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Cinema Sight is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Wesley Lovell.

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2.5/4
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Wesley Lovell Disaster movies had already taken place on an airplane so a sea-going vessel seemed a natural evolution. The Poseidon Adventure was the result, a star-studded voyage of death, survival, and courage.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
0.5/4
Cemetery High (1988) Wesley Lovell Cemetery High does a very good job of conveying the highs and lows of the period with a production that’s as lurid and visceral as nearly any released in that decade.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
An Education (2009) Wesley Lovell What is the value of cautionary tales without real-world experience? An Education offers an intriguing view of a young woman who gets a lesson she won’t soon forget.
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4/4
In America (2002) Wesley Lovell ...although In America came in a time when such stories were in steep decline, it suggested there might be plenty of vitality left in the genre.
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4/4
Pride & Prejudice (2005) Wesley Lovell In a modern framework, feminist works of the past can still have an impact on newer audiences. Pride & Prejudice allows the timeless tale to gain new life without sacrificing any of its narrative importance.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Wesley Lovell When does dealing with family dysfunction not feel like a familiar slog? When it’s in the hands of filmmaker Wes Anderson and his unique blend of quirkiness, seldom better exemplified than in The Royal Tenenbaums
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The Bad Guys 2 (2025) Wesley Lovell Do our lovable animal friends have new observations to share in The Bad Guys 2 or do they suffer from the issues all sequels face: unoriginality?
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4/4
Shutter Island (2010) Wesley Lovell Working outside his comfort zone, Martin Scorsese has made some fascinating genre films with Shutter Island being one of his best.
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4/4
Three Days of the Condor (1975) Wesley Lovell Spy thrillers have been romanticized since their early days on screen but films like Three Days of the Condor returned the genre to its realistic roots.
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3/4
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Wesley Lovell While numerous adaptations are expected of classic texts, few modern works have gotten more adaptations than Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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2.5/4
Dog Man (2025) Wesley Lovell With the preponderance of animated films these days appealing to adults as well as kids, a film like Dog Man stands in stark contrast.
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3.5/4
Wicked: For Good (2025) Wesley Lovell What should have been a single film, Wicked: For Good stays true to its source material while expanding on the limited material of the second act.
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3.5/4
Blue Valentine (2010) Wesley Lovell Familiar stories told in new ways define much of the independent cinema landscape. Blue Valentine tries to present a familiar story with a slight alteration to how it’s presented and perhaps it shouldn’t have.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) Wesley Lovell Nearly every kid probably fantasized about the idea of food falling from the sky like rain and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gives those visions life.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Death at a Funeral (2007) Wesley Lovell Although the British comedy had faded in prominence at the box office, they were still being made to a delightful degree into the 2000s. Death at a Funeral proved the genre still had something left to give.
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3/4
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Wesley Lovell Avatar: Fire and Ash marks the middle chapter of a series that seems in no rush to get where it’s going.
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1.5/4
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) Wesley Lovell After years of success at the head of the Trek universe, (Shatner) seemed to think he could do no wrong. Not only did he, but he excelled in being bad in three different roles, as an actor, as a writer, and as a director.
Posted Jul 06, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Wesley Lovell This is the film that set the tone for such attempts and while it was the only one of the original films to draw on such history, it did so beautifully, providing a roadmap for how future such reverential call backs could be handled.
Posted Jul 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Wesley Lovell The high level overview of the environmental concepts in the film helped The Voyage Home easily become the top-grossing original series Star Trek picture.
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3/4
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) Wesley Lovell The central villain of the film is under baked though delightfully portrayed by Christopher Lloyd.
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2/4
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Wesley Lovell Shatner’s performance is always one of the weakest of the original crew and there’s not much here that disproves that notion. While he’s adequate, those around him help prop up his liabilities.
Posted Jul 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Wesley Lovell Miller was involved in two productions at the time this film was made, which may explain why the relinquishing of his full control to his co-director led to a film that was more verbose than either of his prior outings.
Posted Jul 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) Wesley Lovell Miller’s vision of collapsed governments, feral gangs, and the ramifications of ecocide have become increasingly dire and prophetic in their glimpse at the near-future.
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4/4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Wesley Lovell Tying various mysterious vessel disappearances into an alien abduction plot, Spielberg’s first screenplay for a studio film is also his best, exploring obsession and human curiosity through the lens of alien conspiracies and government secrecy.
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4/4
Gattaca (1997) Wesley Lovell The screenplay is tightly written with a fascinating premise that explores society’s overemphasis on genetic manipulation as a panacea for woes they’ve invented for themselves.
