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JD Duran

JD Duran's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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JD Duran is the founder of InSession Film, and the host of the InSession Film Podcast. Find JD at @RealJDDuran & @InSessionFilm

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Hamnet (2025) 86% A EDIT “Hamnet destroyed me in ways that's almost hard to articulate. It's absolutely devastating, but what I really love about it is how it's equally interested in life, love and family.” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% B EDIT “Nouvelle Vague is Richard Linklater’s most insufferable film to date (complimentary). ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% C- EDIT “I just can't get over how banal it looks visually. The pacing is uneven. The new songs don't add anything. Jon M. Chu's storytelling is a problem. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 92% A EDIT “Mary Bronstein, I'm sorry, I wasn't familiar with your game. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% B+ EDIT “Tessa Thompson's Hedda Gabler is the best movie villain since Kate Beckinsale's Lady Susan in Love & Friendship.” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% A- EDIT “I never expected this for Wake Up Dead Man, but it's genuinely one of the best films about faith in recent years. The phone call scene is one of the very best of the year. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% B+ EDIT “I really responded to Noah Baumbach's meta-take on career ambition, the personal costs along the way and how it balances those things with a deep reverence for cinema. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% A+ EDIT “The Mastermind is straight out of the New Hollywood era. It's almost as if it time-traveled from the 1970s into 2025. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% A EDIT “The Secret Agent is always stirring in some captivating way, even when it's quiet or lingering in character. It's methodical and precise, but it's never mundane. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% B EDIT “Avatar: Fire and Ash is redundant and a bit of a bridge movie, but the spectacle is as thrilling and diverting as ever. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% A+ EDIT “Marty Supreme is as electric and propulsive as we might expect from Josh Safdie. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 88% B+ EDIT “As a musical, The Testament of Ann Lee is remarkably hypnotic. ” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% A EDIT “No Other Choice is simply one of the very best crafted films of the year. The cinematography and editing are astounding.” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Sentimental Value (2025) 97% A EDIT “Sentimental Value is this deeply poignant examination on the connection between parents and children and shared grief.” – InSession Film Nov 17, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% B+ EDIT “When the film begins to relish in its empathy and ideas of self-love and embracing the gift of life, that's were it truly excels, especially thanks to Jacob Elordi, who is the real deal.” – InSession Film Nov 17, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% A EDIT “DIE MY LOVE is Lynne Ramsay's raw and unrestrained examination of postpartum depression, and the deeply visceral polarity of love and desire teetering with emptiness and isolation.” – InSession Film Nov 17, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% B+ EDIT “At its nucleus, it’s about the balance between duty in crisis and the visceral human response to catastrophe. And through that prism, it’s why the narrative structure here is actually very effective. ” – InSession Film Oct 30, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 97% A EDIT “It Was Just an Accident really might be the movie of the year.” – InSession Film Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% B+ EDIT “There's a tender graciousness to the film that wonderfully contrasts its diverting qualities. It's not perfect, but mostly Cianfrance nails that tonal balancing act. ” – InSession Film Oct 30, 2025 Full Review TRON: Ares (2025) 53% D+ EDIT “I would have 100% been open-minded if they genuinely had a great idea removed from Tron: Legacy, but they very much did not. A lot of what plays out in Ares is just baffling.” – InSession Film Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Anemone (2025) 53% A- EDIT “Any time a film wants to be patient to linger in what's unsaid and the power of that peformantively, I'm 100% there. Especially when the one driving that is Daniel Day-Lewis!” – InSession Film Oct 8, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 70% C EDIT “The screenplay and editing are utterly baffling to me. The film jumps around without any rhyme or reason, and much of it is in service of nothing. ” – InSession Film Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Twinless (2025) 97% A EDIT “Dylan O'Brien seriously gives one of the best performances of 2025. ” – InSession Film Oct 8, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% A+ EDIT “One Battle After Another is another masterpiece from Paul Thomas Anderson.” – InSession Film Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Eleanor the Great (2025) 67% C EDIT “I know this was personal for Scarlett Johansson and that she's been wanting to direct, but much of this feels directionless.” – InSession Film Oct 8, 2025 Full Review
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