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

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2.5/5
Mercy (2026) John Urbancich Their resulting flashback-driven give-and-take actually works quite surprisingly before a convoluted, 30-minute, pile-on ending just keeps going and going and never takes a backseat to the Energizer Bunny.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) John Urbancich Back from "The Brutalist," the music of Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg easily follows Lee's various movements from England into young, new world America where, as the facts-filled end credits suggest, the Shaker movement kept going and growing.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Dead Man's Wire (2025) John Urbancich Toss in a small but typically tough-guy performance from the marvelous Al Pacino, as the wealthy and everything-but-sympathetic father of the hostage, and this "Wire" gets convincingly tighter as it goes.
Posted Jan 17, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) John Urbancich Movie star Ralph Fiennes and young newcomer Alfie Williams, the terrific twosome from last June's nifty coming-of-age "Days," return with more extreme moments, especially in a truly gruesome early-going.
Posted Jan 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
A Private Life (2025) John Urbancich Jodie Foster is not the only reason to peek into "A Private Life," but she certainly is the best one.
Posted Jan 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
No Other Choice (2025) John Urbancich There are as many spectacular visuals as outrageously silly moments, which do carry the film along, as evidenced by loud, lengthy guffaws from Canadians in Toronto, where I saw it last September.
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Is This Thing On? (2025) John Urbancich Such efficient mixing of nice with lonely makes this not-really-so-amusing "Thing" more pertinent than profound.
Posted Jan 10, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Marty Supreme (2025) John Urbancich It should be quite simple to follow the bouncing ball in a ping-pong movie but, when the title player becomes the here, there, and everywhere Timothee Chalamet, your eyes are in for a really special treat.
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Song Sung Blue (2025) John Urbancich The two stars feed off each other's good looks and chemistry, and writer/director Craig Brewer gives Jackman and Hudson plenty of time to show off their capabilities to deliver his movie's finest moments, both on-stage and in family calamity mode.
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
The Secret Agent (2025) John Urbancich Filho, himself a former film critic, likely would never give away much in a loaded screenplay that toys with connect-the-dots inclusions like a constantly evolving severed leg or screaming crowds watching "The Omen" and "Jaws." Marvelous choices!
Posted Dec 20, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Housemaid (2025) John Urbancich Toss in director Paul Feig, whose best film remains "Bridesmaids" a full dozen years ago, propping up debut screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine's career as a small-screen scribe, and no wonder their smarmy shebang looks and feels like an OK television movie.
Posted Dec 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) John Urbancich A Saturday morning screening filled with small fry and their high-pitched squeals of laughter only eventually ended with their loud applause over the film's nifty closing credits.
Posted Dec 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Jay Kelly (2025) John Urbancich Get past all those nicknames, which include the constant if affectionate "Puppy" that Kelly gets called by his longtime manager (the simply terrific Adam Sandler), and you might even sympathize with a superstar trying to make it right.
Posted Dec 06, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Hamnet (2025) John Urbancich The often sad and sumptuous "Hamnet" offers a feast for the eyes, a performance for the ages by Jessie Buckley, and a book-based story that may or may not be a load of malarkey about how William Shakespeare came to pen his most famous tragedy.
Posted Dec 06, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Zootopia 2 (2025) John Urbancich The good news here becomes the incredible list of names in the vocal ensemble, with the most significant new contribution coming from comedian Fortune Feimster truly delivering as Nibbles Maplestick, a richly loquacious beaver.
Posted Nov 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Eternity (2025) John Urbancich Better and funnier yet, none of it gets morbid since director David Freyne and co-screenwriter Pat Cunnane creatively work in clever sales pitches from adults looking for company in their own respective ever-afters.
Posted Nov 27, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Sentimental Value (2025) John Urbancich Other memorable co-stars include Elle Fanning, as a top Hollywood actor whose presence does not exactly go the way you think it will, and the big old, Borg family house, with secrets, memories, and love enough to fill an unforgettable film.
Posted Nov 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) John Urbancich Johnson leaves room not only for audience guessing games about who killed a shady monsignor but also has non-believing sleuth Benoit Blanc asking questions and actually trying to understand the convictions of a parish's devoted few.
Posted Nov 27, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Wicked: For Good (2025) John Urbancich That final act adeptly soars and scores with an affecting on-going rendition of "For Good" by bewitching co-stars Erivo and Grande, who have been joined at the hip, anyway, while promoting and laughing about their double-duty "Wicked" experiences.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Rental Family (2025) John Urbancich The "TIFF Tribute Award for Emerging Talent" sounds like a reasonable fit for a filmmaker who mostly knows how to embrace an audience with smart characters and such gently appealing images of the huge Tokyo metropolis to match.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Train Dreams (2025) John Urbancich Most of those early-20th century landscapes radiate from the far reaches of the Northwest, where Edgerton speaks with his eyes in the same way that Bentley and director of photography Adolpho Veloso affectionately point their cameras.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) John Urbancich Movie magic notwithstanding, the slickest trick actually might appear if and when audiences prove eager to see a third film about a fabled quartet of illusionists almost a decade after the last one disappeared.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Nouvelle Vague (2025) John Urbancich Linklater's reverent lens radiantly shows off the boorishness of Godard (Guillame Marbeck) as much as it does his genius in using unconventional methods to fashion his debut masterpiece and incite another kind of French revolution.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Predator: Badlands (2025) John Urbancich it certainly has it all: Razor-sharp grass, man-eating tree limbs, truly special effects, genuine laughs, daunting beasts, and a couple of lead actors (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning) bonding productively.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Christy (2025) John Urbancich Sydney Sweeney pulls off the performance of her young career by defining Martin as a strong woman who morphed into the tough West Virginia "Coal Miner's Daughter" and became a champion inside and outside the ring.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Lost & Found in Cleveland (2024) John Urbancich Who can resist an actual dinner scene at a joint called "The Slovenian Club"? Not me.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Nuremberg (2025) John Urbancich If we are talking about awards possibilities, it is Crowe whose galling, seductive, maddening, narcissistic portrait of pure evil rises above anything else in a film that includes eye-challenging footage of real concentration camp survivors.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Bugonia (2025) John Urbancich This one includes violent images and situations, not to mention exceptional performances from Lanthimos regulars Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone.
