Nick de Semlyen
Critic Overview in Movies
66Avg. Critic Score
Critic Score Distribution
positive
42(43%)
mixed
53(55%)
negative
2(2%)
Highest Critic Score
100
Lowest Critic Score
Critic Reviews for Movies
Nov 4, 2025
Predator: Badlands80
Nov 4, 2025
If you can get on board with the paradigm change, this is an amped-up rock-gig of a movie and the most fun Predator since the original.
Jan 28, 2025
Saturday Night60
Jan 28, 2025
The founding of a comedy institution shot as a madcap thriller, Saturday Night glides over the surface rather than drilling deep, but it’s largely a hell of a fun 109 minutes.
Nov 4, 2024
Paddington In Peru60
Nov 4, 2024
While all of the signature elements are present and correct, right down to the soul-shrivelling hard stare, some of the warmth and wit and dashes of brilliant eccentricity we’ve become used to are absent.
Sep 17, 2024
Strange Darling80
Sep 17, 2024
You’ll think you know where this sun-baked serial-killer thriller is going, until you don’t. A nifty, chronologically crafty tale, fuelled by bravura acting by Willa Fitzgerald, it’s a small movie with high impact.
Jul 12, 2024
Hundreds of Beavers80
Jul 12, 2024
A tale of pelts that pelts along, with more lunacy and creativity than a brace of other films, this film dares to go full beaver. Don’t sleep on it.
Jun 4, 2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die60
Jun 4, 2024
Scruffy and overstuffed, but contagiously good-natured. And frankly more films need to feature showdowns at abandoned alligator-themed amusement parks.
Mar 26, 2024
Monkey Man80
Mar 26, 2024
Stylish, high-energy, smart and eye-wateringly violent. There are quibbles, for sure, but where it counts, Monkey Man goes bananas in the best possible way.
Dec 8, 2023
The Holdovers100
Dec 8, 2023
Hunham’s hero Marcus Aurelius once wrote, “Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing.” Take his advice and see this film.
Sep 5, 2023
Past Lives100
Sep 5, 2023
A transcendent debut for South Korean-Canadian filmmaker Celine Song, this romantic drama is a masterclass in slow, simmering storytelling. It will stay with you, maybe even into your next life.
Mar 21, 2023
Air60
Mar 21, 2023
A lot more entertaining and irreverent than the film’s grandiose subtitle, “Courting A Legend”, suggests — even if it’s hardly as trailblazing as the man to whom it pays tribute.