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Joshua Mbonu

Joshua Mbonu's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Primate (2025) 79% B- EDIT “It has its occasional shortcomings and at times struggles to balance its silly and serious moments, but the film’s synth-heavy score and bloody mayhem provide a fun way to kill 80 or so minutes, even though that’s about all the film has to offer.” – InSession Film Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 94% 8/10 EDIT “Send Help is the culmination of everything that makes a great Raimi film tick in all kinds of genre filmmaking; meaning spirited chaos, non-stop thrillers, a kinetic camera, and bodily fluids of all kinds flying across the screen.” – Geek Vibes Nation Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 24% 2.5/10 EDIT “Mercy isn't quite as poorly executed visually as, say, last year's War of the Worlds, but the fact that it’s even remotely close to that level of quality is bad in and of itself. ” – Geek Vibes Nation Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Greenland 2: Migration (2026) 51% 6/10 EDIT “Greenland 2: Migration has enough compact sequences that up the ante in the scale of its stakes and destruction, and offers an emotionally satisfying message for the hope of our own future” – Geek Vibes Nation Jan 10, 2026 Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 86% B EDIT “We Bury The Dead brings more than enough grim theming to its filmmaking and story beats that result in one of the more creative uses of the Zombie canon in recent memory, even in the face of some cliched window dressing.” – InSession Film Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) 16% D- EDIT “ From its baffling screenplay to its laughable attempts at scares and developments between these characters, this sequel is truly adrift and only exists to tease and jingle keys.” – InSession Film Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Keeper (2025) 53% C- EDIT “Keeper’s faults never make it a complete waste, but it certainly makes it a complete disappointment as a genre picture.” – InSession Film Dec 19, 2025 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 81% C EDIT “SpongeBob still remains his plucky, bright yellow, and absorbent self, and younger audiences and their parents alike will be satisfied with Search for SquarePants, but the cartoon sponge’s latest film outing couldn’t be more forgettable on the whole.” – InSession Film Dec 19, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% 4.5/10 EDIT “While it will likely satisfy fans of its source material, The Housemaid doesn't quite reach the heights to be anything more than an average thriller on the whole, at best, and a clunky misfire of tonal play within the thriller genre at worst.” – Geek Vibes Nation Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 22% 3.5/10 EDIT “With constant misses in the film’s attempts at comedy and performances that are as absent as the film itself, Ella McCay, at the very least, sticks out as one of the more baffling films you’ll watch unfold this year.” – Geek Vibes Nation Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) 98% 8/10 EDIT “A beautifully animated portrait of a coming-of-age story told through such a young point of view that captures both the complexities and beauties of life in equal measure.” – Geek Vibes Nation Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% B+ EDIT “Predator: Badlands is another strong outing for Trachtenberg, not only delivering the fun ingenuity and gripping action that we’ve come to expect, but also giving a fair amount of heart that is a surprise, but a welcome one.” – InSession Film Nov 8, 2025 Full Review Shelby Oaks (2023) 55% C+ EDIT “Even if it is an imperfect debut at its center, it shows promise of more inventive fare yet to come from Stuckman rather than middling genre fare.” – InSession Film Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Good Boy (2025) 90% B EDIT “Even with small qualms holding it back from something greater, Good Boy remains a solid venture into a fresh horror concept that has a strong message of our bond with pets at its center. ” – InSession Film Oct 3, 2025 Full Review The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) 15% F EDIT “It’s an absolutely airless film that serves no useful function as an addition to the franchise or the horror genre in general. This second chapter doesn’t even feel like a movie, just 90 minutes of predictable chases and random occurrences that go nowhere” – InSession Film Sep 29, 2025 Full Review The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) 58% C- EDIT “The Conjuring: Last Rites is an underwhelming capper to the franchise that suffers from an overlong runtime and scares that pale in comparison to the franchise’s best. ” – InSession Film Sep 5, 2025 Full Review Nobody 2 (2025) 76% B- EDIT “Nobody 2 doesn’t quite match the fresh juice of the first film due to its redundant story beats and lack of depth, but it still manages to capture enough of the fun B-movie action tone that is promised.” – InSession Film Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Ne Zha II (2025) 91% A- EDIT “Ne Zha 2 is not only leaps and bounds above the quality of its predecessor, it’s also the best animated film of the year.” – InSession Film Aug 20, 2025 Full Review The Bad Guys 2 (2025) 87% B+ EDIT “The Bad Guys 2 isn’t genre-defying with its story, but it knows that and it plays within those confines so creatively.” – AwardsWatch Jul 29, 2025 Full Review Wild Diamond (2024) 85% B EDIT “Thanks to a great lead performance and effective visual techniques, Wild Diamond serves as a nice promise of potential for director Agathe Riedinger.” – InSession Film Jul 28, 2025 Full Review Smurfs (2025) 21% D EDIT “It’s a forgettable trash heap that offers nothing new, funny, or interesting to the average viewer, that isn’t executed infinitely better elsewhere.” – InSession Film Jul 28, 2025 Full Review M3GAN 2.0 (2025) 57% B- EDIT “M3GAN 2.0 has a drawn-out runtime and just a bit too much clutter within it that keeps it from being great, but it was a pleasant surprise to see how effective it was with its genre change. ” – InSession Film Jun 27, 2025 Full Review Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) 95% A- EDIT “Trachtenberg and his team have crafted yet another grisly violent entry, yes, but one that has brought the franchise to an entirely new horizon of creativity. ” – InSession Film Jun 13, 2025 Full Review Lilo & Stitch (2025) 72% D+ EDIT “Lilo & Stitch (2025) is an empty husk that will leave the brains of those who watch it immediately after the fact. ” – InSession Film Jun 9, 2025 Full Review
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