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Rachel Ho

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Biography:

Rachel Ho is a freelance film critic, writer, and editor. She is currently the film editor at Exclaim! Magazine and co-founder of The Asian Cut. Her work has also been published in The Globe and Mail, CBC Arts, Slash Film, POV Magazine, among others. Rachel is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association, the recipient of their 2021 Emerging Critic Award, and an international voter for the Golden Globe Awards.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Mercy (2026) 23% 5/10 EDIT “Had the film simply stuck to its meathead thrills, it would have been far better off. ” – Exclaim! Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% EDIT “Wake Up Dead Man demonstrates the best of what these films (and these types of whodunnits) can offer: films focused on entertaining without sacrificing intelligence.” – Exclaim! Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 79% 7/10 EDIT “Primate is a simple creature feature that bypasses social commentary around the domestication of wild animals or their use in scientific studies, and it's better for it. ” – Exclaim! Jan 9, 2026 Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 86% 7/10 EDIT “With We Bury the Dead, Ridley continues to make bold and interesting choices in her post-Star Wars career, and, thankfully, Ridley's latest punt is more Sometimes I Think of Dying than Chaos Walking. ” – Exclaim! Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% 8/10 EDIT “Dern's portrayal of Tess reminds us of the sheer powerhouse consistency she's given audiences for decades. Neither character explicitly asks for sympathy from us, but Dern demands it for Tess.” – Exclaim! Jan 7, 2026 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% 5/10 EDIT “A film so close to recapturing the glory days of mid-budget thrillers, the shortcomings of The Housemaid only reminds us of the fun we used to have in cinemas instead of being any fun itself.” – Exclaim! Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 5/10 EDIT “Five writers, including Cameron, get a writing credit, and it shows. Fire and Ash is frenetic without being kinetic. ” – Exclaim! Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 9/10 EDIT “Caps off a year of fairly mediocre films with some much needed greatness.” – Exclaim! Dec 2, 2025 Full Review We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes (2025) EDIT “'We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes' honours the young women who answered the call of duty during WWII, and along the way, offers viewers a poignant retrospective of a bygone era.” – POV Magazine Nov 30, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 77% 7/10 EDIT “A commanding performance from Olsen that only continues her campaign as one of her generation's most dynamic actors going.” – Exclaim! Nov 24, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% 8/10 EDIT “Edgerton's ability to command the screen with a muted persuasion profoundly lays at the heart of Train Dreams. ” – Exclaim! Nov 24, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 8/10 EDIT “Slowly but surely, Kelly Reichardt has proven herself to be one of the modern greats of slow cinema. ” – Exclaim! Oct 28, 2025 Full Review Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (2025) 100% EDIT “[H]ighlights another aspect that one might not have fully appreciated: Loria and Samson were brash Americans coming into Canada assuming whatever rules of commerce applied down south translated cross-border.” – POV Magazine Oct 20, 2025 Full Review Anemone (2025) 53% 6/10 EDIT “While RDL does demonstrate an artistic directorial acumen that will surely and eventually translate into rewarding work, such skills don't make themselves known enough in Anemone. ” – Exclaim! Oct 7, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% 8/10 EDIT “As a self-proclaimed PTA detractor, One Battle After Another has me reconsidering my entire assessment of the director. ” – Exclaim! Oct 7, 2025 Full Review A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) 36% 4/10 EDIT “We're left wishing Colin Farrell had just found an Avis.” – Exclaim! Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Stans (2025) 90% EDIT “In what could have been a self-congratulating piece of fan service, Stans offers an interest entry point into the life and career of one of rap's most prolific lyricists. ” – Exclaim! Sep 17, 2025 Full Review The Fence (2025) 70% EDIT “Denis hampers The Fence with its stage origins, offering her actors stilted dialogue that never takes any form.” – Exclaim! Sep 17, 2025 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 86% 8/10 EDIT “An awe-inspiring concert film documentary, that, much like Elvis, will win over even the most jaded hater.” – Exclaim! Sep 13, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 70% 8/10 EDIT “Safdie is the undisputed champ of The Smashing Machine. ” – Exclaim! Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 6/10 EDIT “While not all films about loneliness need to be solemnly serious, HIKARI's approach to 'Rental Family' hits a saccharine note that nearly moves the film into Lifetime territory. ” – Exclaim! Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% 6/10 EDIT “The persistence — and insistence — of highlighting Manchester's geniality eventually grows to a point that feels like an attempt to excuse the crimes he committed.” – Exclaim! Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Youngblood (2025) 6/10 EDIT “Another commanding performance [for Ashton James] that only hints at what's to come for the Toronto actor.” – Exclaim! Sep 11, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 9/10 EDIT “Park's films have all found a degree of humour in even the darkest of times, but none more so than 'No Other Choice.'” – Exclaim! Sep 5, 2025 Full Review Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) 100% 8/10 EDIT “Quintessential Canadiana — made by Canadians, for Canadians. ” – Exclaim! Sep 5, 2025 Full Review
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