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The M Report (WBOC.com) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Marlon Wallace.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
The Rip (2026) Marlon Wallace With all the talk about corrupt cops, we do get the impression that he [Ben Affleck] might not be one of them, but the film never expands upon JD [Ben Affleck] to give us more depth or insight into him.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Marlon Wallace It's rare for a zombie flick to give the perspective of the zombie. DaCosta provides glimpses of Samson's perspective and of his memories, but, again, it's not nearly enough.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
Blood & Ice (2025) Marlon Wallace If Silvia's film is notable in any way, it's that he puts women in the forefront of this gangster story. Female gangsters aren't usually in the lead, but Silvia features bad-ass women in prominent positions.
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
Greenland 2: Migration (2026) Marlon Wallace Even though I don't think that this film is really comparable in terms of quality, Waugh's sequel did remind me of Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men (2006), which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Safe House (2025) Marlon Wallace I will never complain about seeing [Lewis] Tan in action and perform fight choreography because he will always impress. It's just unfortunate that everyone else gets short-changed on that action, particularly [Lucien] Laviscount.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
The Perfect Neighbor (2025) Marlon Wallace ...the argument has to be made that the killer has some kind of racial bias. Sometimes, if not most times, that bias or racism can be difficult to prove. With this film, it's actually easy to prove.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Souleymane's Story (2024) Marlon Wallace Sangare's performance here is probably my favorite male performance of the past year. His acting prizes are all well deserved. Some may argue that he wasn't really acting, as Sangare's personal life mirrors his character's in a lot of ways.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Heads of State (2025) Marlon Wallace From a plane sequence, to several shoot-outs, to a helicopter sequence involving a bank vault, to an epic car chase through the streets of Italy... this film has really fun and entertaining action sequences that are worth watching.
Posted Jan 01, 2026  Edit critic review
G20 (2025) Marlon Wallace ...not too much as to overshadow Danielle because at the end of the day this is Viola Davis' vehicle. Yet, overshadowing her is exactly what this film does for the initial action scenes.
Posted Jan 01, 2026  Edit critic review
Marty Supreme (2025) Marlon Wallace The ultimate point here is the lengths a person will go to pursue a dream... The extreme measures that Marty employs to be in this year's tournament don't ever really feel justified. He seems to be impulsive and operating without much of a plan.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Bugonia (2025) Marlon Wallace ...it feels as though most of this is meant to be a metaphor or a dark satire... That commentary is meant to highlight what humans are doing to the planet. It's also meant to be a precursor for what humans are doing to themselves.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Marlon Wallace The ending of this film essentially leaves the characters in the same place where they were at the end of that 2022 flick. We didn't learn anything new and we didn't go anywhere new, so it felt like Cameron really was just spinning his wheels.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024) Marlon Wallace It's also about how difficult it is for a woman or anyone to dissent or try to push back. It's reminiscent of a recent Oscar nominee in Best Documentary Feature, To Kill a Tiger (2023), which had an arguably happier ending than this one.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Hamnet (2025) Marlon Wallace The ending is about the power of theater to reckon with difficult things, but it's not about reckoning with William's decision to leave. It's reckoning with another tragedy. That tragedy sucks up all the oxygen in the room.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Hedda (2025) Marlon Wallace What DaCosta does here is equivalent to what Greta Gerwig did for her adaptation, Little Women (2019), only DaCosta's film is dealing with darker elements..., in terms of giving an old work a fresh and modern take, DaCosta is in the same park as Gerwig.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Sorry, Baby (2025) Marlon Wallace In some instances, it might be considered slow. Victor seems to be pushing the audience to sit in these moments and absorb them, and absorb the impact. I wouldn't say it's boring or the pacing is selfsame. The film moves along in a resolute way.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Marlon Wallace There's this idea that Benoit who is an atheist is going to have his beliefs challenged and perhaps be put into a position where he has to consider the existence of God or the reality of miracles. I'm not sure that this angle is as well fleshed out.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
In Your Dreams (2025) Marlon Wallace I haven't seen every animated film in 2025, but this one stands out as one of the best. Current predictions have this film not getting nominated at the 98th Academy Awards, but in my estimation it should.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Jay Kelly (2025) Marlon Wallace Instead of looking forward and examining what it takes to succeed and achieve fame, it's about looking backward and examining if what it took to succeed and achieve fame was worth it and what the cost or toll was.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Train Dreams (2025) Marlon Wallace Bentley's film is more about somberness, stillness and silence... It's about grief and how dealing with that grief using stillness and silence can be powerful, but in this context, I'm not sure it's totally effective.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Zootopia 2 (2025) Marlon Wallace Given that Judy is a rabbit, the dynamic is less buddy cop and more "bunny cop." There's enough comedy and car chases to entertain and pull any audience member along for the ride.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Wicked: For Good (2025) Marlon Wallace It feels like a soap bubble bursting in that it doesn't have much of an impact. This sequel is very much a letdown... the 2024 flick is still far better than this, which feels like a denouement that was mostly unnecessary.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Frankenstein (2025) Marlon Wallace The opening of the film is this great spectacle and truly exciting grabber at the edges of the North Pole. Yet, the ending went out with a whimper instead of a bang.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) Marlon Wallace If it's a debate, the film should have made it more of a debate. Elba's character is more stumbling through the third and final section. It's okay to stumble but Elba's talents are wasted because he doesn't even express an opinion or strong point-of-view.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Weapons (2025) Marlon Wallace ...perhaps the supernatural element here is meant to represent what addiction can do to not only individuals but also to an entire community. It could also be interpreted as what addiction can do to a child.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
The Mastermind (2025) Marlon Wallace Because there's so little revealed and so little dialogue, it's hard to understand why JB did what he did. A lot of motivations could be implied, but it feels like a vague sketch of a character.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) Marlon Wallace It's quieter and stripped down, which in this case is very much befitting its titular character.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025) Marlon Wallace The true meat of the narrative comes from [Keira Knightley] Lo's isolation and feeling adrift in this mystery, not getting any help and not feeling so self-reliant. She's certainly not like an Agatha Christie protagonist...
