Courtney Howard

Courtney Howard

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Tomatometer-approved film critic/ journo.
Member: LAFCA, CCA
Writer: Variety, The A.V. Club, FreshFictionTV

Burbank, CA
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Favorite films

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • Fight Club
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  • When Harry Met Sally...

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  • Carry-On

    ★★

  • Red One

    ★

  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    ★★★★½

  • The Fallen Idol

    ★★★½

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  • Carry-On

    Carry-On 2024

    ★★ Watched 13 Dec 2024 1

    This movie is desperately hurting for Kiefer Sutherland as the bad guy on the other end of the line.

  • Red One

    Red One 2024

    ★ Watched 13 Dec 2024

    The Rock peed into empty water bottles to bring us this movie.

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu 2024

    ★★★★★ Watched 07 Nov 2024

    Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU remake goes HARDER than any other horror film this year. Holy fuck. A gorgeous grotesquerie of dread-infused terrors & a divine dark delight. Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlok is pure sinister nightmare fuel. Lily Rose Depp & Nicholas Hoult’s best work to date. 

    It incorporates breathtaking homages to Murnau’s masterpiece with thoughtful thematic artistry. Robin Carolan’s haunting compositions, Jarin Blaschke’s painterly cinematography & Craig Lathrop’s inspired production design augment its frightful atmospheric allure. 

    Also: if you’re not afraid of rats before seeing this movie, you will be now!

  • Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

    Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary 2024

    ★★★★ Watched 13 Nov 2024

    Today I learned Michael McDonald was high AF the first time he saw the SCTV skit where Rick Moranis plays him speeding from session to session. McDonald thought he was hallucinating. “Is this really happening or am I just losing it?”

    This is MY JAM - and  yours too if you dig learning about the stories behind the liner notes of albums by the kings of soft rock. A tribute to terrific musicianship. It’s the next best thing to seeing these acts in their heyday.

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  • Barbie
  • All of Us Strangers
  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Perfect Days
  • The Zone of Interest

My Top 20 Films of 2023 20 films

  • Find Me Falling
  • Mother of the Bride
  • My Old Ass

2024 Movies Where the Lead Skinny Dips 3 films

  • Evil Dead Rise
  • The Killer
  • Boy Kills World

2023 Films where a cheese grater is used as a weapon 3 films

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