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Q Network Film Desk

Q Network Film Desk is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): James Kendrick.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3.5/4
Song Sung Blue (2025) James Kendrick There is a genuine, old-school ethos of togetherness and a vibrant work ethic that roots the film’s unlikely story arc in a rich vein of tangible humanity.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Bugonia (2025) James Kendrick a sly, skewering thriller of ideas and socioeconomic preconceptions
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) James Kendrick It is not for the faint of heart, nor for those who aren’t familiar with the denizens of the benthic underwater city of Bikini Bottom, nor for those who don’t like lots of butt jokes. Because there are a lot.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Plague (2025) James Kendrick The Plague is director Charlie Polinger’s feature debut after 15 years of making short films, and he is clearly an emerging master of mood and atmosphere, although at the expense of character.
Posted Jan 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
David (2025) James Kendrick while the film's depiction of David certainly simplifies the arc of his Biblical narrative, it plays into the film’s ultimate goal of being spiritually uplifting and confirming of the power of faith
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Howards End (1992) James Kendrick the story is fundamentally about the social upheavals of England at the turn of the 20th century, but it enthralls today because its characters are so resolutely and recognizably human
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
No Other Choice (2025) James Kendrick It blisters with cutting invective aimed at how the callousness of capitalism does not just destroy good men, but turns them into monsters. The fact that much of it is darkly comical only sharpens its edges.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Zootopia 2 (2025) James Kendrick There are a lot of twists and turns and hyper-funny action sequences, but the movie is constantly moored by the heart-and-soul ethos embodied by Judy and Nick’s odd-couple chemistry
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Altered States (1980) James Kendrick merges science fiction with heady counterculture drug-speak, producing an overheated mishmash in which technology and spirituality unlock the secrets of human evolution
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
After the Hunt (2025) James Kendrick raises tons of questions, offers no answers, and then sits back in the smug assurance that simply raising difficult issues is a victory of great moral and artistic virtue
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Frankenstein (2025) James Kendrick Del Toro reimagines Frankenstein in a way that is marvelous and compelling and unique and, for the most part, quite faithful to Shelley’s novel
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Burden of Dreams (1982) James Kendrick a portrait of filmmaking as a dangerous, potentially deadly obsession, even in the face of nearly insurmountable obstacles
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Souleymane's Story (2024) James Kendrick The film’s lasting impression resides in its nuanced depictions of the power structures that reach all the way down to the lowest rungs of society, where the fight for survival is paramount at every turn.
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
High and Low (1963) James Kendrick an expertly crafted mystery thriller whose story of a kidnapping and its aftermath is woven through with a particularly acute portrait of the decay of modern Japan
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
John Candy: I Like Me (2025) James Kendrick if the numerous interviewees are to be believed, Candy was a genuinely good guy, which makes him a refreshing subject given how inured we have become to corruption, malfeasance, and generally awful behavior by celebrities and politicians.
Posted Nov 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) James Kendrick Those who know more will likely quibble over the details, but on the whole A House of Dynamite is a powerful, enthralling drama that is hard, if not impossible, to shake.
Posted Nov 02, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Vicious (2025) James Kendrick at some point you might start to feel as resentful as the protagonist does in being used and abused with no clear sense of purpose
Posted Oct 23, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Truth & Treason (2025) James Kendrick an all-too-timely cautionary tale about what happens who otherwise good people do nothing while authoritarians crush free expression
Posted Oct 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
TRON: Ares (2025) James Kendrick finally manages that balance between spectacular visuals and an emotional core that keeps you engaged beyond the visual “wow factor”
Posted Oct 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Summer Book (2024) James Kendrick those who have the patience and willingness to engage with it while it confronts enormous themes (life, death, family, memory, trauma) through small actions and quiet moments will find it an emotionally moving experience
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Highest 2 Lowest (2025) James Kendrick Lee imbues the film with a strong emphasis on family and the challenges of moral certainty, which gives Highest 2 Lowest a vitality that even its various weaknesses can’t entirely undercut
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Megadoc (2025) James Kendrick Megalopolis may not have turned into the great masterwork that Coppola had been envisioning for decades, but Megadoc will stand as a memorable peak into the highs and lows of the cinematic process.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) James Kendrick hits all the expected marks from a new entry in the Andersonian oeuvre, complete with vintage production design, outlandish characters, and plenty of deadpan humor packed into his meticulously arranged compositions and planometric camera movements
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Suspended Time (2024) James Kendrick There aren’t great depths of insight to be mined here, but the film is affable and playful enough to entertain while also nagging us to think back on our own experiences during the pandemic, when things may not have been so sun-dappled and easygoing.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Misericordia (2024) James Kendrick feels too strained, with the bland Jérémie providing a weak lynchpin that just can’t hold
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Cat (1992) James Kendrick comically grotesque, narratively bizarre, and immensely entertaining
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Sketch (2024) James Kendrick the kind of film you might have seen in the mid-1980s prefaced with an Amblin logo and an “executive produced by Steven Spielberg” credit
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Vermiglio (2024) James Kendrick has much to say and will reward those who have the patience to absorb all it has to offer, although others will find it too grave and deliberate to achieve the emotional depths Delpero is clearly mining
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
A Woman of Paris (1923) James Kendrick a great example of a mediocre story redeemed by superb filmmaking
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Night of the Juggler (1980) James Kendrick At times it feels like it is trying to saying something meaningful about power, poverty, and how those with the former tread all over the latter, but there is just too much absurdity to take it seriously in any meaningful way.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Crumb Catcher (2023) James Kendrick a stylish, bizarro corkscrew of a black-comedy-thriller
Posted Aug 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Shoshana (2023) James Kendrick compelling and engaging, even if its fraught romantic centerpiece plays too close to traditional expectations
Posted Aug 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Big Heat (1953) James Kendrick Although shot on an extremely tight schedule, it exudes a palpable sense of menace and sadism that dovetails powerfully with its depiction of widespread corruption.
