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Showbiz Junkies is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Rebecca Murray.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
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Song Sung Blue (2025) Rebecca Murray By acknowledging the power of music, the film conveys the resilience of the human spirit, the importance of following your dreams, and the beauty of finding a second chance at love.
Posted Dec 22, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Hamnet (2025) Rebecca Murray Hamnet, based on co-writer Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, takes the faintest hints of history and expands them into a poignant exploration of love, grief, and the creation of timeless art.
Posted Nov 29, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Rental Family (2025) Rebecca Murray Rental Family is a beautifully executed and heartfelt story of finding family where you least expect it.
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Train Dreams (2025) Rebecca Murray Director and co-writer Clint Bentley’s gorgeous adaptation of Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams novella is a deeply moving look at the beauty and brutality of the American frontier.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Christy (2025) Rebecca Murray Sweeney’s riveting transformation into the trailblazing boxer helps the film over the rough spots.
Posted Nov 10, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Rebuilding (2025) Rebecca Murray Rebuilding is a deeply moving and ultimately hopeful drama that turns a devastating tragedy into a beautiful testament to the power of community and the resilience of the human spirit.
Posted Nov 10, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Blue Moon (2025) Rebecca Murray Blue Moon isn’t just for theatre kids, although they’ll undoubtedly eat it up.
Posted Oct 23, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Affection (2025) Rebecca Murray BT Meza’s debut is an absorbing, relentless, genre-blending thriller elevated by strong performances.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
B
All the Devils Are Here (2025) Rebecca Murray With a chilling atmosphere, fantastic performances, and a story that constantly keeps you guessing, All the Devils are Here is a solid choice for fans of psychological thrillers.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
B
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) Rebecca Murray The film beautifully weaves together themes of confronting fears, atoning for past mistakes, and finding forgiveness, while sending the characters on a journey whose final stop doesn’t matter.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Swiped (2025) Rebecca Murray While Swiped does a terrific job of following Whitney’s time at Tinder, the film falters when it explores Whitney’s post-Tinder events.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Eden (2024) Rebecca Murray Strong performances live up to the ambitious story, and in the end, Eden is a thought-provoking tale that leaves you pondering the price of paradise.
Posted Aug 25, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Superman (2025) Rebecca Murray David Corenswet is the best Superman since Christopher Reeve.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A
40 Acres (2024) Rebecca Murray Despite the bleak setting, 40 Acres is a profoundly moving story of hope and human resilience.
Posted Jun 30, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Bark (2023) Rebecca Murray It’s the little things that play true that make Bark so deeply (and delightfully) disturbing.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
Fountain of Youth (2025) Rebecca Murray At its best, it’s a sort of National Treasure-lite, but those brief moments don’t come close to justifying the two-hour runtime, which feels like a real grind.
Posted Jun 02, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Rebecca Murray After three decades and eight films, the Mission: Impossible series wraps up with a film that’s… okay. Just okay. Not exactly the mic drop we were expecting.
Posted May 21, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Fight or Flight (2024) Rebecca Murray osh Hartnett’s energetic performance is the key ingredient, selling the completely bonkers nature of it all with charismatic conviction.
Posted May 10, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Thunderbolts* (2025) Rebecca Murray Marvel’s captured lightning in a bottle with the refreshingly fun and surprisingly moving Thunderbolts*.
Posted Apr 30, 2025  Edit critic review
B
The Trouble with Jessica (2023) Rebecca Murray Sharply written and briskly paced, The Trouble with Jessica is a hilarious dive into the limits of friendship, the flexible nature of morals, and the healing power of a particularly delicious dessert.
Posted Apr 28, 2025  Edit critic review
Warfare (2025) Rebecca Murray By eschewing every Hollywood war movie trope, Warfare catapults the genre into striking new territory.
Posted Apr 07, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
The Friend (2024) Rebecca Murray Based on Sigrid Nunez’s bestselling novel, The Friend is a poignant and powerful story of grief and the unexpected ways that we heal.
Posted Apr 02, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Freaky Tales (2024) Rebecca Murray Freaky Tales truly embodies its title. It is daring, bizarre, and chaotic, with a style that epitomizes pure, unfiltered weirdness.
Posted Mar 31, 2025  Edit critic review
B
The Gorge (2025) Rebecca Murray Apple TV+’s The Gorge is a wildly entertaining mash-up of genres that somehow works beautifully … for the most part.
Posted Feb 14, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Sorry, Baby (2025) Rebecca Murray The moving, sometimes hysterical, and often heartbreaking dramedy signals the arrival of a filmmaker with a unique voice capable of honestly portraying difficult subjects.
Posted Feb 03, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Maria (2024) Rebecca Murray Pablo Larraín’s Maria showcases Oscar winner Angelina Jolie’s acting prowess, capturing the opera singer’s dramatic highs and lows with captivating intensity and emotional depth.
