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Shadows on the Wall

Shadows on the Wall is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Derek Malcolm, Rich Cline.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
4/5
Heel (The Good Boy) (2025) Rich Cline There's a pitch-black comical undertone to this unnerving dramatic thriller, making it impossible to look away from the screen as the offbeat story unfolds in unpredictable directions.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Project Hail Mary (2026) Rich Cline The science sometimes feels baffling, requiring the viewer to simply let it go, but the story is thrillingly entertaining, as directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller so expertly balance comedy with intense action.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Abode (2025) Rich Cline Accompanied by a jaunty, style-shifting score, actor-filmmaker Liam O Mochain creates a relaxed tone that overcomes what is clearly a low budget.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Broken English (2025) Rich Cline The film's unusually offhanded approach is riveting.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Miroirs No. 3 (2025) Rich Cline The film has a remarkably hushed sensibility, with roundabout conversations, curious glances and hidden motivations. So it is clear that there's something going on under the surface, creating a riveting mystery vibe.
Posted Mar 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
One Last Deal (2026) Rich Cline The script strains to create tense situations, and they don't always hold water, so it can be tricky to go along with what happens. But director Brendan Muldowney skilfully maintains the film's insistent momentum.
Posted Mar 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Resurrection (2025) Rich Cline While several elements are incomprehensible, the imagery and characters are consistently fascinating, and the surreal narrative flourishes catch the imagination.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Reminders of Him (2026) Rich Cline It's almost absurdly straightforward, but it's very watchable thanks to the beautiful cast and glorious landscapes.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
THE BRIDE! (2026) Rich Cline Maggie Gyllenhaal takes an unflinching approach, throwing in action, crime drama, romance, thrills and lots of references to monster movies. But this scattershot approach blurs the film's plot and themes, which stubbornly refuse to coalesce.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Everybody To Kenmure Street (2026) Rich Cline This is the remarkable story of a community that peacefully insisted that even foreign-born neighbours should not be dragged out of their homes by officials for any reason. And director Felipe Bustos Sierra lets the people tell the story themselves.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
How to Make a Killing (2026) Rich Cline Writer-director John Patton Ford plays with some nicely pointed ideas about greed and wealth, but the film's ultimate message is almost shockingly desolate.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Hoppers (2026) Rich Cline Thoroughly enjoyable, this animated adventure uses Pixar's standard imagery style to tell a story that blends nature preservation with sci-fi wackiness.
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) Rich Cline This is an inspiring, powerfully personal film with huge ramifications.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Librarians (2025) Rich Cline Addressing the important issue of book banning, this open-handed, honest documentary can't help but get our blood boiling.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Scream 7 (2026) Rich Cline It's neither scary nor funny, and meta-jokes are limited to few passing comments about the final scream queen standing.
Posted Mar 03, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) Rich Cline Rose Byrne delivers a tour de force performance that radiates intelligence, strength and determination, even as she reaches the end of her rope.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Scare Out (2026) Rich Cline The tone is tense and intriguing, while the personal drama is more involving than the spycraft, even though it drifts occasionally into melodrama.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
All You Need Is Kill (2025) Rich Cline Filmmaker Kenichiro Akimoto has created an unusually immersive film that quickly gets under the skin, and the riveting storytelling puts us right in the middle of the action.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Wasteman (2025) Rich Cline The premise may feel standard, but director Cal McMau's unusually earthy tone balances the harsh attitudes and brutal violence with honest emotions.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Rich Cline Director Gore Verbinski gives the film a driving pace while allowing the actors to find vivid character details in a series of Black Mirror-style sideroads.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Whistle (2025) Rich Cline Director Corin Hardy and writer Owen Egerton have fun with the scary stuff, especially as they play up the grisliness.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Eli Roth Presents: Jimmy and Stiggs (2024) Rich Cline Even if it's relentlessly corny, the scrappy attitude and colour-drenched imagery build real tension.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Crime 101 (2026) Rich Cline Slickly shot and edited, this thriller twists multiple strands to build tension as a climactic heist approaches.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Cold Storage (2026) Rich Cline With a blackly comical sensibility, this outbreak thriller is livened up by its wide range of conflicted characters, snappy dialog and outrageous freak-out situations.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
GOAT (2026) Rich Cline With extraordinary painterly artistry and a witty script, this animated romp makes the most of a goofy premise, fully engaging the imagination while packing scenes with funny, knowing details.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Wuthering Heights (2026) Rich Cline This is bold filmmaking with maximalist design work and intensely brooding performances that often brim over into teary passion.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience (2026) Rich Cline The excessive run-time will probably keep newcomers away, but this is a great way to discover their eclectic musical vibes, from power ballads to metal anthems to edgy bilingual hip-hop.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
