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Jose Solís

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Biography:

Jose Solís has been writing about film since 2003. His work has appeared in publications like PopMatters, The Film Stage, and Backstage. He is a member of the Online Film Critics Society. His most unique skill is being able to relate everything to The Wizard of Oz.

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The Swedish Connection (2026) 3/5 EDIT “It's rare to see a World War II drama open with dark humor and bureaucratic satire instead of immediate solemnity.” – Common Sense Media Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Pavane (2026) 2/5 EDIT “Pavane gestures toward the romantic melancholy of films like Never Let Me Go or One Day, but it never quite earns that emotional sweep.” – Common Sense Media Feb 24, 2026 Full Review From The Ashes: The Pit (2025) 2/5 EDIT “The acting is fine, and the young performers do what they can, but the script is so preposterous there's only so much anyone can salvage.” – Common Sense Media Feb 24, 2026 Full Review The Big Fake (2026) 2/5 EDIT “The Big Fake glides along on sleek momentum, more interested in the mechanics of crime than in the moral weather it creates.” – Common Sense Media Feb 24, 2026 Full Review 96 Minutes (2025) 2/5 EDIT “96 Minutes stretches well beyond its supposed real-time urgency, padding the crisis with unnecessary exposition and overexplained emotional backstory.” – Common Sense Media Feb 24, 2026 Full Review A Father's Miracle (2026) 2/5 EDIT “Caught between the compassion of Italian neorealism and the excess of a really bad telenovela, this Mexican melodrama strains for emotion at every turn.” – Common Sense Media Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Safe House (2025) 3/5 EDIT “Safe House feels like a throwback to the tight, efficient studio thrillers of the '90s: lean, muscular, and built around suspicion, explosions, and a ticking clock.” – Common Sense Media Feb 24, 2026 Full Review State of Fear (2026) 4/5 EDIT “This crime drama stays with you. Sirens slice through the night as flames stain the skyline, and the camera glides through corridors and across rooftops as if the city itself were holding its breath.” – Common Sense Media Feb 17, 2026 Full Review From the Ashes (2024) 2/5 EDIT “From the start, the film signals that tragedy is coming, and everything is staged to march us toward it. But From the Ashes builds the rivalry between Heba and Amira so obviously that the disaster feels telegraphed instead of emotionally earned.” – Common Sense Media Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) 43% 3/5 EDIT “This is a film that behaves almost too well. Ghosts of Mississippi is restrained and thoughtful to the point that it feels more like a civics lesson than a movie; it's carefully staged and respectfully mounted but rarely alive.” – Common Sense Media Feb 10, 2026 Full Review A Letter to My Youth (2026) 2/5 EDIT “A Letter to My Youth leans into sentimentality to the point where it practically weaponizes it, returning again and again to images of orphaned children crying in unison as if repetition will deepen the impact.” – Common Sense Media Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Out of the Nest (2024) 3/5 EDIT “It's an admirable film less for what it says than for what it represents.” – Common Sense Media Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Jingle All the Way 2 (2014) 2/5 EDIT “It's mostly harmless, but also mostly forgettable.” – Common Sense Media Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Finnick (2022) 2/5 EDIT “The film has a certain gentle charm, even if it never really surprises.” – Common Sense Media Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Child's Play 2 (1990) 50% 3/5 EDIT “The sequel leans fully into its worst instincts and somehow that's exactly what makes it work. Child's Play 2 is funnier, meaner, and far more comfortable with how much it enjoys being evil.” – Common Sense Media Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Girl Who Got Away (2021) 2/5 EDIT “The Girl Who Got Away gives away the hook in the title and then seems strangely unsure of what to do with that premise beyond running through unsurprising beats.” – Common Sense Media Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Tank (2025) 3/5 EDIT “The film is morally complex in a way that makes it genuinely challenging to watch, largely because it commits fully to telling a WWII story from the German point of view.” – Common Sense Media Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Tell Me Softly (2025) 2/5 EDIT “Tell Me Softly is relentlessly melodramatic and soapy, but without the self-awareness or humor that could have made it camp.” – Common Sense Media Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Meme Gods (2025) 3/5 EDIT “This documentary about memers and influencers is playful, fast, and full of entertaining personalities, packed with jokes and flashy moments that make it easy to watch.” – Common Sense Media Jan 13, 2026 Full Review The Tale of Silyan (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “This documentary has the kind of quiet power that makes you wonder how something this intimate was even possible to capture on camera.” – Common Sense Media Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Predators (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “The documentary stands out for how it layers meaning beyond the surface story.” – Common Sense Media Jan 5, 2026 Full Review A Time for Bravery (2025) 4/5 EDIT “Where the film truly stands out is in its treatment of male friendship and emotional vulnerability. It presents men talking to other men about fear, shame, and mental health without pandering or moralizing, using humor and warmth instead of lectures.” – Common Sense Media Jan 5, 2026 Full Review The Fakenapping (2025) 2/5 EDIT “The story opens with a premise that could've made a sharp comedy but instead it quickly unravels. The Fakenapping has a chaotic and uneven tone, and the central joke stretches too far, losing its novelty almost immediately.” – Common Sense Media Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Lost in the Spotlight (2025) 3/5 EDIT “The film drags at times, particularly when it piles on subplots to heighten Vino's punishment, hitting the audience over the head with its moral lessons in a way reminiscent of A Christmas Carol.” – Common Sense Media Dec 16, 2025 Full Review I Wish You Had Told Me (2025) 2/5 EDIT “The handling of homophobia is heavy-handed, and the pacing may be too slow for teens, while adults have likely seen more nuanced films with similar themes.” – Common Sense Media Dec 9, 2025 Full Review
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