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Dustin Rowles

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The Wrecking Crew (2026) 75% EDIT “Another one of those disposable streaming movies with two recognizable stars, designed to generate 100 million viewing hours before completely disappearing from the cultural consciousness.” – Pajiba Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 24% EDIT “This movie is something else. I'm at a complete loss for words. I mean, even putting the terrible script and bad direction aside, fully two-thirds of the movie are just close-ups of Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson's stoic faces. ” – Pajiba Jan 23, 2026 Full Review People We Meet on Vacation (2026) 76% EDIT “It is all very Netflix-y, which is to say that once the rest of Henry's novels are turned into streaming movies, no one will remember which was which. Still, it is an easy enough way to pass two hours, and that may be exactly what it is designed to be.” – Pajiba Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 78% EDIT “Watching Primate feels a little like getting punched in the face, in a good way. Once it gets going, and the first 40 minutes of setup are a little tiresome, it becomes an all-out assault on your eyes and ears. ” – Pajiba Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Greenland 2: Migration (2026) 51% EDIT “For a January sequel nobody asked for, it's decently made, grimly competent, and wholly committed to the bit. If you like your disaster movies joyless, your dads self-sacrificing, and your supporting characters disposable, this one will do just fine. ” – Pajiba Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Marcello Hernández: American Boy (2026) EDIT “It may be a lighthearted hour overall, but it's also more thoughtful and funnier than I expected.” – Pajiba Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Americana (2025) 63% EDIT “The film feels generic, less like a straight Tarantino knockoff than a rip-off of a Tarantino rip-off, like 2 Days in the Valley, than a rip-off of the real thing.” – Pajiba Jan 7, 2026 Full Review I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025) 92% EDIT “Chase at least acknowledges his capacity for cruelty... and repeatedly jokes that those moments should be cut from the film. They are not, and their inclusion makes for a far more compelling portrait of a deeply flawed but enormously funny man.” – Pajiba Jan 2, 2026 Full Review A Little Prayer (2023) 94% EDIT “It lingers in the heart long after it ends, and I am deeply grateful to have found it.” – Pajiba Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Goodbye June (2025) 65% EDIT “It's not immensely dramatic, and to Winslet's credit, she doesn't yank at the heartstrings so much as gently tug at them. The film is lovely and mostly restrained, anchored by a particularly fine performance from Helen Mirren.” – Pajiba Jan 2, 2026 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 91% EDIT “If I Had Legs I'd Kick You is essentially Requiem for a Dream for parenting. It is very much not chill. It probably should come with a trigger warning for parents. That said, good god, Rose Byrne is phenomenal.” – Pajiba Dec 30, 2025 Full Review The Best You Can (2025) 87% EDIT “The chemistry between Bacon and Sedgwick is obviously electric, and the film engages with some very real issues. Mostly, though, it's a good hangout movie and a pleasant diversion.” – Pajiba Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% EDIT “The cameos are fun, the meta commentary is amusing, and the cast has real chemistry, which is great if you like the cast and care about the original. For everyone else? Maybe wait for the next Jumanji movie next Christmas.” – Pajiba Dec 30, 2025 Full Review The Great Flood (2025) 56% EDIT “As a holiday time-waster, it's perfectly serviceable. Just keep your expectations firmly in check.” – Pajiba Dec 24, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% EDIT “As a theatrical experience, it’s hard not to recommend The Housemaid, if only to watch Elizabeth Perkins steal every single scene she’s in.” – Pajiba Dec 20, 2025 Full Review She Rides Shotgun (2025) 88% EDIT “he Rides Shotgun operates with the clarity of a classic crime tale. Its path is visible almost immediately; its pleasures come from how confidently it travels it. Sometimes there’s real satisfaction in watching a thriller unfold with precision.” – Pajiba Dec 6, 2025 Full Review Bob Trevino Likes It (2024) 95% EDIT “It is unbelievably good. It’s also tremendously warm. It will make you cry -- in a good way -- because it’s lovely and touching and sweet and completely wholesome. It’s a big giant hug of a movie.” – Pajiba Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Oh, Hi! (2025) 64% EDIT “It’s more charming than funny, there’s some decent chemistry between Lerman and Gordon, and it’s very watchable, even if it ultimately doesn’t really go anywhere or say anything new.” – Pajiba Nov 26, 2025 Full Review The Family Plan 2 (2025) 31% EDIT “The Family Plan 2 never gets bogged down in pesky things like plot or character development. It’s zippy, nicely shot, and instantly forgettable -- which is to say, it does its job.” – Pajiba Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Greater (2016) 75% EDIT “It doesn’t work. It’s treacly, poorly acted, badly written, and blandly directed. And honestly, I’m a little offended that his gravestone is marked with his football achievements.” – Pajiba Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Playdate (2025) 23% EDIT “Playdate is bad. It’s borderline unwatchable, even by family action standards.” – Pajiba Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) 60% EDIT “I may be the only critic in America who went into the third film with real expectations, but it’s a genuine bummer how disappointing Now You See Me, Now You Don’t is. It’s a drag.” – Pajiba Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% EDIT “That’s the real magic of Badlands: Trachtenberg turns a character who’s been the villainous monster for nearly 40 years into a sympathetic protagonist. He gives him a name -- Dek -- and by the end of Badlands, you’ll love him.” – Pajiba Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% EDIT “The problem is that the movie takes a period of Bruce’s life that isn’t cinematic and tries to make it cinematic anyway. It’s an introspective story about an introspective artist, and introspection just isn’t much to look at.” – Pajiba Oct 27, 2025 Full Review The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) 28% EDIT “It’s a miserable movie -- poorly written, poorly adapted, and acted by a cast that seems half-asleep, probably because they’ve been given so little to work with.” – Pajiba Oct 16, 2025 Full Review
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