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KXL-FM (Portland, OR) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Gary Wolcott.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
1/5
Antebellum (2020) Gary Wolcott Messages about the horror and insanity of racism are absolutely wasted in this absolutely horrible horror movie.
Posted Sep 18, 2020  Edit critic review
5/5
My Darling Vivian (2020) Gary Wolcott You don't have to be a fan of Johnny Cash to love this beautiful story of a beautiful woman told by her beautiful daughters.
Posted Jul 14, 2020  Edit critic review
5/5
The Hunt (2020) Gary Wolcott This is very good satire so ignore the negatives from the politically correct. It takes pot shots at extremists on both sides of the political aisle and does it nicely.
Posted Mar 13, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Bloodshot (2020) Gary Wolcott Vin Diesel. Effects-laden Sci-fi. A nice unexpected twist. Pure guilty pleasure. Period.
Posted Mar 13, 2020  Edit critic review
5/5
Onward (2020) Gary Wolcott A sweet movie that made me wish I could have my dad back for 24-hours -- even just half of him.
Posted Mar 06, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Way Back (2020) Gary Wolcott Semi-autobiographical for Ben Affleck and semi-autobiographical for me. I liked it but am disappointed. I wanted to love it.
Posted Mar 06, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
The Call of the Wild (2020) Gary Wolcott The dog isn't real. I'm not wild about that. Jack London's story gets tweaked. Purists won't be wild about that. Minor (not miner) criticism. A very good family adventure.
Posted Feb 21, 2020  Edit critic review
1/5
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Gary Wolcott Margot Robbie was fun as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad. Here she is as NOT fun as she was fun it that. It's a supporting character at best & the schtick wears out quickly.
Posted Feb 07, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Bad Boys for Life (2020) Gary Wolcott Lost count of the body count mid-movie. Car chases, motorcycle chases, foot chases, gun play, some humor. And there will be a sequel so we likely will have bad boys for life.
Posted Jan 17, 2020  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Little Women (2019) Gary Wolcott The original chick flick makes another big screen appearance. Saoirse Ronan anchors a strong cast. The real star, however, is writer/director Greta Gerwig.
Posted Dec 24, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Uncut Gems (2019) Gary Wolcott When Adam Sandler decides to bag the fart jokes and really act, few actors are better. This is an intense, almost exhausting drama and one of my favorite movies this year.
Posted Dec 24, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Spies in Disguise (2019) Gary Wolcott No disguising this one. A spy turning into a pigeon is terrible. Younger kids will find this appealing but the rest of us score it as pigeon poop.
Posted Dec 24, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Bombshell (2019) Gary Wolcott Loved it. A great cast plus it manages to be fairly non-judgmental and non-political and just focuses on what got Fox's Roger Ailes ousted.
Posted Dec 20, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Gary Wolcott Episode IX is packed with Star Wars mumbo jumbo & lots of fan-satisfying CGI. Speaking on behalf of non-fans, I thank The Force. It's done. Over. Finished. Through. Finally.
Posted Dec 20, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Cats (2019) Gary Wolcott So bad it's destined for a box of kitty litter.
Posted Dec 20, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) Gary Wolcott Dwayne Johnson & crew have a blast with their parts & the fun they have is contagious. I didn't see the first level but the next level works for me.
Posted Dec 13, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Richard Jewell (2019) Gary Wolcott Few directors are better storytellers than Clint Eastwood. Lady reporter controversy aside, superb acting anchors this riveting story.
Posted Dec 13, 2019  Edit critic review
1/5
21 Bridges (2019) Gary Wolcott A predictable bad-guy-cops chase movie. 21 bridges are closed. It doesn't seem to be all that inconvenient for anyone. Youda thought the producers would at least explore that!
Posted Nov 23, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) Gary Wolcott More Mr. Rogers and less of the made-up story. The article the movie is based on is more interesting than this film. Tom Hanks nails the part but I wanted and expected more.
Posted Nov 23, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Frozen II (2019) Gary Wolcott Too much tuneless music & too little fun. My 6 & 4-year old granddaughters loved it. Other kids in the audience spent much of the movie squirming & wanting to leave. So did I.
Posted Nov 23, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Midway (2019) Gary Wolcott A WWII war movie & a history lesson. It's a fairly accurate one packed with decent performances & great effects. Midway sits midway between good & great.
Posted Nov 08, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Last Christmas (2019) Gary Wolcott I hate Christmas movies but in spite of the title, it really isn't one. Emilia Clark's performance saves this movie. She's amazing in a movie that really isn't.
Posted Nov 08, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Jojo Rabbit (2019) Gary Wolcott A perfect balance between powerful drama & laugh-out-loud comedy entwined in a coming of age movie about Nazis, WWII, a Jewish stowaway & the fragility of the human condition.
Posted Nov 01, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Gary Wolcott We thought the last termination of the Terminators terminated the franchise but more Terminators turned up needing to be terminated & this will no doubt generate more sequels.
Posted Nov 01, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Harriet (2019) Gary Wolcott A Cliff's Notes movie. It tries to pack this extraordinary life into just 2 hours. Tubman deserves 4 or more. My highest rating only because of Cynthia Erivo's performance.