Posted Nov 01, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
It Was Just an Accident (2025) John Urbancich What we have is a complex morality tale, filled with questions and uproarious situations in which a gassy bride, her angry ex-boyfriend, and a confused photographer are among the more light than heavy jury team deciding the fate of the terrified Eghbal.
Posted Nov 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Ballad of a Small Player (2025) John Urbancich No matter how you think it turns out, stay tuned to the end credits and watch Farrell and Swinton sparkle on a ballroom floor in a neat payoff to the dance of despair and destiny that precedes it.
Posted Nov 01, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Blue Moon (2025) John Urbancich Hawke chews up the scenery in a brilliant Robert Kaplow screenplay that sparks constant laughs and mourns unrequited love (mostly for a smashing Margaret Qualley) from start to finish.
Posted Oct 25, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) John Urbancich Jeremy Allen White, at 34 around the same age Bruce was during his "Nowhere" days, keeps delivering in all manner necessary: the singing, style, sadness, and signature stuff that makes for a remarkably powerful performance.
Posted Oct 25, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Frankenstein (2025) John Urbancich Del Toro's own movie monster accomplishments, which include "The Shape of Water" and "Pan's Labyrinth," take a seriously epic turn here with magnificent sets, stunning costume design, and impeccable sound all almost overwhelming its hard-working cast.
Posted Oct 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Black Phone 2 (2025) John Urbancich Derrickson gives us a spooky expansion of the original, itself based on a short story by Joe Hill (aka Joseph Hillstrom King, the son of Stephen King).
Posted Oct 18, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Good Fortune (2025) John Urbancich By the end, Ansari might inspire a few thoughts of classics such as "It's a Wonderful Life" or Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," and that's as good as it gets here.
Posted Oct 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Roofman (2025) John Urbancich A dramedy that brings Derek Cianfrance back to big-screen stories like his "Blue Valentine" and "A Place Beyond the Pines" gives the talented director/co-writer an admittedly much less heavy doozy to tackle right now.
Posted Oct 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
John Candy: I Like Me (2025) John Urbancich Candy, who starred in the classic "SCTV" and in more than 30 feature films, induces waves of laughter during scores of interviews and enough of his most classic personal bits to make the movie a potential repeated watch.
Posted Oct 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Lost Bus (2025) John Urbancich Why such an action-packed AppleTV+ streamer, which world-premiered at September's 50th Toronto International Film Festival, did not show up in more than a handful of theaters is anyone's guess. (mini-review)
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Smashing Machine (2025) John Urbancich Easily the most publicized entry on this first weekend of October features Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson doing charismatic, WWE-like work as very early MMA/UFC champion Mark Kerr.
Posted Oct 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Steve (2025) John Urbancich Neither golden teacher-driven oldies such as "The Blackboard Jungle" nor "To Sir with Love" was as rough and tumble as "Steve," but both might come to mind, with Cillian Murphy trying to run a reform school filled with hooligans and nifty performances.
Posted Oct 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Ugly (2024) John Urbancich Yeon Sang-ho ("Train to Busan") returns with a soul-searching story based on his own graphic novel, "Face.” Put movie and book titles together and the worthy tale speaks volumes about societal values and an alarming lack of respect. (mini-review)
Posted Sep 27, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Eleanor the Great (2025) John Urbancich The film leaves parts to be desired, that is, unless someone might be a fan of shaky editing and way too many musical interludes in what likely would run more personally and appropriately as a TV movie.
Posted Sep 27, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
One Battle After Another (2025) John Urbancich Love, hate, or ignore the politics, PTA's movie-making skills bring us to provocative places at almost every turn.
Posted Sep 27, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/5
HIM (2025) John Urbancich Maybe there's some shaking/pointing fingers at the National Football League's win-at-all-costs mentality, too, although much of any valid reason for making such a demonic-looking tale gets lost in an icky shuffling of narrative.
Posted Sep 20, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) John Urbancich This is one of those movies that simply goes nowhere fast.
Posted Sep 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Caught Stealing (2025) John Urbancich Zoe Kravitz, as the girlfriend, and Regina King, a cop, also find ways of heaping more darkness onto an OK Darren Aronofsky film until a pair of mothers (Carol Kane and another famous actress appearing in cameo) discover a moment or two of sweetness.
Posted Aug 30, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Roses (2025) John Urbancich The words start falling on deaf ears rather early when an opening scene in a therapist's office has our ill-fated couple's lists of 10 things they like about each other sounding more like pulling teeth than pulling together.
Posted Aug 30, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Relay (2024) John Urbancich The rest of the world finally gets to see what the clever and creative Mackenzie was talking about in his sizzling, swerving, and only occasional stumbling puzzler.
Posted Aug 23, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Nobody 2 (2025) John Urbancich Sharon Stone, as "the pure evil," way over-the-top mob boss; against-type Colin Hanks, here a crooked, squinty-eyed lawman; and always adept John Ortiz, in too deep as the theme-park owner, stand ready to add some bitter tastes to the family fun.
Posted Aug 16, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Weapons (2025) John Urbancich Everyone plays marvelously up to task in a film raging with suspense, surprising with instances of ex-comic Cregger's humor, and working around a plot hole or two that certainly will be forgotten easily.
Posted Aug 09, 2025  Edit critic review
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