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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December 12, 2022
Guillermo del Toro has crafted a darker yet equally more emotional version of Pinocchio. It is exquisitely and intricately animated with rich textures, gorgeous lighting, and mostly welcome character reinventions.
December 9, 2022
Christmas Bloody Christmas should not be missed if you’re looking for a new Christmas horror film that is essentially a yuletide slasher film where you root for a killer Santa cyborg as a bunch of horny 30-somethings are killed off to squeamish delight.
December 9, 2022
Violent Night overcomes its weak script and familiar concept with enough ooey gooey squelchy violence to appease bloodthirsty horror fans and action junkies alike.
ALL ABOARD -- Walt Disney Animation Studios’ original action-adventure “Strange World” journeys deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades, a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest—and by far— most crucial mission. The film features the voices of (clockwise from top left) Lucy Liu as Callisto Mal, the leader of Avalonia; Jake Gyllenhaal as farmer and father Searcher Clade; Dennis Quaid as diehard explorer and Searcher’s father, Jaegar Clade; Gabrielle Union as pilot and mother Meridian Clade; and Jaboukie Young-White as the youngest Clade, Meridian and Searcher’s son, Ethan. “Strange World” releases November 23, 2022. © 2022 Disney. All Rights Reserved.
December 2, 2022
Visually wondrous but spectacularly dull, Strange World has the entertainment value of a wet yet adventurous sponge.
October 7, 2022
‘Hellraiser’ isn’t as good as the original film or its first sequel, but Hulu’s reboot is easily the best franchise entry after them.
October 7, 2022
While Netflix’s fictional Marilyn Monroe biopic ‘Blonde’ is an adult film, it absolutely shouldn’t be written off as sex-crazed trash.
October 1, 2022
Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ is bloody, absurd, and sports a Super Sentai influence in all the best ways.
October 1, 2022
‘Kids vs. Aliens’ is a bloody and unbelievably creative 75-minute free-for-all that balances its monsters with a coming of age tale.
September 30, 2022
Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s ‘Shin Ultraman’ is a love letter to the classic tokusatsu hero’s original 1966 series.
September 27, 2022
‘Unicorn Wars’ is a blood infused anti-war film that horrifies and nauseates more often than it impresses.