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Mark Kennedy

Mark Kennedy

Associated Press·APnews

4Reviews
Rarely scored4 of 4 scored
2Publications
Evil Dead Burn

Evil Dead Burn

2026 · Associated Press

A relentlessly violent, overlong, one-note, meandering grindhouse that lacks its predecessors' Looney Tunes approach to horror and humor. 'Evil Dead Burn' shows signs that the franchise may have found itself a savage, nihilistic dead end in torture-porn.

2.0
TRM 4.6
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Tony

Tony

2026 · APnews

Director and co-writer Matt Johnson has frustratingly taken liberties with a formative period in Bourdain's life, but still only manages to tell the story of how a callow lad became somewhat of a less callow lad after toiling in a restaurant kitchen on Cape Cod in 1975. But "Tony" fails as an origin story. The cook is off.

5.0
TRM 6.6
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GOAT

GOAT

2026 · Associated Press · Feb 2026

"GOAT" is not as funny as it thinks it is and tiresome in its overly familiar redemption arc. While not as bad as "Space Jam," it is an air ball none the same.

3.8
TRM 5.2
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Weapons

Weapons

2025 · Associated Press · Aug 2025

"Weapons" is his sophomore effort and it's more ambitious than his first, "Barbarian." But it often lags and slackens on its way to a gruesome end, with a reliance on sorcery that seems like a cop-out. If "Barbarian" came out of left field three years ago and heralded an exciting new voice in filmmaking, "Weapons" doesn't disappoint but it doesn't have the advantage of surprise.

7.0
TRM 7.4
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