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Martyn Conterio

Martyn Conterio's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Asteroid City (2023) 76% 4/5 EDIT “Asteroid City resonates quietly, movingly, when focused on exploring what it’s like being stuck in life and learning to move on with the support of others. Who said Anderson’s films have nothing to say?” – SciFiNow Jun 1, 2023 Full Review Out of Darkness (2022) 85% 3/5 EDIT “It’s a film that oozes primordial atmosphere: the skies are permanently grey and brooding, and the terrain is primarily razor-sharp rocks and boulders, endless wet forests, dank caves where here be monsters. Its visual grandeur is impressive. ” – CineVue Mar 20, 2023 Full Review You Won't Be Alone (2022) 93% 4/5 EDIT “You Won’t Be Alone is not a film for a general horror audience. It’s arty with a capital A and doesn’t let you forget it.” – CineVue Oct 17, 2022 Full Review She Said (2022) 88% 3/5 EDIT “That’s its simple but worthy message: courage and solidarity can defeat the monster.” – CineVue Oct 17, 2022 Full Review Bros (2022) 88% 4/5 EDIT “This is potent stuff for a mainstream movie, and while Eichner’s rant-based anger can sometimes drift into self-obsession and self-pity, what Bros is doing is not asking -- but demanding -- space for marginalised people in society.” – CineVue Oct 17, 2022 Full Review Lynch/Oz (2022) 84% EDIT “What Philippe does yet again, as with his his previous documentaries, is a bang-up job of examining what makes great films great, and here it is twofold.” – CineVue Oct 10, 2022 Full Review Bones and All (2022) 82% 5/5 EDIT “Bones and All, like the best horror movies, finds poetry in the frightening, in the transgressive, in the perverse. It mines light from darkness and transforms it before our eyes into something universal, shining and true, no matter how ephemeral. ” – CineVue Oct 10, 2022 Full Review Earwig (2021) 72% 4/5 EDIT “So much of Earwig is unwilling to truly clarify the few plot points there are. Instead, it permits the audience to interpret what they see and to come to their own conclusions.” – CineVue Oct 15, 2021 Full Review Inexorable (2021) 73% 4/5 EDIT “Inexorable is a deliciously perverse dance of death by Du Welz; a class warfare duke out where the long-buried past returns to haunt the living and erupts into mutually self-destructive violence.” – CineVue Oct 15, 2021 Full Review Sundown (2021) 78% 4/5 EDIT “Sundown is a film full of narrative and emotional surprises, upending the middle-aged bloke having a midlife crisis storyline, with Yves Cape's cinematography capturing the classy and mundane locations with equally seductive attributes.” – CineVue Oct 11, 2021 Full Review The Medium (2021) 80% 4/5 EDIT “It is well directed by Bangjong Pisanthanakun, for sure, but Na Hong-Jin's imprint is unmistakable and will of course be the main drawer for horror fans, especially after his masterwork, The Wailing.” – CineVue Oct 8, 2021 Full Review The Sadness (2021) 88% 3/5 EDIT “On offer for 98 minutes is nothing but nihilism, misery, and murder. It's provocative cinema; less slap to the face, more like repeat punches to the gut.” – CineVue Aug 31, 2021 Full Review No Man of God (2021) 81% 4/5 EDIT “Luke Ashby's excellent performance as Bundy is unshowy and hushed, as much about subtle body language as it is softly spoken dialogue.” – CineVue Aug 30, 2021 Full Review Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) 62% 3/5 EDIT “Sion Sono's stylish sensibilities, however, mean the result is always intriguing, if wildly uneven and sometimes lacking in energy.” – CineVue Aug 30, 2021 Full Review Post Mortem (2020) 89% 4/5 EDIT “If Bergendy isn't above throwing in the odd cheap jump scare, the film's best moments rely more on phantasmagorical imagery and unsettling, surrealistic sequences.” – CineVue Aug 30, 2021 Full Review Knocking (2021) 80% 4/5 EDIT “Knocking is a powerful statement on the place of women in society, wrapped inside a psycho-horror yarn with nods to J-horror, and the classics of Bergman and Polanski. It is spearheaded by Cecilia Milocco's superlative performance.” – CineVue Aug 30, 2021 Full Review The Retaliators (2021) 86% 4/5 EDIT “The Retaliators' might well alarm some with its unusual stance on the subject matter, but there's a lot here that's served tongue-in-cheek, a lampooning of machismo and American bloodthirsty fantasy.” – CineVue Aug 30, 2021 Full Review Demonic (2021) 14% 3/5 EDIT “Demonic is, for most part at least, pulpy fun with inventive sci-fi horror embellishments.” – CineVue Aug 27, 2021 Full Review Night Drive (2021) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Tightly constructed, economical in its storytelling and editing, knowing it's got a strong hand to play by letting Bowen and Dalah drive the movie, Baruh and Leon's low budget indie flick is a wee cracker.” – CineVue Aug 27, 2021 Full Review Censor (2021) 89% 5/5 EDIT “An ambitious, clever, and inventive psychogenic fugue, Censor is rough around the edges and shot on a shoestring, sure, however Bailey-Bond has compelling and vital comments to make on art, media consumption, politics, and society.” – CineVue Aug 20, 2021 Full Review Carmilla (2019) 77% 2/5 EDIT “Director Emily Harris' de-fanged adaptation follows plenty of other versions of the novella, zeroing in on the "lesbian vampire" aspect, but the result is deathly dull.” – CineVue Oct 15, 2020 Full Review There's No Such Thing as Vampires (2020) 71% 2/5 EDIT “There's No Such Thing as Vampires is an admirable if flawed attempt at sustained suspense and nail-biting tension.” – CineVue Sep 4, 2020 Full Review A Ghost Waits (2020) 96% 4/5 EDIT “A Ghost Waits is an unexpectedly heartfelt gem of micro-budgeted filmmaking.” – CineVue Sep 4, 2020 Full Review 12 Hour Shift (2020) 78% 4/5 EDIT “Briskly paced and edited, Grant's dark bloody comedy benefits from just the right tone. It never goes truly over the top and silly.” – CineVue Sep 4, 2020 Full Review Skull: The Mask (2020) 67% 2/5 EDIT “Natallia Rodrigues, in the lead, does her best, but she's often left floundering and going through the action heroine motions. For a 90-minute adventure, it is also overstuffed and falls flat where it should shine.” – CineVue Sep 4, 2020 Full Review
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