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Age of the Geek is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Jana Monji.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
4/5
Train Dreams (2025) Jana Monji While I mostly enjoyed this poignant film, and appreciate the inclusion of Chinese history, I had questions about the timeline and decision made to soften the racism.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
No Other Choice (2025) Jana Monji Transporting the location of the novel from the US to South Korea, deepens the cultural connection with paper as family man is driven to murder in this black comedy.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Hedda Gabler (1981) Jana Monji This is a more traditional version of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play than the 2025 film, and Diana Rigg's Hedda is a determined woman who could have well been a general if she had been born a woman.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Hedda (2025) Jana Monji See this for the fashions and the Tessa Thompson's mesmerizing performance, but there are problems with the script and the ending disappoints.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Dead Man's Line (2018) Jana Monji This documentary gives a background and factual basis for fictionalization of the events in another film and questions the repercussions of media coverage on both the press and law enforcement. Well worth seeing.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Dead Man's Wire (2025) Jana Monji While I enjoyed the performances and the cinematic vision, I question racial change of a key figure.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Jana Monji This installment isn't as sharp as the first nor personally revealing as the second, but still this is an engaging stand-alone film with a murder mystery so intricate that Benoit Bland will declare he cannot solve it.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Jana Monji James Cameron returns with more of the same in this film. It's the same clash of egos, a similar conflict and more soft science fiction porn.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Jana Monji I love musicals. I love Jonathan Groff. I did not love this filmed musical. See it for the Tony Award worthy performances and production values.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Rosemead (2025) Jana Monji Director Eric Lin makes a strong feature film directorial debut and Lucy Liu takes center stage as the terminally ill mother making final decisions for her 17-year-old son. This is a sensitive portrayal of an AAPI community problem.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Zootopia 2 (2025) Jana Monji This sequel could teach you to love snakes, or at least like them. Key Huy Quan makes it possible as reptiles enter the Zootopia world. This is a great expansion of the original world.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
In Your Dreams (2025) Jana Monji Sometimes dreams can come true, but is that what we really want? A young girl learns what it takes to keep her family together and first-time feature film director Alex Woo provides some good answers.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
ChaO (2025) Jana Monji This film is an interesting and visually complex take on the Japanese legend of Urashima Tarō, the fisherman who was rewarded for showing mercy and visited the princess under the sea.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Lesbian Space Princess (2025) Jana Monji Despite its animation style, this film is not for kids. This damsel in distress journey through space starts on the planet of Clitopolis and the puns and sexual references are just beginning as the titular lesbian princess learns some life lessons.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Living the Land (2025) Jana Monji Set in the 1990s in rural China, this film sensitively portrays the stubborn resistance to change and the effects of the one-child policy on one extended family of wheat farmers.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Rental Family (2025) Jana Monji "Rental Family" is a film about family, biological and happenstance, that is distinctly not family-friendly fare due to adult themes. The film benefits from Brendan Fraser's puppy-dog like charm.
Posted Dec 05, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Wicked: For Good (2025) Jana Monji Despite strong performances and new songs, the ending isn't good enough to justify two movies.
Posted Nov 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Jana Monji Another romance via time loop, but with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. I wish this had somehow acknowledged its Japanese source material, but still an inspired interpretation.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
All You Need Is Kill (2025) Jana Monji Another fascinating study in how time loop can refine one's character and even bring romance. Instead of the male protagonist, Keiji, this film chooses to follow the loner female Rita.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) Jana Monji This animated feature thrills its colors and painterly style
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Scarlet (2025) Jana Monji Director Mamoru Hosoda gives an interesting adaptation to Shakespeare's Hamlet with a Buddhist twist. Despite its excesses, the film asks some enduring philosophical questions.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Nuremberg (2025) Jana Monji This intriguing film looks at how a psychiatrist, Douglas M. Kelley (Rami Malek), attempted to define the nature of evil by interviewing and ultimately befriending Hermann Goring (Russell Crowe). For both men, this doesn't end well.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Jana Monji This film was about the causes and effects of racism that drove Nazi German and how punishment should be served. The coda at the end, should serve as a cautionary note.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Running Man (1987) Jana Monji This is more cheesy than Cheetos and brings back the nightmare of French-cut leotards. Richard Dawson does make a great villain, but that's about it.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Running Man (2025) Jana Monji This is miles better than the Arnold Schwarzenegger flick. Glen Powell is a convincing angry man and fans not only get his smile, but some thirst trap moments.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
