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Anya Stanley

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

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Da 5 Bloods (2020) 92% EDIT “As always, Spike Lee asks all the right questions, and it’s up to us to recognize that even though the answers may not be ones we want to hear, we need to grapple with them all the same.” – Vague Visages Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Relic (2020) 92% EDIT “A haunting study of Grecian prophecies and inherited mental illness, Relic makes beasts of the mind.” – Vague Visages Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Oxygen (2021) 90% EDIT “Oxygen’s relevance strikes like lightning in a year when time is measured less by Earth’s tilt and more by first wave, second wave, red phase, yellow phase; not by time passing daily, but by how much danger remains in the room.” – Vague Visages Jan 8, 2024 Full Review The Retreat (2021) 77% EDIT “While having gay leads is a refreshing inclusion in a genre that has historically excised or executed them, Mills’ movie is a toothless response to the ‘bury your gays’ trope.” – Vague Visages Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Army Of The Dead (2021) 68% EDIT “Army of the Dead is an algorithmic cleansing exhale in the wake of a whirlwind period in Snyder’s career. As a zombie movie, it’s a shallow, scattershot effort with interesting mythology ideas that don’t really go anywhere.” – Vague Visages Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Joker (2019) 68% EDIT “Joker is what so many controversial films turn out to be: it’s fine — neither masterpiece nor trash fire, well-executed in some parts and poorly thought out in others.” – Vague Visages Jan 8, 2024 Full Review Gretel & Hansel (2020) 63% EDIT “Great art has every piece in intimate communion with the art as a whole. Gretel & Hansel takes an elemental approach to the folklore, gasping with the fears of the original material while exhaling a new mystique of its own.” – Vague Visages Sep 23, 2023 Full Review The Invisible Man (2020) 92% EDIT “Whannell's The Invisible Man is an absolute banger, and stands tall as the most spectacular evolution of the story to hit the big screen.” – Vague Visages Sep 23, 2023 Full Review The Scary of Sixty-First (2021) 54% C+ EDIT “The Scary Of Sixty First cuts, but not very deeply; it's all blade and no handle, a prankish flesh wound of a thriller.” – AV Club Dec 1, 2021 Full Review Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021) 32% C- EDIT “Though Eubank and Landon deserve some credit for mixing up the Paranormal Activity storytelling formula, it remains clear that there's not many scares left to milk from this franchise.” – AV Club Oct 29, 2021 Full Review Candyman (2021) 84% B EDIT “"Say his name" isn't just a clever marketing ploy. The film applies the expression with purpose, and mirrors it through craft.” – AV Club Aug 25, 2021 Full Review Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) 88% B- EDIT “"Fear Street Part Two: 1978" repeatedly gets bogged down by its music and the atmosphere but earns its rightful place alongside the sleepaway camps and the crystal lakes.” – The Playlist Jul 20, 2021 Full Review The Forever Purge (2021) 48% D EDIT “One is left to wonder who The Forever Purge is for.” – AV Club Jul 1, 2021 Full Review Sator (2019) 89% B+ EDIT “Through both theme and texture, Graham approximates the slow phobia of Ari Aster's Hereditary-the pervasive feeling that the dominos are tumbling and there is nothing that can be done about it.” – AV Club Feb 19, 2021 Full Review Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019) 100% 4/5 EDIT “By illuminating Patton's pocket of the American experience as a gay, marginalized citizen, the documentary closes the empathy gap.” – Dread Central Dec 22, 2020 Full Review Herself (2020) 94% B+ EDIT “[T]hanks to Dunne's quietly powerful performance as a single mother barely treading water, the end result is an effective, affecting look at community triumphing over fear.” – AV Club Dec 22, 2020 Full Review His House (2020) 100% B EDIT “[A] potent, heart-wrenching spin on the classic haunted house story, buoyed by two stellar lead performances.” – AV Club Oct 28, 2020 Full Review Antebellum (2020) 31% C+ EDIT “What sounds at first like a fascinating adaptation of Octavia Butler's Kindred instead fumbles the narrative ball and goes ham-handed into a fully predictable ending that (without spoilers) we've all seen before.” – AV Club Sep 4, 2020 Full Review The Secret Garden (2020) 66% B- EDIT “The Secret Garden is a mid-tier adaptation, though one with heart and soul.” – AV Club Aug 5, 2020 Full Review The Old Guard (2020) 80% B EDIT “In a past life, this would be a standard B-movie shoot-'em-up. But, as Prince-Bythewood presents it, The Old Guard is an effective and tender bundle of contradictions, a franchise launchpad about (among other things) endings.” – AV Club Jul 10, 2020 Full Review Force of Nature (2020) 8% D+ EDIT “It certainly isn't Polish's intention to make any grand political statements with his action thriller, but expecting empathetic connection with a callous white cop is a big ask in today's climate.” – AV Club Jun 29, 2020 Full Review The Other Lamb (2019) 74% 3.5/5 EDIT “Regardless of which hearts it strikes, The Other Lam''s aim is true and its voice necessary.” – Dread Central Nov 12, 2019 Full Review The Cannibal Club (2018) 69% EDIT “A confident film that knows when to get nasty and when to pump the brakes for maximum effect.” – Birth.Movies.Death. Feb 25, 2019 Full Review BOO! (2018) 3/5 EDIT “The scares themselves are well-executed but the plot is saturated in dread, which is where the real craft shines through. A worthy watch.” – Dread Central Dec 10, 2018 Full Review Graveyard Shift (1987) EDIT “As far as practical effects go, Graveyard Shift is an underappreciated treat for gorehounds.” – Birth.Movies.Death. Dec 27, 2017 Full Review
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