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Michael Lee

Michael Lee's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “This is a uniquely kinetic cinematic adventure, born out of the imagination of an auteur at the peak of his earthly powers.” – Film Ireland Magazine Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 93% EDIT “It's a film with an unyielding commitment to the power of cinema and artistic expression.” – Film Ireland Magazine Nov 3, 2023 Full Review Oppenheimer (2023) 93% EDIT “Cillian Murphy sets the screen ablaze, with a ferocious and intimate performance, and his face is a gateway into another reality. It's perhaps the single greatest performance in any Nolan film, and a testament to Murphy's devotion to his craft.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jul 27, 2023 Full Review The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) 96% EDIT “McDonagh has crafted a bona fide story about the end of a friendship and in doing so created an entertaining and heartfelt film laden with meaning and purpose.” – Film Ireland Magazine Oct 27, 2022 Full Review Licorice Pizza (2021) 90% EDIT “It's a radiant coming-of-age romance, that fills your heart with electricity and actively propels you straight into another dimension.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jan 7, 2022 Full Review The French Dispatch (2021) 75% EDIT “It's a must for loyal Anderson devotees, but otherwise it's likely to strain eyeballs, test patience, and rise the ire of viewers that don't read pretentious tomes or wear fancy pants.” – Film Ireland Magazine Oct 25, 2021 Full Review Wildfire (2020) 95% EDIT “Wildfire is an arresting drama that burns and melts with incredible performances and establishes Cathy Brady as a visionary feature director.” – Film Ireland Magazine Sep 23, 2021 Full Review Tenet (2020) 70% EDIT “It's an intricate Rubik's cube of a film that... never quite pieces itself together. But in this ever-changing world in which we live in, we need filmmakers like Nolan, who dare to be bold and try to look at the world differently.” – Film Ireland Magazine Sep 4, 2020 Full Review The Lighthouse (2019) 90% EDIT “A piercing psychological horror.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jan 31, 2020 Full Review Uncut Gems (2019) 91% EDIT “Past the glisten of diamonds and the cocaine mist of Uncut Gems, the Safdie Brothers have a crafted a potent mediation about the cost of our desires.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jan 13, 2020 Full Review Joker (2019) 68% EDIT “Ultimately, Joker is near Shakespearean in its tragic scope. It's Macbeth for the comic book movie generation, and easily the most morally complex comic book film since The Dark Knight.” – Film Ireland Magazine Oct 4, 2019 Full Review Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) 86% EDIT “Ends with a bang that will reverberate throughout cinematic history.” – Film Ireland Magazine Aug 16, 2019 Full Review Mary Queen of Scots (2018) 62% EDIT “Behind the mesmerizing performance of one of the best leading women of her generation, Saoirse Ronan, and a spellbinding performance by Margot Robbie, this film is let down by a lacklustre script.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jan 18, 2019 Full Review The Favourite (2018) 93% EDIT “The performances are staggering and endearingly comic.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jan 2, 2019 Full Review Suspiria (2018) 65% EDIT “This isn't some serious comment on feminism, or motherhood or anything else, this is a film so absorbed in the concept of its own greatness, that it loses sight of its own theme, until it withers and dies on screen before us.” – Film Ireland Magazine Nov 20, 2018 Full Review Room (2015) 93% EDIT “In Room, [director Lenny] Abrahamson has created a masterful oddity; a world that's spatially confined, but emotionally limitless and arresting.” – Film Ireland Magazine Mar 28, 2018 Full Review You Were Never Really Here (2017) 89% EDIT “[Director Lynne] Ramsey creates a highly subjective experience with her visuals largely mirroring the rocky instability of Joaquin's Veteran Joe.” – Film Ireland Magazine Mar 13, 2018 Full Review Phantom Thread (2017) 91% EDIT “It's tantamount to cinematic transubstantiation and Anderson and Day-Lewis deliver, turning blood to bread and water to wine, leaving us all but paralyzed.” – Film Ireland Magazine Feb 5, 2018 Full Review Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 88% EDIT “Blade Runner 2049 safely derives from the ancestral roots of Ridley Scott's iconic visionary opus without compromising its value in any way.” – Film Ireland Magazine Oct 13, 2017 Full Review It Comes at Night (2017) 88% EDIT “Shults has crafted a beautifully intelligent psychological thriller, where the most monstrous and horrific thing is ourselves.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jul 14, 2017 Full Review Alien: Covenant (2017) 65% EDIT “Alien: Covenant is half Prometheus sequel/ half Alien prequel and in many ways, it feels like a missed opportunity, but it's probably the best Alien film this side of Alien Resurrection or Alien 3; so for now at least I'm happy to chew the fat.” – Film Ireland Magazine May 18, 2017 Full Review Without Name (2016) 81% EDIT “Finnegan is clearly a filmmaker of tremendous capacity and vision, and even when [Without Name] doesn't entirely work, he doesn't fail in teasing the promise of his visionary talent.” – Film Ireland Magazine May 11, 2017 Full Review It's Only the End of the World (2016) 44% EDIT “While Dolan's previous film Mommy (2014) was hailed a masterpiece, somehow his follow-up, for me at least, doesn't live up to that kind of hype. It's not exactly surprising that the critical reaction so far has been mixed to say the least.” – Film Ireland Magazine Apr 27, 2017 Full Review Neruda (2016) 92% EDIT “Larraín doesn't water the content down for the audience; instead, he manages to keep it potent, and, what's further still, accessible.” – Film Ireland Magazine Apr 21, 2017 Full Review La La Land (2016) 91% EDIT “La La Land offers a warming, renewing sense of magic and hope in the world, the perfect antidote to all the chaos of the present. In the end it's an unapologetically bona fide love affair with love and dreams.” – Film Ireland Magazine Jan 25, 2017 Full Review
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