Joshua Rothkopf
Critic Overview in Movies
66Avg. Critic Score
Critic Score Distribution
positive
487(43%)
mixed
576(51%)
negative
59(5%)
Highest Critic Score
100
Lowest Critic Score
Critic Reviews for Movies
Apr 17, 2026
Lee Cronin's The Mummy50
Apr 17, 2026
The film is tangled in its mess of references: a possession thriller that also wants to dish out some grainy video footage à la “The Ring” or “Bring Her Back” along with the expected mouth-to-mouth vomiting.
Apr 3, 2026
Yes90
Apr 3, 2026
It’s a movie about a citizenry at war with itself, hoping to keep the plates spinning for one more night. You watch it and think how easy it would be to envision an American remake — and wonder, too, if a filmmaker like Lapid even exists here.
Nov 12, 2025
Predator: Badlands60
Nov 12, 2025
There isn’t much of an original signature here. Returning director Dan Trachtenberg hits the beats competently but not too stridently, like a good superfan should.
Oct 28, 2025
Queens of the Dead80
Oct 28, 2025
A film this well-made and cut (the pacy editing by Aden Hakimi calls back to the elder Romero’s own cutting of his major titles) shouldn’t be relegated to just one kind of audience. Anyone who appreciates horror should find something to smile at here.
Jul 3, 2025
Nobu50
Jul 3, 2025
More testimony to the experience of eating at Nobu would have helped this feel less like a commercial.
Mar 21, 2025
Misericordia80
Mar 21, 2025
This isn’t the kind of puzzle thriller in which all the elements click into place with a thudding literalism that compliments an attentive eye. It’s one that accommodates the vagaries of human behavior, leaving punishment aside as a secondary concern.
Feb 18, 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin50
Feb 18, 2025
A timid, far-from-revelatory film, authorized by the three surviving Zeppelin vets and graced by their presence in new interviews that give off the faint scent of impatience.
Dec 24, 2024
A Complete Unknown80
Dec 24, 2024
Superfans aren’t necessarily going to love this. It’s a movie made with affection, but also with the wisdom that visionaries can sometimes be jerks.
Dec 7, 2024
The Order90
Dec 7, 2024
The potent image-making and performative ferocity turns what could have been a crime thriller into a near-metaphysical showdown.
Nov 15, 2024
All We Imagine as Light100
Nov 15, 2024
A miraculously subtle piece of work.