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Fresh Fiction is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Courtney Howard, James Clay, Kip Mooney, Preston Barta.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2.5 / 5
Shelter (2026) Courtney Howard While the action is fairly well-staged and the leads are a perfectly-matched pairing, the overall package fails to deliver the goods.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
Send Help (2026) Courtney Howard It's a perfectly sick and twisted, razor-sharp masterclass in filmmaking.Bloody, radical and totally savage, it’s full of edge of your seat thrills that are built to see again and again.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
Mercy (2026) Courtney Howard Its concepts are shaped into an appropriately flawed story about a flawed hero on a redemptive journey. Still, it’s a slight bit better than the average black-holed, Amazon-produced movie.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3 out of 5
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Courtney Howard It squeaks by as a serviceable survivalist story with only a passing interest in world-building. It’s not bad, per se. It’s just not something entirely worth rejoicing.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Greenland 2: Migration (2026) Courtney Howard The stakes have grown bigger, the immersive, gorgeously rendered visual effects have gotten bolder and the stunt work has gotten more palm-sweat-inducing.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Primate (2025) Courtney Howard A swift, unapologetically rowdy, gorily jaw-dropping crowd-pleaser.
Posted Jan 06, 2026  Edit critic review
D
Anaconda (2025) Courtney Howard It’s the kind of comedy where the gags are not only obvious, they’ve got very little lasting power. It doesn’t inspire much in the way of post-screening discussions about favorite scenes, indelible hilarity, or quotable lines
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
The Housemaid (2025) Courtney Howard Replete with steamy, suspenseful scenarios and chock full of unexpected twists, it has everything audiences could ever want in a contemporary psycho-thriller.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
C
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) Courtney Howard Though it delivers an admirably emphatic rejection of toxic masculinity, it frequently forgets to conjure genuinely looney, delightfully moronic hilarity, leading to dips in energy as well as audience exhaustion.
Posted Dec 15, 2025  Edit critic review
F
Ella McCay (2025) Courtney Howard A misguided sense of faux feminism, undercooked and contrived conflicts, and poorly drawn characters prevail in this shockingly sloppy feature.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Marty Supreme (2025) Courtney Howard Josh Safdie re-engineers the tropes associated with underdog sports films through a lens focused on a charmingly motor-mouthed hustler who constantly ping-pongs between comfort and chaos. The result is ablaze with a fire, fury and ferocity all its own.
Posted Dec 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5 out of 5
In Your Dreams (2025) Courtney Howard In Your Dreams isn’t a perfect movie. However, it’s a perfectly honest, witty and open-hearted feature – and its those qualities that make it soar.
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Wicked: For Good (2025) Courtney Howard Teeming with earned moments, enlightening evolutions and heartening amounts of inspiration, director Jon M. Chu’s conjoined features will be cherished for years and generations to come.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5 / 5
The Plague (2025) Courtney Howard Charlie Polinger’s The Plague plays like Lord of the Flies meets mother! at a boys’ water polo camp in the early aughts. This film should be shown as essential text.
Posted Nov 05, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Predator: Badlands (2025) Courtney Howard Housing gorgeous cinematography, a stunning showcase for make-up and immersive visual effects, as well as a perfect screwball comedy-esque leading lady performance, it’s a radical film that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5 out of 5
Shelby Oaks (2023) Courtney Howard Fiendishly frightening, containing nerve-jangling and popcorn jostling scares, it achieves the goal of making us terrified of what’s hiding in the dark, lurking around the corner, hiding in the deep black recesses of the frame.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
0.5 out of 5
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2025) Courtney Howard Aggressively dour, drab and dull in narrative design and aesthetic appeal, this contemporary iteration is frustrating, forgettable fodder, whether or not you revere or revile the original.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Vicious (2025) Courtney Howard Though its creepy atmosphere is accompanied by a tactile sense of isolation, the muddled last act feels like a letdown rather than a gut-punch.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Courtney Howard Their punk-rock middle finger comes across as flippant, leading to an abrasive action-comedy yielding few laughs and even fewer disarming thrills, in addition to its problems finding the precise outlandish tone for their serious sentiments to resonate.
Posted Oct 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl (2025) Courtney Howard In this feature-length extravaganza, Swift's mettle, fortitude and collaborative artistry take center stage. It’s an immersive affair emphasizing the crowd experience – one she genuinely values as a performer and one we feel as movie theater patrons.
Posted Oct 04, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
One Battle After Another (2025) Courtney Howard Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted a flawless, riveting, arresting work of genius and a sublime masterpiece.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) Courtney Howard It acts as a warm, cozy blanket to cuddle up with during current cynical times.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
B
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) Courtney Howard It's a spooky, creepy, unwaveringly unnerving fright fest of freak-outs, filled with earned emotions and sinister horrors that lurk in the dark recesses.
Posted Sep 03, 2025  Edit critic review
A
The Long Walk (2025) Courtney Howard Stephen King's story has found its way to a company of remarkable filmmakers, craftspeople and performers who’ve taken the source material and made its gutting allegorical context sear the soul.
Posted Sep 02, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
The Roses (2025) Courtney Howard Adapting screenwriter Tony McNamara cleverly applies his trademark razor-sharp wit to a stinging contemporary parable of a crumbling American Dream. Just like a rose, its bloom beguiles, yet its pricklier aspects draw blood.
