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Pop Heist is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Brett White, Connor Lightbody, Matthew Jackson, Max Covill.

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Happy Howlidays (2024) Brett White Happy Howlidays ends up being an example of just how important the leading men are to the equation. These movies ask a lot of their leads. And Ezra ... this is his first movie. The camera loves him, even if he doesn't yet know what to do with that love.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
MISS
The Royal We (2025) Brett White While there are moments of refreshing self-awareness and more than a couple decent jokes, it's not unique enough for the haters to cede any ground.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
The Reluctant Royal (2025) Brett White The Reluctant Royal feels like the easy, low-stakes, mid-budget, pleasant '90s rom-com that kinda only gets made today if Hallmark makes it. I'm thinking of movies in the Moonstruck, My Best Friend's Wedding, Four Weddings and a Funeral mold here.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
Royal-ish (2025) Brett White While Royal-ish doesn't have the LOLs, it has a solid cast that builds a strong feeling of familiarity that pulls you in ... just don't think as much about the plot as the characters do.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
MISS
Three Wisest Men (2025) Brett White Unfortunately Three Wisest Men doesn't have much to say — although that doesn't stop the movie from shouting. This is big, broad, often aimless comedy.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
A Keller Christmas Vacation (2025) Brett White But an all-star cast can only carry you so far. Imagine if our leads didn't have solid jokes, or a script with earnest intentions and genuine surprises? Fortunately, Tracy Andreen continues her winning streak.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
MISS
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story (2025) Brett White Since the central plot has nothing to do with the Bills, Holiday Touchdown doubles down on cameos. Pro football players pop up so frequently, it's like Morgan and Game are playing the Buffalo Bills version of Pokémon Go.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
Christmas Above the Clouds (2025) Brett White An outstanding, surprisingly original take on literally the most tired Christmas story around is hard to pull off, and Christmas Above the Clouds does it.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
We Met in December (2025) Brett White Well, this one's darn near perfect. The central hook of the movie centers the holiday season and the traditions that people hold dear in such a way that it's impossible to imagine this movie happening at any other time of year.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
MISS
The Snow Must Go On (2025) Brett White It sets up a lot of fun elements and characters but doesn't go anywhere with them. Fun for the family? Sure! A must-watch? Not really.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
The More the Merrier (2025) Brett White The More the Merrier weaves multiple stories together, all unified by the unexpected Christmas Eve baby boom. This makes the movie ... well, still reliably predictable but a little more surprising.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
She's Making a List (2025) Brett White Still, the premise is very original and totally bonkers, and the budget is there (for the most part). It's definitely worth checking out, just to experience what is quite possibly the oddest Hallmark movie of 2025.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
HIT
Single on the 25th (2025) Brett White I've long maintained that Hallmark's entire vibe comes from Christmas in Connecticut. With it's snappy banter and singular premise, this one fulfills that requirement. Remove all the modern trappings and you have a story that feel timeless.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Frankenstein (2025) Matthew Jackson With Frankenstein, Del Toro has delivered his most thoughtful meditation on these ideas yet, wrapped it all in a lavish production, and bared his very soul for us to see. It's a cinematic triumph.
Posted Nov 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Hellcat (2025) Matthew Jackson It's one of the most pleasant genre movie surprises of 2025 for me so far, and it deserves a big audience.
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Hamnet (2025) Connor Lightbody There’s undoubtedly merit behind Zhao’s work here, and as much as Buckley and Mescal give powerhouse performances, this is frustratingly bland, jejune storytelling
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
V/H/S Halloween (2025) Matthew Jackson V/H/S/Halloween is ... a thrilling, chilling horror rollercoaster that never slows down and leaves you giddy with the atmosphere of it all. I had a blast, and I'm betting you will too.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Black Phone 2 (2025) Matthew Jackson Black Phone 2 is why we go to the movies in October. It's the kind of horror made for raucous opening nights with lots of popcorn and a crowd ready to scream, so see it that way if you can.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
The Smashing Machine (2025) Max Covill The Smashing Machine might not reach lofty expectations, but this just might be the ideal movie for the type of man Kerr is— a bulldozer in the octagon, but a more gracious guy outside.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Max Covill It's hard to walk away from Wake Up Dead Man disappointed, but this entry isn't as much fun as the others.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
No Other Choice (2025) Max Covill If we can't laugh at a broken system, what else can we do?
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Connor Lightbody If The Brutalist was 'show', The Testament of Ann Lee is 'tell'.
Posted Sep 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Frankenstein (2025) Connor Lightbody It might be a little dismembered at times but one can't help but swoon at something as life-affirming as del Toro's humanistic rendition of Frankenstein.
Posted Aug 30, 2025  Edit critic review
The Toxic Avenger (2023) Matthew Jackson It's smart, it's hilarious, it's violent, and it's everything we could have possibly wanted from a modern Toxic Avenger movie.
Posted Aug 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Bugonia (2025) Connor Lightbody …Bugonia finally gets the chance to breathe and allow Lanthimos to fulfil what the opening promises: a gory, unhinged and explosive finale that makes the tepidness of the second act worth crawling through
Posted Aug 28, 2025  Edit critic review
Witchboard (2024) Matthew Jackson It's a re-imagining that exceeds the original, and — flaws and all — it's one hell of a ride.
