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Matt Schimkowitz

Matt Schimkowitz's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Anaconda (2025) 48% B- EDIT “All that’s really important is they get Black and Rudd on the boat and in front of the snake. ” – AV Club Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) 77% D+ EDIT “There is an original take on Silent Night, Deadly Night somewhere in this film. Actually, there are several. But the movie is noncommittal toward all of them, as if Nelson were playing whack-a-mole with studio notes. ” – AV Club Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025) 95% B EDIT “It isn’t profound or enlightening, but for 89 minutes, it rides the fury road confidently, flipping tanks and unleashing hell along the way.” – AV Club Nov 20, 2025 Full Review Bring Her Back (2025) 89% B EDIT “Like a punk band turning four chords into pure angst, Bring Her Back turns familiar trauma-based horror into a traumatic experience. To sit through Bring Her Back is to endure it.” – AV Club May 16, 2025 Full Review Cheech & Chong's Last Movie (2024) 87% B EDIT “With a fine blend of archival footage, stylized animation, and a genuine depiction of their 50-year working relationship, Last Movie proves these immortal potheads still hit. ” – AV Club Apr 21, 2025 Full Review Drop (2025) 83% C+ EDIT “At its best, though, Drop updates the small-scale, high-concept suspense that Hollywood has had on airplane mode for too long.” – AV Club Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Redux Redux (2025) 98% B+ EDIT “Redux Redux‘s logic doesn’t require much debate because it’s so tangible.” – AV Club Apr 8, 2025 Full Review Novocaine (2025) 81% C+ EDIT “Quaid, whose dopey face makes for a solid stress ball, keeps things moving even as he’s deprived of reactions to the heightened scenario around him. ” – AV Club Mar 11, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% B EDIT “Soderbergh spends little time rummaging around his bag, quickly finding thematic resonance in a tight script from David Koepp and boundless charisma from a searing cast anchored by Fassbender and Cate Blanchett.” – AV Club Mar 10, 2025 Full Review Cleaner (2025) 51% C- EDIT “Campbell’s timid direction of a tired script can’t rise to the occasion. ” – AV Club Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Paddington in Peru (2024) 93% C+ EDIT “While this batch might have too much sugar and not enough fruit, Paddington In Peru still makes a satisfying bite, even if it leaves one’s hands a little sticky.” – AV Club Feb 12, 2025 Full Review Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025) 62% B- EDIT “To Gudegast’s credit, he turns Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera into a grounded version of Mission: Impossible, delivering chunkier, more utilitarian versions of gadgets the IMF may have developed. ” – AV Club Jan 10, 2025 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) 49% C+ EDIT “The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim is a slight Middle-earth adventure that’s fleet-footed but inconsequential. ” – AV Club Dec 12, 2024 Full Review The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) 97% A- EDIT “The Seed Of The Sacred Fig grows into an epic of suspense, an unpredictable domestic thriller where the personal is always political.” – AV Club Nov 27, 2024 Full Review Smile 2 (2024) 86% B+ EDIT “The film finds dark humor in taking these desperate feelings of unease and feeding them to a kaleidoscopic creature of pain and viscera.” – AV Club Oct 17, 2024 Full Review Twisters (2024) 75% C+ EDIT “Twisters mainly falters in the payoff, overthinking the right move and creating a series of minor disappointments that add up.” – AV Club Jul 26, 2024 Full Review Starve Acre (2023) 81% B+ EDIT “Aiming for authenticity, Kokotajlo finds supernatural power and dramatic weight in the genre’s rustic simplicity. ” – AV Club Jul 25, 2024 Full Review The Bikeriders (2023) 79% C+ EDIT “Through rose-colored glasses, Nichols directs a nostalgic eulogy for a simple, uncomplicated biker that never existed. He built an enviable chopper without enough gas in the tank to get somewhere real.” – AV Club Jun 20, 2024 Full Review Robot Dreams (2023) 98% B+ EDIT “Robot Dreams feels real and surreal, familiar and bizarre, resulting in unexpected authenticity.” – AV Club Jun 6, 2024 Full Review The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) 21% C EDIT “The Strangers no longer looks like something that can happen to anyone, but rather something that can only happen to someone in a Strangers movie.” – AV Club May 18, 2024 Full Review Unfrosted (2024) 39% C EDIT “Seinfeld has genuine love for these mascots, this era, and this meal. ” – AV Club May 3, 2024 Full Review Sasquatch Sunset (2024) 71% B EDIT “Sunset is rarely dull, especially considering how radically different it is from other multiplex offerings. The Zellners’ script provides enough tonal variety to make this feel like a complete movie. ” – AV Club Apr 12, 2024 Full Review La Chimera (2023) 95% B+ EDIT “La Chimera enchants the viewer with its decaying spaces and lively performances. ” – AV Club Mar 27, 2024 Full Review Snack Shack (2024) 82% C EDIT “Even with the script’s problems, the film is kinetic, and as in Dinner In America, Rehmeier gets terrific performances from his cast.” – AV Club Mar 15, 2024 Full Review Problemista (2023) 85% B EDIT “The film’s issues do not impede it from being a fleet-footed comedy filled with laugh-out-loud jokes.” – AV Club Feb 29, 2024 Full Review
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