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

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
D
Mercy (2026) Lynn Venhaus In the third act, (screenwriter Mario) van Bello was not content to wrap things up logically but added multiple ludicrous subplots for a maddening over-the-top finale.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Is This Thing On? (2025) Lynn Venhaus The friends’ scenes seem to pad the film unnecessarily...Nevertheless, the family scenes are heartfelt and humorous without strained effort.
Posted Jan 18, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Housemaid (2025) Lynn Venhaus (Feig) also strikes the right engrossing tone, mixing suspense, shock and silliness to guarantee gasps and build momentum.
Posted Dec 18, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Nuremberg (2025) Lynn Venhaus ...especially with Oscar winner Crowe in full command, is fascinating. However the account is fictionalized, Crowe is back to displaying the power he had in his prime, igniting the screen as the cagey, cunning and diabolical Goering.
Posted Nov 13, 2025  Edit critic review
F
After the Hunt (2025) Lynn Venhaus Ambiguous, pretentious and overlong, the psychological drama is a tedious watch because several lead characters are smug narcissistic liars who are morally bankrupt and intellectual know-it-alls.
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) Lynn Venhaus As always, the ensemble cast is strong – and so are the attachments to them. The sprawling cast conveys its customary lived-in quality and longtime association with each other in heartwarming fashion.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Caught Stealing (2025) Lynn Venhaus Director Darren Aronofsky, leans more into the bullets flying and full-throttle chaos and less into character development as we’re quickly plunged into this darkly comedic-action thriller with a high body count —similar to “Bullet Train” three years ago.
Posted Aug 30, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Eenie Meanie (2025) Lynn Venhaus Eenie Meanie is the latest Quentin Tarantino-Guy Ritchie wannabe that is derivative of “Baby Driver,” “Drive,” “Fast and Furious” franchise and other pedal to the metal adrenaline rush movies heavy on blood-splattered action and light on logic and depth.
Posted Aug 25, 2025  Edit critic review
D
Eden (2024) Lynn Venhaus Worst of all, Ana de Armas and Vanessa Kirby, two Oscar-nominated actresses, are at their worst, with ridiculous over-the-top performances​. Jude Law is not that much better as an increasingly unhinged doctor-turned-philosopher.
Posted Aug 22, 2025  Edit critic review
BB+
The Naked Gun (2025) Lynn Venhaus With more jokes landing than missing, and a reverence for the formula that worked before, the new filmmakers honor the loony legacy...they keep the jokes rapid-fire and the humor absurd and politically incorrect.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
D
Eddington (2025) Lynn Venhaus Outside of a few skilled performers making good impressions in these daffy offbeat roles, this movie has little to offer if you seek a satisfying story.
Posted Jul 18, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Superman (2025) Lynn Venhaus The result is the best “Superman” film since “Superman II” in 1982 and the best on-screen characterization of both the man and the myth since Christopher Reeve donned the red cape. David Corenswet’s heartfelt portrait... is a genuine beacon of goodness.
Posted Jul 10, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Lynn Venhaus Director Gareth Edwards, a CGI-effects specialist who helmed a “Godzilla” in 2014 and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” in 2016, is in his wheelhouse here, crafting stunning visuals and delivering thrills with a familiar story
Posted Jul 03, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Deaf President Now! (2025) Lynn Venhaus (They) use different techniques to establish what the hearing-impaired world goes through day in and day out, including silence. Through their clear understanding of the subject matter, they evoke empathy and bring out emotions that deepen our knowledge
Posted Jul 03, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
F1 The Movie (2025) Lynn Venhaus Pitt is always at his best when he’s a tarnished golden boy. He suits the role of a lone wolf beaten down by life. Through his subtle expressions, you can tell this weathered guy...has emerged sadder and wiser from Hard Knocks University
Posted Jun 26, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Lynn Venhaus Preventing the world from Doomsday this time around is exciting, exhilarating and surprisingly emotional, a fitting way to kick off the summer movie season and effectively wrap up this series – if this is its swan song.
Posted May 23, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
On Swift Horses (2024) Lynn Venhaus Tell us something we don’t know and would like to know and not foist half-baked performative junk at us and call it alluring. “On Swift Horses” goes in circles and limps to the finish line with a clumsy ending that doesn’t answer any questions raised.
