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John Urbancich

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Sun Newspapers, Clevelandmember, BFCA

Location:

Cleveland, Ohio

Official Website:

http://www.sunnews.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% 3.5/5 EDIT “You probably heard about the space pilot/mechanic/creature that Gosling/Grace befriends well before a different kind of memorable touch down. Just know that such a key cast member helps make "Mary" work as a buddy pic, too.” – JMuvies Mar 21, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 4.5/5 EDIT “Obviously, Gyllenhaal guided her ensemble and an assortment of truly gifted craftspeople well while working in her film lab late each night in order to reward our eyes with such a collectively eerie sight. May they mash again together soon.” – JMuvies Mar 7, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Disney/Pixar gets surprisingly unhinged with its latest animated comeback attempt, which feels overly complex for members of a target audience say about under 11 or so.” – JMuvies Mar 7, 2026 Full Review Scream 7 (2026) 31% 2.5/5 EDIT “Someone in the large ensemble actually remarks, "This time it's all about nostalgia." Yes, and that rarely is ever enough to scream about. ” – JMuvies Feb 28, 2026 Full Review The President's Cake (2025) 99% 3.5/5 EDIT “Those unaware of the absurdities, atrocities, and bewildering circumstances of Hussein's authoritarian, narcissistic dictatorship might even be amazed at the man's treacherous gall.” – JMuvies Feb 27, 2026 Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 88% 4/5 EDIT “The clever title alone, which could sound like an introductory course on how to commit a crime but actually centers around a string of high-end robberies along the fabled 101 freeway in Los Angeles, should be enough to lure adults in for a lengthy look.” – JMuvies Feb 14, 2026 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% 3.5/5 EDIT “There is little that becomes easy to observe or even ponder in Tunisian director/writer Kaouther Ben Hania's current nominee in the five-picture Academy Awards field for Best International Feature.” – JMuvies Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Arco (2025) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Gorgeous images justify a quick time-travel tale with serious nods to the environment, friendship, the art of Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki, and maybe Steven Spielberg's all-time classic, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," as well.” – JMuvies Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Wrecking Crew (2026) 74% 3/5 EDIT “For sure, they have reasons for becoming such problematic tough guys, but their mayhem, muscles, and music (running the alphabetical gamut from such notables as Air Supply --no lie! -- to ZZ Top) help make the medicine go down easier than most. ” – JMuvies Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 25% 2.5/5 EDIT “Their resulting flashback-driven give-and-take actually works quite surprisingly before a convoluted, 30-minute, pile-on ending just keeps going and going and never takes a backseat to the Energizer Bunny. ” – JMuvies Jan 24, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 86% 3.5/5 EDIT “Back from "The Brutalist," the music of Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg easily follows Lee's various movements from England into young, new world America where, as the facts-filled end credits suggest, the Shaker movement kept going and growing.” – JMuvies Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 92% 4.5/5 EDIT “Toss in a small but typically tough-guy performance from the marvelous Al Pacino, as the wealthy and everything-but-sympathetic father of the hostage, and this "Wire" gets convincingly tighter as it goes.” – JMuvies Jan 17, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Movie star Ralph Fiennes and young newcomer Alfie Williams, the terrific twosome from last June's nifty coming-of-age "Days," return with more extreme moments, especially in a truly gruesome early-going.” – JMuvies Jan 17, 2026 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 81% 3.5/5 EDIT “Jodie Foster is not the only reason to peek into "A Private Life," but she certainly is the best one.” – JMuvies Jan 17, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 3/5 EDIT “There are as many spectacular visuals as outrageously silly moments, which do carry the film along, as evidenced by loud, lengthy guffaws from Canadians in Toronto, where I saw it last September. ” – JMuvies Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “Such efficient mixing of nice with lonely makes this not-really-so-amusing "Thing" more pertinent than profound.” – JMuvies Jan 10, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “It should be quite simple to follow the bouncing ball in a ping-pong movie but, when the title player becomes the here, there, and everywhere Timothee Chalamet, your eyes are in for a really special treat.” – JMuvies Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “The two stars feed off each other's good looks and chemistry, and writer/director Craig Brewer gives Jackman and Hudson plenty of time to show off their capabilities to deliver his movie's finest moments, both on-stage and in family calamity mode.” – JMuvies Dec 26, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Filho, himself a former film critic, likely would never give away much in a loaded screenplay that toys with connect-the-dots inclusions like a constantly evolving severed leg or screaming crowds watching "The Omen" and "Jaws." Marvelous choices!” – JMuvies Dec 20, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 73% 2.5/5 EDIT “Toss in director Paul Feig, whose best film remains "Bridesmaids" a full dozen years ago, propping up debut screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine's career as a small-screen scribe, and no wonder their smarmy shebang looks and feels like an OK television movie.” – JMuvies Dec 20, 2025 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 80% 3/5 EDIT “A Saturday morning screening filled with small fry and their high-pitched squeals of laughter only eventually ended with their loud applause over the film's nifty closing credits.” – JMuvies Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% 3/5 EDIT “Get past all those nicknames, which include the constant if affectionate "Puppy" that Kelly gets called by his longtime manager (the simply terrific Adam Sandler), and you might even sympathize with a superstar trying to make it right.” – JMuvies Dec 6, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 87% 4/5 EDIT “The often sad and sumptuous "Hamnet" offers a feast for the eyes, a performance for the ages by Jessie Buckley, and a book-based story that may or may not be a load of malarkey about how William Shakespeare came to pen his most famous tragedy.” – JMuvies Dec 6, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 2.5/5 EDIT “The good news here becomes the incredible list of names in the vocal ensemble, with the most significant new contribution coming from comedian Fortune Feimster truly delivering as Nibbles Maplestick, a richly loquacious beaver.” – JMuvies Nov 27, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 76% 3.5/5 EDIT “Better and funnier yet, none of it gets morbid since director David Freyne and co-screenwriter Pat Cunnane creatively work in clever sales pitches from adults looking for company in their own respective ever-afters. ” – JMuvies Nov 27, 2025 Full Review
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