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Kimber Myers

Kimber Myers

Kimber Myers is a freelance film and TV critic for 'The Los Angeles Times' and other outlets. Her day job is at a tech company in their content studio, and she has also worked at several entertainment-focused startups, building media partnerships, developing content marketing strategies, and arguing for consistent use of the serial comma in push notification copy.

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Review: <i>Jumbo</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: Jumbo

Feb 18th, 2021
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ star Noémie Merlant is back in ‘Jumbo,’ your average girl-meets-amusement-park-ride romance.
Review: <i>The Little Things</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: The Little Things

Jan 28th, 2021
John Lee Hancock’s serial killer thriller has been knocking around Hollywood for nearly 30 years. It should’ve stayed hidden.
Review: <i>I'm Your Woman</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: I'm Your Woman

Dec 10th, 2020
Julia Hart’s latest is a refreshing take on the throwback ‘70s crime picture, as seen through new and refreshing perspectives.
Review: <i>Nomadland</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: Nomadland

Dec 3rd, 2020
Writer/director Chloé Zhao and lead actress Frances McDormand have created one of the most evocative and powerful movies of this strange year.
Review: <i>Run</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: Run

Nov 19th, 2020
With the pitch-black theater and lack of rescuing distractions, horror movies especially benefit from the big-screen experience. The audience gets a...
Review: <i>The Witches</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: The Witches

Oct 22nd, 2020
Robert Zemeckis’s new take on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel offers up a wild Anne Hathaway performance… and little else of note.
Review: <i>The Glorias</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: The Glorias

Oct 1st, 2020
Julie Taymor’s biopic features some welcome convention busting, but its simplistic hagiography wears thin.
Review: <i>Rent-A-Pal</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: Rent-A-Pal

Sep 10th, 2020
Rent-A-Pal is technically set in 1990, but this throwback thriller is a reminder of how that turn-of-the-decade year was very much still the ‘80s,...
Review: <i>I Used to Go Here</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: I Used to Go Here

Aug 6th, 2020
With a skill that would impress even its writer protagonist, I Used to Go Here excels in its efforts to show, not tell. In just its first five...
Review: <i>Summerland</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: Summerland

Jul 30th, 2020
With all its poignant elements — a World War II setting, a quaint seaside town, a long-lost love, a child who changes an adult’s life for the...
Review: <i>Relic</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: Relic

Jul 9th, 2020
“Don’t forget it,” a scrawled note vainly implores its own writer in Relic, a  gutting Australian horror movie about dementia and its...
Review: <i>Babyteeth</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: Babyteeth

Jun 18th, 2020
A glance at Babyteeth’s brief synopsis makes it seem like this shattering Australian tragicomedy could be an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks...
Review: <i>The High Note</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: The High Note

May 28th, 2020
Like a highly produced pop song that leaves your head the second it’s over, The High Note is pleasant enough while you’re experiencing it, but...
Review: <i>How to Build a Girl</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: How to Build a Girl

May 7th, 2020
How to Build a Girl is … a lot. You have American actress Beanie Feldstein doing a Midlands accent with her Manic Panic red curls spilling out of...
Review: <i>The Other Lamb</i>
Kimber Myers

Review: The Other Lamb

Apr 2nd, 2020
Slipperiness is the only constant in Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska’s English-language debut, which ably straddles the border between drama...
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