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Planet S Magazine is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Jon Popick, Jorge Ignacio Castillo.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/5
Nosferatu (2024) Jorge Ignacio Castillo I commend Robert Eggers for taking the most roundabout route possible to not cover new ground, but the truth is you can do historic horror with fresh thrills.
Posted Jan 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Rumours (2024) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Rumours has stereotypes but smartly avoids character clichés (having great actors helps).
Posted Nov 22, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Apprentice (2024) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Overall, The Apprentice is an effective character study. A little too neat, perhaps, but every major element comes from well-documented events in Donald Trump’s life.
Posted Oct 21, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Deaner '89 (2024) Jorge Ignacio Castillo While it's perfectly consistent with the rest of the movie, the second half of Deaner '89 isn't as compelling.
Posted Sep 20, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
Strange Darling (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo The film’s heart is two profoundly damaged people with two default modes: fight or flight. And while the movie doesn’t stick the landing, a good portion of it’s intriguing.
Posted Sep 09, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
Kneecap (2024) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Kneecap feels very fresh. The film’s music and subject (language preservation as the Northern Irish’s last stand) are fascinating. The rags-to-riches template all music biopics have is there, but the movie takes enough detours to remain intriguing.
Posted Aug 06, 2024  Edit critic review
2/5
In a Violent Nature (2024) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Instead of a plot, In a Violent Nature has detour after detour, and spends an inordinate amount of time staring at the back of the killer’s head.
Posted Jun 21, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Late Night with the Devil (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Sadly, good buildup doesn't matter if there's no payoff.
Posted May 06, 2024  Edit critic review
2/5
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) Jorge Ignacio Castillo I’ve some respect for films that sacrifice character work for plot development -- moviemaking is a balancing act, after all -- but in this case, the story is clumsy and the payoff, underwhelming.
Posted Mar 28, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
The Boys in the Boat (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo [George Clooney has] made it his mission to remind his compatriots what made the U.S. great in the first place... Whether you buy into the premise or not is irrelevant. He believes it, and crafts his movies accordingly.
Posted Dec 14, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Maestro (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo In this Leonard Bernstein biopic, Cooper directs, writes, produces and plays the lead. He goes out of his way to honour the celebrated conductor and composer, but forgets a key element: make the subject interesting.
Posted Dec 14, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Next Goal Wins (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo While Next Goal Wins follows the traditional structure of the sports movie (it all leads to the Big Game), it undermines the genre from within. It’s even narratively adventurous: fourth walls get broken and critical junctures are dealt with offhandedly.
Posted Dec 01, 2023  Edit critic review
Dream Scenario (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo The strong setup is well served by Cage, who plays the self-serving, petty-yet-likeable protagonist flawlessly.
Posted Nov 17, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
Rustin (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo As Rustin, Colman Domingo delivers the performance of his career. Known for flashy supporting roles in Euphoria and Fear the Walking Dead, Domingo captures the effervescence of Rustin without leaning on mannerisms or mimicry.
Posted Nov 16, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Pain Hustlers (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo While the top half of Pain Hustlers is illuminating, the story falters by trying to make the lead character sympathetic.
Posted Oct 27, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Holdovers (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo It’s a delightful experience overall (sharp dialogue, beautiful performances), even if there isn’t anything in The Holdovers we haven’t seen in previous Alexander Payne movies.
Posted Oct 27, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
When Evil Lurks (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Director Demián Rugna does a superb job combining unpleasant makeup and prosthetics, an ever-present sense of dread and disturbing imagery.
Posted Oct 12, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Pigeon Tunnel (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo While the top half of the film is tight and enthralling, the second half can’t sustain such high level and comes apart at the seams. Still, it’s among the better Errol Morris docs, not a small feat.
Posted Oct 12, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo The film features many industry veterans at the top of their game. DiCaprio and DeNiro are never better than under Scorsese’s command.
Posted Oct 12, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Strange Way of Life (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Strange Way of Life not only coasts on the Spanish auteur’s past work, but on Brokeback Mountain and the Saint Laurent fashion brand.
Posted Sep 28, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Fair Play (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Written and directed by Chloe Domont, and inspired by her own experiences as an up-and-coming filmmaker, Fair Play works well as a relationship drama, an erotic thriller, and as high finance intrigue. It’s also tremendously insightful.
Posted Sep 28, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Dreamin' Wild (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Polhad finds the pathos in all the main players and shows how they feed into each other. The conflict in Dreamin’ Wild stems from good yet flawed people trying to do the right thing in circumstances very few have encountered.
Posted Aug 31, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Iron Butterflies (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Because I strongly believe docs have a place on the big screen, it brings me no joy to tell you this one isn’t great.
