Reviews

The Forgiven
The Forgiven Review

The toxicity of white privilege and wealth seems to be having an on-screen...

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Fall
Fall Review

You can almost imagine the ’70s B-movie disaster-movie-poster tagline for...

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Me Time
Me Time Review

In one early scene in Me Time, Kevin Hart’s irritatingly instructive Sonny...

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Three Thousand Years Of Longing
Three Thousand Years Of Longing Review

Whether he’s spinning a tale of all-female rebellion in Mad Max: Fury Road,...

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Queen Of Glory
Queen Of Glory Review

If there’s any justice, Queen Of Glory will be a head-turning directorial...

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Samaritan Review

It’s no easy feat to make an original superhero movie these days. In case you...

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Beast
Beast Review

In Beast, one character briefly wears a Jurassic Park T-shirt. Sure enough,...

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Mr Malcolm's List
Mr Malcolm’s List Review

Back in 2019, The Personal History Of David Copperfield made waves for its...

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My Old School
My Old School Review

Headline-making deception lies at the heart of Jono McLeod’s close-to-home...

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Fisherman's Friends: One And All
Fisherman’s Friends: One And All Review

It’s ironic that Fisherman’s Friends: One And All is so concerned with the...

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The Feast
The Feast Review

Horror and folklore have always gone hand-in-bloodied-hand. People trying to...

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Eiffel – movie
Eiffel Review

“Life taught me to avoid surprises,” Romain Duris’ Gustave Eiffel says...

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Girls Can't Surf
Girls Can’t Surf Review

Flitting between archive footage and modern-day interviews, Australian...

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Orphan: First Kill
Orphan: First Kill Review

Director Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 horror Orphan may have lifted its premise...

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Bodies Bodies Bodies Review

It’s a risky and yet somehow perfect move to use hit song ‘212’ by...

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Laal Singh Chaddha
Laal Singh Chaddha Review

The first words in Laal Singh Chaddha, Advait Chandan’s adaptation of Forrest...

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Day Shift
Day Shift Review

When you think “vampire-hunter”, what’s the first thing that comes to...

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Luck
Luck Review

Luck is the first film produced at Skydance Animation under the stewardship of...

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Prey
Prey Review

If you want an accurate representation of the state of masculinity circa 1987,...

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Bullet Train
Bullet Train Review

When John Wick’s co-director boards a film about a high-speed train packed...

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Fire Of Love
Fire Of Love Review

The thing that French volcanologist Maurice Krafft worried about most in his...

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Hit The Road
Hit The Road Review

Early on in Hit The Road, the family tries to have a “last-gasp party” in...

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DC League Of Super-Pets
DC League Of Super-Pets Review

Here is the logical next stop in the superhero cinema gold rush: a...

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Joyride
Joyride Review

You might think you have Joyride figured out. From the outset, this Irish...

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Thirteen Lives
Thirteen Lives Review

In a directing career that kick-started with Tom Hanks falling in love with a...

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Where The Crawdads Sing
Where The Crawdads Sing Review

Translating a much-loved novel to the big screen is always a tricky task. With...

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Anything's Possible
Anything’s Possible Review

In many ways, Anything’s Possible is just another teen movie. It’s filled...

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Persuasion
Persuasion (2022) Review

One of many fabrications of Netflix’s take on Persuasion is a scene in which...

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She Will
She Will Review

It might all centre around a cabin in the woods, but She Will is a very...

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