C.J. Prince

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 18, 2026 A dull, insipid, lazy take on a formula designed to let loose. Go to Full Review Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (2026) 43% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 17, 2026 Yet another step forward for Kotlyarenko’s hyperkinetic style, this time toward the mainstream in its take on a violent crime caper that spins wildly out of control. Go to Full Review Vintage Violence (2026) 86% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 16, 2026 While his efforts to tackle such a complex story start out strong, Van Dyk unfortunately never quite threads the needle in his look at the aftermath and attempted reconciliation. Go to Full Review Atonement (2026) 93% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 14, 2026 While it’s clear he gives it his all in the role of Charleson, the shoddy construction of Elsinore as a series of poorly edited Andrew Scott sizzle reels makes it impossible to tell how good a performance he gives. Go to Full Review Elsinore (2026) 88% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Apr 28, 2026 The film is more like a remix of McCarthy’s prior features, retreading ground with a heavier hand and constituting an underwhelming experience. Go to Full Review Hokum (2026) 90% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 21, 2025 The thought of applying palatability to the brutal slaughter of a child, her family, and her rescuers is a problematic one to say the least, which then gets to the question of why Ben Hania would choose to make The Voice of Hind Rajab this way. Go to Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 93% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 14, 2025 With Two Pianos [Desplechin] put together a rich, thoughtful look at how we can shape our lives around our biggest regrets. Go to Full Review Two Pianos (2025) 83% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 5, 2025 Fans of the game should come away satisfied by Kawamura’s reverence for it, with the production design perfectly recreating the game’s environment along with several anomalies. Go to Full Review Exit 8 (2025) 92% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Feb 26, 2025 It’s an entertaining, surface-level look at a bizarre subculture that, while sometimes hilarious, leaves a lot on the table. Go to Full Review Stolen Kingdom (2025) 94% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 12, 2024 B- A riotous take on the creature feature and a scathing satire of society’s apathetic attitude in the face of existential threats. Go to Full Review Ick (2024) 69% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 8, 2024 C It’s the last third of Nightbitch where the film goes from mostly harmless to embarrassing. Go to Full Review Nightbitch (2024) 59% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Jul 23, 2024 B- While these large-scale productions typically get the life taken from them by committee in Hollywood, this film’s stone-faced commitment to executing such silly spectacle makes for an uneven, mostly good time. Go to Full Review The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024) 97% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Jul 22, 2024 C Timpson, along with co-writer Toby Harvard, prefer to take the easy way for achieving their goals, the film leaning into dated comedy and a relentless charm offensive that makes its efforts too strained to fully embrace. Go to Full Review Bookworm (2024) 91% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Jul 22, 2024 At the very least, Stuckmann’s earnestness as a horror fan is apparent throughout Shelby Oaks, even though his admiration doesn’t translate effectively to his filmmaking. Go to Full Review Shelby Oaks (2023) 55% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 18, 2023 B- The Promised Land is a brutal, entertaining period piece and another showcase for Mads Mikkelsen’s stone-faced magnetism. Go to Full Review The Promised Land (2023) 97% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 14, 2023 D It’s impressive to see a film about love only able to generate disdain. Go to Full Review Fingernails (2023) 60% 42%

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 14, 2023 C As misguided as Dream Scenario gets, Cage’s performance saves the film from turning into something much worse. Go to Full Review Dream Scenario (2023) 91% 68%

C.J. Prince Edge Media Network Sep 12, 2023 Perfectly content to settle into a formal monotony that does it no favors. Go to Full Review Orlando, My Political Biography (2023) 94% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 12, 2023 B Barring some divisive final-act choices, it’s a powerful work with a smart screenplay and three terrific performances that capture the messy nature of families going through a grieving process. Go to Full Review His Three Daughters (2023) 97% - -

C.J. Prince The Film Stage Sep 7, 2023 B- A tense yet uneven thriller that sensationalizes its source material in almost all of the right places. Go to Full Review The Royal Hotel (2023) 89% 43%