D is for Distance (2025) Rich Cline While it includes details about the complexities of epilepsy, this cinematic essay instead focusses on feelings and connections, weaving in a range of visual and thematic references that feel perplexing and sometimes tenuous.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) Rich Cline It's an unusually bittersweet film, mixing a steady stream of earthy humour with the realities of terminal illness. It's also beautifully shot and edited, with a gentle rhythm that catches the spark of life.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
All That's Left of You (2025) Rich Cline Peppered with vivid moments that carry a strong emotional punch, this melodramatic epic traces Palestine's history over some 65 years through the prism of a family.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Twinless (2025) Rich Cline Actor-filmmaker James Sweeney skilfully creates realistic situations then peppers them with razor-sharp wit, earthy emotions and surreal touches.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Jimpa (2025) Rich Cline With an unusually intimate approach, director Sophie Hyde explores issues of gender and sexuality through the prism of family relationships. The script is packed with beefy conversations, which sometimes makes the film feel like a stage play.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Hamlet (2025) Rich Cline The juxtaposition of archaic Elizabethan poetry with gritty 21st century realism is sometimes rather uneven, and it leaves the plot feeling very murky. But the film is packed with moments that are charged with electrical energy.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Primate (2025) Rich Cline Bonkers black humour and several extreme gross-out moments almost make this unhinged slasher-style horror movie watchable. But jump scares and shaky camerawork aren't frightening, and neither is the clearly fake chimpanzee causing the mayhem.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Kangaroo (2025) Rich Cline The genuinely involving tale would have been more than enough without adding a villain and climactic peril, both of which are barely half-baked. Still, there are plenty of lively characters and cuddly joeys to keep us happy.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Two Prosecutors (2025) Rich Cline This is a Kafkaesque tale that is laced with bitter irony, exploring ideas of justice and legacy through situations that sneak up on us with their present-day resonance.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Romería (2025) Rich Cline Writer-director Carla Simon skilfully crafts this involving internal odyssey, playing with both memories and unearthed secrets that swirl into pointed revelations.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Love That Remains (2025) Rich Cline The film's eye-catching imagery grows increasingly surreal, cutting through the warm surfaces to reveal churning undercurrents. This is a mesmerising and decidedly artistic slice of life that resonates in surprising ways.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Wrecking Crew (2026) Rich Cline Director Angel Manuel Soto leans into this a big, dumb movie about two big, smart men. And it's thoroughly watchable.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Worldbreaker (2025) Rich Cline Director Brad Anderson's robust approach is oddly over-serious, which leaves the film feeling both obvious and corny.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Heavyweight (2025) Rich Cline The sheer machismo on display is perhaps a bit exhausting, but it's balanced by a terrific sense of underlying emotion.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
H Is for Hawk (2025) Rich Cline This is a warmly emotional film that avoids even a hint of sentimentality, capturing our interest with arresting imagery and resonant themes.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Rip (2026) Rich Cline There's enough going on beneath the beefy surface to hold the interest, although writer-director Joe Carnahan never bothers to meaningfully grapple with the central themes.
Posted Jan 17, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Kokuho (2025) Rich Cline It's a riveting look into the culture of a distinctive art form, with glorious on-stage performances and even more involving back-stage interaction. It's very long, but powerfully well-made.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Sound of Falling (2025) Rich Cline With sparse dialog, director Mascha Schilinski hones in on the characters' innate curiosity. And a subtle whiff of surrealism creates an almost overpoweringly mesmerising vibe.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Rich Cline Gifted director Nia DaCosta infuses the film with intriguing soulfulness amid the flurries of gruesome nastiness.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
People We Meet on Vacation (2026) Rich Cline It's colourful and over-slick, but also funny and sweet.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Chronology of Water (2025) Rich Cline For her writing-directing debut, Kristen Stewart crafts an ambitiously artful adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir. It's an impressive approach to storytelling that stresses senses and feelings rather than details and plot.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Plague (2025) Rich Cline Writer-director Charlie Polinger reveals unnerving details in seemingly innocuous situations, leaning toward horror as he explores a particularly dark side of adolescence.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Marty Supreme (2025) Rich Cline Shot in period style with grainy 35mm imagery and earthy sets and costumes, the film races through its narrative by the seat of its pants, matching the energy of the central character.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
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