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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Nemo (Willem Dafoe) eats dinner in Inside (2023), Focus Features
March 24, 2023
Though Willem Dafoe is as outstanding as ever in the film’s lead role, ‘Inside’ is ultimately a bittersweet affair.
Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks. © 2023 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
February 27, 2023
Cocaine Bear is mindless entertainment in its purest and most uncut form. It is a film that is so dumb, so over the top with gore, and so laugh out loud funny that you can’t help but root for this doped up bear’s murderous rampage to not only continue, but hopefully never end.
February 23, 2023
Nocebo has some clever explanations for things and a handful of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it dark fantasy sequences, it is mostly a mediocre thriller that is only worth seeking out for its unshakable finale.
February 7, 2023
The Amazing Maurice has animation that may not be appealing to Pixar or Dreamworks enthusiasts. It’s an animated film with a ton of missteps, but manages to land on all four feet when the dust clears. 
February 3, 2023
It’s not that Knock at the Cabin is entirely bad, it’s that it seems to actively know it could be more creative, thrilling, and shocking and yet purposely chooses to bury its head in the sand and let mediocrity have its remorselessly bland way with it.
February 1, 2023
Infinity Pool is an eccentric sci-fi horror filled with disturbing sex, crazy amounts of ultra-violence, and a sequence where Mia Goth breastfeeds Alexander Skarsgard. It’s super weird and obviously a different type of film that won’t appeal to the typical mainstream blockbuster crowd.
January 27, 2023
You People is two hours of people being dicks to one another in unfunny fashion with a rushed bow filled with forced heartfelt predictability tacked on at the very end.
January 23, 2023
New Gods: Yang Jian feels like an alternate timeline of Journey to the West along with all of the jazzy influence of Cowboy Bebop.
January 11, 2023
Even with some sketchy acting and predictable story elements, M3gan is a massively entertaining horror film that kicks off a new year of movies to exceed expectations with a lethally robotic and electrifying bang.
December 22, 2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is stylish and fun with sleek animation, a thrillingly adventurous story, off-the-wall humor, and fantastic writing that is penned in a way that rejuvenates what was thought to be a dead CGI animated franchise.