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Matt Donato

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Frank & Louis (2026) 85% 3/5 EDIT “A sentimental glimpse into incarcerated lifestyles that stitches hope into a tapestry of emotional storytelling.” – TheWrap Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Gallerist (2026) 50% 3/5 EDIT “It’s far-fetched and diabolical in the right moments, however stunted the overall execution becomes ... Perhaps not the perfect score, but a nifty, noxious endeavor nonetheless.” – TheWrap Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) 73% 3.5/5 EDIT “To dub "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" dumb fun is an honest-to-gosh compliment ... Wain and Marino concoct a comedic formula that harkens back to spoofy 1980s riots hinged on acceptable stupidity.” – TheWrap Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Shitheads (2026) 57% 2.5 EDIT “The Shitheads isn’t Macon Blair at his best, but it’s Macon Blair playing to his wheelhouse ... a high-floor, lower-ceiling experience for fans of the filmmaker.” – TheWrap Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 100% 4.5/5 EDIT “Josephine is a special, hard-to-stomach yet immaculately handled movie that demands your attention ... fearlessness is Beth de Araújo’s superpower.” – TheWrap Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Leviticus (2026) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “Familiarity isn’t an instant negative, as Leviticus proves; it’s all about how filmmakers put their unique spin on reusable templates.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Buddy (2026) 80% 3.5/5 EDIT “It takes our snuggliest memories and feeds them through a meat grinder, never playing it safe or caring about the ages of those in danger.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Saccharine (2026) 92% 3.5/5 EDIT “...a nasty, sugar-glazed thriller that stands on its highlight moments.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant (2026) 100% 3/5 EDIT “It's scrappy—both a testament to its ingenuity and, at times, a comment about what the effects cannot achieve—but even more importantly, it's a goofy and gag-worthy midnighter.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Return to Silent Hill (2026) 18% 2/5 EDIT “Between the poor performances, dismally edited storytelling, and fumbled fright-night entertainment, Return to Silent Hill is anything but a warm welcome home for horror movie and video game fans.” – Daily Dead Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Killer Whale (2026) 22% 1.5/5 EDIT “Killer Whale is a Titanic failure of the aquatic-horror subgenre.” – Daily Dead Jan 16, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 93% 4/5 EDIT “ 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a splendid step-up from its predecessor ... a richer and even more daring examination of the best bits about 28 YEARS LATER.” – Daily Dead Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% 4/10 EDIT “Anaconda is a disappointing effort from director Tom Gormican, who cannot crack the code on Sony's bewildering aquatic not-really-horror reboot.” – IGN Movies Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “It's not that performers cannot convey emotions through motion-capture techniques, but rather that the stories around them do not enable grand moments of resilience or tragedy.” – Matt Donato (Authory) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Dust Bunny (2025) 85% 3.5/5 EDIT “Dust Bunny does "family-friendly" horror right, as long as your parents are rad and chaperone R-rated movies.” – Daily Dead Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) 16% 3/10 EDIT “Five Nights at Freddy's 2 gives sequels, video game adaptations, and gateway horror movies a bad name.” – IGN Movies Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 4/5 EDIT “The cast is aces, the laughs are there, but best of all, Wake Up Dead Man charts its own course through murk and malcontent ... a wonderfully gloomy Benoit Blanc caper.” – Daily Dead Nov 26, 2025 Full Review Keeper (2025) 53% 2.5/5 EDIT “It’s intriguing until it’s not, letting an undercooked and underconceptualized dessert taint the whole meal.” – Daily Dead Nov 13, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 2.5/5 EDIT “It's a jumble of well-intentioned rebellion and confused execution, albeit with a splash of explosive excitement to keep us distracted ... without Wright's name in the credits, I'd never believe this was an Edgar Wright flick.” – Matt Donato (Authory) Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Playdate (2025) 23% 1/5 EDIT “When people complain about the death of mainstream comedies, it’s bottomfeeding films like Playdate that are the genre’s executioner.” – AV Club Nov 12, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Die My Love is a raw if scattershot depiction of an internally suffocating mother, featuring an exceptional performance from Jennifer Lawrence.” – IGN Movies Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Predator: Badlands is more evidence of Dan Trachtenberg's magic touch ... a thrilling call to alien wilds full of heart, healing, and heroism.” – Daily Dead Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Don't Leave the Kids Alone (2025) 3.5/5 EDIT “Don't Leave the Kids Alone is like an after-school special thrown to the wolves.” – Daily Dead Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Other (2025) 40% 2.5/5 EDIT “The scariest material is born from a place of shock and surprise, but there's no sustained fearfulness as momentum keeps crashing into brick walls.” – Daily Dead Nov 1, 2025 Full Review Queens of the Dead (2025) 83% 3.5/5 EDIT “Queens of the Dead is a [hilarious] glam-gore zombie flick that'll have you snapping your fingers in approval.” – Daily Dead Oct 23, 2025 Full Review
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