Posted Apr 24, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Warfare (2025) Lynn Venhaus Garland and Mendoza filmed this war drama with such meticulous detail that you feel the tension, the clock ticking, the exactness of surveillance evidence, the danger lurking, maneuver plans, and the aftermath of an ambush as if we're peeking through...
Posted Apr 11, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Last Breath (2025) Lynn Venhaus “Last Breath” is a worthwhile endeavor that rewards our empathy, the kind of rare storytelling that triumphs because it is gratifying and extraordinary without extra padding.
Posted Feb 27, 2025  Edit critic review
B
The Gorge (2025) Lynn Venhaus With its genre mash-up of science fiction, horror, action-adventure and romance, the most surprising of all is that the romance is the most satisfying aspect of “The Gorge.” And that’s because of the sparks flying between charismatic co-stars...
Posted Feb 15, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
I'm Still Here (2024) Lynn Venhaus Salles, who directed “Central Station” and “The Motorcycle Diaries” (2004), takes a methodical approach and allows the film to unfold naturally, showing the close-knit family bonds, their resilience, and above all, Eunice’s remarkable strength.
Posted Feb 08, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
You're Cordially Invited (2025) Lynn Venhaus Of course, the story is goofy, featuring some good slapstick bits, but also stretched thin (and goes a tad too long – 110 minutes), but it’s fun to watch this ensemble.
Posted Feb 01, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
The Brutalist (2024) Lynn Venhaus This film is a grand effort in establishing his singular vision. Yes, it’s artsy, but it’s also indulgent, and I feel parts are disjointed and often try too hard.
Posted Jan 24, 2025  Edit critic review
A
September 5 (2024) Lynn Venhaus The tragic outcome was a gut-punch, for the news a short time earlier had been hopeful. That sickening feeling is authentically duplicated in {this} intense and riveting film that has meticulously recreated the network’s control room perspective.
Posted Jan 24, 2025  Edit critic review
A
A Complete Unknown (2024) Lynn Venhaus Whether you like Dylan’s music or not is immaterial – director James Mangold makes us feel his impact as one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history, and it’s glorious. He captures a vibrant music scene in New York 1961...
Posted Dec 30, 2024  Edit critic review
C-
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) Lynn Venhaus Lacking a creative spark, this misfire is a generic, dull and soulless attempt to go back to the familiar Shakespearean theme, with Biblical roots, to rehash family bonds and destiny. Yawn.
Posted Dec 19, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
That Christmas (2024) Lynn Venhaus Charming and delightful, “That Christmas” is an animated comedy that will give you the warm-and -fuzzies without the too-sweet and unrealistic situations that derail many of these holiday-themed movies.
Posted Dec 14, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Wicked (2024) Lynn Venhaus Did it need to be this long? No. Is it worth your time? Yes. With ‘wow factor’ production values and sensational performances, this vivid re-imagining of the Land of Oz is a must-see event best-suited for the big screen.
Posted Nov 21, 2024  Edit critic review
C-
Red One (2024) Lynn Venhaus “Red One” is altogether too much – aggravating over-the-top computer-generated images (CGI), big beefy actors going through the motions imitating standard characters, derivative storylines from better films, and an overload of shiny distractions
Posted Nov 15, 2024  Edit critic review
A
A Real Pain (2024) Lynn Venhaus He (Eisenberg) reveals a remarkable knack for storytelling, and his deft direction makes for a lean 90-minute odyssey where the pair discover themselves and move forward with far more understanding.
Posted Nov 14, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
Emilia Pérez (2024) Lynn Venhaus While Audiard’s complex storytelling is vivid and riveting, just like his critically acclaimed “A Prophet” and “Rust and Bone,” his creative team has collaborated on a visual striking film that’s integral to the film’s overall power.
Posted Oct 29, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
Saturday Night (2024) Lynn Venhaus The seven actors quickly convey their quirks and foreshadow the stars they would become. Standouts here include O’Brien as minutiae devotee Aykroyd, Emmy-winning Morris as underused Morris, and Smith as quick-witted, arrogant and self-absorbed Chase.
Posted Oct 13, 2024  Edit critic review
B
The Apprentice (2024) Lynn Venhaus While the film’s potency is in the two primary actors’ fearless performances, the supporting cast excels at not being caricatures. Just as Donovan nails papa Fred, Maria Bakalova doesn’t hit a false note as Ivana
Posted Oct 11, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024) Lynn Venhaus While the film is as open-hearted as possible, it does not lionize the actor – and presents conflicts and controversies, but also, remarkably, his growth as a human being post-tragedy. Overall, it’s powerful, inspiring, and supremely poignant
Posted Oct 10, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Lynn Venhaus While it's a real treat to see 73-year-old Michael Keaton re-inhabit the afterlife’s unpredictable bio-exorcist Betelgeuse with gleefully ghoulish visuals, that grating voice and his crackerjack comic timing, there are too many plot threads that distract
Posted Sep 14, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Speak No Evil (2024) Lynn Venhaus McAvoy is gleefully over the top as a sinister con artist masquerading as a company-loving gentleman farmer but hiding ugly truths and terrible secrets. He is the most fun to watch when going ballistic, but he has a flair for comedy ...
Posted Sep 12, 2024  Edit critic review
D+
Blink Twice (2024) Lynn Venhaus “Blink Twice” is all surface glamour turned grisly, a stunning picture-postcard of a film that is ultimately unsatisfying if you are looking for more than girls gone wild, and kicks gone wrong.
Posted Aug 22, 2024  Edit critic review
D
Alien: Romulus (2024) Lynn Venhaus This is an “Alien” built on fan service, from its loop of greatest hits to recycling the original’s most famous lines to repurposing familiar tropes. Face huggers? Chest busters? You got it.
Posted Aug 14, 2024  Edit critic review
D+
It Ends With Us (2024) Lynn Venhaus An important message about domestic violence in “It Ends with Us” is diluted by the film adaptation’s shallow, superficial trappings that favor a glossy lifestyle magazine approach to a serious issue.
Posted Aug 08, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Ghostlight (2024) Lynn Venhaus Demonstrating the healing power of the arts, the disarming “Ghostlight” is a deeply moving and affectionate examination of how community can get us through tough times.
Posted Aug 02, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Lynn Venhaus Propelled by personality and pizzazz, the very funny, very bloody and very meta “Deadpool & Wolverine” is an epic throwdown teaming two very different superheroes played by a pair of dynamic superstars.
Posted Jul 24, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Widow Clicquot (2023) Lynn Venhaus Bennett, in a finely etched portrait, displays the temperament needed to be an effective Girl Boss, treating workers with kindness and gratitude, building loyalty, and creating a collaborative workplace.
Posted Jul 20, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
Twisters (2024) Lynn Venhaus The manufactured mayhem of “Twisters” may check off all the boxes for an entertaining summer blockbuster, but its unremarkable storyline neutralizes the visually stunning weather-induced shock and awe.
Posted Jul 18, 2024  Edit critic review
A
Fly Me to the Moon (2024) Lynn Venhaus A stylish nostalgic romantic comedy-drama that vividly recalls the high-stakes of America’s Space Race with the Russians, “Fly Me to the Moon” is a rare summer movie that is as charming as it is smart.
Posted Jul 09, 2024  Edit critic review
C-
MaXXXine (2024) Lynn Venhaus Despite West’s flair for retro genre pieces, this third installment starring Mia Goth lacks a compelling and cohesive story. For someone who pushes horror movies forward with an unmistakable style, this doesn’t offer anything fresh and feels forced.
Posted Jul 05, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) Lynn Venhaus Their unlikely, but touching, bond is the reason this series remains compelling, but also handing this project off to Sarnoski was a bold and wise move.
Posted Jul 03, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Fancy Dance (2023) Lynn Venhaus But there is no denying the narrative’s impact. It makes you understand these women’s plight, forcing us to pay attention. And the performances are impactful in emphasizing the storytelling’s importance.
Posted Jun 28, 2024  Edit critic review
C-
Treasure (2024) Lynn Venhaus An uncomfortable odd couple road trip feels leaden and disjointed, which is disappointing given the two gifted performers and an acclaimed team behind this misfire.
Posted Jun 21, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Inside Out 2 (2024) Lynn Venhaus While not as innovative as the original, “Inside Out 2” offers a relatable take on very raw and very real adolescent emotions. An all-star cast, including some returning voices, delivers the same tempo and tone that made the first so endearing.
Posted Jun 12, 2024  Edit critic review
C-
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Lynn Venhaus Nevertheless, Miller’s reliance on more CGI than its predecessor makes this action spectacle’s excess mind-numbing, accompanied by a grating music score composed by Tom Holkenborg that sounds like an incessant cruise ship’s horn.
Posted Jun 02, 2024  Edit critic review
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