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Phawker is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Dan Tabor.

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The Pizzagate Massacre (2020) Dan Tabor THE PIZZAGATE MASSACRE transcends cheap exploitation and attempts to say something more honest and profound than most would expect.
Posted Jan 17, 2022  Edit critic review
Annette (2021) Dan Tabor It's not for everyone, films this uncompromising rarely are, but for those that give themselves over to Annette are in for a wild ride.
Posted Aug 12, 2021  Edit critic review
Val (2021) Dan Tabor At the end of the film you can't help but root for him, you may not have to love him, but the doc takes the harder path of helping you to understand the enigmatic actor and that is what ultimately won me over.
Posted Aug 12, 2021  Edit critic review
Black Widow (2021) Dan Tabor Black Widow was worth the wait and actually does this character and her shadowy world justice, while taking care to finally give her the narrative arc she desperately deserved.
Posted Jul 09, 2021  Edit critic review
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Dan Tabor This entry feels more in line with Kong: Skull Island, its loud, its bombastic and completes the franchise's transition to popcorn tentpole, dropping all the arty pretension of King of Monsters.
Posted Apr 12, 2021  Edit critic review
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) Dan Tabor Kaluuya and Stanfield turn in career-defining performances in this tragic tale that needed to be told.
Posted Apr 12, 2021  Edit critic review
MLK/FBI (2020) Dan Tabor MLK/FBI shuns the sensational and the speculative in favor of verifiable facts and evidence-based conclusions. While the more voyeuristic among us may be disappointed that Pollard chose this course, it's clear he took the high road.
Posted Apr 12, 2021  Edit critic review
Malcolm & Marie (2021) Dan Tabor The film is both excruciating and exhausting to sit through. Malcolm & Marie makes Marriage Story feel like a Brady Bunch episode, as the couple spends the entire one hour and forty two minute run time at each other's throats.
Posted Apr 12, 2021  Edit critic review
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021) Dan Tabor While curious onlookers and casual fans will no doubt enjoy TWALBB, the super fans - those looking for the source of her midnight-dark narratives - might have to wait a bit longer for the Invisiline-rocking 16 year-old to let us in on the secret.
Posted Apr 12, 2021  Edit critic review
The Dissident (2020) Dan Tabor It's simply masterful how Fogel is able to educate through news clips and interviews as he slowly pulls back the focus and the bigger picture finally reveals itself.
Posted Feb 05, 2021  Edit critic review
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) Dan Tabor WW84 is a near perfect superhero film that outshines the original with its infectious sense of joy and optimism and nuanced deconstruction of the power of truth and how that can be a tool of good or evil.
Posted Feb 05, 2021  Edit critic review
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) Dan Tabor It's no easy task to combine two films that are so different in tone as Excellent and Bogus, but it feels natural here as the two stories have an ebb and flow here that calls back to some of the best moments of the previous entries.
Posted Sep 22, 2020  Edit critic review
Tenet (2020) Dan Tabor Dense and pretentious, Tenet will irritate even the most dedicated Nolan fans with its curiously flawed similarities to Inception.
Posted Sep 22, 2020  Edit critic review
She Dies Tomorrow (2020) Dan Tabor She Dies Tomorrow is the cinematic anthem of 2020, where Paul Thomas Anderson meets Dario Argento in this stylistically dense and emotional dissection of grief and acceptance.
Posted Aug 07, 2020  Edit critic review
Family Romance, LLC (2019) Dan Tabor Herzog isn't simply satisfied in the superficial novelty of his subject matter, but instead digs deep into the emotional core of the principals while exploring philosophical questions such as what makes a family.
Posted Jul 24, 2020  Edit critic review
Hamilton (2020) Dan Tabor Watching Hamilton on Disney+, I have to say it's still pretty damn great. I really hope now that it's been made more accessible more people will discover and be inspired by it .
Posted Jul 03, 2020  Edit critic review
Irresistible (2020) Dan Tabor Irresistible is as scathing as you'd expect from Stewart, but it's also unexpectedly hopeful in the end. It's not an easy balancing act in today's nihilistic 24 hour news cycle, but blending humor and humanity has always been Stewart's wheelhouse.
Posted Jul 03, 2020  Edit critic review
The King of Staten Island (2020) Dan Tabor Davidson shines here, and is easily the best thing to come out of this convoluted mess of a narrative, littered with lame comedy clichés, tired tropes and plot threads that go nowhere.
Posted Jun 12, 2020  Edit critic review
Da 5 Bloods (2020) Dan Tabor Da Five Bloods is uncompromising and stark and that is exactly what we need right now.
