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Allen Almachar

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Allen is a Seattle-based film critic whose work can be found at The MacGuffin. He is a member of the Seattle Film Critics Society and the Online Film Critics Society. Allen can be found @MrAllenAlmachar.

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The Big Fake (2026) C+ EDIT “It plays a song we have heard too many times. It doesn’t give us enough of a reason to go down this familiar path one more time.” – The MacGuffin Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Rip (2026) 80% B EDIT “This is a good, albeit imperfect, crime drama. It features a strong cast, a compelling mystery, and some exciting set pieces.” – The MacGuffin Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Night Patrol (2025) 59% B- EDIT “I admire its energy and willingness to go as big and bold as possible. Not everything about it works, and that’s totally ok.” – The MacGuffin Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% B EDIT “[Gus Van Sant] can tackle any kind of story from any genre and combine it with his own unique, independent voice. Whether the result works is almost beside the point, because it is so distinctly his.” – The MacGuffin Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% A+ EDIT “A movie this sprawling and propulsive requires surgical precision. Safdie, Chalamet, and the rest of the production deliver exactly as needed.” – The MacGuffin Dec 24, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% B EDIT “Contains just the right mix of cheese, trashiness, sexiness, humor, and thrills.” – The MacGuffin Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% A- EDIT “It’s truly one of the great examples of how technology and art can coalesce to create something unique. ” – The MacGuffin Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% A- EDIT “Johnson and Craig have struck gold with this series, and they don’t appear to be slowing down.” – The MacGuffin Dec 14, 2025 Full Review Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006) 100% A+ EDIT “Even though I have seen Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 countless times, seeing it in this version was like discovering it all over again.” – The MacGuffin Dec 7, 2025 Full Review Left-Handed Girl (2025) 98% B+ EDIT “An entertaining and emotionally resonant experience. Shih-Ching Tsou immerses us in a place and culture with tons of empathy and heart.” – The MacGuffin Nov 28, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% C EDIT “Instead of going out on a high note, this fizzles down to a stop. It makes us want to click our heels and wish we were back home.” – The MacGuffin Nov 21, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% A+ EDIT “Clint Bentley has directed a picture that is simply captivating. Every artistic choice feels right, every line of dialogue reverberates with spellbinding authenticity.” – The MacGuffin Nov 21, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% A- EDIT “This is not only a period piece, but a celebration of a key moment in history told by a filmmaker speaking directly from their heart.” – The MacGuffin Nov 15, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% B- EDIT “For a movie that covers such bleak and disturbing areas, it doesn’t take enough chances. This felt more like a book report than an emotionally driven cinematic experience.” – The MacGuffin Nov 10, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% B- EDIT “It’s impressive on a technical level, but I never connected to it emotionally, intellectually, or spiritually. ” – The MacGuffin Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 48% C EDIT “It leaves on such an underwhelming note that we wonder if the journey was worth it.” – The MacGuffin Oct 30, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% C+ EDIT “You know something went terribly wrong when we walk out of a film thinking less about what it is saying and more about how it says it.” – The MacGuffin Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (2025) 100% B+ EDIT “Yes, it is filled with resentment and frustration, and rightfully so. But it is also a love letter to the Expos, a team that – for a short while – brought pure joy to those that followed them.” – The MacGuffin Oct 22, 2025 Full Review TRON: Ares (2025) 53% B- EDIT “For all its technical achievements, does the film work on a dramatic, emotional, and thematic level? That question is not so easy to answer.” – The MacGuffin Oct 10, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 70% C EDIT “This is a movie that depicts a true story but doesn’t give us enough reason as to why it stands apart from any other tale about struggling athletes. ” – The MacGuffin Oct 8, 2025 Full Review The Lost Bus (2025) 88% B EDIT “Although it doesn’t equal Greengrass’ more acclaimed projects, we can’t deny that this is a production headed by a director that knows what he’s doing and does it well.” – The MacGuffin Oct 3, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% A+ EDIT “Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted a tale that is both timely and timeless. It works as political commentary, as an edge of your seat thriller, and as a story about family.” – The MacGuffin Sep 28, 2025 Full Review HIM (2025) 30% C- EDIT “It has a lot of bravado, and it flexes its cinematic muscles all over the screen, but when we look underneath the veneer, we don’t find much bubbling inside. ” – The MacGuffin Sep 22, 2025 Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% A+ EDIT “Despite all the death and tragedy littered throughout, we come out of it with a sense of hope. Hope that whatever comes our way, we will be able to face it together. ” – The MacGuffin Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Splitsville (2025) 84% B+ EDIT “This is one of those movies that entertain us while watching it, and then we walk away thinking about the questions it presents.” – The MacGuffin Sep 4, 2025 Full Review
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