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Peter Sobczynski

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Writer. Film Buff.

Favorites:

All-Time Faves:
Buckaroo Banzai
It's a Wonderful Lif
eDuck Soup
Dumbo
GoodFellas
Heathers
Jaws
Vivre Sa Vie
The Shining
Rio Bravo
Blow Out

Location:

Chicago, IL

Reviews

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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) 97% EDIT “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is clearly not for everyone (the audience I saw it with was clearly befuddled, judging by their demeanor once the lights went up afterwards) but to these eyes, it is one of the funnier films to come around in a while.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% EDIT “it is driven along by its sheer audaciousness and jet-black humor, not to mention the effective performances from Rockwell, Richardson and particularly Temple” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 86% EDIT “Crime 101 marks the feature debut of writer-director Bart Layton, whose overwhelming ambition here appears to have been to make a film that would suggest what Michael’s Mann’s Heat might have been like if it had been made by Rob Weiss” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Feb 12, 2026 Full Review By Design (2025) 69% EDIT “Best of all is the performance by Juliette Lewis, who somehow manages to do a lot without actually appearing to do much of anything in a turn that needs to be seen to be believed.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 60% EDIT “"Wuthering Heights" (note those quote marks), on the other hands, takes a still-transgressive book and, four all the huffing and puffing, reduces it to the weakest tea imaginable.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Feb 11, 2026 Full Review Dracula (2025) 52% EDIT “It never quite finds the kind of unique viewpoint that might have made into more than just a standard riff on material that is all too familiar at this point.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Feb 5, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 64% EDIT “This is a film that theoretically wants to skewer all aspects of the pop music industry from an insider’s perspective but which ultimately proves to be little more than Spice World with more cocaine and better tunes..” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% EDIT “Send Help is far from Raimi’s best work but it is the first one in a while to leave fans of his earlier work excited to once again get at least a sense of what made those films so thrilling to watch.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Return to Silent Hill (2026) 19% EDIT “ I suspect that even fans of the game will be less than impressed with the cut-rate look and feel of the proceedings, not to mention the lack of any noticeable tension or genuine scares.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 24% EDIT “Mercy is just another instantly forgettable clunker of the sort that generally turns up in theaters in the chill of January—one that may well have you uttering its title any number of times while watching it” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Atropia (2025) 41% EDIT “Atropia is a great idea for a work of cutting satire but it pulls so many of its punches that it ends up feeling more like an old SNL sketch that has not exactly stood the test of time” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 81% EDIT “The central lure of A Private Life is, of course, the opportunity to see Foster in an increasingly rare lead role and watching her go through her paces here with a combination of intelligence, determination and sly humor is indeed a delight.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 16, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% EDIT “Although the middle story of planned-in-advance trilogies rarely work out well as individual projects, The Bone Temple bucks the trend by working as its own individual project and coming across as a little better than its not-exactly-shabby predecessor. ” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Greenland 2: Migration (2026) 49% 2/4 EDIT “For the most part, ‘Greenland 2: Migration' does not work, too often coming across like a $60 million work of uninspired fan fiction. ” – RogerEbert.com Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 78% EDIT “ I cannot in good conscience recommend Primate but if all you are looking for on a cold January evening is a diseased monkey gorily slaughtering a group of good-looking dopes, this may prove to be satisfactory enough.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% EDIT “It is easily the most focused film that Van Sant has done in quite some time and the performances from Skarsgard and Montgomery are quite strong.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 94% EDIT “Marty Supreme is little more than bully boy bullshit, a work as annoyingly obnoxious and self-regarding as its central character.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Jan 1, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% EDIT “It wants to jerk your tears, pluck your heartstrings and set your feet tapping, often at the same time, and it mostly succeeds.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Dec 29, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “No Other Choice is still worth watching due to the strength of the performances, some very funny moments here and there and a finale that is perhaps the most chilling thing to hit movie screens this year” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% EDIT “Stick with the original Anaconda—it is easily the better film and the funnier one to boot” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Breakdown: 1975 (2025) 77% 2/4 EDIT “It ends up being little more than a rambling, undisciplined clip show that misfires as both history and entertainment.” – RogerEbert.com Dec 19, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% EDIT “While far from perfect, it nevertheless makes for a fairly entertaining ride, thanks to its no-holds-barred attitude and the ways in which co-stars Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried throw themselves into their roles with heedless abandon.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “Even fans may find themselves getting frustrated by the narrative wheel-spinning on display as well as Cameron’s insistence on focusing on meaningless minutiae regarding the world that he has created over any of the characters populating it.” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 23% EDIT “While undeniably uneven at times, Ella McCay is a real charmer of a film, a delightful, funny and at times moving work buoyed by a smart and insightful screenplay and a breakthrough performance from Emma Mackey in the title role. ” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine (2025) EDIT “For fans of Prine, You’ve Got Gold is pretty much essential viewing, of course, but for those who have never experienced his work before, it will serve as a wonderful introduction to his legacy” – Auteurist Class (Substack) Dec 4, 2025 Full Review
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