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It's Better in the Dark

It's Better in the Dark is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Anthony Morris.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Anthony Morris Ralph Fiennes' big dance number alone is worth the price of admission; the rest of the film is a surprisingly low-key and thoughtful take on being caring in the face of destruction (plus some people are skinned alive)
Posted Jan 20, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Hamnet (2025) Anthony Morris This is a film that gradually locks everything down, leaving nothing to chance or interpretation. Some subjects require this level of hand-holding: something as universal as grief, not so much
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Christy (2025) Anthony Morris Christy starts out flat on the canvas and never gets up
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Housemaid (2025) Anthony Morris Paul Feig plays this adaptation pretty much note-perfect, slowly ramping up the campy thrills, taking this from a relatively straight thriller to something a lot wilder and smarter
Posted Dec 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Anthony Morris It's the kind of story that escalates rather than innovates. For once, Pandora doesn't seem like a place where there's something new around every corner.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Ella McCay (2025) Anthony Morris The whole thing is pitched at a level where it's difficult to know what to focus on, which is possibly a strength as nothing here is worth your full attention
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Eternity (2025) Anthony Morris Despite always taking its ridiculous premise seriously, Eternity has a bubbly sense of humour that manages to breath a little life into love after death
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Zootopia 2 (2025) Anthony Morris It's a surprisingly entertaining adventure of a kind Hollywood doesn't make anywhere often enough
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Wicked: For Good (2025) Anthony Morris Grande and Erivo are pretty much carrying this, and they're easily the strongest elements here (aside from the set design, which remains gorgeous). Both wring every drop of emotion out of characters drawn in broad strokes
Posted Nov 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Running Man (2025) Anthony Morris The pace is where Wright really succeeds here; the film moves fast enough to keep you leaning in, rushing past points where the story or setting feel just a little flimsy
Posted Nov 16, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) Anthony Morris The result is a hangout movie best experienced as a chance to watch a group of good-looking airheads run around trading quips while everything around them is either glamourous, fake or a chance to make cops and security guards look silly.
Posted Nov 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator: Badlands (2025) Anthony Morris A big part of why Predator: Badlands works is that it's running against what you'd expect to get from a Predator film - but it never just ignores the franchise's violent past
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Bugonia (2025) Anthony Morris Stone and Plemons find the humanity in characters that are often little more than debating points, giving this offbeat mix of environmental concern and unhinged conspiracy some much-needed grounding.
Posted Oct 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) Anthony Morris If this could have somehow just focused solely on how someone puts together a record as memorable as Nebraska, it might have been something special. At least the music - of which there is plenty - is always ready to lift things up
Posted Oct 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
TRON: Ares (2025) Anthony Morris Usually a movie with zero engaging characters would be in trouble; in the world of Tron, the computers have always been the stars.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Play Dirty (2025) Anthony Morris Play Dirty isn't a failure as such, but it's hard not to feel let down seeing so many quality ingredients add up to something that's middling at best.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
One Battle After Another (2025) Anthony Morris The action, by current standards, is small scale: lots of running, a couple of car chases, a few people get shot. But Anderson wrings every drop of drama and excitement out of these scenes, keeping everything on the move
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) Anthony Morris The unreality and schmaltz of it all undercuts the emotion, leaving this as little more than an illustrated version of a 100 minute deep and meaningful conversation that isn't quite as enthralling as the two participants think
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
The Long Walk (2025) Anthony Morris Powerful, gut-wrenching and relentless, The Long Walk is a straightforward idea taken to a brutally logical conclusion. This walk will stay with you long after the end credits
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke (2025) Anthony Morris It's a constantly engaging look at a creative whirlwind who also seems to have been a top bloke in person
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) Anthony Morris It's a long slow build up to an "all hell breaks loose" exorcism ending - featuring evil grannies, an axe wielding farmer, and a holy book that bursts into flames - making it a decent enough amusement park ride through the usual spooky cliches
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Honey Don't! (2025) Anthony Morris Honey Don't! is a decent small town noir investing heavily in the idea that a bunch of steamy lesbian sex - or ogling, or even just banter - can make up for its flaws. Better films have skated by on less.
Posted Aug 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Relay (2024) Anthony Morris Satisfying more as a step-by-step look at a bunch of smart people trying to outsmart each other than as a high octane thrill-ride, Relay is the kind of espionage drama that'll always find a receptive audience
Posted Aug 21, 2025  Edit critic review
The Naked Gun (2025) Anthony Morris Jokes so stupid they come out the other side and seem almost smart: this has plenty of them. Not all of them work, and sometimes you can see where the jokes that didn't work were cut, but mostly this gets the laughs it goes for - and it goes for a lot.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Weapons (2025) Anthony Morris Weapons is a twisty, satisfyingly startling ride that relentlessly pushes you onward - and if later on you're left thinking "hang on a second", you'll probably be too worried about what's behind you in the back seat of your car to look back.
