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Criticker Newsletter - 28 Jul 2025
Published 29 Jul 2025

Criticker News

If you missed the announcement earlier this week, we've got some big news for you! Criticker now allows for full-length reviews... for those times when 500 characters won't do justice to the entirety of your opinions.

   

Whenever you rate a film, you should see a link to leave a Full Review. Just click that and type away to your heart's content! Each full review gets its own page on Criticker, allowing you to easily share your nuanced and insightful thoughts with friends and family. You can use a limited set of formatting tags, and of course starring works just the same as with mini-reviews. Plus, you can even mark your full reviews as containing spoilers, so you don't ruin anything for your readers!

Here are a few to check out, from some of our earlier adopters. Maybe they'll inspire you to leave your own long reviews!

The Green Knight, reviewed by djross
The Fantastic Four: First Steps, reviewed by Obdurate (warning: spoilers ahead!)
Lethal Weapon 2, reviewed by EastonD

Other News

You've probably heard by now that the 1980's professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan passed away earlier this week. But perhaps you didn't know that the Hulkster has a presence on Criticker which is at least as beefy as his 24-inch pythons! In fact, he's got 115 credits to his name. Most of them are wrestling specials, but there are quite a few regular films, and they all deserve your immediate attention! In honor of the Hulkster!

Hulk (or "Terry" to his Hulkamaniacs) memorably flexed his acting chops as Thunderlips in Rocky III, but we prefer the titles where he's, like, literally flexing on the covers. Mr. Nanny, anyone? Santa with Muscles? (Amazing name, by the way). Suburban Commando? The unforgettable Thunder in Paradise thrillogy? Yes, yes, and yes, brutha!

   

Actually, it's a good thing we've just released Full Reviews! The cinephiles of Criticker surely have a lot to say about the Hulkster's amazing revoire!

Collections You Might Want to Check Out

Films included in Danny Peary's 'Cult Movies' series of books, originally published in 1981 (vol. 1), 1983 (vol. 2), and 1988 (vol. 3).
Created on 11 Oct 2019 by iconogassed
If it takes place in the country and involves magic it belongs here.
Created on 11 Dec 2015 by Fenius
Includes Father of the Year, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Super 8, and That Evening Sun
Created on 10 Nov 2015 by livelove
Includes Beautiful People, The World's End, Blood River, and Hell Is Where the Home Is
Created on 10 Dec 2014 by juandr
Includes Persona, Pluto's Judgement Day, The Matrix, and Frankenstein
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Recent Mini-Reviews Getting Love

3 Stars for BeeDub's review of Salt
Cars never start in horror stories, do they? Womp womp.
3 Stars for Paxton's review of Swallow
Following the movie I watched the trailer which had the audacity to claim that there would be evocations of Fincher, which is a tough pill to, well, you know.
3 Stars for Salomon's review of Superman
i had absolutely no expectations when i went to the movies. James Gunn may be a good director but this Superman movie didn't move me at all, Zack Snyder's Superman (Man of Steel) had moved me a lot more and the portrayal was much better with Zack Snyder ...  James Gunn's Superman movie was too caotic for me, too many characters at once. i could go on writing and writing now but before this becomes a novel i'll end it with a short conclusion.  Caotic, main character is not portrayed well, you sho
For a movie with a plot that's ninety percent about the end of the world, it manages not to elicit even the smallest sense of urgency. In fact, almost everything about it feels strangely tepid. I liked what it said about family, at least.
2 Stars for tawdrykid's review of Eddington
Batshit insane.  COVID retold with everyone behaving as their most extreme stereotype.  Designed to enrage 90% of America (only us nihilists are safe).  Will make approximately zero dollars.  Will be studied by historians in 100 years to learn the bizarre ways of ancient humans.

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