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Liam Maguren

Liam Maguren's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Fixed (2025) 56% EDIT “Tartakovsky’s more interested in showing the sides of these animals we try to ignore.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Sketch (2024) 95% EDIT “Without suited execs and random focus groups sanding off the rugged edges central to its themes, Sketch feels uncompromised in its vision and genuine in its intent.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Familiar Touch (2024) 98% EDIT “Don’t expect Familiar Touch to jump on a soapbox and monologue about health discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots. It simply isn’t that kind of film.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025) 84% EDIT “Once you’ve settled into the nostalgia of it all with its prominent film grain, classic score, and swingin’ sixties production, the film contorts those comfy memories with an accelerating descent into cinematic madness.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Nickel Boys (2024) 92% EDIT “At its most brilliant, Ross’s visual approach solidifies Nickel Boys’ most profound reminder: all these boys’ experiences, memories, and lives mattered.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Apr 3, 2025 Full Review The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) 97% EDIT “Watching The Seed of the Sacred Fig feels more like a revolt where the simple act of watching it amplifies its purpose: to spread both awareness and the feeling of a grand injustice. ” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Look Back (2024) 100% EDIT “As the credits roll over a beautifully composed shot that mirrors the panels of a manga strip, there’s a sombre but satisfying sense that nothing else needs to be said. Not a minute more needed from this hour-long experience.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 15, 2025 Full Review Never Look Away (2024) 93% EDIT “Intimate, informative, and impactful, Never Look Away sits comfortably in a stable of films that get into the minds of camerapeople drawn to subjects all-too-often safeguarded from wider society.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 15, 2025 Full Review MadS (2024) 94% EDIT “It’s wild, dangerous, exciting stuff that finds a genuinely novel approach to the one-shot genre.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 15, 2025 Full Review His Three Daughters (2023) 97% EDIT “There’s a beauty in this film’s bareness. Vulnerability feels inevitable. Inviting, even.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Sep 20, 2024 Full Review We Were Dangerous (2024) 97% EDIT “The laughs lighten the load of the heavier subject matter. Colonialism and conversion therapy cast dark shadows over New Zealand’s recent history, with Stewart-Te Whiu using those shades to illustrate her story.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Aug 19, 2024 Full Review Bookworm (2024) 91% EDIT “A hearty and heart-filled venture with a story that doesn’t talk down to kids, complemented with the type of edginess that feels sadly lost in the modern family film landscape.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Inside Out 2 (2024) 91% EDIT “She is, in essence, the new Andy, and if Pixar dares to push the series further into bolder directions, it may very well be the successor to the Toy Story franchise.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jun 12, 2024 Full Review Stopmotion (2023) 91% EDIT “Capped off with a woozy and uncompromising ending, Stopmotion successfully brings familiar elements together to create a uniquely horrific depiction of a troubled artist experiencing psychological freefall.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) May 28, 2024 Full Review The American (2023) EDIT “Delivers plenty of squirm-inducing suspense (complete with a ticking time bomb in the form of a stress fracture) and a compelling moral quagmire in this tale of self-determination flying close to the sun of self-destruction.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) May 14, 2024 Full Review Robot Dreams (2023) 98% EDIT “With absolutely no dialogue, Robot Dreams confidently leans on its visual storytelling and the strength of its animated performances (it’s always surprising how much emotion can be derived from two big hoop eyes and a one-line mouth).” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Apr 8, 2024 Full Review The Great Escaper (2023) 90% EDIT “The Great Escaper can’t escape the genre traps it set for itself, but it’s good enough to escape being a terrible product of the… Never Too Old genre? Pension-spiration flicks? ” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Mar 12, 2024 Full Review The Convert (2023) 81% EDIT “When The Convert reaches its inevitable musket-fuelled climax, it weaves a strong net of spectacle and sorrow. Technically, it’s impressive, Tamahori ably capturing the distressing flurry of warfare.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Mar 12, 2024 Full Review Dumb Money (2023) 84% EDIT “You can’t help but feel there was a great movie brewing that got chucked off the boil.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Stylebender (2023) EDIT “Stylebender tells a good story about a fighter becoming a champion but it’s a downright fantastic film about a man reconciling with his internal rage - anger turns into fuel, then becomes an addiction, but always takes a mental toll” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Sep 28, 2023 Full Review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 95% EDIT “Even if Across the Spider-Verse can feel too fast or too packed, it slows down and maintains focus where it counts. ” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jun 1, 2023 Full Review The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) 59% EDIT “I could list numerous examples of how the gags and references distract and detract from the story but let’s face it; people care more about a YouTuber’s 100 Easter Eggs You Missed From The Super Mario Bros. Movie designed to please the content gods. ” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Apr 5, 2023 Full Review Strange World (2022) 72% EDIT “Manages to dive deeper than most Daddy Issues films and pull out something of significantly more value.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Nov 23, 2022 Full Review Entergalactic (2022) 97% EDIT “Vivid painting of time, place, and sensation sets Entergalactic apart from fellow animated album movies - and there’s a lot of them.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Oct 19, 2022 Full Review Pinocchio (2022) 27% EDIT “For a story about a wooden puppet wanting to become a real boy, Zemeckis’ woeful approach with not-so-deep-fake animation visually destroys the narrative.” – Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Oct 3, 2022 Full Review
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