Kristofor King Movie Reviews
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Film reviews by Kristofor King.
Sci-fi lifer. Oscar obsessive.
Reflections rooted in a love for cinema.
Forever inspired by Roger Ebert.
Sci-fi lifer. Oscar obsessive.
Reflections rooted in a love for cinema.
Forever inspired by Roger Ebert.
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🎬 Hi, I’m Kristofor King. I write film reviews on Medium, covering new releases, highlights, surprise gems, Oscar season picks, and Top 10. Always inspired by the one and only, Roger Ebert.
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Eternity has such a clever premise. The script’s lighthearted tone doesn’t always match the weight of its themes, but it all comes together neatly. Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen alone make it worth watching. My review is over on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Eternity (2025) — clever afterlife premise wrapped in a gentle romantic comedy
In the afterlife, a woman’s faced with the choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Eternity has such a clever premise. The script’s lighthearted tone doesn’t always match the weight of its themes, but it all comes together neatly. Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen alone make it worth watching. My review is over on @framerated.co.uk and here:
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Christy is a rough attempt at a sports biopic with a few flashes of promise. Sydney Sweeney is hit-and-miss (pun!) Check out my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Christy (2025) — boxing success clashes with identity struggle in an unsubtle biopic
The life and the incredible career of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the 1990s.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Christy is a rough attempt at a sports biopic with a few flashes of promise. Sydney Sweeney is hit-and-miss (pun!) Check out my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Train Dreams on Netflix is heartbreaking yet so beautiful and one of the best of the year. I wrote about it for @framerated.co.uk
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Train Dreams — haunting portrait of a life marked by love, loss, and the sting of uncertainty
A logger and railroad worker leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early-20th-century.
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Train Dreams on Netflix is heartbreaking yet so beautiful and one of the best of the year. I wrote about it for @framerated.co.uk
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Back to the future is in my top 4 and getting to see it on the big screen and react to it with an audience it an experience I’ll never forget.
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Back to the future is in my top 4 and getting to see it on the big screen and react to it with an audience it an experience I’ll never forget.
Relay is overlooked thriller that deserves a bigger audience. Check out my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Relay (2024) — paranoid thriller about a system built to connect and those who exploit it
A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Relay is overlooked thriller that deserves a bigger audience. Check out my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
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On Medium, @kriskingreviews.bsky.social reviewed GOOD FORTUNE medium.com/framerated/g...
Good Fortune — the gospel according to capitalism disguised as a feel-good comedy
A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On Medium, @kriskingreviews.bsky.social reviewed GOOD FORTUNE medium.com/framerated/g...
Good Fortune is charming, funny enough, and Keanu Reeves is perfect as always. Read my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Good Fortune — the gospel according to capitalism disguised as a feel-good comedy
A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist.
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October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Good Fortune is charming, funny enough, and Keanu Reeves is perfect as always. Read my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Tron was once a spectacle that pushed to the edge of imagination. And now it’s this. With Jared Leto. Here’s my review:
Tron: Ares (2025) — a once daring franchise reduced to a hollow light show
A visually slick but emotionally vacant revival that misunderstands its own legacy.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Tron was once a spectacle that pushed to the edge of imagination. And now it’s this. With Jared Leto. Here’s my review:
Roofman was a puzzling watch. All the ingredients are there for a warm-hearted crime film with a big-hearted antihero, but the picture it tries to paint is murky. My review is over on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Roofman — true-crime tale about freedom, loneliness, and the walls we build ourselves
A charismatic criminal, while on the run from the police, hides in a hidden space of a toy store.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Roofman was a puzzling watch. All the ingredients are there for a warm-hearted crime film with a big-hearted antihero, but the picture it tries to paint is murky. My review is over on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Dwayne Johnson gives the best performance of his career and The Smashing Machine lands a solid punch. My review is here:
The Smashing Machine (2025)— a study in pain, pride, and the price of masculinity
Emotion in motion: Dwayne Johnson lays down the gauntlet for his best performance yet
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October 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Dwayne Johnson gives the best performance of his career and The Smashing Machine lands a solid punch. My review is here:
Yes, it’s one of the best of the year. But is it THE best of the year? The decade? All-time??? Leonardo DiCaprio’s best performance? My thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another are here:
One Battle After Another (2025) — the cost of being seen, the price of being ignored
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest has the bark, but does it have the bite to match his legendary filmography?
