Reviews now on YouTube! | Watch here

Larsen On Film

  • Review Library
  • Subscribe
  • Why I’m Wrong
  • About
  • Books

Category: archive

Theater Camp (2023)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“Self-laceratingly funny, yet always human.”

Wonka (2023)

Musical Rated PG

“More Paul King than Roald Dahl…”

Top Ten Films of 2023 (2023)

Drama Rated NR

“Astonishing animation, moral interrogation, and a whole lotta Wes.”

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…evokes the sense of loss and mourning of the granddaddy of these pictures, 1954’s Gojira.”

American Fiction (2023)

Drama Rated R

“More successful as a nuanced family drama than a broad social satire…”

The Color Purple (2023)

Musical Rated PG-13

“If a novel is unfilmable anyway, why not take a wild shot at it?”

All of Us Strangers (2023)

Rated R

“Devastation without manipulation.”

The Zone of Interest (2023)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…teaches us to listen—to bear witness with our ears.”

Dream Scenario (2023)

Drama Rated R

“…doesn’t quite know where to go with its high concept.”

May December (2023)

Drama Rated R

“Every scene between Portman and Moore shivers with a delicate sort of tension.”

Recent Reviews

Z (1969)

Drama Rated NR

“. . . a bitter, brilliant pill to swallow.”

Power Ballad (2026)

Drama Rated R

“If you weren’t a dad before seeing Power Ballad, you’d likely be transformed into one by the movie’s end.”

Backrooms (2026)

Horror Rated R

“Parsons proves to be an expert manipulator of space with the camera.”


Search Review Library

Sponsored by the following | become a sponsor



SUBSCRIBE


Sign up to receive emails

Sign up to get new reviews and updates delivered to your inbox!

Please wait...

Thank you for signing up!




FOLLOW ONLINE



All rights reserved. All Content ©2024 J. Larsen
maintained by Big Ocean Studios

TOP