Posted Jun 12, 2020  Edit critic review
The Lighthouse (2019) Dan Tabor The Lighthouse is a dense piece of cinema that's hard to pin down with a simple four paragraph review, and is only complicated by the film's overlapping tone colors and pitch-black, meme worthy humor.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Midsommar (2019) Dan Tabor Midsommar is an exquisitely visceral cinematic experience that leaves you both physically and emotionally exhausted as the credits begin to wash over you.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
The Fanatic (2019) Dan Tabor he thing that makes this film work as frighteningly well as it does is Travolta's all-in performance and Durst's surprisingly thoughtful script and precision direction, which looks at fandom through a very jaundiced lens.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Dan Tabor You could chalk it up to Marvel fatigue, but we should call it like it is: it's just not as good as Homecoming, and a lackluster endcap to the stellar phase 3.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Booksmart (2019) Dan Tabor With Booksmart, Olivia Wilde turns in a flawless debut that is a hilariously heartwarming coming of age story.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum (2019) Dan Tabor Like Mad Max: Fury Road, which was essentially a two-hour car chase, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum is an adrenaline soaked two-hour fight sequence that somehow manages to top what we witnessed in Chapter 2.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Hail Satan? (2019) Dan Tabor It's an underdog story in the most traditional sense as we watch the Temple of Satan begin to attract more and more members with their message of tolerance and empathy, all the while insisting that America honor the intentions of its Founding Fathers.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Avengers: Endgame (2019) Dan Tabor All told, Endgame is a highly satisfying celebration of 10 years of the MCU, and a great bookend to the first three phases.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Hellboy (2019) Dan Tabor Comparison's to del Toro's vividly imagined and gorgeously crafted films only highlights the sloppy editing, puzzling needle drops and thread bare CGI of this reboot. The fans deserved better.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Captain Marvel (2019) Dan Tabor Filled with an empowering message and sharp-elbowed clapbacks at the toxic male naysayers of the Marvel fanboy universe, Captain Marvel is just what the MCU and fandom in general needs right now.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
The Beach Bum (2019) Dan Tabor The Beach Bum is hilarious, quirky and the yin to the nihilistic yang of Spring Breakers.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Alita: Battle Angel (2019) Dan Tabor he film's reverent approach to the source material, warts and all, is simultaneously the film's biggest strength and weakness, but its otherworldly visuals are a worthy spectacle that need to be seen on IMAX or 3D if possible.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) Dan Tabor orror Noire is an impressive accomplishment, that does more than just discuss representation in horror. The film's academic approach to its subject matter, born of a true love of the genre, will have you looking at these films with a fresh perspective.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Aquaman (2018) Dan Tabor A glimmer of hope for the troubled DCU, Aquaman is a way better than a film about a superhero who talks to fishes has any right to be.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Glass (2019) Dan Tabor While the realistic superhero film is beyond ubiquitous these days, Glass provokes as it proves there are still new ways to tell these stories and, more importantly, that they are still worth telling.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
The House That Jack Built (2018) Dan Tabor The House That Jack Built is the best kind of cinema, the kind that provokes and challenges the viewer to digest the horrors on screen and deconstruct it layer by disturbing layer to discover the filmmaker's true message.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Green Book (2018) Dan Tabor In the current climate the film feels less like the call to action we need than a comfy blanket and a cup cocoa letting us know 'it will all be all right'.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Vox Lux (2018) Dan Tabor Vox Lux is an exquisite pop-infused masterpiece that solidifies Portman's status as one of the most daring actors currently working.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
A Star Is Born (2018) Dan Tabor Star is Born is a tour de force directorial debut that channels Cooper's off-screen struggles with addiction and sobriety that vibes deeply personal and painfully honest.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
The Predator (2018) Dan Tabor Leaning heavily on the score of the original The Predator not only gives you a new Predator film, but a celebration of the series filled with clever call backs and in-jokes.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Halloween (2018) Dan Tabor Halloween is a feminist slasher flick for a new generation. As the men bumble their way through the narrative, each easily dispatched by Myers, it's three generations of Strode women who are tasked with taking out the Boogeyman.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
The First Purge (2018) Dan Tabor Filled with shocking, racially and politically charged imagery, it's a film that doesn't hold anything back, but maybe that's what we need right now.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Creed II (2018) Dan Tabor reed 2 film doesn't reach the dizzying heights of the original but is still a quasi-satisfying chapter in the Rocky franchise.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
BlacKkKlansman (2018) Dan Tabor Due in no small part to the daily horrors of the Trump presidency, Lee seems to have recaptured that spark that gave us the kind of scathingly frank commentary coupled with an intimate African American perspective invocative of Do the Right Thing
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Suspiria (2018) Dan Tabor Suspiria is a stunning cinematic masterwork that is, like all the best horror, both visually mesmerizing and profoundly unsettling.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Dan Tabor Infinity War makes good on a decade of character development and plot to deliver a crushing gut punch that will have fans reeling until the second, currently unnamed entry hits theaters in a year.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) Dan Tabor Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom leaves behind the sense of awe and wonder to confront the stark reality of the repercussions of Hammond's dream, which is exposed and revealed to be the nightmare it always was.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Deadpool 2 (2018) Dan Tabor Suffice it to say if you liked Deadpool, Deadpool 2 will likely be the funniest film you see all summer.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) Dan Tabor Stefano Sollima drops the arthouse pretension of Villeneuve's original, instead delivering a hard-hitting intelligent action/thriller.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Aardvark (2017) Dan Tabor Shoaf builds to an odd crescendo and then mocks his audience for finally taking the leap with him. It's an audacious move that brings the third act to a grinding halt and really had me wondering what the director was attempting to accomplish.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
Hereditary (2018) Dan Tabor Hereditary is a super effective slow burn shocker, a perfect blend of art house sensibilities and transgressive surreal horror that coalesces into a modern classic of the genre.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
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