Posted Aug 31, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
The Beasts (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo The Beasts trades on topics so current it feels like watching the news. While not quite a re-enactment, this superb thriller takes inspiration from oh-so-many immigrants who find themselves at the receiving end of the locals’ misplaced anger.
Posted Aug 31, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Passages (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo None of this would work without a forceful leading man. Rogowski is straight-up magnetic. The worse Tomas behaves, the more compelling it gets.
Posted Aug 03, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Shortcomings (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Despite a slightly stilted, dialogue-heavy approach, Park has a knack for fully developed characters. All together, it bodes well for his future -- and the future of meaningful representation in film.
Posted Aug 03, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
God Is a Bullet (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo For a movie that aims for gritty realism, there are plenty of artistic flourishes and hardboiled dialogue that undermine the effort.
Posted Jul 12, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Sick of Myself (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo It may not be everybody’s cup of tea but one must admire the chutzpah of making a relentless movie about two awful people.
Posted Jun 08, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Dalíland (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo If you want to acquire some passing knowledge of Dalí, you could do worse than Daliland. But for something deeper, try an art museum.
Posted Jun 07, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
You Hurt My Feelings (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo You Hurt My Feelings is an adult comedy about relationships -- the kind of movie you rarely see at the multiplex anymore.
Posted May 24, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
You Can Live Forever (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Because the film is gunning for realism, a conventional ending isn’t in the cards. But it’s satisfactory all the same. Without spoiling it, it speaks of listening to yourself before buying into anyone else’s creed.
Posted May 24, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
Master Gardener (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Master Gardener is worth watching on the strength of the ingredients.
Posted May 24, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Even though the fresh material is limited, the documentary leaves us with a more genuine portrait of the actor.
Posted May 12, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Directed by Shekhar Kapur, the movie is at its best when dealing with issues of cultural difference.
Posted May 12, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo You know a movie is worth its salt when it makes all the right people angry.
Posted Apr 13, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Champions (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo A defanged version of the Farrellys’ better movies, Champions is so focused on doing the right thing the comedy is sorely lacking.
Posted Mar 16, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
EO (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo In short, the best 90 minutes you’ll spend on your couch or at a movie theatre this early in the year, hands-down.
Posted Mar 16, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Sharper (2023) Jorge Ignacio Castillo If you’ve seen enough thrillers of this type, you can tell the characters’ designs well in advance (there are only so many possible combinations).
Posted Feb 16, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
Marlowe (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Marlowe has the gall to suggest this could be the start of a franchise a la Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot. Could have been a good idea, but not like this.
Posted Feb 16, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Living (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Hermanus doesn’t mess with his source in Living (Kurosawa’s Ikiru). But the film does such a good job transplanting the script to mid-20th century London it feels new again. In a rare starring role, Bill Nighy knocks it out of the park as Mr. Williams.
Posted Jan 12, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Guitar Lessons (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Overall, Guitar Lessons fails to come together, particularly the more dramatic second half. But it has enough small victories to be worth your time.
Posted Jan 12, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Empire of Light (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Empire of Light frames visiting your local cinema as an activity of yesteryear. That’s the problem with exploiting nostalgia: it’s filling, but ultimately has no nutritional value and can backfire easily.
Posted Dec 16, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Cameron uses his skills as action director to great effect, particularly in a balls-out third act. Sure, he takes a full hour to set the stage, but there are a couple of emotional payoffs later in the film that justify the initial slog.
Posted Dec 16, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
The Fabelmans (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo The Fabelmans is a love letter to cinema, both the craftsmanship and the act of experiencing moving pictures as part of a community.
Posted Nov 11, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Decision to Leave (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Park Chan-wook is not an obtuse, inscrutable filmmaker but he doesn’t make it easy for viewers, either. His ending will launch a hundred theories. Alas, there is a correct answer -- if you’ve been paying attention, that is.
Posted Nov 10, 2022  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo I would venture The Banshees of Inisherin is McDonagh’s best work
Posted Oct 27, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Argentina, 1985 (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Argentina, 1985 works as an indictment of societies willing to look the other way when political violence is carried out against opponents, and a reminder of the importance of checks and balances in government institutions.
Posted Oct 27, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
The Good Nurse (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo A flaccid thriller devoid of any sense of dread or fun.
Posted Oct 27, 2022  Edit critic review
1/5
V/H/S/99 (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo V/H/S/99 is abysmal.
Posted Oct 20, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Scrap (2022) Jorge Ignacio Castillo A gorgeous, warm travelogue by first-time feature filmmaker Stacey Tenenbaum, the doc chronicles what happens with metal when it’s no longer of use -- at least, to those without imagination.
Posted Oct 14, 2022  Edit critic review
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