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3/4
Beetlejuice (1988) Wesley Lovell Much of what would become the Burton aesthetic came to prominence with this film.
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3.5/4
The Fifth Element (1997) Wesley Lovell His prior successes were all the help he needed to redefine the genre and provide richly textured action sequences
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3/4
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Wesley Lovell One thing the Star Wars saga has been great at is a terrific balance of action and drama that keeps the audience engaged from beginning to end.
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4/4
Boogie Nights (1997) Wesley Lovell ...Paul Thomas Anderson showed the world that he was a world class filmmaker who knew how to take well worn tropes and turn them on their heads...
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4/4
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Wesley Lovell ...this was a departure for the filmmaker, a political satire tackling a difficult and fraught subject matter and turning it into one of the greatest films in the genre.
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1/4
Deadtime Stories (1986) Wesley Lovell Attempting to tell a familiar fable, young Brian demands something original. Thus follows three progressively more gruesome horror stories that please neither child nor viewer.
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1.5/4
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Wesley Lovell A solid script and a killer score by John Massari prevent Killer Klowns from fading into obscurity like a lot of 80s horror.
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3.5/4
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Wesley Lovell Harrison Ford’s skill as an actor has often been mischaracterized thanks to his myriad blockbuster roles like Star Wars but he brings a certain effortless charm to this role, one that’s both brave and vulnerable.
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4/4
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Wesley Lovell There’s a lot more to this film than can be described in a single paragraph, which is one of the reasons the film works so well.
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3.5/4
Planet of the Apes (1968) Wesley Lovell More compelling are the actors playing the various apes. Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, and Evans are all convincing in spite of hefty makeup minimizing their ability for facial expressions.
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3/4
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Wesley Lovell Here, she’s modified and trained until she’s a hard-edged, no-nonsense force willing to do anything to protect her son and the people of earth from the nuclear holocaust that is impending.
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3.5/4
The Terminator (1984) Wesley Lovell With that small budget, Cameron showed how a skilled director didn’t need fancy visual effects to tell a story, focusing on what the eye doesn’t see and relying on the rare glimpse of gore and cybernetics to keep the audience invested and unnerved.
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3/4
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Wesley Lovell Although its B-movie origins are a selling point, there are moments when the film feels a bit forced.
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2/4
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) Wesley Lovell Although the film isn’t in the least bit scary, the idea of a mutant plant that feeds on human blood is a terrifying idea, which gives us pause when ruminating on the utter viciousness of nature outside our own clean cut city worlds.
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3/4
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Wesley Lovell ...this film finds its footing, giving the audience what it desires, a picture full of winks and nods and which effectively ties in all the elements of the first Star Wars trilogy without finding a way to exist on its own.
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2/4
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) Wesley Lovell However, after the underwhelming Star Trek: Insurrection, its days were numbered and this final film put the nail in the coffin.
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3/4
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Wesley Lovell ...who together make a formidable acting team that returns the series to the strong supporting performances that characterized its best efforts.
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3.5/4
2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action (2025) Wesley Lovell I'm Not a Robot is terrific but most of these are really good (except Anuja, which is passable).
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3.5/4
2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation (2025) Wesley Lovell Wander to Wonder is the best of this program while Magic Candies is easily the weakest.
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3.5/4
2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary (2025) Wesley Lovell Death by Numbers and The Only Girl in the Orchestra are tops here with Instruments of a Beating Heart being a complete miss.
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3/4
Emilia Pérez (2024) Wesley Lovell The people still break into song and dance at unique moments and the structure of the songs is similar to that of the usual fare but its downbeat numbers and staccato delivery easily set it apart.
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3/4
Dune: Part Two (2024) Wesley Lovell It’s so in love with the universe that it forgets that it’s not a book the average moviegoer is bound to pick up.
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3.5/4
The Wild Robot (2024) Wesley Lovell The depth of these concepts increased in that period and while there was still something of a superficial veneer, The Wild Robot would fit well into those halcyon days of animation.
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4/4
Nickel Boys (2024) Wesley Lovell Director RaMell Ross, who adapts Whithead’s novel with Joslyn Barnes, is a refreshing new voice in modern cinema.
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3.5/4
The Brutalist (2024) Wesley Lovell There are moments in The Brutalist where those tendencies threaten to breach his façade but he manages to keep that in check and that helps the character stay in the realm of believability.
Posted Jul 06, 2025  Edit critic review
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