TRON: Ares (2025) Jana Monji If you can get past the questions of where's Tron, the why of oranges in Alaska and are actresses disposable to this franchise, this film is an action roller coaster ride on Light Cycles driven by the music of Nine Inch Nails.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Tron: Legacy (2010) Jana Monji You might want more Tronl, but this film does extend the possibilities of the Grid and beyond and thought of a way of bringing back the original protagonist and infusing some Zen philosophy. The de-aging was distracting but a sign of things to come.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Tron (1982) Jana Monji Even if you didn't or don't play vintage video arcade games, this cult classic film reminds us that the usage of computer animation wasn't always accepted in the category of visual effects.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Jana Monji Jennifer Lopez, her dancing and dresses are the starsin director Bill Condon's beautiful adaptation of Kander and Ebb's Broadway musical. Tonatiuh chemistry with Diego Luna and Lopez makes this sizzle. The musical is more timely than it should be.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) Jana Monji Although I'm never convinced that William Hurt's character is from Latin America, the performances are still sensitive and heartbreaking. The lessons from novelist Manuel Puig and Director Hector Babenco remain timely.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Smashing Machine (2025) Jana Monji If you can stomach realistic depictions of people getting their faces smashed, this is an emotionally raw look at a brief period of MMA Michael Kerr's life features great performances by Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) Jana Monji Besides reminding me that Colin Farrell can sing, this film reminded me that we must choose to take big, bold, beautiful journeys and happiness is a choice. This film will inspire you, if you let it.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (2025) Jana Monji Small towns can be comforting, but they can also be a horror story of sniping and pettiness. This documentary shows both sides and some uncomfortable truths about friends, family and social media.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Thursday Murder Club (2025) Jana Monji This is a cozy origin story of elderly sleuths who meet on Thursdays to solve cold cases until a hot one comes up. It's charming to see A-listers working together. If you like a comfortable British murder mystery, this is worth watching.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Roses (2025) Jana Monji Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman star as the bitterly battling couple and the script delightfully benefits from their British banter. This remake of the 1989 film is tighter, more balanced look at romance gone very, very wrong.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The War of the Roses (1989) Jana Monji Not as good as the remake, but still full of funny moments if you like dark comedy that favors the male point of view. Of course, the chemistry between Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner is off the charts.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Primitive War (2025) Jana Monji In 2025, is it really okay to make a film like this in terms of diversity? Ignoring that, it is still hard to ignore the bad dialogue. What's wonderful though, the dinosaurs done on a budget.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Sketch (2024) Jana Monji This is a great family-friendly film to open up the lines of communication and encourage creativity. As you can see from the trailer, the monsters aren't that frightening, and they're even a bit whimsical. Art can be therapy and so can films.
Posted Aug 08, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Jana Monji This restart of the Fantastic Four is a step in the right direction. Led by Pedro Pascal, this film is decidedly family-friendly with good chemistry between the principals and wonderful retro stylings in the costumes and set, etc..
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022) Jana Monji The documentary is so joyful. This isn't only about women working with women and a project led by women, but also about accepting and celebrating one's culture. More stories about girls and women, should be formulated and created this way.
Posted Jun 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Elio (2025) Jana Monji While the aliens and space travel are wonderful, the story isn't exceptional. Go for the colorful world of the Communiverse and the great Earth ambassador costume.
Posted Jun 20, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Jana Monji The CGI dragons are exceptional, but there are some questionable tweaks to the plot and characters, including misguided attempts at diversity.
Posted Jun 20, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
The Life of Chuck (2024) Jana Monji This film is a glimmering precious gem of joy, especially for dancers. Hopefully after seeing the film and reading this book, you'll be inspired to read poetry, ponder the meaning of proverbs and dance.
Posted Jun 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Mistress Dispeller (2024) Jana Monji This documentary is a lesson in negotiation and a non-confrontational way of addressing a universal problem: infidelity. Anyone who's dipped their toes in the romantic waters should watch this.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Moloka'i Bound (2019) Jana Monji This film looks at the Hawaiians marginalized in Hawaii, left out of the bounties and opportunities in their homeland through the eyes of a father, just out of prison and trying to get back into the lives of his only son and the baby mama.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2024) Jana Monji If you don't mind R-Rated romcoms and French (with English subtitles), this sweet little film might be for you. An awkward 30-something is torn between a cranky English gent and her French bestie, forcing her outside the safe world of Jane Austen.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
1/5
Leroy & Stitch (2006) Jana Monji This is where we get something like an evil twin version of Stitch: Leroy. If that wasn't enough, there's also a lackluster parody of Winnie the Pooh named Reuben.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) Jana Monji Is Stitch an animal or is Stitch a machine? In this universe, Stitch needs a full charge or will die. Do not try any of this at home with your pets.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Lilo & Stitch (2002) Jana Monji Neither my Hawaii-born husband nor I were fans of this film. We both weren't charmed by the animation templates for the people and I sensed a whiff of Gauguin in the air.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Lilo & Stitch (2025) Jana Monji Visually, this live-action works better for me, and giving the older sister an ambition that reaches beyond the tourist injury is a good move, but there are the issues of colorism and canon.
Posted Jun 03, 2025  Edit critic review
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