Posted Aug 28, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5 out of 5
Nobody 2 (2025) Courtney Howard Tjahjanto and co. let the CGI blood burst and flow, yet the creativity behind the action, character pathos and comedic entertainment value is stifled. And nobody wants this.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Weapons (2025) Courtney Howard Suburban disquiet, paranoia, and isolation permeate the picture as this newfangled horrorsmith performs a magic trick conjuring and sustaining sensational demented dread laced with "wtf" nervous laughter.
Posted Aug 07, 2025  Edit critic review
2 out of 5
Freakier Friday (2025) Courtney Howard When this legacy sequel's not busy alienating the older female demographic with its rude ribbing about wrinkles, it delivers convoluted new circumstances and reductive plot points.
Posted Aug 06, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Sketch (2024) Courtney Howard Sketch is like if Amblin joined with Pixar to make a comedic, heartfelt creature feature. It’s a feel-good must-see that’s blessedly unafraid to cut its darker edge humor with whimsical lighter tones.
Posted Aug 05, 2025  Edit critic review
2 out of 5
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) Courtney Howard This legacy sequel, chock full of frustratingly empty fan service, cheap jump scares and poor pacing, flounders after the first act’s catalyst. Perhaps we too should make a pact to never speak of this again.
Posted Jul 16, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Sorry, Baby (2025) Courtney Howard Eva Victor understands that the key to healing from grief involves not just time and distance from the traumatic situation, but also a stray kitty, a ride-or-die best friend, compassion from strangers and an exceptional sandwich.
Posted Jul 11, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Superman (2025) Courtney Howard James Gunn’s SUPERMAN is an awesome achievement and hopeful balm, honoring past iterations (both in the comics and cinema) while cutting its own path. Brimming with energy, vibrancy, heart and humor, this picture absolutely soars.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Courtney Howard This rebirth needed a bit more reconsidering about whether it’s the right time for a return.
Posted Jun 30, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5 out of 5
28 Years Later (2025) Courtney Howard While director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland don’t shy away from capturing the gross carnage, complex realities and detrimental effects of post-pandemic struggles, the pair fumble their attempts crafting a sense of unrelenting mayhem.
Posted Jun 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5 out of 5
F1 The Movie (2025) Courtney Howard Despite its attempts to claim pole position with its high-octane parts, this refurbished model has trouble shaking its reductive, formulaic qualities. It’s a rush, but one you’ve experienced before.
Posted Jun 17, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful (2025) Courtney Howard The film, accompanying her album of the same name, spotlights a dynamic woman in total control of her artistry and career trajectory, transforming from a prickly, defiant rocker to a rapturous chanteuse enveloped by the warm glow of our attention.
Posted Jun 11, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Materialists (2025) Courtney Howard Writer-director Celine Song delivers a lot to fall in love with – perhaps, the best romance of the year. It’s the perfect equation of heart and humor.
Posted Jun 09, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) Courtney Howard Housing a gorgeously tactile texture, riveting animated scale and scope, bloody, brutal fights and compelling characters, it’s a rousing must-see.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
2 out of 5
Ballerina (2025) Courtney Howard The story is a laughable bore without the thematic depth and emotional resonance John Wick's films all contain. However, the action primarily keeps these proceedings afloat. Still, it’s empty calorie violence.
Posted Jun 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5 out of 5
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Courtney Howard Wes Anderson's trademark aesthetic is at its most amusingly incisive and aspirationally Looney Tunes.
Posted Jun 04, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Lilo & Stitch (2025) Courtney Howard The original heart, soul and character drive remain intact, given a refresh by two star-making performances from its heroines.
Posted May 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5 out of 5
Bring Her Back (2025) Courtney Howard It’s not for the faint of heart, nor the full of stomach.
Posted May 16, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Courtney Howard It’s an exhilarating adrenaline rush to the head and heart, as well as an immersive, awe-inducing stuntacular of the highest order. The filmmakers lean into cinematic inspirations, gifting us with a bold, brilliant actioner for the ages.
Posted May 14, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) Courtney Howard Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein gift us with a fun, frightening nightmare factory of gleeful gore, perfectly finessing tension, dark comedy and blood-drenched carnage, easily making this a franchise favorite.
Posted May 13, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Friendship (2024) Courtney Howard The communal giggles it provokes are unparalleled by any other comedy this year.
Posted May 12, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
Another Simple Favor (2025) Courtney Howard Surprisingly revels in its mean-spirited overtones, pitting women against each other and gifting its leads with exposition dumps disguised as acid-tongued bickering.
Posted May 02, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Until Dawn (2025) Courtney Howard One of the most fun, entertaining and delightfully ingenious horror films of the year that doubles as a love letter to the genre and all its subsets. It slays all day – or rather, all night long.
Posted Apr 24, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Sinners (2025) Courtney Howard A towering achievement for genre-filmmaking and cinema in general, this is a guaranteed blood-drenched hoot and holler. iI’s a bold, brilliant, bloody and beguiling must-see on the biggest screen possible.
Posted Apr 10, 2025  Edit critic review
2 out of 5
The Amateur (2025) Courtney Howard Director James Hawes’ remake plays like an amateur hour throwaway relic of a past 20th Century Fox era – and it’s an assembly of unremarkable goods.
Posted Apr 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5 / 5
The Luckiest Man in America (2024) Courtney Howard While the material is knocked down by a few whammies, it’s an otherwise fascinating, melancholic elegy to the get-rich-quick hucksters of the world.
Posted Apr 04, 2025  Edit critic review
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