Todd McCarthy (born February 16, 1950) is an American film critic and author. He wrote for Variety for 31 years as its chief film critic until 2010. In...

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praised an "electrifying and terrifyingly convincing" performance while Todd McCarthy of Variety felt his "dynamite performance" could "scarcely have been...

Weekly called the character "C3PO's more sarcastic, less fey cousin." Todd McCarthy described K-2SO as "a more useful, resourceful and sarcastic version...

York Times noted that the role was "played with offbeat flair" while Todd McCarthy of Variety described it as a "deftly etched" performance. He was set...

and won a BAFTA Award. Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly and Todd McCarthy of Variety both compared her performance to that of Audrey Hepburn....

Holmes plays a delusional, homicidal college student named "Katie". Todd McCarthy of Variety and Roger Ebert commended her performance, but other critics...

surgical craftsman of chaos. Yet Mile 22 has little weight or resonance." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Like an athlete who leaves it all...

of Reelviews called her the "film's real acting revelation", while Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, "Handily employing a refined English accent where...

film Interstellar as the grown-up children of Matthew McConaughey's character, with Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter describing his character as...

mysterious." Todd McCarthy said, "A Serious Man is the kind of picture you get to make after you've won an Oscar." Ebert quoted McCarthy in his review:...

Steven Spielberg's historical holocaust drama epic Schindler's List. Todd McCarthy, film critic of Variety praised his performance describing it as "extraordinary"...

opposite Frances McDormand. In the film Penn plays Cheyenne, a former rock star. The film received positive reviews with Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood...

praised Johansson, calling her performance "seductive and winning". Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a probing, inquisitive work of...

Film Festival. Her performance in the film was critically acclaimed. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said that "Stewart's habitual low-keyed style...

McCarthy wrote the screenplay upon request for director Richard Pearce. The screenplay was published as a book in 1996. An adaptation of McCarthy's play...

with Journalism. California based, McCarthy worked for trainers Doug Peterson and Ben Cecil as well as Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher with whom he spent 11 years...

To Live and Die and Live defies and exceeds emotional expectations." Todd McCarthy of Deadline Hollywood also gave the film a positive review and wrote...

be an emotionally shattering, over-the-top ugly-cry for the ages." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an engaging account of a...

is". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 August 2012. McCarthy, Todd (22 August 2012). "Todd McCarthy: How Tony Scott Finally Won Me Over". The Hollywood...

Bowl, and McCarthy's pedigree, that J. J. would be the starting quarterback in 2022. Prior to the 2022 season, McCarthy competed with Cade McNamara for...

greatest film of the 2010s by The Hollywood Reporter's chief film critic Todd McCarthy. Married for centuries and now living half a world apart, two vampires...

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"performances, plot, and pacing are as mechanical as the hard-wired cast". Todd McCarthy from Variety simply called it "a failure of imagination". At the 77th...

also-ran—not an embarrassment, but an experiment that didn't gel." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter felt the film is "like a 100-minute trailer...

shown Tuesday". West Virginia MetroNews. Retrieved September 7, 2015. Todd McCarthy (January 24, 2015). "'Z for Zachariah': Sundance Review". The Hollywood...

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Times felt her role as the bossy Charlotte was "beautifully played." Todd McCarthy of Variety was unimpressed by the film but noted that "compensations...

in the US, but had a favorable critical response; Variety magazine's Todd McCarthy stated about Zellweger, "Projecting gravity and impatience that she...

CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Todd McCarthy gave the film a mixed review in Variety, writing, "The modestly scaled...