Evan Dossey

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal May 19, 2025 "What if X and Y switched bodies and, among other things, had sex?" I’m surprised Dating the Enemy hasn’t gotten more play in that space, at least from what I’ve seen over the years, but I’m happy to have finally discovered it Go to Full Review Dating the Enemy (1996) - - 58%

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal May 19, 2025 There’s only a shred of hope in The Proposition, and it almost comes too late, in too small a quantity. But it doesn’t feel, to me, like an exercise in misery. There is more on its mind. Go to Full Review The Proposition (2005) 86% 85%

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal May 19, 2025 The body can decay, and as a filmmaker, Cronenberg pioneered new ways of showing audiences just how nasty that can theoretically be. But the horror explored in The Shrouds is what comes after for those left behind — and that’s truly terrifying. Go to Full Review The Shrouds (2024) 75% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal May 2, 2025 It’s nice to feel good about a Marvel movie again. Go to Full Review Thunderbolts (2025) 88% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Apr 17, 2025 As a fan of animation, it’s especially strange to hear Jim Cummings (who has voiced Winnie the Pooh, among many other characters) voice the soldier mocking Jesus on the cross, but that’s just the nature of the beast. Go to Full Review The King of Kings (2025) 60% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Apr 17, 2025 If you get pleasure out of logistics and unpacking of emotional trauma, you’ll have no trouble staying on board. Go to Full Review Bullet Train Explosion (2025) 65% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Mar 14, 2025 A big, inoffensive action spectacle. Go to Full Review The Electric State (2025) 14% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Mar 6, 2025 You think you saw this one a few years back? Yeah, probably. Here it is again — brand new and a little uglier. Go to Full Review In the Lost Lands (2025) 24% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Feb 14, 2025 In all likelihood, Captain America: Brave New World, like The Incredible Hulk, is destined to be equally maligned and memory-holed. Go to Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 46% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Feb 11, 2025 It’s crafted with an unstoppable editorial kineticism, a keen sense of humor and a sorrowful attempt at hope that feels uniquely of this moment. Go to Full Review Hacking at Leaves (2024) - - - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Jan 14, 2025 An undeniably fascinating and frightful experience that makes truly creative use of modern and classic filmmaking techniques to make its points. Go to Full Review Solvent (2024) 87% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Jan 14, 2025 The Brutalist is a film with big ideas about the nature of art and its relationship to commerce in America as well as one with the talent behind it to articulate those concerns in stunning fashion Go to Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Jan 10, 2025 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is a shockingly delightful crime saga in its own right, with strong character work and a memorable heist that takes advantage of it. Go to Full Review Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025) 63% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Jan 5, 2025 The Damned lives in a space where its fear and horror come from Eva and her lot suffering in the cold, dark and uncontrollable world of Arctic winter Go to Full Review The Damned (2024) 90% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Dec 17, 2024 The saddest thing about Separated — and, in fact, all of Morris’s documentaries about American politics — is not that they’re about something that happened but rather about all the mistakes we’re primed to make again and again and again. Go to Full Review Separated (2024) 97% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Dec 17, 2024 I don’t think Jenkins collecting a paycheck... is a bad thing in the grand scheme of things. There just wasn’t much to be done with a story where the protagonist’s fatal flaw is that he’s the best Lion King to ever do it. Go to Full Review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) 56% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Nov 26, 2024 "Moana 2" is a by-the-numbers sequel that feels like someone trying to cram 10 hours into two. I had low expectations, and to be honest, I was still a little disappointed. Go to Full Review Moana 2 (2024) 61% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Nov 20, 2024 Scott... is still skilled enough to turn what amounts to the same script you’d have seen in a direct-to-DVD sequel circa 2005 into something that looks expensive and professional, he’s no longer at the point where he can make it sing Go to Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Oct 27, 2024 It’s commendable that Hardy and co. managed to serve up three goofy takes on an inherently absurd character that remained emotionally honest right up until the very end Go to Full Review Venom: The Last Dance (2024) 40% - -

Evan Dossey Midwest Film Journal Oct 15, 2024 Ridley Scott tried to give us original visions in the 2010s, and those were rejected, so we’re going to get some of this instead. You know what? That’s fine. Go to Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% - -