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Film Frenzy is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Matt Brunson.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2.5/4
Top Gun (1986) Matt Brunson It’s an entertaining watch that doesn’t provide much beyond surface thrills, although many have had fun analyzing its (unintentional?) homoerotic content.
Posted May 15, 2026  Edit critic review
1/4
Diary of Forbidden Dreams (1973) Matt Brunson Stupid, clumsy, pretentious, and sexist drivel from Roman Polanski —- easily the worst picture of his career.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Exodus (1960) Matt Brunson There’s something to be said for the streamlining of so much historical content (and, yes, fictional deviations) found in Uris’ bowling-ball-sized novel.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) Matt Brunson "That’s sort of the Cannon way," states one of the talking heads seen in this vastly entertaining documentary. "It completely resembles something minus good taste."
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
UFOria (1980) Matt Brunson An example of aw-shucks cinema, where the downhome yet kooky characters will leave audiences either wanting to give them a warm hug or send them packing.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
International House (1933) Matt Brunson The best moments belong to W.C. Fields and Cab Calloway, as both take advantage of the lax pre-Code ways.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Subspecies (1991) Matt Brunson The decision to shoot this vampire flick in Transylvania provides a significant boost to one of the most popular franchise starters from Full Moon Features.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Moneyball (2011) Matt Brunson Put this one in the W column.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Death Ship (1980) Matt Brunson Director Alvin Rakoff does a commendable job of making the ship a worthy substitute for the traditional haunted house.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Crawling Hand (1963) Matt Brunson Fairly dull stuff.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Slime People (1963) Matt Brunson For such a low-budget endeavor, the monster costumes aren’t bad; unfortunately, they took up the vast majority of the budget.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
The Crooked Way (1949) Matt Brunson A solid noir.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Big Combo (1955) Matt Brunson Film noir offerings often come across as cool and collected, but not this one.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Alice in Wonderland (1951) Matt Brunson This animated Disney take on the story might be the most famous screen version, but it’s hardly the most satisfying.
Posted May 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Gun Crazy (1950) Matt Brunson A seminal film noir as well as a cinematic primer for 1967's Bonnie and Clyde.
Posted May 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Martian (2015) Matt Brunson The Martian will disappoint only those who were waiting for Marvin to show up at some point to wreak looney havoc.
Posted May 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Spencer (2021) Matt Brunson Spencer gets up close and personal with its subject, both in director Pablo Larrain's shooting style and in scripter Steven Knight's attempts to analyze and understand the mindset of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Posted May 05, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Shrek Forever After (2010) Matt Brunson Little kids will lap this up with the same zeal as Donkey digging into a stack of his beloved waffles, but adults will find nothing new here, just another retread of ideas exhausted in the previous entries.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Cemetery Man (1994) Matt Brunson This constantly swirling film is all shook up, alternately a raucous zombie movie, a tragic love story, an existentialist character study, and a gruesome slasher flick -- and always a dark comedy.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Of Mice and Men (1992) Matt Brunson The 1939 interpretation starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith remains the definitive version, but this 1992 take is a gem in its own right.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
American Hustle (2013) Matt Brunson A movie that in its best moments recalls GoodFellas, with a bit of Boogie Nights thrown in to sweeten the pot.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Bound (1996) Matt Brunson A steamy crime thriller (and significant LGBTQ film) that contains more suggestive double entendres in its dialogue than perhaps any movie this side of Double Indemnity.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Watch (2012) Matt Brunson It's been suggested this this flop was the victim of horrible timing, but it would have tanked at any time because it’s frequently terrible.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Rango (2011) Matt Brunson In its finest moments, Rango comes across as a Coen Brothers film with anthropomorphic animals instead of flesh-and-blood humans.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Matt Brunson Chaplin is marvelous as the cutthroat Casanova, and his scenes opposite a fabulous Martha Raye as the most indestructible of his conquests are the movie’s best.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Independence Day (1996) Matt Brunson Borrowing from seemingly every sci-fi film this side of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, the picture somehow manages to recycle these reference points and come up with something that works on its own terms.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
The House Bunny (2008) Matt Brunson Personally, I don’t think Hugh Hefner ever topped his cameo in the Roman Empire segment of Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part I, but he does enjoy more screen time in The House Bunny.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Captains Courageous (1937) Matt Brunson Tracy is earnest, but if that’s a Portuguese accent he’s sporting, then I’m Katharine Hepburn.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1933) Matt Brunson Too short at 80 minutes, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing marks the only screen pairing of two-time Oscar winners Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Stone Cold (1991) Matt Brunson Bosworth doesn’t exactly command the screen as much as merely take up space.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Running Man (2025) Matt Brunson This new version is better paced and better plotted but not necessarily a better movie —- indeed, while their approaches are different, the entertainment value is about the same.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Phantom (1996) Matt Brunson Extra demerits for employing one of the dumbest taglines of the past 50 —- make that 100 —- years: "Slam Evil!"
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
House Calls (1978) Matt Brunson This delightful romantic comedy offers yet another opportunity to catch one of the screen’s greatest comedians plying his trade.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Matt Brunson Both things can be true at once: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a complete original, and it’s reminiscent of other brain-warping works of recent vintage.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Choral (2025) Matt Brunson While parts of the material are meant to accentuate the senselessness and unfairness of combat, these vignettes are not terribly interesting.
Posted May 03, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Prestige (2006) Matt Brunson A dense and multilayered drama that explores Nolan's usual recurrent themes while simultaneously serving up a cracking good mystery yarn.
Posted Apr 30, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Matt Brunson The low-simmer setting of the project is precisely why it stays with you.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
2/4
Snakes on a Plane (2006) Matt Brunson Even Samuel L. Jackson’s highly publicized quip about the "motherfuckin’ snakes" registers as much ado about nothing (besides, most of the truly classic movie lines arrive honestly rather than being carefully test-marketed, packaged, and pre-sold).
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Marie Antoinette (2006) Matt Brunson Recommended, but with reservations.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Sleepers (1996) Matt Brunson The first half is far stronger than the second part.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Point Blank (1967) Matt Brunson For a Hollywood picture, this sure feels like an international production.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Matt Brunson Worth the screen capture.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) Matt Brunson Just when it seems that this can’t get any funnier, along comes Jimmy Durante.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Maid (2009) Matt Brunson It isn’t until late in the game that audiences will be able to determine the extent of the picture’s darker undertones.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Groove (2000) Matt Brunson Nothing to rave about.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Die My Love (2025) Matt Brunson There have seemingly been more movies about doofus mall cops than there have been about women with postpartum depression, but here’s one to help the balance sheet.
Posted Apr 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) Matt Brunson This Is It doesn’t quite feel like a documentary, nor does it seem like a concert film. It’s clearly a love letter to the fans, but, perhaps more importantly, it’s an olive branch to the latter-day critics, cynics, and naysayers.
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant (2025) Matt Brunson Before Opus. Before Sparky. There was … Punk.
Posted Apr 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Machete (2010) Matt Brunson More fun than a barrel of Sylvester Stallone DVDs.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
1/4
Good Luck Chuck (2007) Matt Brunson Upchuck would have been a more accurate title for this nauseating effort.
Posted Apr 19, 2026  Edit critic review
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