Posted Dec 28, 2024  Edit critic review
A
The Order (2024) Rebecca Murray What a disheartening reflection on our times that The Order ranks among the most relevant dramas of the last ten years.
Posted Dec 07, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Conclave (2024) Rebecca Murray Conclave presents the secretive papal election as a high-stakes thriller, with the Catholic Cardinals manipulated like chess pieces by those who crave ultimate power.
Posted Nov 30, 2024  Edit critic review
C-
Apartment 7A (2024) Rebecca Murray The differences between Terry in Apartment 7A and Terry in Rosemary’s Baby are distracting, making it hard not to wonder why they didn’t just create a new character who had contact with the Satanic cult before Rosemary's encounter with the Devil.
Posted Sep 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Rebecca Murray Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a big dose of nostalgia, covered in goo and brought to life by a cast totally committed to Tim Burton’s vision.
Posted Sep 05, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Alien: Romulus (2024) Rebecca Murray Alien: Romulus successfully captures the essence of the original Alien, both in its tone and creature design, while carving out its own place in the franchise.
Posted Aug 15, 2024  Edit critic review
B
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) Rebecca Murray It’s the quieter, emotionally fraught scenes with Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn that make A Quiet Place: Day One so compelling. That, and one amazing, superheroic cat.
Posted Jun 28, 2024  Edit critic review
B
The Bikeriders (2023) Rebecca Murray Flawlessly played by Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Kathy’s the heart and soul of the film, with Comer’s performance being the reason to see it.
Posted Jun 20, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) Rebecca Murray Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a thought-provoking action film that successfully builds off the trilogy while striking out on its own.
Posted May 09, 2024  Edit critic review
A
The Fall Guy (2024) Rebecca Murray Gosling and Blunt totally get the assignment and let the badass stunt performers shine in this ridiculously fun movie.
Posted May 02, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) Rebecca Murray The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a history lesson wrapped up in a bloody, in-your-face, entertaining action romp, delivered in a style Ritchie does so well.
Posted Apr 18, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Civil War (2024) Rebecca Murray Garland’s brutal, in-your-face wake-up call is terrifying in both its visual depictions of combat and in its message.
Posted Apr 10, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Monkey Man (2024) Rebecca Murray Dev Patel poured his heart and soul into Monkey Man, and his unwavering commitment resulted in a film that masterfully blends adrenaline-pumping action with thought-provoking social commentary.
Posted Apr 05, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) Rebecca Murray Seeing the OG Ghostbusters team strapping on their proton packs was a hoot, but this latest installment in the franchise made some odd plot choices.
Posted Mar 21, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Dune: Part Two (2024) Rebecca Murray The performances match the breathtaking visuals, making Dune: Part Two a captivating and immersive cinematic experience.
Posted Mar 01, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Drive-Away Dolls (2024) Rebecca Murray Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s Drive-Away Dolls is a crazy and twisted mix of blackmail, murder, and sexually adventurous lesbians, with a healthy sprinkling of “WTF is going on” humor.
Posted Feb 22, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
A Real Pain (2024) Rebecca Murray Kieran Culkin and writer/director/actor Jesse Eisenberg are perfectly matched, and together they deliver an entertaining film that’s moving and, more importantly, truthful.
Posted Feb 06, 2024  Edit critic review
A
In the Summers (2024) Rebecca Murray Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio, who was inspired by her experiences with her father and sister, establishes herself as a filmmaker to watch with this auspicious debut.
Posted Feb 04, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Suncoast (2024) Rebecca Murray Suncoast, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, is a compelling, emotionally charged coming-of-age drama.
Posted Jan 30, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
Dìdi (2024) Rebecca Murray Filmmaker Sean Wang has an incredible ear for dialogue. Didi’s script allows us to recognize aspects of Chris’s experiences in ourselves, and every line Wang’s written strikes its intended target.
Posted Jan 29, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Every Little Thing (2024) Rebecca Murray Grab your tissues and prepare to have your heart stolen by delicate yet fierce creatures in Every Little Thing.
Posted Jan 28, 2024  Edit critic review
B
I.S.S. (2023) Rebecca Murray There’s nary an alien in sight in this suspenseful sci-fi thriller. Instead, it’s humans and our inability to co-exist peacefully that makes I.S.S. not just an entertaining psychological drama but a scary – and realistic – cautionary tale.
Posted Jan 15, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) Rebecca Murray Put a fork in the DCEU, it’s done after 15 films. And, sadly, despite Jason Momoa’s efforts, the DCEU’s going out with a splat rather than a bang! pow! KABOOM!
Posted Dec 27, 2023  Edit critic review
B+
Wonka (2023) Rebecca Murray Wonka’s a delightful, whimsical, feel-good film with stunning visuals and terrific performances.
Posted Dec 10, 2023  Edit critic review
B
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) Rebecca Murray The screenplay hits all the key beats from the novel, only trimming the fat to focus more on Corio and Lucy’s relationship.
Posted Nov 16, 2023  Edit critic review
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