a few chuckles here, has some cool fight scenes, friendships are renewed, the wedding goes on and the bad guy gets his due. ” – Original Cin Jun 19, 2025 Full Review Karate Kid: Legends (2025) 58% C+ EDIT “Karate Kid: Legends tries to live up to the level of nostalgia inspired by its predecessor but it’s really lacking. This is perhaps a film best seen at home to make allowances for the story’s inconsistencies. ” – Original Cin May 29, 2025 Full Review Thunderbolts* (2025) 88% B-plus EDIT “It’s easy to root for this crew. Even though they’re knock-off Avengers, they’re ones that people can better relate to than Norse gods, WWII legends or millionaire scientists with the resources to purchase small nations. ” – Original Cin Apr 29, 2025 Full Review Neighborhood Watch (2025) 70% B-plus EDIT “Neighborhood Watch has a conventional motif: the unlikely duo who can barely stand each other, who team up and discover something about themselves that transcends their original goal. It may be formulaic, but there’s comfort in its predictability. ” – Original Cin Apr 25, 2025 Full Review The Accountant 2 (2025) 75% B EDIT “In the end, The Accountant 2 isn’t any better or worse than its predecessor. It’s predictable but entertaining, unrealistic, but that doesn’t affect things much. A more feel-good vibe is injected this time in a story with lots of guns and an epic battle. ” – Original Cin Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Warfare (2025) 92% A-minus EDIT “What’s striking is there is no political message or jingoistic sentiment. The film doesn’t offer commentary about the war, nor does it ostentatiously venerate veterans. It's just a memory-driven record of what happened, and it's shockingly successful.” – Original Cin Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Fog of War (2025) C EDIT “Given all that’s wrong with the film, what’s really disappointing are all the hints that spoil the mystery. The plot-signaling makes Fog of War a film that compels you to fast-forward to the end just to see if your guess was right. Spoiler alert: It was.” – Original Cin Apr 8, 2025 Full Review The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) 86% A EDIT “There’s a glaringly exaggerated abandonment of personal safety, a shocking dependence on the employment of over-sized mallets and flagrant disregard for the forces of gravity and other laws of physics. In other words, pure fun.” – Original Cin Mar 11, 2025 Full Review My Dead Friend Zoe (2024) 94% A-minus EDIT “Sonequa Martin Green has never been more real in a role than she is in this film. Known for The Walking Dead and lately, Star Trek: Discovery, this is a role that taps into her range of emotionality and roots her solidly in the bedrock of high drama. ” – Original Cin Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- (2025) C EDIT “Hey, I’m one for science-fiction, battling giant robots, and adventures in space. But what about balancing things so the backstory doesn’t take up more than 60% of the film’s run-time and it takes less than an hour to introduce the hero?” – Original Cin Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) 23% C EDIT “What is recognizably Star Trek is underplayed and in the background, like something planted to legitimize the show. Even Discovery fans will have to admit this spin-off is weakly told. The characters are contrived and even Michelle Yeoh can’t save it. ” – Original Cin Jan 23, 2025 Full Review Kraven the Hunter (2024) 15% C+ EDIT “Kraven’s transformation from Spider-Man nemesis to Marvel superhero is baffling to comic book fans though casual viewers will find the film less disagreeable.” – Original Cin Dec 12, 2024 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) 49% B+ EDIT “Probably the best production of the litany of Tolkien pre-Ring stories to come to the big screen, including The Hobbit. Some parts drag, some are campy but this is definitely something to see on the big screen. ” – Original Cin Dec 10, 2024 Full Review Blitz (2024) 81% A EDIT “Blitz is a powerfully emotional story built on a foundation of surprising historical accuracy. It’s a story of heroism at the level where it wouldn’t be perceived as heroism; simply people doing their jobs as best as they can, given the circumstances.” – Original Cin Nov 6, 2024 Full Review Zombie Town (2023) 44% A- EDIT “A gateway horror for kids, this adaptation of R.L. Stine’s book is elevated by Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase and is sure to inspire lots of adult-kid conversations.” – Original Cin Oct 21, 2024 Full Review Frankie Freako (2024) 85% C EDIT “The puppeteering is done well enough. After all, Frankie, his buddies and the denizens of Freakworld are examples of the puppeteering technology of the 1980s, and this is in line with the story setting. It’s just not especially entertaining.” – Original Cin Oct 3, 2024 Full Review
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