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Codie Allen

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Biography:

Codie Allen is a passionate trans and queer film critic and entertainment writer based in Orlando, FL. When they’re not writing about films, you can find them sipping way too much tea and listening to Taylor Swift.

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Pretty Lethal (2026) 67% 4/5 EDIT “If you’re looking for a movie that mixes action, choreography, and a little teen drama into a cohesive, thrilling ride, this is it.” – fade in, breathe out (Substack) Mar 21, 2026 Full Review Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 76% 5/5 EDIT “If you loved the first Ready or Not, this delivers everything you wanted—and then some. It’s messy, it’s bloody, it’s chaotic, and it’s completely unrelenting.” – fade in, breathe out (Substack) Mar 21, 2026 Full Review A Safe Distance (2026) A- EDIT “A Safe Distance stands as a sharp example of what independent thrillers can achieve when they lean into character, atmosphere, and emotional complexity rather than spectacle.” – InSession Film Mar 19, 2026 Full Review Big Girls Don't Cry (2026) 100% EDIT “It’s a tender, nostalgic, quietly powerful film about queer self-discovery and the fragile chaos of adolescence.” – The Curb Mar 18, 2026 Full Review One Another (2026) 9/10 EDIT “One Another is a gentle yet powerful reminder that friendship—in all its beauty and fragility—is one of the most meaningful relationships we can experience. ” – Geek Vibes Nation Mar 17, 2026 Full Review Sparks (2026) 8/10 EDIT “What the film leaves behind isn’t a puzzle to solve, but a feeling—the bittersweet recognition of what it means to be young, inspired by movies, legends, and dreams.” – Geek Vibes Nation Mar 17, 2026 Full Review Ugly Cry (2026) 9/10 EDIT “Ugly Cry sits confidently alongside films that have critiqued beauty standards before it, but it does so in a way that feels wholly original, intimate, and devastatingly honest.” – Geek Vibes Nation Mar 17, 2026 Full Review Adam's Apple (2026) 10/10 EDIT “Adam’s Apple becomes more than a documentary about one family. It becomes a quiet act of resistance against narratives that seek to erase or diminish trans lives.” – Geek Vibes Nation Mar 17, 2026 Full Review Dead Deer High (2026) 9/10 EDIT “Ultimately, Dead Deer High is not a film about closure or easy resolutions. It’s about witnessing grief, the messy process of healing, and the ways people—especially young people—use art to navigate trauma” – Geek Vibes Nation Mar 14, 2026 Full Review Perfect (2026) 4.5/10 EDIT “Perfect feels less like a fully formed statement and more like a collection of intriguing ideas that never quite find their shape.” – Geek Vibes Nation Mar 13, 2026 Full Review Sirāt (2025) 91% 2.5 EDIT “Sirāt is ambitious, occasionally thrilling, and visually stunning—but ultimately, it’s a long, meandering trip that delivers more style than substance” – fade in, breathe out (Substack) Mar 9, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% EDIT “The Bride is alive, irreducible, and unforgettable—and witnessing her awakening is a gift the world has long waited for.” – The Curb Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Dolly (2025) 62% 4/10 EDIT “For all the noise and nastiness, there wasn’t enough emotional weight to pull me in, and I never truly cared who survived the night.” – Geek Vibes Nation Mar 4, 2026 Full Review Dreams (2025) 52% EDIT “Dreams is a lesson in style over substance. It’s gorgeous, precise, and meticulously composed—but it’s also cold, detached, and frustratingly empty. ” – The Curb Mar 3, 2026 Full Review 100 Nights of Hero (2025) 68% 5/5 EDIT “If you love stories about women defying the rules, queer love that burns slow and bright, and fairy tale worlds that feel alive, you need to see this movie.” – fade in, breathe out (Substack) Feb 25, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 66% EDIT “The Moment feels like that spirit captured on screen. It’s messy, stylish, funny, a little uncomfortable, and very self-aware. It doesn’t feel like a typical pop star movie, and I’m grateful for that.” – The Curb Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Plainclothes (2025) 83% A EDIT “Plainclothes isn’t an easy watch, but it’s an essential one. It’s a reminder of how much has changed—and how much hasn’t—for queer people navigating visibility and safety.” – InSession Film Sep 29, 2025 Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 88% EDIT “This isn’t a zombie movie. It’s a love letter written too late. A lullaby for the unloved dead.” – The Curb Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Fwends (2025) EDIT “Ultimately, Fwends is a quiet, heartfelt meditation on friendship’s fragile beauty.” – The Curb Aug 19, 2025 Full Review Americana (2025) 62% 7.5 EDIT “Americana isn’t perfect—but it is alive. It’s a film filled with flawed, messy, unforgettable characters whose humanity cuts through the myth. In a genre too often ruled by legend and symbol, that heartbeat feels like a quiet revolution.” – Geek Vibes Nation Aug 19, 2025 Full Review Scrap (2022) 98% EDIT “By the end, Scrap lingers with you not because of melodrama or spectacle but because of its humanity.” – The Curb Aug 15, 2025 Full Review GEN_ (2025) 100% EDIT “GEN_ is not just a film—it’s a call. A mirror. A gentle, devastating insistence that every person deserves the freedom to become. ” – The Curb Aug 13, 2025 Full Review Another Day in America (2024) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Another Day in America is a piercing, unflinching look at our fractured workplace and culture—one that demands your attention.” – fade in, breathe out (Substack) Aug 12, 2025 Full Review Harvest (2024) 74% 4/5 EDIT “Tsangari doesn’t give us catharsis, only the bitter truth: that history moves in cycles, and that the same displacements echo across centuries. ” – fade in, breathe out (Substack) Aug 10, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “In a sea of horror films that often recycle the same old scares, Weapons is a bold, original breath of fresh, freezing air.” – fade in, breathe out (Substack) Aug 8, 2025 Full Review
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