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Matthew D. Smith
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I write reviews and other things here: https://medium.com/@midnightreviews

I also co-host Chatting Pitch with Leslie Wai (https://www.youtube.com/@chattingpitch).

Feel free to check them out, if you like.
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My review of Marvel Zombies, a brainless endeavour that has no idea who its audience is.

I attempt to break apart the show and get to the bottom of why

#streaming #filmsky

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Marvel Zombies TV Review
Brains… this show needs brains!
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October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Good Fortune ambles out the gate, shrugs, then plods along to a finish.

It takes forever to get going, then outstays its welcome and forgets what its story's about. Sorta like me at a party.

#moviereview #filmsky

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Good Fortune Movie Review
It’ll take a miracle to come back from this (that or a good agent).
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October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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It's the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mary Harron's American Psycho, and it's frankly worrying that it's more relevant today.

Subscribe to Midnight Reviews for (you guessed it) reviews and other such things related to movies, TV shows and books.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS American Psycho 25th Anniversary Retrospective
Do you like twenty-fifth anniversary reviews?
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October 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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My review of Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another starring Leonardo DiCaprio. A long night for those sorting out the marquee.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS One Battle After Another Review
One Review After Another
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October 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Steve on Netflix is the most authentic depiction of teaching I've seen, and also happens to be an amazing vehicle for two great performances from Cillian Murphy and Jay Lycurgo.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Steve Movie Review
It’s not your own time you’re wasting (see what I did there?)
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October 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Predator: Killer of Killers has a neat premise on paper, but this anthology outstays its welcome with a repetitive formula.

#filmsky #predator

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Predator: Killer of Killers Movie Review
Hit CTRL+C to load, then hit CTRL+V to fire!
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August 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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MOVIE REVIEWS Materialists

Materialists shares all the good and bad of its main characters, attempting to serve up complex characters in a rare mid-budget adult drama with actual marketing.

#filmsky #moviereview

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Materialists Movie Review
Could’ve been a tight twenty minutes of material.
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August 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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LeslieWai and I discuss Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme tomorrow on Chatting Pitch.

Have fun following your own proverbial maze trying to work out how the image below relates.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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New episode of the Chatting Pitch #podcast with Leslie Wai.

We review Mission: Impossible and Lilo & Stitch, before pitching the future of the M:I franchise (why didn't we do Lilo & Pitch?)

Also available on Spotify, if you're that way inclined.

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S6 E1 – Mission: Impossible Final Reckoning Review and Pitch
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May 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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First time published on Bouncin' and Behaving Blogs TOO... and it won't be the last! (hopefully)

With The Brutalist winning big at the #Oscars and other talk about artificial intelligence, I wrote a piece about the use of AI in movies. Enjoy!

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Why AI SHOULD Be Used in Movies
Insert a sub-heading that will make humans laugh
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March 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#review Horror comedy Heart Eyes. Where is it engaging? Where does it falter? Read on and discover!

Or don't. But that'd really hurt my feelings, and I'd know. Would you really want to do that? No... you're a good person. Follow your heart. With your eyes. Heart Eyes.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Heart Eyes Review
Roses are red, I hope March is sunny, What might surprise you, Is that Heart Eyes is funny
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March 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Check out the latest episode of the podcast some people listen to!

We review the Oscars, before moving on to Heart Eyes, The Monkey and others. We also lose our sanity towards the end because of how tired we both were. Enjoy! #podcast #oscars2025 #oscars

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S4 E14 – Oscars and Heart Eyes Review (and more!)
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March 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Chatting Pitch, where Leslie Wai and I review movies and pitch ideas at each other's faces, has a new episode featuring two mystery movies out recently.

Then, we slam them together in a collidor and hope the results aren't too messy. Enjoy! #podcast #FilmSky #review

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S4 E9 - Chatting Pitch’s Mystery Movies
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January 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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New episode of Chatting Pitch out tomorrow, where we discuss two movies before suggesting how we can combine them to make the worst movie of all time. #podcast

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January 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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My review of Back in Action, Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx gracing their presence on a film that really doesn't deserve them. #review #FilmSky

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Back in Action Review
Netflix Transaction
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January 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Moving into writing tips for the blog with MIDNIGHT WRITING, featuring writing tips from an idiot.

This one focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of writing in the first person. #BookSky

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MIDNIGHT WRITING What Sort of Person Am I? First Person Narration
Midnight Writing features info and useful tips on writing, collected and edited by a writer in the hopes that he can help others, and in…
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January 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain is in cinemas. It's wonderfully understated and wholly engaging.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS A Real Pain Review
A movie that runs rings around the competition.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Having watched this thirty-eight times since Christmas (I have a three-year old), I can say I am the conclusive expert in all things Vengeance Most Fowl.

Check out this #review, which you don't have to read thirty-eight times. #filmsky

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
I’m a happy, nifty Norbot; I like to write reviews!
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January 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is a return for Britain's dynamic duo; a wonderful, charming, hilarious story.

In so many ways over the life of these two characters, Aardman manage to achieve the seemingly impossible. They do again here.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
I’m a happy, nifty Norbot; I like to write reviews!
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January 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Day 4 of 20 for me on the old #BookSky #BookChallenge, where you think about the books that made the deepest impressions on you.

Today I go with this, because why not?
A genius non-memoir wherein Norm McDonald takes you on a trip through his life, except for the bits that aren't. Highlights include his time in prison, a slow burn tale featuring someone from his childhood and an odyssey through Vegas. Tremendous, hilarious and incredibly wry. Maybe you should try it?
January 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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A new episode of the #podcast I co-host with my good friend Leslie Wai. Chatting Pitch returns with a bumper episode: three reviews!

After that, enjoy our pitch as we combine all three movies to create a story that definitely probably might work. Enjoy!

#filmsky

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January 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Something people might like on #filmsky. It's the Alien movies, but compared to Gü desserts. Why? I don't really know, and I have an appointment with a doctor soon.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Alien Movies as Gü Desserts
I just keep coming back to these things.
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January 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I struggle with musicals. I hate musical biopics. I despise The Greatest Showman. And yet I can't help but adore Better Man, telling the life story of one of the world's biggest music stars.

Read my review, where I repeat what I just said, but longer.

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MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Better Man
Take That, other music biopics!
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January 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The #BookSky #BookChallenge really gets you thinking about what books have made an impact on you, and about your tastes in general.

Now I can't find the blue dragon book I was told I couldn't have twice from the library when I was six, so here's another one instead for Day 3 of 20.
Possibly the funniest book I've ever read. I remember the moment I started it, because I was laughing out loud from the opening paragraph onwards.
January 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Continuing the 20 Day #BookSky #BookChallenge weeks after posting my previous one. But who cares if it's not exactly right? Who's gonna arrest me, the #BlueSky #BookPolice? Seriously, I don't know if that's a thing.

Anyway, here's Day 2 of 20 with another title that left a lasting impression on me.
Isaac Asimov was a prolific genius. Do you need anything else on top of that?
January 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM