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Tampa Bay Newspapers is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Lee Zumpe.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Freaky Tales (2024) Lee Zumpe Even though it periodically loses narrative focus and flaunts its eccentricities in ways that are more self-satisfied than subtle, “Freaky Tales” — almost inexplicably — turns out to be a delicious slice of chaotic weirdness.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Shaman (2024) Lee Zumpe There is ambition and imagination behind “Shaman,” but just as it gets interesting it seems to go off the rails.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Eenie Meanie (2025) Lee Zumpe Interwoven in the film’s one-last-job narrative are strikingly complex characters with tragic flaws. Individually and in their relationships, these characters are absorbing and nuanced.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
What We Hide (2025) Lee Zumpe “What We Hide” is full of exceptional performances, with Grace bringing depth and breadth of emotion to the role of Spider.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
The Thursday Murder Club (2025) Lee Zumpe Ultimately, it is Mirren, Brosnan, Kingsley and Imrie that make this adaptation work.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Strange Harvest (2024) Lee Zumpe Even those who are aware that the story is a work of fiction can easily suspend their disbelief and plunge into the eerie atmosphere and high strangeness.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Night of the Reaper (2025) Lee Zumpe Much like David Lynch ripped the idyllic façade off suburban life to reveal the dreadfulness and depravity beneath the surface, Christensen presents the viewer with a deceptive veneer that quickly bubbles and cracks.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Sunday Best (2023) Lee Zumpe This documentary is more than just a nostalgic walk down memory lane: [Sacha] Jenkins reminds us of the opposition Sullivan faced even at the height of his popularity.
Posted Aug 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Novocaine (2025) Lee Zumpe “Novocaine” is grisly but fun, intense but sweet, and preposterously entertaining.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Electric State (2025) Lee Zumpe Those who anticipate a faithful adaptation of Stålenhag’s source material may be disappointed, if not irritated.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
A Cursed Man (2024) Lee Zumpe “A Cursed Man” doesn’t live up to its promise, mainly because the director’s motivations never feel as authentic as the testimony of his interviewees.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
A Minecraft Movie (2025) Lee Zumpe As I was clicking off a list of things I didn’t like about the movie, my daughter interrupted me, saying, “yeah, but it was fun.” I can’t argue with that: “A Minecraft Movie” is fun.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Amateur (2025) Lee Zumpe Despite its shortcomings, “The Amateur” is quietly entertaining as a cerebral exploration of grief and retribution.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024) Lee Zumpe There is so much to appreciate here — from the brilliant acting to the evocative cinematography that at times recollects Alan Parker’s style.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Fréwaka (2024) Lee Zumpe Fréwaka is an ambitious, unsettling work of art that is as effective at surveying the intricacies of its characters’ relationships as it is at dragging viewers into very dark and claustrophobic situations.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Thunderbolts* (2025) Lee Zumpe It is dark in a way that feels uniquely relevant, tackling issues such as grief and trauma in a relatable, thoughtful way.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Lee Zumpe Blichfeldt simultaneously eviscerates toxic beauty culture and condemns the tyranny of unreasonable expectations placed upon women. In true Grand-Guignol style, “The Ugly Stepsister” is unsettlingly gruesome and artfully funny.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Severed Sun (2024) Lee Zumpe “The Severed Sun” desperately needs better narrative structure, context, and a readiness to subvert and reformat familiar horror tropes. But it is still worth checking out, especially if you relish folk horror.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Lee Zumpe It is an unrestrained exercise in exhilarating grandiosity, pushing its lead character Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) into progressively more dire and dangerous situations while simultaneously celebrating the high points of the film series.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Lost in Starlight (2025) Lee Zumpe Given its limited strengths, “Lost in Starlight” is likable, but unmemorable.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) Lee Zumpe Relentless, gory and action-packed, “Predator: Killer of Killers” maintains a breakneck pace, allotting just enough dialogue to fully develop each warrior.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Elio (2025) Lee Zumpe “Elio” has a relatable theme, it’s sweet and funny, and it offers insights into how to mend dysfunctional relationships.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
In Vitro (2024) Lee Zumpe For such an inconspicuous production, “In Vitro” is a clever, disturbing sci-fi thriller that invites viewers to ponder the ethical considerations of biotechnology as well as issues of coercive control and domestic abuse.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Lee Zumpe “Jurassic World Rebirth” is a pleasant surprise in the summer movie landscape, offering intense, perfectly executed action sequences as well as compelling characters with evocative backstories.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman (2025) Lee Zumpe The film’s competing priorities occasionally encumber the plot, but not enough to keep this fun, heartfelt superhero yarn from eventually coalescing into an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Best Wishes to All (2024) Lee Zumpe It is a frightening, thought-provoking critique of the modern world more haunting than any ghost story.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Lee Zumpe [The Fantastic Four: First Steps] is visually distinctive in a market crowded with comparable narratives, comfortably fitting into a preexisting cinematic milieu without reproducing the same color palette and artistic style.
