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Lucas Hill-Paul

Lucas Hill-Paul's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 3/5 EDIT “From the lovingly crafted close-ups of alien faces caked in photorealistic blood, sweat and tears to the nature documentary-style detours across Pandora... Fire and Ash almost justifies its arrogant runtime.” – Daily Express (UK) Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 4.5/5 EDIT “The first act's deliberate pacing lets viewers soak in the setting, sumptuously filmed by cinematographer Steve Yedlin, with surprisingly poignant religious themes. ” – Daily Express (UK) Dec 2, 2025 Full Review Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) 60% 3/5 EDIT “Those keeping their expectations low and their brain on its lowest settings are likely to be entertained.” – Daily Express (UK) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Relay (2024) 82% 3.5/5 EDIT “Relay may be one of the most gripping movies of the year despite its dry premise thanks to mesmerising central performances and slick direction.” – Daily Express (UK) Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Black Phone 2 (2025) 72% 2/5 EDIT “At about the halfway point, it thankfully becomes clear that Derrickson is more concerned with having fun than delivering genuine scares this time around, so horrorheads should find it easy to lean into the silliness.” – Daily Express (UK) Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) 62% 2/5 EDIT “More cameos than comedy, the number of effective punchlines can be counted on one hand while the list of famous guest stars would take longer than an actual game of golf to reel off.” – Daily Express (UK) Jul 25, 2025 Full Review Heads of State (2025) 68% 2.5/5 EDIT “Heads of State is an action film that demands a switched-off brain and zero expectations. The cast deserves better and, frankly, so do we.” – Daily Express (UK) Jul 3, 2025 Full Review Fountain of Youth (2025) 35% 2/5 EDIT “There’s nothing here that’s fresh enough to keep you invested or excited to see these characters again.” – Daily Express (UK) May 22, 2025 Full Review Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) 92% 3.5/5 EDIT “When almost every horror film deemed worthy of a cinema release either shies away from the truly sickening gore or else has to be a heavy-handed metaphor for trauma... it’s refreshingly fun to see a thriller franchise lean back into the trashiness.” – Daily Express (UK) May 13, 2025 Full Review Havoc (2025) 64% 3.5/5 EDIT “After a shaky first act setting up the thriller’s ludicrous stakes, the narrative largely takes a backseat and the filmmaker unleashes a bloody deluge of bone-crunching and toe-curling tricks and kills that cement his status as a leading action auteur.” – Daily Express (UK) Apr 29, 2025 Full Review Opus (2025) 39% 2.5/5 EDIT “Edebiri and Malkovich’s verve for the material is not quite enough to elevate the woefully under-developed script, which raises more questions than it answers and fails to produce many genuine laughs, and even fewer effective scares.” – Daily Express (UK) Mar 17, 2025 Full Review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) 56% 2/5 EDIT “Had this been released in 2D animation back in the 1990s as a sequel to the original it would have been perfectly servicable entertainment for toddlers and pre-teens, but Disney’s creativity is clearly wearing thin with this one.” – Daily Express (UK) Dec 24, 2024 Full Review Woman of the Hour (2023) 91% 3.5/5 EDIT “It’s a chilling parallel to how contemporary media has made strange bedfellows with these real and fictional killers, but Woman of the Hour is at its most effective outside of the TV studio.” – Daily Express (UK) Oct 18, 2024 Full Review Borderlands (2024) 10% 1/5 EDIT “Borderlands is just too unbearable and confusing to even recommend as ‘so bad it’s good’ cinema. ” – Daily Express (UK) Aug 12, 2024 Full Review The Exorcism (2024) 26% 2/5 EDIT “Unfortunately, the scares are all anchored by a rather tired metaphor for guilt and addiction with no refreshing insight, and the plot quickly descends into an utterly ridiculous yet all-too-familiar final showdown.” – Daily Express (UK) Jun 25, 2024 Full Review Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) 65% 2.5/5 EDIT “Bad Boys: Ride or Day proves Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are still firing on all cylinders, but the franchise as a whole is starting to run on fumes.” – Daily Express (UK) Jun 4, 2024 Full Review IF (2024) 51% 2/5 EDIT “IF promises to be the most saccharine movie of the year that may catch some parents unawares but otherwise fails to capture the imagination.” – Daily Express (UK) May 15, 2024 Full Review The Idea of You (2024) 80% 3/5 EDIT “While the ever-reliable lead actress shines bright in this familiar tale of star-crossed lovers, The Idea of You doesn’t offer anything particularly new and the padded-out narrative treads some yawningly familiar paths.” – Daily Express (UK) May 1, 2024 Full Review Challengers (2024) 88% 5/5 EDIT “Underneath it all, score wizards Trent Reznor and Attic Ross slice the action and drama with a pounding electronic current with the rhythm and bass of an 80s aerobics video with city slick modern flair.” – Daily Express (UK) Apr 26, 2024 Full Review The First Omen (2024) 83% 3/5 EDIT “This is some of the best visual horror in a minute, but the whole set-up around it is too paper-thin to justify nearly two hours.” – Daily Express (UK) Apr 4, 2024 Full Review Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) 54% 2.5/5 EDIT “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire fully leans into the silliness but becomes a surprisingly dry affair whenever the two titular titans aren’t on screen.” – Daily Express (UK) Mar 28, 2024 Full Review Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) 42% 2/5 EDIT “The Ghostbusters franchise continues to be one of the worst offenders of peddling cheap and easy nostalgia for laughs and poignancy.” – Daily Express (UK) Mar 20, 2024 Full Review Wicked Little Letters (2023) 80% 3/5 EDIT “Certain words never fail to raise a giggle, and the performances often rise above the puerile material, even if the direction is rather rote and too many characters get lost in the shuffle.” – Daily Express (UK) Mar 7, 2024 Full Review The Marvels (2023) 63% 2/5 EDIT “On paper, The Marvels could have been a harmonious coalition of three popular new characters, but its generic filter sandpapers away any verve or stylistic energy the three previous projects had.” – Daily Express (UK) Nov 9, 2023 Full Review Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 93% 5/5 EDIT “Underneath DiCaprio’s initial charm is one of the best and slimiest performances of his career, a hapless Jordan Belfort with triple the grime.” – Daily Express (UK) Oct 20, 2023 Full Review
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