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Beandrea July

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Beandrea July (@beandreadotcom) is a freelance film critic and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles, who has written for the Hollywood Reporter, Out Magazine, and Women and Hollywood, among other publications.

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Homegrown (2024) EDIT “I wanted to turn it off at many points, but I'm glad that I stuck with it, because the whole film is deep verité. You don't have any notion of who is behind the camera... It does a reality check that I found gratifying.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Jan 24, 2026 Full Review El Canto de las Manos (2025) EDIT “A touching and interesting documentary.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 31, 2025 Full Review The King of Color (2025) EDIT “I wish they had gone deeper with explaining the Pantone System. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 31, 2025 Full Review La Grazia (2025) 81% EDIT “It becomes a very thoughtful meditation of forgiveness, regret, and moving forward.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 31, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 22% EDIT “It felt so out of touch in such strange ways.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 31, 2025 Full Review Little Trouble Girls (2025) 98% EDIT “The thing that really brings this movie together is the choir. These girls have amazing voices.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Rosemead (2025) 89% EDIT “One of those movies where I saw it one night and woke up the next morning thinking about it. I think that's a sign of success. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Being Eddie (2025) 75% EDIT “It's a nice run back through a really incredible career. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Serious People (2025) 69% EDIT “A fun, scrappy ride through L.A. culture. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Selena y Los Dinos (2025) 95% EDIT “This is not a film about her death. It's a film about her life.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (2025) 98% EDIT “A really beautiful portrait of the trauma and beauty of surviving under occupation. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) 100% EDIT “When you really focus in on Andrea's powerful delivery of poetry, in her deep understanding of life and the meaning of life, it's a really enjoyable watch. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% EDIT “The best example I've seen of why movies waxing philosophical about L.A. are really tedious and boring.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Trains (2024) EDIT “A really refreshing palate cleanser where I'm left with my own emotions, internal experience, and to make up my own conclusions. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review A Mother Apart (2024) EDIT “A really beautiful, tender, layered, emotionally honest exploration of motherhood.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 97% EDIT “A morality tale without being heavy-handed for the most part. ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% EDIT “I found the character irritating and I just didn't understand his "why?"” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 90% EDIT “I just felt like it was a missed opportunity, you know, since you're doing a 2025 remake, why not explore his queerness? ” – FilmWeek (LAist) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Unidentified (2025) B- EDIT “Visually, Al-Mansour’s approach is middle-of-the-road: it gets the job done without flair. The pacing feels right from the beginning: as the story unravels, the plot points neither dawdle nor lurch too quickly forward.” – IndieWire Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Good Fortune (2025) 78% C+ EDIT “In the end, “Good Fortune” left me skeptical and uneasy, wondering whether the people it depicts with such lightheartedness will only feel objectified instead.” – IndieWire Sep 7, 2025 Full Review John Candy: I Like Me (2025) 89% B- EDIT “In the end, Hanks delivers a good, but not great, portrait of a lovable guy whose shortcomings took him out -- an ordinary guy with extraordinary talent who remains one of the best comedic actors of the 20th century.” – IndieWire Sep 6, 2025 Full Review The Luckiest Man in America (2024) 67% EDIT “There's not a ton of nuance or surprise in it... But it is solid, conventional filmmaking.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Apr 9, 2025 Full Review Viet and Nam (2024) 98% EDIT “Definitely a movie that requires you to lock in and commit, but I think it's really worth it.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Apr 9, 2025 Full Review The Friend (2024) 84% EDIT “Full of overwrought, literary dialogue, so many tropes about grief, and brings up all these really intense issues... and doesn't really resolve or deepen any of them.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Apr 9, 2025 Full Review A Nice Indian Boy (2024) 95% EDIT “A wonderful film that explores different generations of Indian families and speaks back to cultural taboos with humor, sweetness, and depth.” – FilmWeek (LAist) Apr 9, 2025 Full Review
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