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About Chris Sawin

Chris Sawin is a Tomatometer-approved film critic who has been writing about film for over a decade. Chris has an unabashed admiration for weird and eccentric cinema, the nastiest of horror films, and particularly loves animation when it's done right. Check him out on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/chris-sawin/movies

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The Comicpalooza logo. The anime and comic book convention is held in Houston, TX every year. In 2025, it ran from June 20-22.
July 3, 2025
My bitter-sweet recap of this this year's Comicpalooza, as a 41-year-old cosplayer who still manages to find joy in these…
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July 3, 2025
Review: 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' has the same Park attractions and mishaps of men playing God you've seen many times over,…
The Night Fury dragon, Toothless in Universal Pictures’ live-action How to Train Your Dragon, written and directed by Dean DeBlois.
June 19, 2025
Dean DeBlois' How to Train Your Dragon is a lifeless, carbon-copy shell of the original animated film from 2010.
June 19, 2025
Elio (Yonas Kibreab) is an 11-year-old boy who has recently lost his parents. He’s been taken in by his aunt…
June 5, 2025
Kevin Smith’s Dogma turns 25 this year, and it’s getting a 4K restoration with a well-deserved theatrical run and a…
June 5, 2025
Review: 'The Life of Chuck' isn't horror so it might not be what you expect from Stephen King or Mike…
May 29, 2025
Review: while the new 'Lilo & Stitch has some fun moments, it is yet another unnecessary remake of a Disney…
May 27, 2025
From Australian twin filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk to Me), Bring Her Back follows brother and sister Andy (Billy…
Herbert (Jeffrey Combs) experiments with his new discovery in Re-Animator (1985), Empire International Pictures
May 19, 2025
40 years after its theatrical debut, Ignite Films' 4K restoration has breathed new life into Stuart Gordon's horror classic, 'Re-Animator'.
May 13, 2025
Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Lim Dae-hee, Holy Night: Demon Hunters follows three underground demon hunters who operate like…