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Big Easy Magazine is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Bill Arceneaux.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2/5
Witchboard (2024) Bill Arceneaux One of the finer dumb-as-a-rock films that I’ve seen this year. It could’ve been much better as a softcore adult movie on Skinemax.
Posted Sep 05, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Louis (2010) Bill Arceneaux Adorable and bursting with lively attitudes.
Posted Aug 05, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
A King Like Me (2024) Bill Arceneaux Perfectly realized. One of the best New Orleans movies ever and, perhaps, one of the best films of the year. A brilliantly captured and composed story.
Posted Jun 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Bill Arceneaux For someone prone to panic attacks, I was on the edge of my seat – to steal the most cliche of phrases. Hats off, my friends.
Posted May 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Chain Reactions (2024) Bill Arceneaux Couldn’t be more on my wavelength if it tried, getting special anecdotes out of its subjects and their comparisons to other titans of this illusion-heavy medium that we call film.
Posted Apr 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Touch Me (2025) Bill Arceneaux Gross and hilarious, strange but timeless. Surprising fare.
Posted Apr 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Buckjumping (2020) Bill Arceneaux The crux of Buckjumping is in how a community communicates with the world and expresses their very souls to the universe. There should be something deeply personal in all of us about that.
Posted Sep 10, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The True Don Quixote (2019) Bill Arceneaux In its own way, Poche's adaptation goes for the gut by letting Tim Blake Nelson hit at the soul of what it all means now.
Posted Oct 04, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
My Soul to Keep (2019) Bill Arceneaux A beautiful looking feature-length movie with a story meant for a short. Still, something about a haunted house battle between a kid armed with flashlights and a being of darkness is appealing.
Posted Oct 04, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
It: Chapter Two (2019) Bill Arceneaux Some quirks here, some added observations there, some action around the corner, and you have what is a somewhat enjoyable if potentially disappointing popcorn-muncher.
Posted Sep 09, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Child's Play (2019) Bill Arceneaux Could CHILD'S PLAY be that rare instance of an 80s remake that gets things right? Yes, it could be. It eschews that decade's aesthetic for a modern look, but still captures that old-ish mentality of Reaganomics gory satire.
Posted Jun 23, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Toy Story 4 (2019) Bill Arceneaux TOY STORY 4 handles its heavy doses of philosophical queries with maturity, nuance, and tenderness, never once eyeballing the children in the audience, never once demanding not enough or too much.
Posted Jun 22, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Fast Color (2018) Bill Arceneaux Through visions of family and generational trauma, Fast Color stands tall as a specialty listing, something I would call a "Pre-Power" story. When that power comes alive, the results reach fantastical heights.
Posted Jun 19, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
The Dead Don't Die (2019) Bill Arceneaux There's nothing bland about DEAD's compositions or scenarios, as still as they may be perceived. Really, plenty is happening from ear to ear. Just listen and look.
Posted Jun 17, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Pause (2018) Bill Arceneaux A gender-specific and culturally unique crisis done up in a lively landscape fraught with a wide range of emotional, vengeful, and feared imaginations.
Posted Jun 15, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Luke & Jo (2019) Bill Arceneaux Digs in with surprising revelations and beautifully rendered bouts with faith. This faith could be with something/someone "higher" or it could be with ourselves. If it works, fine. But don't forget your feet on the ground and the support next door.
Posted Jun 14, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Hallowed Ground (2019) Bill Arceneaux One of the more amusing haunts that Hollywood South has ever churned out.
Posted Jun 12, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
I Am Mother (2019) Bill Arceneaux There is science to this fiction, and that science may be too terrifying for some viewers to consider or accept.
Posted Jun 09, 2019  Edit critic review
1/5
Starfish (2018) Bill Arceneaux Bold, to say the least, and frustratingly pretentious to say the most.
Posted Jun 08, 2019  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Bill Arceneaux Sanctimonious in bad places and incoherent in even worse ones. It does have heart and a definite sense of wanting. That should go a long way. It should.
Posted Jun 02, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
One Cut of the Dead (2017) Bill Arceneaux A joy to watch and a pleasure to think about. The new BOWFINGER.
Posted Jun 01, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Porno (2019) Bill Arceneaux Has just enough to get us through a hump but not enough to pull us to complete satisfaction.
Posted Jun 01, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Ma (2019) Bill Arceneaux Spencer taps into something true and terrifying in all of us and that's the real horror in this.
Posted May 31, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Assimilate (2019) Bill Arceneaux Assimilate, for better or worse, is happy to be around. Is glad to be watched. Is fortunate to be allowed in our eyes. It's very much a humble film, and that's rare.
Posted May 29, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) Bill Arceneaux Thoughtful and dedicated to the mission of history and the contrasting of then to now. An absolutely stunning chronicle.