Posted Aug 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Weapons (2025) Matthew Jackson It's a stunner, one of the highlights not just of 2025 but of horror in the 2020s so far, and if you only see one horror movie in theaters this summer, make it this one.
Posted Aug 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Together (2025) Matthew Jackson It's a story masterfully told, and I can't wait to watch it again to find all the layers I'm sure I missed. The hype is real, and Together is one of 2025's must-see horror movies.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Mother of Flies (2025) Matthew Jackson It's a gorgeous emotional dance that speaks to how much this filmmaking team trusts each other, how much they continue to grow and mature as artists together.
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
The Home (2025) Matthew Jackson For all its promise and its attempts to subvert what you might expect from such a film, The Home is, in the end, a series of interesting ideas in search of a good movie that we can only glimpse.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) Matthew Jackson We're living in a very good time for new slasher stories, and this is the latest addition to an impressive contemporary roster.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story (2025) Matthew Jackson It's a film designed, in every vivid detail, to be a generational clash, a deliberate marring of a legacy we think we understand. That makes it not just chilling to watch, but endlessly fascinating...
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Connor Lightbody ...First Steps is exactly what the MCU required: a Phase One-esque, back-to-basics, incredibly charming, while occasionally pedestrian, film that requires no extra-curricular work to enjoy, no TV series to have watched, no comics to have been read
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
M3GAN 2.0 (2025) Matthew Jackson M3GAN 2.0 has some upgrades, to be sure, but they don't always work, and the film is at its most fun when it taps into the campy, wild sensibilities of the original.
Posted Jun 28, 2025  Edit critic review
28 Years Later (2025) Matthew Jackson It's a film that trades straightforward survival horror for something more epic and poetic, and while it sometimes struggles to strike the right tonal balance, its ambitions are brought to crackling, often jaw-dropping life.
Posted Jun 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) Matthew Jackson We feel each of these stories, and that allows Killer of Killers to not just dazzle us visually, but keep us hanging on every moment of ultra-violent magic.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Dangerous Animals (2025) Matthew Jackson Whether you're a longtime fan of Byrne's work or you're coming to his films for the first time, this is the kind of horror movie summers were made for.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Bring Her Back (2025) Matthew Jackson More slow-burning and dread-laced than their previous film, it's a striking meditation on how grief transforms us, as well as one of the most singularly upsetting horror films you're likely to see this year.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) Matthew Jackson It's a remarkably complex film, but on top of all that, it's an adrenaline rush that'll knock you through the back wall of the theater.
Posted May 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Clown in a Cornfield (2025) Matthew Jackson A perfect horror gateway for young viewers, a great slasher, and a hell of a fun time at the movies. If you want slasher movie bliss, this one's got it all.
Posted May 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Rosario (2025) Matthew Jackson It's a movie in search of an identity, and it never quite settles on one, delivering an experience that's equal parts creepy and disjointed.
Posted May 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Sinners (2025) Matthew Jackson A vampire film, a historical drama, and a piece of elegantly crafted social horror all in one, it's a thrilling, absolutely addictive achievement, and a new American horror classic right from the start.
Posted Apr 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Sacramento (2024) Matthew Jackson It's a movie that thrives on the little things, and when you're playing in a world this focused on character and the individual needs of each human mind and heart, that's always a winning formula.
Posted Apr 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Freaky Tales (2024) Matthew Jackson It's hard to avoid thinking about what could have been had things been a little narratively tighter, but if you like indie anthologies with a little unhinged energy to them, or you just like Pedro Pascal, you'll feel right at home.
Posted Apr 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Honey Bunch (2025) Connor Lightbody A gothic horror movie unlike anything else on the market, one that could only be made by two artists and two actors who are truly and irrevocably in love with each other.
Posted Mar 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Control Freak (2025) Matthew Jackson Control Freak is a mess, but it's an often unsettling mess anchored by a good performance and strung through with memorable moments of terror.
Posted Mar 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Dreamers (2025) Connor Lightbody There may be discussion around the intangible, confusing nature of the process, which is designed to be unforgiving and cruel...but Gharoro-Akpojotor deftly explores this incensed political story through a deeply personal lens
Posted Mar 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Little Trouble Girls (2025) Connor Lightbody {Little Trouble Girls] captures a luscious summer of sexual emancipation...This isn't a film about the decision to experience love in the form of sex or faith, but the freedom to choose without the need for penance.
Posted Mar 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Late Shift (2025) Connor Lightbody [Late Shift] works as a call-to-arms for systemic change within the Swiss hospital system and of the worldwide nursing crisis, and does so through an emotionally charged lead performance from an effervescent Leonie Benesch.
Posted Mar 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Heart Eyes (2025) Matthew Jackson Funny, scary, and packed with beautifully orchestrated moments of romance, it's the must-see film of Valentine's Day this year, whether you're usually into horror movies or not.
Posted Feb 07, 2025  Edit critic review
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