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Roofman (2025) Marlon Wallace ...the film isn't necessarily making any kind of systemic or institutional critiques. The film recognizes that it's mostly Jeffrey's own failings, specifically his materialism that led to his issues overall or where he placed value in his relationships.
Posted Oct 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Plainclothes (2025) Marlon Wallace ...establishes early that this film is really about the mental health of his protagonist... the film looks like Academy ratio on a 35 mm print... It's box-like, almost as if to box us into the head and the mind of the main character.
Posted Oct 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Marlon Wallace ...because there are so many musical numbers, it essentially sidelines Luis in what's supposed to be his story. The 1985 film didn't have all those musical numbers, which gave Luis more screen time and centered him more.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Riley (2023) Marlon Wallace ...queer films over the past 30 years, there haven't been that many coming-of-age stories focusing on LGBTQ teenagers. There's even been less about LGBTQ athletes and even less about those in the world of American football.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Ruth & Boaz (2025) Marlon Wallace The film seems to prefer Babyface over Jermaine Dupri. It suggests that Ruth prefers one over the other. The film never explains why. Both are great record producers.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Man in My Basement (2025) Marlon Wallace ...there appears to be some racial guilt that sprang from initial racial animus with which this film is somewhat grappling. Strangely, I don't think the film spends enough time with Anniston [Willem Dafoe's character] to sell that aspect.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Smashing Machine (2025) Marlon Wallace ...what Safdie does is what feels like a copy-and-paste job where he was just doing what seems like a shot-for-shot remake of that documentary. He didn't really come up with his own ideas for how to tell this story or find any different angles.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Waltzing with Brando (2024) Marlon Wallace The re-creations here are virtually indistinguishable from the real footage. Fishman's production could honestly be confused for documentary footage... whatever the makeup and hair department did only made things that much more flawless.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
One Battle After Another (2025) Marlon Wallace Of Anderson's three Pynchon adaptations, this one is by far the best. It's his first to be more action-oriented. It's also his first film to be set in the present-day, since Punch-Drunk Love (2002).
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Unicorns (2023) Marlon Wallace ...a twin film to this one called Layla (2025)... about a queer young man from a Muslim family... Hosaini and Floyd... are not queer... so their film didn't feel like it had that extra depth or totally authentic voice that Layla did.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
The History of Sound (2025) Marlon Wallace ...the film isn't necessarily concerned with the musicology. The folk songs and their presence here are instead just a crutch that the film barely utilizes. It's more concerned with Lionel's loneliness and his dissatisfaction with his life.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
HIM (2025) Marlon Wallace Wayans gives an entertaining performance. He's the most entertaining and lively thing here... The problem becomes a failure to understand the actions or motivation of his character.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
The Baltimorons (2025) Marlon Wallace Strassner instead uses humor and being a persistent goofball rather than beefcake as the food of love here, although at one point he does feed Didi actual food. He's not a grizzly bear, as he claims. He's more a soft-shell crab that cracks... corny jokes.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
The Long Walk (2025) Marlon Wallace This film is mainly medium shots of the guys walking with not much variety. If one considers this as akin to a slasher flick, then watching one kill after the other will probably be a draw... it feels repetitive here.
Posted Sep 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Ponyboi (2024) Marlon Wallace It has a way more exciting plot and is more of a character study of a type of person who's not really had a chance to shine in any mainstream work.
Posted Sep 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Twinless (2025) Marlon Wallace ...this film simply becomes a gay guy [Dennis] lusting after a straight guy [Roman], which is a problematic trope in narratives both inside and outside Hollywood.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Love, Brooklyn (2025) Marlon Wallace The humor and the dynamics feel so natural. Nothing feels forced or contrived. The conversations are open and honest as well. It's refreshing to see such openness in a film that isn't a comedy. There are comedic elements in this film.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Splitsville (2025) Marlon Wallace What this film shows is basically four people lying about being in an open marriage when it's really about four people on the rebound, fumbling their way back to monogamy, which felt like squandered potential.
Posted Sep 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Thursday Murder Club (2025) Marlon Wallace There's a reference to Agatha Christie here... Osman's book supposes that instead of one Miss Marple, what if there were four of Miss Marple or Miss Marple types.
Posted Sep 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Relay (2024) Marlon Wallace Ahmed proves why he's Oscar-nominated for acting... he doesn't really speak... Ahmed's performance is mainly in his facial expressions and body language. There's even a scene where he's talking to a deaf person and he uses mostly ASL...
Posted Sep 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Highest 2 Lowest (2025) Marlon Wallace Not following the police procedural pattern, Lee is able to show distinctions from where David currently is and where he came from. Kurosawa switched perspectives... but if that happened here, we would have lost so much of [Denzel] Washington on screen...
Posted Aug 26, 2025  Edit critic review
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) Marlon Wallace For Rumi and Jinu, there's also a level of sympathy and shame that both of them feel and share. A theme emerges of overcoming one's shame and being proud of who you are.
Posted Aug 26, 2025  Edit critic review
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