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Michael Balderston

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

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Weapons (2025) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “Weapons is the Zach Cregger show, as he meticulously reveals his latest horror tale in a confident and precise manner, overshadowing almost everything else about the movie.” – What To Watch Aug 6, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 87% 3.5 EDIT “The Naked Gun is absolutely absurd and splendidly stupid, which is exactly what you’d expect from this franchise.” – What To Watch Jul 30, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% 5/5 EDIT “The core four of stars have great chemistry; the director brings a fresh feel to the proceedings; and an epic score helps to elevate it all.” – What To Watch Jul 22, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 68% 3/5 EDIT “[T]akes some of the classic western ideas and turns them on their head for this modern story. For most of the movie, it works to create a gripping, off-kilter take on the western genre that has its fair share of things to say about the issues of today.” – What To Watch Jul 17, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% EDIT “James Gunn puts his stamp on Superman, but a few standout parts are greater than the sum in a movie that will likely entertain but fails to truly fly.” – What To Watch Jul 8, 2025 Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% 4/5 EDIT “Placing audiences as close as they’ll likely ever get to driving a race car, F1: The Movie is a fantastic thrill ride when it’s on the track. Off the track is more of a mixed bag, but not enough to slow down the movie.” – What To Watch Jun 25, 2025 Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% 3/5 EDIT “28 Years Later has the basis of a solid story and characters, with a few standouts in Williams and Fiennes. But the movie only reaches its highest potential in a few moments.” – What To Watch Jun 19, 2025 Full Review Materialists (2025) 77% 4/5 EDIT “A sophisticated take down on modern dating that also doubles as a sincere rallying cry for the value of love in our lives that will win you over with its charm.” – What To Watch Jun 12, 2025 Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% 3.5/5 EDIT “In terms of butt-kicking, Ballerina is everything you could want from an action movie. That’s enough in this case.” – What To Watch Jun 5, 2025 Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “Amid the traditional Anderson dry wit, specific tempo and meticulous crafting, The Phoenician Scheme is one of Anderson’s funnier and more entertaining movies in the last few years, but the emotional heart falls short of his best work.” – What To Watch May 30, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% 3/5 EDIT “While the parts of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning may be among the weakest in the franchise, the total sum of it all is still a big, ultimately satisfying blockbuster.” – What To Watch May 22, 2025 Full Review The Accountant 2 (2025) 75% 3/5 EDIT “[T]here are a number of things The Accountant 2 does that raises it above its predecessor — most notably better action scenes and a great chemistry between Affleck and Jon Bernthal — which is enough to make it a solid watch.” – What To Watch Apr 25, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% 4.5/5 EDIT “The most recent collaboration between Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler is that rare type of movie — incredibly entertaining, well told, well made and with deeper messages to think about later on. It’s truly fantastic filmmaking.” – What To Watch Apr 18, 2025 Full Review A Working Man (2025) 47% 1.5/5 EDIT “This action B-movie fails to meet the grade due to a lackluster script, Statham’s character’s lack of charisma and, worst of all, just being boring.” – What To Watch Mar 27, 2025 Full Review The Alto Knights (2025) 40% 2/5 EDIT “De Niro reaffirms why he is considered one of the greats playing two different roles, but it’s not enough to make up for a lackluster script, a boring plot and confusing style choices.” – What To Watch Mar 21, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Soderbergh and writer David Koepp, with strong work from Fassbender and Blanchett, make a thrilling spy story just as (if not more) interested in the personal dynamics of its characters than the globe-spanning threat at the center of its plot.” – What To Watch Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Parthenope (2024) 47% 3/5 EDIT “Sorrentino and Della Porta collectively create a fascinating lead character, whose search for a greater understanding of life is one I was contently took part in” – What To Watch Feb 7, 2025 Full Review Companion (2025) 93% 3/5 EDIT “While the script offers a fun concept and alludes to a few larger ideas, the movie reaches its heights because of the work of its ensemble.” – What To Watch Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Flight Risk (2025) 29% 2/5 EDIT “It may have been more entertaining to simply raw dog this plane ride than see the thin story, half-baked characters and minimal action that makes this one an outright bore.” – What To Watch Jan 24, 2025 Full Review One of Them Days (2025) 94% 4/5 EDIT “One of Them Days is carried by Palmer and SZA, who nail their comedic bits but who are equally good when the time comes for a few emotional moments between the two.” – What To Watch Jan 15, 2025 Full Review Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025) 62% EDIT “Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. are better teammates than enemies in the heist sequel that improves on just about all fronts from the original, but still has issues that keep it as a so-so genre effort.” – What To Watch Jan 10, 2025 Full Review The Damned (2024) 89% 3/5 EDIT “Palsson’s ability to create and maintain this overall sense of unease throughout while not relying on cheap scares (i.e. jump scares) is what gets me excited about his potential as a filmmaker.” – What To Watch Jan 3, 2025 Full Review The Fire Inside (2024) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “[The] creative team hits all of the right notes to give The Fire Inside a good bit more depth than its peers, resulting in a winning story, but the athletic moments are a bit muted, placing it in the good, just shy of great, tier.” – What To Watch Dec 18, 2024 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 85% 3/5 EDIT “I recognize Robert Eggers’ singular talent as a director, but Nosferatu’s highly stylized elements and performances kept me at a distance” – What To Watch Dec 18, 2024 Full Review Babygirl (2024) 76% 3/5 EDIT “I mostly liked it, but it did feel like it was as (if not more) interested in asking questions of the audience as it was in telling its story.” – What To Watch Dec 17, 2024 Full Review
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