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Joe Botten

Joe Botten's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Sleepwalker (2026) 14% 2/5 EDIT “There’s a version of this story that could have explored parental grief with real weight, something almost European in its willingness to let loss transcend the boundaries of life and death. Instead, Sleepwalker settles for surface-level scares.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Turbulence (2025) 3/5 EDIT “It’s looking for action and suspense, and while its production sometimes feels coach, its ambition to entertain is all business class.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 4.5/5 EDIT “In a year full of safe sequels and hollow reboots, Zootopia 2 stands out because it builds on its predecessor with care.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Nov 25, 2025 Full Review The Last Viking (2025) 94% 3/5 EDIT “Come for Mikkelsen. Stay for Lie Kaas. And if you’re lucky, you might leave with a weird Beatles cover stuck in your head.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 48% 3/5 EDIT “The ballad may feel more like a ditty than the epic it aspires to be, but Farrell’s magnetic performance and Berger’s visual poetry ensure this small player deals a memorable, if not entirely winning, hand.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 4.5/5 EDIT “With Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, [Rian Johnson] delivers his most accomplished and emotionally complex entry yet: a gothic meditation that proves the genre’s infinite capacity for reinvention.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Eden (2024) 58% 3/5 EDIT “Ron Howard takes that same stranger-than-fiction tale and transforms it into Eden, a psychological thriller that proves paradise has always been humanity’s most dangerous illusion.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale succeeds because it knows the difference between an ending and a conclusion.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Witchboard (2024) 59% 2.5/5 EDIT “Witchboard suffers from a fundamental identity crisis between reboot, remake, and reimagining.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Aug 14, 2025 Full Review Sketch (2024) 95% 4/5 EDIT “Sketch succeeds precisely because it refuses to talk down to its audience while delivering the colorful monster movie goods. Worley has crafted something genuinely different: a thoughtful family movie that respects both its young heroes and adult viewers.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Great Expectations (1998) 41% 4/5 EDIT “It's a gorgeously flawed gem, one that manages to be genuinely seductive despite, or perhaps because of, its imperfections.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Aug 4, 2025 Full Review The Home (2025) 29% 2/5 EDIT “Some horror fans might cling to these final 15 minutes, mistaking viscera for the catharsis they paid for, but strip away the gore and The Home is hollow.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Jul 29, 2025 Full Review The Wiz (1978) 38% 3/5 EDIT “There’s tremendous power in experiencing a film that unapologetically celebrates Black culture, music, and spirit.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Jul 10, 2025 Full Review The Old Guard 2 (2025) 27% 2/5 EDIT “Netflix’s The Old Guard 2 is a flat sequel with dull action, weak stakes, and none of the magic that made the original a hit. ” – Loud and Clear Reviews Jul 2, 2025 Full Review Pretty Thing (2025) 47% 2/5 EDIT “That's Pretty Thing in a nutshell: it hints at depth, then gets distracted by something shiny.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Jun 30, 2025 Full Review Dead Ringers (1988) 86% 3/5 EDIT “A harrowing two-hour spiral into psychosexual decay, medical detachment, and the emotional rot of codependency.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Jun 30, 2025 Full Review Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) 95% 4.5/5 EDIT “A vivid, clever entry that proves animation can handle mature themes with sophistication.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Jun 6, 2025 Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “If The French Dispatch felt like a museum exhibit and Asteroid City was an abstract painting, then The Phoenician Scheme is a pop-up book with teeth.” – Loud and Clear Reviews May 22, 2025 Full Review Lilo & Stitch (2025) 72% 4/5 EDIT “Lilo & Stitch emerges as a surprising beacon of authenticity because it remembers why it mattered so much in the first place.” – Loud and Clear Reviews May 21, 2025 Full Review Watch the Skies (2022) 76% 4/5 EDIT “It makes you believe not just in aliens, but in people, connection, and maybe even new ways of telling the same old stories. If the skies are watching us back, I only hope they’re into Swedish cinema.” – Loud and Clear Reviews May 12, 2025 Full Review Nonnas (2025) 82% 4.5/5 EDIT “It all could easily have been played for cheap laughs or schmaltzy tears. Instead, we get something much rarer: a story that respects both grief and joy as necessary companions on the journey back to life.” – Loud and Clear Reviews May 8, 2025 Full Review The Uninvited (2024) 77% 2.5/5 EDIT “What begins as a promising night out turns into a lukewarm evening where no one really connects, including the film with its audience.” – Loud and Clear Reviews May 2, 2025 Full Review The Legend of Ochi (2025) 75% 3/5 EDIT “Like the Ochi, the film remains fascinating but beyond our complete understanding. It’s often beautiful to behold but difficult to run wild with.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Apr 30, 2025 Full Review William Tell (2024) 54% 3.5/5 EDIT “For all its familiar beats and modest shortcomings, William Tell resonates, especially with those who cherish epic dramas.” – Loud and Clear Reviews Mar 28, 2025 Full Review Hood Witch (2023) 62% 3.5/5 EDIT “Belktibia’s confident direction, paired with Farahani’s spellbinding performance, makes this tale of resilience timely, unnerving, and deeply engrossing. ” – Loud and Clear Reviews Mar 24, 2025 Full Review
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