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Elaine Cho

Elaine Cho's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Elaine is a bookseller, musician, and film enthusiast. Other than writing on film and literature, she's worked for various arts non-profits and loves to travel and shoot film.

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Movies TV Shows
Shortcomings (2023) 85% B+ EDIT “Shortcomings doesn’t try to force any answers on us, acknowledging the thorniness of honest, unfiltered conversations.” – Mediaversity Reviews Aug 8, 2023 Full Review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 95% A+ EDIT “Sun-Spider is voiced by Danielle Perez, herself a wheelchair user. Nor is Sun-Spider the only disabled character in the film.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jun 12, 2023 Full Review Fast X (2023) 56% D EDIT “Momoa's Dante is at first a lively and welcome departure from the series’ previous forgettable villains, until he slips into offensive stereotypes.” – Mediaversity Reviews May 28, 2023 Full Review Polite Society (2023) 91% A- EDIT “Polite Society draws from the personal frustrations and challenges of writer-director Nida Manzoor, who grew up in a Pakistani Muslim family.” – Mediaversity Reviews May 1, 2023 Full Review The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) 96% C- EDIT “The film's decision to loop in the actual events of the Irish Civil War to parallel Pádraic and Colm’s feud feels a bit clumsy. ” – Mediaversity Reviews Feb 9, 2023 Full Review Broker (2022) 94% A EDIT “Broker is a movie that distinctly blends Japanese director Kore-eda’s sensibilities with those of Korea.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jan 29, 2023 Full Review Decision to Leave (2022) 94% A EDIT “Decision to Leave deftly uses a Korean-Chinese language barrier to heighten the romantic tension between the leads.” – Mediaversity Reviews Dec 2, 2022 Full Review The Power of the Dog (2021) 94% C+ EDIT “Campions cautionary tale on the dangers of toxic masculinity remains compellingly relevant to the present.” – Mediaversity Reviews Mar 12, 2022 Full Review Licorice Pizza (2021) 90% F EDIT “"Alana is constantly hit on, ogled at, or subjected to predatory advances."” – Mediaversity Reviews Feb 23, 2022 Full Review Dune (2021) 83% C EDIT “Villeneuve's Dune comes off more regressive than Herbert's novel from sixty years ago.” – Mediaversity Reviews Nov 3, 2021 Full Review F9 The Fast Saga (2021) 59% B EDIT “After Michelle Rodriguez called out F8 for its dated machismo, F9: The Fast Saga regains lost traction.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jul 11, 2021 Full Review Sound of Metal (2019) 97% B- EDIT “Despite its oversimplification of Deaf culture, Sound of Metal generally constructs positive and nuanced characters.” – Mediaversity Reviews Apr 9, 2021 Full Review House of Hummingbird (2018) 98% A+ EDIT “Critics from Western countries often ask why Bora Kim depicts bisexuality in House of Hummingbird. Some cultural context might shed some light.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jul 13, 2020 Full Review Little Women (2019) 95% C EDIT “As much as Little Women targets modern audiences, not all changes from the novel were progressive.” – Mediaversity Reviews Jan 10, 2020 Full Review Parasite (2019) 99% A EDIT “Parasite exudes cultural specificity, with deep cuts to Korean headlines and reality TV shows.” – Mediaversity Reviews Nov 7, 2019 Full Review
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