Posted Aug 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Anthony Morris A consistently entertaining, back-to-basics superhero tale shouldn't be quite so surprising in 2025. But here, cutting things back to the core - likable characters with interesting abilities using them to battle a clear villain - feels like a radical move
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) Anthony Morris Utterly inessential viewing for anyone who's not a massive fan of the original and yet still a passably enjoyable time-waster, I Know What You Did Last Summer is a reminder that sometimes last summer - or summer 25 years ago - is better left in the past
Posted Jul 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Superman (2025) Anthony Morris It's a charming, highly entertaining film that isn't afraid to keep things light (and light-hearted); the mood here is pure comic book, throwing out concepts and characters at a rapid pace with a breezy vibe underlying it all
Posted Jul 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Anthony Morris Being aimed at a younger audience than your average blockbuster usually puts the Jurassic films at a disadvantage, but by sticking to the basics and over-delivering on them this one manages to be both serviceably entertaining and largely forgettable
Posted Jul 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
M3GAN 2.0 (2025) Anthony Morris This isn't as sharp as the original, but at least the comedy is a bit more pointed - and as this repeatedly makes clear, in a world full of humans rushing to embrace AI, the joke is definitely on us.
Posted Jun 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
F1 The Movie (2025) Anthony Morris If there's a flaw in this often thrilling film it's that Kosinski can't seem to find a compelling story in all these parts; Pitt, playing a character seemingly tailor-made for him, rarely makes us feel the stakes
Posted Jun 24, 2025  Edit critic review
28 Years Later (2025) Anthony Morris It's the most exciting film Boyle has made in years; seems it took the living dead to bring him back to life.
Posted Jun 22, 2025  Edit critic review
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Anthony Morris It feels a little unfair to compare this decent live action film to an excellent animated one made a decade and a half ago - or it would, if they didn't both share the same name.
Posted Jun 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Ballerina (2025) Anthony Morris Ballerina is close enough to the source material to feel like a John Wick movie, and just different enough to keep the franchise feeling fresh
Posted Jun 05, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Bring Her Back (2025) Anthony Morris There's no denying there's some memorably nasty things going on here; it's everything in between that's a little thin
Posted May 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Anthony Morris Hunt's role is basically that of a human screwdriver, a tool used to defuse the bomb. Defusing a bomb can be a lot of fun to watch though, and this features two big dialogue-free set-pieces that make this worth the price of admission on their own.
Posted May 17, 2025  Edit critic review
The Surfer (2024) Anthony Morris Fortunately this is Nicolas Cage we're dealing with, and his ability to finely judge just how over-the-top his performance should be is put to good use here
Posted May 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Thunderbolts* (2025) Anthony Morris It's not great, but it's good enough: if Marvel can just make another few movies like this, they might really be onto something.
Posted May 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Accountant 2 (2025) Anthony Morris It's rare to see an action movie these days where the action isn't the whole point, but that means the main plot ends up feeling a little beside the point. It's the buddy comedy stuff that works here
Posted Apr 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Sinners (2025) Anthony Morris We're so used to mainstream American genre film being asexual that the easy way this has with sex comes across as more transgressive and startling than any horde of bloodsuckers that used to be people.
Posted Apr 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Warfare (2025) Anthony Morris The story here is the conflict in miniature: a group of Americans invade a family home for reasons that seem arbitrary, trash the place, get into a massive battle with heavily casualties and loss of equipment, then withdraw having achieved nothing
Posted Apr 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Drop (2025) Anthony Morris Centered on an excellent performance from Fahey, who has to get a lot of the drama across while playing a character trying not to let anything show, Drop is 2025's best worst first date.
Posted Apr 10, 2025  Edit critic review
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) Anthony Morris For a relatively low budget effort this looks great; there's plenty of life and movement in every scene. It may not be right up there with the classics, but what is?
Posted Mar 28, 2025  Edit critic review
A Working Man (2025) Anthony Morris Statham's big strength as an actor is his sense of humor; the more a film tries to make him into a bland generic thug pummeling bad guys, the less impressive the result
Posted Mar 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Alto Knights (2025) Anthony Morris The result is a story that (probably rightly) assumes we know all the gangster cliches and tropes so well there's no real need to tie things together when we all know what we really came to see: a double dose of De Niro in mobster mode
Posted Mar 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Black Bag (2025) Anthony Morris Soderbergh's many, many skills as a director are perfectly suited to a spy thriller, and this provides all of the expected thrills with just enough of a fresh spin to make the whole thing worthwhile.
Posted Mar 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Mickey 17 (2025) Anthony Morris It's following in the tradition of any number of frantic, over-the-top science fiction tales, and Writer-director Bong Joon-ho is not taking any of this seriously
Posted Mar 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Bird (2024) Anthony Morris It's a swirling film, full of joy and grinding poverty, despair and the beauty of nature pushing through ruins
Posted Feb 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) Anthony Morris Having Jones back looking for love is just enough of a spine to keep this from being a pointless greatest hits tour; having the grim specter of death lingering over a number of the scenes is just enough weight to keep this from drifting away.
Posted Feb 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Presence (2024) Anthony Morris With big scares off the table, what's left is an interesting up-close look at a family under stress, with a low-key mystery wrapped around it.
Posted Feb 05, 2025  Edit critic review
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