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Josh Larsen

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Josh Larsen is the former movie critic for a group of Chicago-area newspapers and current co-host of Filmspotting. You can read his work at LarsenOnFilm.com.

Official Website:

http://www.larsenonfilm.com/index.php

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Out of the Past (1947) 87% 4/4 EDIT “Mitchum holds the screen in the palm of his hand without appearing to even try...” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 21, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 3/4 EDIT “The fun here is in the audacious attempt and the performances.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 18, 2026 Full Review Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 86% 2/4 EDIT “A bit of a whiff for Frank Capra...” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 17, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 88% 3/4 EDIT “... has a wistful, morbid magic.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 13, 2026 Full Review By the Time It Gets Dark (2016) 91% 3/4 EDIT “While always mesmerized, I admittedly got lost amidst the layers...” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 4, 2026 Full Review Two Minutes Late (1952) 2/4 EDIT “... aims to be a big-screen version of a lurid pulp crime novel.” – LarsenOnFilm Mar 1, 2026 Full Review Xiao Wu (1998) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “... a scrappy, neo-realist tale of societal scrounging that’s paused by poetic moments of slow cinema.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 23, 2026 Full Review Tropical Malady (2004) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “Unusually sensitive, in the sense that every element seems to pulse with its own life force. . .” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% 2.5/4 EDIT “This is not your mother’s Wuthering Heights!" the movie howls back at the wind whipping over those moors.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Drunken Angel (1948) 94% 3.5/4 EDIT “... has significant Ash Wednesday resonance.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 15, 2026 Full Review Pretty in Pink (1986) 75% 3/4 EDIT “A totally defensible time capsule of the John Hughes era.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 13, 2026 Full Review The Butcher (1970) 100% 3/4 EDIT “A thriller wafting on the fumes of the French New Wave...” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “One more errant car* away from being a camp classic...” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 8, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “An atheist and a satanist walk into a bone temple …” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Hidden in the Fog (1953) 2.5/4 EDIT “... appears to owe a great debt to Otto Preminger’s Laura.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Annie Hall (1977) 97% 3/4 EDIT “... a rough draft for Manhattan.” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Baby Boom (1987) 70% 2.5/4 EDIT “Keaton keeps it afloat...” – LarsenOnFilm Feb 1, 2026 Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% 1.5/4 EDIT “... a corporate conglomerate on cinematic wheels.” – LarsenOnFilm Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Sentimental Value (2025) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “Intimate yet vast...” – LarsenOnFilm Jan 18, 2026 Full Review And Then There Were None (1945) 100% 2.5/4 EDIT “... a mildly amusing Agatha Christie adaptation.” – LarsenOnFilm Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Predators (2025) 97% 2/4 EDIT “... third-degree, self-righteous voyeurism. ” – LarsenOnFilm Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 3/4 EDIT “... a sumptuously unsettling experience.” – LarsenOnFilm Jan 5, 2026 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 3/4 EDIT “Pandora has been populated by something unexpected and extraordinary: compelling characters. ” – LarsenOnFilm Jan 5, 2026 Full Review Metropolitan (1990) 94% 2.5/4 EDIT “Stillman’s writing is self-aware in ways his characters are not.” – LarsenOnFilm Dec 28, 2025 Full Review Arco (2025) 93% 3/4 EDIT “... a sci-fi fantasy that’s part Fantastic Planet and part Miyazaki.” – LarsenOnFilm Dec 27, 2025 Full Review
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