Posted Jul 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) James Kendrick Director Gareth Edwards clearly recognizes the need to lean more heavily on the horror elements, and he finds a nice balance between suspenseful sequences and grand-slam moments of enormous power and violence.
Posted Jul 26, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Drowning Dry (2024) James Kendrick It is too bad that it wasn’t more emotionally gripping, as everything unfolds with a kind of dour fatalism that depresses more than it engages.
Posted Jul 25, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
The Shrouds (2024) James Kendrick a lumbering slog of a sci-fi psychodrama, weighted down in equal measure by its dull solemnity, emotional frigidity, and fundamental absurdity
Posted Jul 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) James Kendrick McQuarrie and Cruise clearly wanted to leave it all on the table in their final outing, and I can’t fault them for their efforts or their ambitions, especially when it comes to retconning elements of the earlier movies
Posted Jul 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Last Class (2025) James Kendrick Throughout The Last Class, Robert Reich demonstrates what American education looks like at its best, calling into question why there is so much hand-wringing over political indoctrination on college campuses
Posted Jul 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) James Kendrick a humane comedy, a richly observed character study that plays into comic types while also revealing their souls
Posted Jul 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Brazil (1985) James Kendrick Assembled from bits and piece of fantasy, science fiction, political fable, slapstick comedy, and social farce, Brazil represents the full flowering of Gilliam’s unique artistic personality
Posted Jul 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Sorcerer (1977) James Kendrick a masterful evocation of human desperation and the most intense and compelling depiction of mankind battling the elements to his own destruction not directed by Werner Herzog
Posted Jul 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Black Bag (2025) James Kendrick short and focused, cutting right to the chase and barreling through a brisk, but complex narrative
Posted Jul 04, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
A Desert (2024) James Kendrick There is a Lynchian ambition to Erkman’s work, and A Desert comes close at times to reaching those strange pinnacles of surreal discomfort that force us to confront the reality of just how dark the world can be.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Room 666 (1982) James Kendrick As a time capsule, Room 666 is utterly essential, providing a unique and telling window into the thinking of major international filmmakers during a period of profound technological, industrial, and ideological transition.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Room 999 (2023) James Kendrick If there is any optimism in Room 999, it lies in the diversity of opinions offered by its range of interviewees.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Henry Johnson (2025) James Kendrick LaBeouf is potent, evincing an almost hypnotic power in his steely, bracing confidence, but the film feels contrived to the point of distraction
Posted May 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Jean de Florette (1986) James Kendrick Far from a whimsical and charming provincial melodrama, it is rather a merciless depiction of the fundamental cruelty of human greed and the immense devastation—emotional, financial, physical, and spiritual—it leaves in its wake.
Posted May 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Manon of the Spring (1986) James Kendrick While not quite a powerful as its predecessor, Manon of the Spring nevertheless packs a strong dramatic punch.
Posted May 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Sinners (2025) James Kendrick Coogler’s masterful evocation of intertwined mythical and political horrors gives Sinners a visceral punch that so many Hollywood movies lack.
Posted May 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
A Minecraft Movie (2025) James Kendrick While it offers lots of visual wows and shout-outs to those in the know, the movie really works because of the absurd macho competitiveness-turned-bromance between Jack Black and Jason Momoa.
Posted May 06, 2025  Edit critic review
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