Author Nate Zoebl

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Nate Zoebl is an avid film lover since he was yea-high to whatever people are yea-high to. He's written film reviews since he was 17 years old and is a proud member of the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA). He is an active screenwriter, educator, filmmaker with the award-winning group Edwin J. Hill, one-time playwright ("Our Town... Attacked by Zombies"), lover of bad movies thanks to a childhood fed by the likes of MST3K, perhaps the world's foremost scholar on the movies of Dr. Uwe Boll, and sometimes collection of coherent molecules.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

March 23, 2023 0 17

Shazam! Fury of the Gods, feels like the definition of a sequel for the sake of a sequel.

Skinamarink (2023)

January 24, 2023 0 40

Skinamarink is the latest indie horror sensation and it’s easy to root for.

Bones and All (2022)

December 5, 2022 0 27

Even as things didn’t fully come together for me, I was always interested in Bones and All for its two-hour duration.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

December 2, 2022 0 21

It’s hard to talk about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever without first discussing its missing whole, namely Chadwick Boseman.

Satanic Soccer Mom from Ohio (2022)

October 30, 2022 0 63

Satanic Soccer Mom from Ohio is an amusing and charming movie, especially if one can gel with its overall amiable tone and forgive the inevitable technical shortcomings.

Nope (2022)

September 9, 2022 0 24

Peele is proving himself more and more as a major director of genre spectacle and vision.

Bullet Train (2022)/ The Princess (2022)

September 2, 2022 0 34

If you are a fan of Bullet Train, you’ll likely be a fan of The Princess, and vice versa, because both of them are exactly as advertised.

Prey (2022)

August 12, 2022 0 22

Prey is the best Predator sequel, by far, and arguably as entertaining and engaging as the 1987 original.

The Gray Man (2022)

July 29, 2022 0 25

If you’ve seen any espionage action movie of the last ten years, you’ve seen enough to recognize all the key pieces of The Gray Man.

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

July 15, 2022 0 15

As a fun matinee, Love and Thunder will amuse and brighten, even if its comedy highs don’t quite hit as high this time under the burden of franchise expectations.

X (2022)

April 22, 2022 0 159

Ti West is a director I haven’t fully enjoyed, though I would say X is his most accomplished film to date for me.

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

April 15, 2022 0 20

If you can, please go into Everything Everywhere All At Once knowing as little as possible.

The Adam Project (2022)

March 16, 2022 0 20

It kind of muffs the action and sci-fi spectacle, but The Adam Project is a movie that’s big where it counts.

The Batman (2022)

March 4, 2022 0 13

Even with the heaviest expectations from the hardest of fans, The Batman is an unqualified success.

Entropy (2022)

March 3, 2022 0 15

As a finished film, however, Entropy leaves a lot to be desired even as a low-budget, lowered expectations chiller thriller.

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

December 23, 2021 0 22

From a technical standpoint, The Matrix Resurrections is still a feast for the senses.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

December 18, 2021 0 19

Spider-Man: No Way Home is not the best Spider-Man movie, in the MCU or prior, but it’s a rollicking adventure that will play like catnip for fans of the series and has some of the strongest moments of any web-slinging blockbuster.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

December 8, 2021 0 47

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will most assuredly be my favorite film experience of 2021.

Dune (2021)

October 27, 2021 0 21

Dune is yet another visually stunning and gorgeously immersive visual experience from one of the greatest visual filmmakers working today.

13 Days of Halloween Day 12: Halloween Kills (2021)

October 18, 2021 0 15

I need more, anything more, and Halloween Kills gives me too much of the same old same dead.

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