Joshua Tyler
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
Joshua Tyler is an entrepreneur and critic best known as the founder of CINEMABLEND and GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT. He currently serves as the CEO of Walk Big Media from the company’s headquarters near Portland, Oregon.
TRON: Ares (2025)
53%
1/5
EDIT
“Ares looks like a boring pile of nothing on screen, and the soundtrack by Nine Inch Nails sounds like it’s made up entirely of electronic fart noises played in various tones.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Oct 11, 2025
Full Review
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025)
98%
4/5
EDIT
“Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle adheres rigidly to the previously established anime format. That’s both a strength and a weakness.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Sep 12, 2025
Full Review
Distant (2023)
1/5
EDIT
“Long Distance takes all the hysterical, delusional narcissism of the past five years and distills it down to two characters trapped on an alien planet.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Sep 8, 2025
Full Review
Nobody 2 (2025)
76%
3.5/5
EDIT
“A throwback to the days of gonzo action movies like Crank and Shoot ‘Em Up, the kind of movie where it doesn’t care how silly things get as long as someone’s head is blown off.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Aug 16, 2025
Full Review
The Naked Gun (2025)
87%
4/5
EDIT
“The Naked Gun is one hell of a joke. It’s the funniest movie of the decade. Go have a laugh.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Aug 3, 2025
Full Review
War of the Worlds (2025)
4%
1/5
EDIT
“It’s noteworthy because of all the attempts to adapt this story, this is the worst one.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Aug 2, 2025
Full Review
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
87%
4/5
EDIT
“Bad Guys 2 is better than the first Bad Guys in nearly every way. It’s a wild animated adventure with its own sense of style and nonstop momentum set to one of the best motion picture soundtracks of the year. ” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Aug 2, 2025
Full Review
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
48%
3/5
EDIT
“There’s a version of A Minecraft Movie that could’ve been brilliant.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Jul 27, 2025
Full Review
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
86%
4/5
EDIT
“This Fantastic Four is better than any previous attempt. The cast is superior in every way and the plot is better constructed. ” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Jul 26, 2025
Full Review
Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
23%
0/5
EDIT
“Is it possible for a movie to be evil? This one is, and if Paramount has any sense of shame or decency, it will now shutter the entire company and auction off its assets to the lowest bidder. ” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Jan 24, 2025
Full Review
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
90%
4/5
EDIT
“Chris Hemsworth is brilliant but Anya Taylor-Joy may have killed the Mad Max franchise.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
May 28, 2024
Full Review
Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver (2024)
16%
1.5/5
EDIT
“It’s as if Zack Snyder found B-roll from Weird Al’s Amish Paradise video in a dusty old 90s archive and decided it was a perfect fit for his new sci-fi movie.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Apr 22, 2024
Full Review
Ricky Stanicky (2024)
45%
3/5
EDIT
“Ricky Stanicky is about as good as modern comedy is allowed to be.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Mar 20, 2024
Full Review
Spaceman (2024)
50%
2.5/5
EDIT
“Spaceman is the story of the eternal and neverending war between introverts and extroverts. And as it always is in real life, eventually, the introvert must lose.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Mar 12, 2024
Full Review
Dune: Part Two (2024)
92%
5/5
EDIT
“Dune feels without tears. Dune speaks without words. ” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Mar 12, 2024
Full Review
Kate & Leopold (2001)
52%
EDIT
“Kate and Leopold may occasionally miss the newspapers, but it has the heart and soul of a good-natured champion.” –
CinemaBlend
Oct 31, 2018
Full Review
X-Men (2000)
82%
4.5/5
EDIT
“It's good, damn good.” –
CinemaBlend
Oct 30, 2018
Full Review
Moulin Rouge (2001)
75%
EDIT
“Moulin Rouge is far from perfect, but as usual, Baz Luhrman has managed to create something new... a real rarity in today's recycled Hollywood.” –
CinemaBlend
Oct 29, 2018
Full Review
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
67%
4/5
EDIT
“"Farscape" has always been one of the most visually creative and beautiful shows on television, now with more money to throw around it is positively glowing.” –
CinemaBlend
Apr 19, 2018
Full Review
Cloud Atlas (2012)
66%
4/5
EDIT
“It doesn't matter if Cloud Atlas ends up being more than the sum of its parts when the parts are this good.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Oct 27, 2012
Full Review
Looper (2012)
93%
4.5/5
EDIT
“One of the best movies of the year.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Sep 28, 2012
Full Review
Dredd (2012)
80%
3.5/5
EDIT
“Karl Urban is the Judge Dredd you've been waiting for.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Sep 21, 2012
Full Review
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
28%
2/5
EDIT
“Most franchises which make it to 5 movies start to run out of ideas by then, but if Retribution has one glaring problem it's that it has far too many of them.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Sep 14, 2012
Full Review
Total Recall (2012)
30%
3.5/5
EDIT
“A lot of fun in its own way; a big, flashy summer movie with loads of incredibly cool high-tech ideas standing in for good character-driven ones.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Aug 3, 2012
Full Review
The Watch (2012)
16%
1.5/5
EDIT
“Seeing Richard Ayoade in this film is like watching someone confronted by a T-Rex and hoping that if he holds really still it won't eat him.” –
Giant Freakin Robot
Jul 27, 2012
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