Reviews

American Fiction
American Fiction Review

Based on the 2001 book Erasure by Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson’s...

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The Zone Of Interest
The Zone Of Interest Review

Clothes and trinkets from Jews, facing degradation and starvation, if not...

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Jackdaw
Jackdaw Review

This stormingly confident debut from director Jamie Childs, until now best...

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The Color Purple
The Color Purple Review

There’s always been something of the musical about Steven Spielberg’s 1985...

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All Of Us Strangers
All Of Us Strangers Review

On the sofa of an evening, Adam (Andrew Scott), a sweet and lonely man in his...

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The Iron Claw
The Iron Claw Review

From its opening moments, as Zac Efron’s muscular wrestler heaves himself out...

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Boiling Point
Boiling Point Review

Imagine the legendary Copacabana Steadicam shot from GoodFellas if, instead of...

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The Brothers Sun
The Brothers Sun Review

Streaming on: Netflix Episodes Watched: 8 of 8  With a decapitated head...

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The End We Start From
The End We Start From Review

It might be the end of the world, but someone has to change the babies’...

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The Kitchen
The Kitchen (2024) Review

The Kitchen — named for the rebellious, run-down fictional housing estate it...

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Destroy All Neighbors
Destroy All Neighbors Review

Josh Forbes’ stylised black comedy Destroy All Neighbors begins as an...

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The Boys In The Boat
The Boys In The Boat Review

Rowing is usually seen, with good reason, as a sport for posh kids. But it...

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Lift
Lift Review

Stand-up comedians have pivoted to playing it straight in movies countless...

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The Goldfinger
The Goldfinger Review

It has been over two decades since Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai faced off...

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The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper Review

Bees have had a bad run of it on screen. For every Candyman, there is...

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Mean Girls (2024)
Mean Girls (2024) Review

When is a reboot not a reboot? Maybe when it’s the Mean Girls reboot, which...

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Good Grief
Good Grief Review

Schitt’s Creek fans might be surprised by Dan Levy’s directorial...

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Night Swim
Night Swim Review

By its very nature, a haunted-swimming-pool horror — an admittedly minor...

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Silent Night
Silent Night (2023) Review

John Woo is back! Silent Night is the legendary action director’s first...

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Anyone But You
Anyone But You Review

When the romcom industrial complex is in need of a story, William Shakespeare...

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Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom Review

And so it ends. After 10 years, 15 films, two Marthas and one Snyder Cut, the...

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RoboDoc
RoboDoc Review

Episodes viewed: 4 of 4 Launched as a Kickstarter in 2015, this passion project...

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The Family Plan
The Family Plan Review

Dan (Mark Wahlberg) hates being photographed. He’s got a good reason for...

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One Life
One Life Review

For those old enough to remember, a particular 1988 episode of That’s Life!,...

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Priscilla
Priscilla Review

Seldom do the words “glamorous” and “childbirth” belong in the same...

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Ferrari
Ferrari Review

According to Ferrari folklore, founder Enzo Ferrari once said that when you ask...

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Society Of The Snow
Society Of The Snow Review

J.A. Bayona is no stranger to films about survival. In 2012’s The Impossible,...

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Next Goal Wins
Next Goal Wins (2023) Review

There are good sports movies. There are bad sports movies. And then there are...

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Merry Little Batman
Merry Little Batman Review

There certainly hasn’t been a shortage of Batman movies, animated or...

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