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Ashlie D. Stevens

Ashlie D. Stevens's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Why Did You Kill Me? (2021) 70% EDIT “The documentary is truly at its strongest as we watch Belinda's shifting understanding of justice and revenge... While occasionally bumpy, it's worth watching Why Did You Kill Me? for these deeply human moments alone.” – Salon.com Apr 15, 2021 Full Review The Last Cruise (2021) 100% EDIT “Succeeds, despite a short runtime, in creating a narrative that in its specificity serves as a metaphor for the larger themes of inequity that have pervaded pandemic response over the last year.” – Salon.com Mar 31, 2021 Full Review Saint Maud (2019) 92% EDIT “Maud's transformation throughout the film plays with many familiar genre elements -- religion, sexuality, and physical trauma -- in unexpected ways that elevates the film.” – Salon.com Feb 5, 2021 Full Review Elizabeth is Missing (2019) 93% EDIT “With equal parts sensitivity and suspense, Elizabeth is Missing displays an emotional range that is sometimes uncommon in crime by interweaving it with an intensely personal drama. The result is mesmerizing.” – Salon.com Jan 6, 2021 Full Review Baby God (2020) 80% EDIT “Baby God treats its subjects with dignity and empathy and, unlike Almost Family, doesn't shy away from the wreckage his legacy left behind.” – Salon.com Dec 16, 2020 Full Review A Recipe for Seduction (2020) 73% EDIT “It's simply another example of how corporate advertising continues to overtly commandeer everyday spaces like film and social media.” – Salon.com Dec 15, 2020 Full Review Alabama Snake (2020) 64% EDIT “Unfortunately, the film is so tightly coiled around atmospheric re-enactments -- which are undeniably evocative, but stagnating -- and an undulating "he said, she said" narrative, that it fails to deliver much of a bite.” – Salon.com Dec 10, 2020 Full Review Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020) 50% EDIT “While Dahl's books and Zemeckis' adaptation may feel a touch too dark for some, consider that it's actually shining a light into the shadows.” – Salon.com Oct 26, 2020 Full Review 537 Votes (2020) 100% EDIT “While imperfect, 537 Votes succeeds in making the tumult and social upheaval of 2000 feel fresh again, while also delivering additional nuance to the story that may have been lost over the last two decades.” – Salon.com Oct 22, 2020 Full Review EDIT “That willingness to be vulnerable displayed in "Nine Lives" makes it an essential watch for fans of the musician, also serves to illuminate Ozzy and Sharon's shift in the early 2000s to television.” – Salon.com Sep 16, 2020 Full Review An American Pickle (2020) 73% EDIT “Rogen's acting alongside himself is the film's most potent ingredient. In Herschel and Ben, he creates two very distinct characters with two sets of unique mannerisms.” – Salon.com Aug 7, 2020 Full Review Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning (2020) 86% EDIT “She possesses a certain rawness in her presentation that simultaneously elevates jokes that fall onto well-trodden ground and imbues even most contentious political content with the familiarity of a discussion with a friend at a bar.” – Salon.com Aug 5, 2020 Full Review The Weight of Gold (2020) 94% EDIT “Some insight into the specific struggles and biases faced by athletes of color would have added to the documentary's timeliness. However, especially in the absence of the 2020 Olympics, Weight of Gold remains essential viewing.” – Salon.com Jul 29, 2020 Full Review Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020) 100% EDIT “Mucho Mucho Amor works for many reasons -- the insightful interviews, the tight editing, revealing archival footage, and some stunning tarot-inspired animations -- but also in its recognition that not all that glitters is gold.” – Salon.com Jul 9, 2020 Full Review Circus of Books (2019) 98% EDIT “Both Circus of Books locations have since closed, but this documentary is a necessary, if incomplete, homage to their influence.” – Salon.com Apr 24, 2020 Full Review Uncorked (2020) 94% EDIT “It's sweet, medium-bodied, and unchallenging. It's the kind of movie anyone can easily curl up with, without too much thought. Just don't forget the wine.” – Salon.com Mar 30, 2020 Full Review Crip Camp (2020) 100% EDIT “Using a treasure trove of archived footage and colorful contemporary interviews, Lebrecht and Newnham weave together a punchy, straightforward and inspiring documentary that is greater than the sum of its parts.” – Salon.com Mar 26, 2020 Full Review Aziz Ansari: Right Now (2019) 84% EDIT “[I]n watching "Right Now," Ansari appears to be recognizing the need for growth - not just his own, but the culture at large's as well.” – Salon.com Mar 18, 2020 Full Review Taylor Swift: Miss Americana (2020) 91% EDIT “Sometimes it's hard to watch, but more often it is endearing, giving viewers a better understanding of just how lonely it truly is at the top.” – Salon.com Feb 3, 2020 Full Review John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) 96% EDIT “"John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch" will be remembered, not just for its goodness, but for the peculiarity of its goodness, too.” – Salon.com Dec 30, 2019 Full Review The Aeronauts (2019) 72% EDIT “While at times the film does reach great heights, a certain indecisiveness about what exactly it is, The Aeronauts often finds itself adrift in the moments it gets off the ground at all.” – Salon.com Dec 10, 2019 Full Review I Lost My Body (2019) 97% EDIT “Until I watched I Lost My Body, I never thought I'd sit with bated breath, rooting for a severed hand o defy the laws of physics and hurl itself up a ladder rung by rung.” – Salon.com Dec 3, 2019 Full Review Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (2019) 96% EDIT “Over the course of 90 minutes, Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator successfully separates the man from the myth and reveals a monster.” – Salon.com Nov 21, 2019 Full Review Klaus (2019) 95% EDIT “Though there are some narrative blips in Klaus born out of a premise that is maybe just a little too complex for a 97-minute film, the movie is absolutely beautiful.” – Salon.com Nov 18, 2019 Full Review Lady and the Tramp (2019) 67% EDIT “Watching Disney's live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp bears the familiar feeling of settling -- sinking into a spot that is uncomfortably comfortable with the full, conscious knowledge that you could be spending your time better.” – Salon.com Nov 12, 2019 Full Review
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