Posted May 24, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Burning Cane (2019) Bill Arceneaux Resonates with the sound of thunder and the energy of a lightning bolt.
Posted May 19, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Under the Silver Lake (2018) Bill Arceneaux An enigma on top of an enigma, contradicting and solving itself at once. That's quite the feat for any director, and even more of one for any moviegoer to sit through and enjoy.
Posted May 17, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Wild Nights With Emily (2018) Bill Arceneaux A splendid surprise and an equally happy achievement in erasing the erasures and righting some wrongs of the past.
Posted May 10, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) Bill Arceneaux That (the movie) exists indeed and does so with much vigor, much energy, much love is a wonderment all alone. And that it works on such an impactful level is a testament to Cervantes' classic and to Terry Gilliam's very spirit.
Posted May 03, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Avengers: Endgame (2019) Bill Arceneaux Two and a half hours of plot for thirty minutes of magically divine statuesque iconography that's, surprisingly, worth the seat.
Posted Apr 26, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Relaxer (2018) Bill Arceneaux It's endearing, hilarious, and disgusting all at once, before a whiff of a finale that's bold and cosmic.
Posted Apr 08, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Us (2019) Bill Arceneaux Seriously, Us is an instant classic from an instant player.
Posted Mar 22, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Climax (2018) Bill Arceneaux Utterly insane and righteous, Climax not only further establishes Gaspar Noe as a Jodorowsky infused Kubrick stan but also as someone with whom the essence of drama is not lost upon.
Posted Mar 15, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Captain Marvel (2019) Bill Arceneaux One of the sweetest - not cutesy - entries in the franchise, not to mention cheer-inducing and strong.
Posted Mar 08, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Donnybrook (2018) Bill Arceneaux America, as designed by Sutton and crew, is vibrant in its decay and alive in ways that make you appreciate what little you have.
Posted Feb 14, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Buddies (1985) Bill Arceneaux Buddies might be minimalist in production and design, but it's grand and courageous at heart.
Posted Feb 08, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) Bill Arceneaux In the face of negative space, The Lego Movie 2 finds a way to break through the occasional tedium and make something I'd like to launch into infinity, as a message from us Earthlings.
Posted Feb 08, 2019  Edit critic review
1.5/5
DriverX (2017) Bill Arceneaux DriverX is the movie version of that Simpsons meme where Principal Skinner asks aloud "Am I out of touch?"
Posted Jan 31, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) Bill Arceneaux A movie that goes from disappointment and told you so-ism to we can still turn this around attitude, with the asterisk of "if we want to".
Posted Jan 22, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Rodents of Unusual Size (2017) Bill Arceneaux Beneath the fun cooking and wildlife anecdotes is an inquisitive motion of unwavering notions about the coast, tradition, and ways of life and family.
Posted Jan 18, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Shoplifters (2018) Bill Arceneaux Never once is this a story that obstructs its telling to show off skill and craft, always technically nuanced and always engrossing.
Posted Jan 17, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
The Organizer (2017) Bill Arceneaux The Organizer works as manifesto and living myth, turning action into righteous being and people into superheroes, never really taking a break or breath.
Posted Jan 11, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) Bill Arceneaux Hale County has determination in spite of sensory trauma. It never rests, nor should it.
Posted Jan 08, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Bill Arceneaux A movie of our better angels being put to the test. It's a film of realism certainly, romantics completely, and love eternally.
Posted Jan 04, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Border (2018) Bill Arceneaux A confounding smash-up of genres, of societal themes, and of various fantasy mythologies, making for a film that is equally as interesting as I am personally disturbed by it.
Posted Dec 25, 2018  Edit critic review
5/5
Roma (2018) Bill Arceneaux Cuaron brings new definition to what is considered a "spectacle". Indeed, Roma is spectacular.
Posted Dec 20, 2018  Edit critic review
5/5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Bill Arceneaux If we are to think of cinema as escapism, and we also consider what we're escaping from and what we're escaping into, Spider-Verse isn't a mere crowd-pleaser; it's a major accomplishment.
Posted Dec 18, 2018  Edit critic review
5/5
Cam (2018) Bill Arceneaux It's dystopian now. It's a road that follows back into itself, repeating on and on. It's a data-mosh where all that matters in this or that world is persona.
Posted Dec 17, 2018  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Favourite (2018) Bill Arceneaux Olivia Colman, if there is any justice in this world, ought to get an Academy Award for her tragically pathetic and miserably afraid turn.
Posted Dec 11, 2018  Edit critic review
3/5
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) Bill Arceneaux Not a documentary but more, THE GREAT BUSTER is quite a lovely way to round out a year of modern classics.
Posted Dec 04, 2018  Edit critic review
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