Posted Aug 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Lee Zumpe Yan’s contribution to the franchise is innovative, subversive and entertaining.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Gretel & Hansel (2020) Lee Zumpe It’s a fever dream of horrors that haunt our collective consciousness from a bygone era – from famine and pestilence to impenetrable forests tenanted by voracious wolves and wicked witches.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
The Turning (2020) Lee Zumpe Sigismondi has literally used a cut-and-paste technique, plucking clever gimmicks and shots from classics of the genre and recycling them here.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Color Out of Space (2019) Lee Zumpe Mixing graphic body horror, surreal spectacle and shocking psychedelic visuals, [the director] ushers audiences to the tale’s mind-blowing climax that preserves Lovecraft’s nihilistic viewpoint.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
1917 (2019) Lee Zumpe Mendes’ film — based in part on an account told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes — provides a haunting glimpse at humanity’s seemingly incurable recklessness.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Lee Zumpe Stop pulling at the threads. Admire the characters, the setting, the plot and the conflict. The film has some legitimate shortcomings that deserve respectful criticism, but much of the disparagement and condemnation is unwarranted.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
The Buildout (2024) Lee Zumpe For his feature film debut, Younus has constructed a captivating ideation that is beguilingly resplendent but ultimately insufficient. Its fragmentary, oblique structure leaves too much territory sadly unexplored.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Chaos: The Manson Murders (2025) Lee Zumpe Morris spends as much time retreading the all-too-familiar timeline as he does exploring O’Neill’s implausible assertions, encumbering the viewer with a jumble of deceptively tantalizing conspiracy theories that don’t survive scrutiny.
Posted Mar 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Scrap (2022) Lee Zumpe “Scrap” also excels at reminding viewers — particularly those living paycheck to paycheck, or with only enough savings to withstand a single medical emergency — how close we all are to losing the level of comfort to which we are accustomed.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Captain America: Brave New World (2025) Lee Zumpe It’s lighter fare than “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” though there is still enough peril in the script to keep viewers fully invested.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Kinda Pregnant (2025) Lee Zumpe The script is an awkward mashup of incompatible comedic styles, as if a teenage Seth MacFarlane tried writing Nora Ephron fan fiction.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Night Call (2024) Lee Zumpe The backdrop of a city draped in darkness — but roiling with restlessness and antagonism as protests against police brutality lead to sporadic skirmishes in the streets — creates an almost dreamlike atmosphere.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) Lee Zumpe Its failings are particularly frustrating given the potential of having Georgiou — an interesting, complex character portrayed by the wonderful Yeoh — star in her own series.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Get Away (2024) Lee Zumpe Haars never forgets that to make an effective parody of a horror subgenre, the film must incorporate authentic horror elements.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Laws of Man (2024) Lee Zumpe Although I really want to love this film, it just doesn’t quite meet expectations. It’s watchable, and it has some wonderful performances.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024) Lee Zumpe Sometimes, it’s nice to watch a film that isn’t blatantly trying to endorse a specific agenda, or proffer deep philosophical insight, or entice viewers into purchasing an endless stream of merchandise.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Nosferatu (2024) Lee Zumpe Despite the audience’s acquaintance with the source material, Eggers manages to invoke an overwhelming sense of escalating trepidation and morbid curiosity.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Mudbrick (2023) Lee Zumpe Petrovic’s film combines familial tension, menacing atmosphere, and shocking, fanatical devotion to a malevolent god in a story that is both melancholy and, at times, disturbing.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) Lee Zumpe “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” feels like explanatory footnotes that have been rather gracelessly fleshed out to capitalize on the popularity of the intellectual property.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
You Are Not Me (2023) Lee Zumpe It is an imaginative approach to underscoring our inherent fears of rejection with an unnerving folk-horror twist lurking beneath the surface.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
The Piano Lesson (2024) Lee Zumpe “The Piano Lesson” is both expansive and immersive. The viewer is drawn into the lives of these characters.
Posted Dec 03, 2024  Edit critic review
It's Coming (2023) Lee Zumpe The very fact that [the director] doesn’t appear to inject uncanny elements makes the documentary more disquieting — and, in some ways, more credible.
Posted Dec 03, 2024  Edit critic review
Starring Jerry as Himself (2023) Lee Zumpe The ingenious presentation and execution of “Starring Jerry As Himself” gives the film its distinctiveness.
Posted Dec 03, 2024  Edit critic review
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