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October 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Yes, it’s one of the best of the year. But is it THE best of the year? The decade? All-time??? Leonardo DiCaprio’s best performance? My thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another are here:
Tron was not as good as I was hoping it would be. But had a great time with my guys.
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Tron was not as good as I was hoping it would be. But had a great time with my guys.
Mom likes to catch all the Oscar nominees with me. Pretty sure this will be one.
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Mom likes to catch all the Oscar nominees with me. Pretty sure this will be one.
A scary movie with the dog as the main character. Such a creative concept for a horror movie. Check out my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
Good Boy — haunting tale of devotion shaped by a dog’s unearthly instincts
A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A scary movie with the dog as the main character. Such a creative concept for a horror movie. Check out my review on @framerated.co.uk and here:
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On Medium, @kriskingreviews.bsky.social reviewed THE LOST BUS medium.com/framerated/t...
The Lost Bus — adrenaline-fuelled survival thriller from a master of chaos
A wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from a terrifying inferno.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
On Medium, @kriskingreviews.bsky.social reviewed THE LOST BUS medium.com/framerated/t...
The Senior aims for heartfelt family film but the script should’ve worked harder in the off-season. My review is here:
The Senior (2025) — faith, football, and facepalms
An underdog comeback tale undone by clunky dialogue and tired tropes.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Senior aims for heartfelt family film but the script should’ve worked harder in the off-season. My review is here:
HIM is an ambitious sports/horror movie but does it achieve anything beyond being completely bizarre? My review is here:
Him (2025) — a bizarre dive into the horrors of ambition and American football
Like a dazed quarterback with no play call, Him is confused, concussed, and spiking the ball for no reason.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
HIM is an ambitious sports/horror movie but does it achieve anything beyond being completely bizarre? My review is here:
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On Medium, Kris King reviewed NE ZHA 2 medium.com/framerated/n...
Ne Zha 2 — cultural resonance and extraordinary visuals outshine a tangled story
After a great catastrophe, the souls of Nezha and Aobing are saved, but their bodies face ruin.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
On Medium, Kris King reviewed NE ZHA 2 medium.com/framerated/n...
Ne Zha 2 is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time and chances are, you haven’t even heard of it. Here’s why it’s breaking records and what the hype is all about. My review is on @framerated.co.uk and Medium:
Ne Zha 2 — cultural resonance and extraordinary visuals outshine a tangled story
After a great catastrophe, the souls of Nezha and Aobing are saved, but their bodies face ruin.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ne Zha 2 is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time and chances are, you haven’t even heard of it. Here’s why it’s breaking records and what the hype is all about. My review is on @framerated.co.uk and Medium:
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On Medium, @kriskingreviews.bsky.social reviewed THE SOCIAL NETWORK for its 15th anniversary medium.com/framerated/t...
The Social Network — a film about connection that ends in isolation
A student creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is sued by twins who claimed he stole their idea…
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September 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
On Medium, @kriskingreviews.bsky.social reviewed THE SOCIAL NETWORK for its 15th anniversary medium.com/framerated/t...
I had my first film review published this week. I’m officially a contributor to @framerated.co.uk Check out my retrospective marking the 15th anniversary of The Social Network.
The Social Network — a film about connection that ends in isolation
A student creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is sued by twins who claimed he stole their idea…
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September 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I had my first film review published this week. I’m officially a contributor to @framerated.co.uk Check out my retrospective marking the 15th anniversary of The Social Network.
Stephen King has published hundreds of works. Hollywood has adapted a million of them. Check out my thoughts on the newest one, The Long Walk, here:
Film Review: The Long Walk (2025)
Fifty kids, one road, no exits. A haunting Stephen King adaptation with heatstroke in its bones.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Stephen King has published hundreds of works. Hollywood has adapted a million of them. Check out my thoughts on the newest one, The Long Walk, here:
The newest Spike Lee joint has its problems. But it also includes several moments where Spike reminds us he’s still really good at this. My full review of Highest 2 Lowest is here:
Film Review: Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Spike Lee returns to New York with a messy, magnetic morality tale.
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September 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The newest Spike Lee joint has its problems. But it also includes several moments where Spike reminds us he’s still really good at this. My full review of Highest 2 Lowest is here: