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Review of Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 22 Mar 2022

Bodies Bodies Bodies’ great ensemble and delightfully chaotic script make for a tense and laugh-out-loud funny film…

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Review of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for Polygon (677) on 17 Mar 2022

The film works like gangbusters, and it’s a terrific vehicle for Cage, but not for the reasons people might expect…

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Review of Deadstream (2022)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IndieWire (3,631) on 16 Mar 2022

Deadstream feels like ’80s Sam Raimi traveled forward in time, became obsessed with streaming culture, and turned Ash Williams into the…

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Review of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 15 Mar 2022

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On suffers from an aimless plot that feels stretched too thin, but it provides one of the most endearing and…

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Review of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 13 Mar 2022

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 manages to work as both a standalone introduction to the anime and also a satisfying prequel to those familiar with this…

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Review of Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 13 Mar 2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a complex film that encompasses a variety of subjects, but it does justice to each of them with a…

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Review of Fresh (2022)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 11 Mar 2022

Fresh delivers a full-course meal with dazzling cinematography, disturbing imagery, and one of the best horror performances of the past few…

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Review of Encanto (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for Observer (1,042) on 01 Dec 2021

From its predictably gorgeous yet unimaginative visuals, to its familiar songs and predictable story, the film does feel rather safe…

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Review of My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 28 Oct 2021

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission boasts the franchises' best animation yet, as well as a dark and menacing villain straight out of…

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Review of Antlers (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 24 Oct 2021

Antlers is a satisfying, unsettling, and rather bleak horror movie when it focuses on its main creature…

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Review of The Harder They Fall (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for Observer (1,042) on 13 Oct 2021

The Harder They Fall may not be the second coming of the Western genre, but it is a highly entertaining film with inspired performances by…

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Review of Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IndieWire (3,631) on 11 Oct 2021

Ron’s Gone Wrong has enough ideas about our current relationship with technology and social media to bring about important conversations…

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Review of The Spine of Night (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for Observer (1,042) on 07 Oct 2021

The Spine of Night serves as an entertaining, action-heavy, gnarly throwback to the hyper-violent, high-fantasy rotoscoped animation of the…

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Review of Inu-Oh (2022)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 18 Sep 2021

Inu-Oh is the electrifying, headbanging animated rock opera that film has been sorely missing, with a poignant message and unrestricted…

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Review of Halloween Kills (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 08 Sep 2021

Halloween Kills suffers from being the second chapter in a trilogy, but it still delivers gory fun, fantastic performances, and an…

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Review of Spencer (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 07 Sep 2021

Spencer is a narratively ambitious film that remixes reality and fiction to get us inside the head of the Princess of Wales, exploring…

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Review of Cryptozoo (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 26 Aug 2021

Cryptozoo may be overstuffed with ideas, but its central dilemma is a fascinating and poignant message that carries a dazzling animated adventure…

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Review of Mad God (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IndieWire (3,631) on 26 Aug 2021

After four decades of crafting creatures for iconic films, Phil Tippett has finally unleashed his magnum opus, and it is worth the wait…

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Review of The Deer King (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 26 Aug 2021

The‌ Deer King may feel familiar to fans of Studio Ghibli, but it’s made with such dedication to the craft and the story that it…

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Review of Alive: Who Is There? (2021)

By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 18 Aug 2021

Vivo's animated musical sequences are gorgeous to look at and fun to listen to, even if the plot loses the rhythm about halfway through…

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Rafael Motamayor has written reviews for:

The Playlist (3,871)
Indiewire (3,631)
Total Film (3,532)
IGN Movies (1,472)
Observer (1,042)
IGN (1,013)
Slashfilm (971)
Flickering Myth (680)
Polygon (677)
Bloody Disgusting (327)

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