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Mark Dujsik

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Mark is the sole writer/editor/webmaster of Mark Reviews Movies(www.markreviewsmovies.com) and co-film critic at UR Chicago Magazine (www.urchicago.com). He has been a member of the Online Film Critics Society since 2002 and the Chicago Film Critics Association since 2006.

Favorites:

The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Third Man, Vertigo, Grave of the Fireflies, The Seventh Seal, Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, On the Waterfront, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Casablanca, Apocalypse Now, Singin' in the Rain, Schindler's List, Mon Oncle, Die Nibelungen, Fantasia, Raging Bull, The Thin Red Line

Location:

Chicago, IL

Official Website:

http://www.markreviewsmovies.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Cold Storage (2026) 77% 3/4 EDIT “Cold Storage is strange and silly enough ... to succeed...” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 16, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 63% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's definitely funny by the end, but as for being innovative or perceptive, the movie falls quite short.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Honey Bunch (2025) 91% 3/4 EDIT “In its specifically twisted way, it is a thoughtful and surprisingly tender [love story]...” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 13, 2026 Full Review By Design (2025) 69% 2/4 EDIT “The joke here ... runs its course pretty quickly...” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 59% 3/4 EDIT “[T]he boldness of this film in both interpreting and telling this story in such an unsparing manner is worth witnessing.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “[T]he result is a comedy of so many intricate components and details that it's a bit of a miracle it is hilariously funny, too.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 12, 2026 Full Review The Mortuary Assistant (2026) 41% 1.5/4 EDIT “[A]ny sense of tension or suspense dissipates once it becomes obvious that the stakes of the plot will just keep resetting and repeating.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Hunting Jessica Brok (2025) 1.5/4 EDIT “The plot of Hunting Jessica Brok continues a long tradition of villains who know exactly what they want, which is to kill the hero, but ... keep delaying that goal.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% 3/4 EDIT “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die offers ... a wacky but identifiable world and set of concerns about our present and future...” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 12, 2026 Full Review GOAT (2026) 81% 2/4 EDIT “[W]e're mostly left with a couple of promising ideas, some hit-or-miss comedy, and plenty of attention to detail in the design of this world.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 86% 3/4 EDIT “[W]riter/director Bart Layton cares about who these characters are, what they want, why they want it, and exactly how far they are and aren't willing to go to get it.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 12, 2026 Full Review The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) 18% 0.5/4 EDIT “It's finally over.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Queen of Chess (2026) 85% 3/4 EDIT “Judit's story is ... compelling on its own terms.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 6, 2026 Full Review The Roaring Game (2025) 1/4 EDIT “This one seems to be trying to figure out the concept of a joke for most of its run time.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 6, 2026 Full Review My Father's Shadow (2025) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “[The] feeling that this little getaway simultaneously is and isn't exactly what it seems to be ... is so strong that the entire film carries an emotional weight that might otherwise be too much to bear.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Whistle (2025) 60% 2/4 EDIT “In pulling from so many established concepts and clichés ... the movie ... quickly starts to feel redundant...” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Solo Mio (2026) 80% 2/4 EDIT “Solo Mio sets itself up to be at least a bit different. Instead, we get a predictable and formulaic romantic comedy...” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Kokuho (2025) 94% 2.5/4 EDIT “It has splendid moments ... and a clear eye on studying its main character, but by the end, the movie feels much slighter than its scope suggests.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Jimpa (2025) 55% 2.5/4 EDIT “Jimpa does come across as a story that's not nearly as complete or, at least, as completely told as the filmmakers seem to think it is.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Dracula (2025) 52% 1.5/4 EDIT “The best ideas of Besson's approach have been done by other movie versions already, and his unique additions ... are only worthy of being dismissed after a bit of consideration.” – Mark Reviews Movies Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Iron Lung (2026) 61% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's too bad, really, that Iron Lung goes on—and on—as long as it does...” – Mark Reviews Movies Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Pike River (2025) 86% 2/4 EDIT “[A]s admirable as the filmmakers' intentions may be, the actual telling of this tale feels like a long trip to nowhere.” – Mark Reviews Movies Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Paying for It (2024) 85% 2.5/4 EDIT “Sonny's presence in this story is an unnecessary complicating factor to a tale that is already complicated and odd enough without it.” – Mark Reviews Movies Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Natchez (2025) 100% 3/4 EDIT “Facts, it seems, are even more stubborn things than history, or that is the hope, at least, by the end of Natchez.” – Mark Reviews Movies Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Worldbreaker (2025) 47% 3/4 EDIT “The filmmakers have set us up to expect action and suspense, and instead, they have given us an intimate tale about a teenager coming of age and a parent guiding the way.” – Mark Reviews Movies Jan 29, 2026 Full Review
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