Posted Nov 01, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) Gary Wolcott The original is one of my favorite horror flicks. This one? Disappointing in so many ways but still very, very funny in spots. Funny enough to recommend but one tap too many.
Posted Oct 19, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) Gary Wolcott The perfect example of why sequels ought not be made but the evil-eye dual of Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer is a ton of fun. Nothing else is.
Posted Oct 19, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Gemini Man (2019) Gary Wolcott A movie about the clone of an assassin goes after the assassin is, itself, a a bad clone of other, better action thrillers.
Posted Oct 11, 2019  Edit critic review
2/ 5
The Addams Family (2019) Gary Wolcott Budda dump. Snap. Snap. Charles Addams is a cartoonist who was ahead of his time. This movie is not. A few laughs but not much else. Kids will like it. Adults will be bored.
Posted Oct 11, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Lucy in the Sky (2019) Gary Wolcott Lucy in the Sky has no diamonds.
Posted Oct 11, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Abominable (2019) Gary Wolcott A sweet film with enough depth to hook adults and enough slapstick to tickle kids. A magical movie. Loved it. And do sit through the wonderful photos in the credits!
Posted Sep 27, 2019  Edit critic review
3/5
Judy (2019) Gary Wolcott Renee Zellweger gives a great performance that makes Judy definitely worth seeing. Personally, I'd rather remember Judy Garland as Dorothy and not a pathetic diva.
Posted Sep 27, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Hustlers (2019) Gary Wolcott The movie is so-so, however, JLo -- who has always been stuck in dumb romcoms or boring dramas -- gives the performance we have always believed she is capable of giving.
Posted Sep 13, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
The Goldfinch (2019) Gary Wolcott I'm in the critic and audience minority on this one. Patience is needed to get through it but this is a complex story with very good acting and is one of the year's best films.
Posted Sep 13, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019) Gary Wolcott I fell in love with Brittany, her story, the other characters & this movie. But mostly I fell in love with Jillian Bell. She gave my favorite acting performance of the year.
Posted Sep 06, 2019  Edit critic review
3.5/5
It: Chapter Two (2019) Gary Wolcott Barely recommending this. Take the first film & this one & shrink the whole thing to 3-hours & you have one of the best horror movies ever instead of just a good one.
Posted Sep 06, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Ready or Not (2019) Gary Wolcott Fun with a capital F. If a horror/thriller/drama & part comedy is your thing then you'll love this one. Ready or Not is about hide and seek, is hilarious and it has game.
Posted Aug 23, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Angel Has Fallen (2019) Gary Wolcott Falls as hard & badly as Olympus & London. Though no one has understood a word he's said in a decade, Nick Nolte is the only actor having any fun. He's just not in it enough.
Posted Aug 23, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Gary Wolcott Exactly as predictable as you expect & you love it exactly as much as you expect. And that's a lot. Fun flick & the kind that gets awards. Or at least is nominated for them.
Posted Aug 23, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) Gary Wolcott I don't note the film's flaws in my review. There are some. Maybe I'm just fond of imploding narcissists as movie characters and of Cate Blanchett's always brilliant acting.
Posted Aug 16, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Good Boys (2019) Gary Wolcott Lots and lots of laughs. Or put another way. An immature movie for the most mature among us.
Posted Aug 16, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Brian Banks (2018) Gary Wolcott Inspiring story. Race is part of the reason he was jailed. However, the producers assume you have intelligence enough to see it without them having to beat you over the head.
Posted Aug 09, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Gary Wolcott Not rocket science. Other than suspension of disbelief and two characters from the series, it has little in common with F&F. This is -- however -- fast and furious and fun!
Posted Aug 02, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) Gary Wolcott Tarantino's serious is always funny. Or is his funny always serious? Either/or. Here he celebrates the Hollywood of antiquity in a dramatically funny way. What's not to love?
Posted Jul 26, 2019  Edit critic review
5/5
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Gary Wolcott The most fun I've had in a theater all year.
Posted Jul 04, 2019  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Toy Story 4 (2019) Gary Wolcott People that fell in love with the franchise as kids are now in their 30s and 40s. The series has grown up with them. That's what's mostly wrong here. Toys ought not grow up.
Posted Jun 21, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
Shaft (2019) Gary Wolcott The third film to have the title Shaft. Other than the 1971 original this is the first one worth seeing. Samuel L. Jackson and the cast have a blast. So will you.
Posted Jun 14, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
Men in Black: International (2019) Gary Wolcott The concept is just worn out. Sequels two and three proved that. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones skipped this one. Not even a cameo. What's that tell ya?
Posted Jun 14, 2019  Edit critic review
2/5
The Dead Don't Die (2019) Gary Wolcott The dead may not die but this movie does. Considering the quality of the cast, this is the most disappointing movie so far this year. Had potential to be fun. Didn't happen.
Posted Jun 14, 2019  Edit critic review
4/5
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) Gary Wolcott This isn't rocket science, it's formula animation. The key to whether it is fun or not is in the writing. This one is packed with laugh-out-loud sequences for kids & adults.
Posted Jun 07, 2019  Edit critic review
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