Reviews

Reality
Reality Review

“I wasn’t trying to be a Snowden or anything,” says Reality Winner (yes,...

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Across The Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Review

Okay, let’s do this one last time: five years ago, Spider-Man: Into The...

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A Crack In The Mountain
A Crack In The Mountain Review

The world’s largest cave passage plays the stage to a heated debate between...

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The Boogeyman
The Boogeyman Review

In Host and DASHCAM, director Rob Savage explored up-to-the-moment fear —...

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Inland Empire
Inland Empire Review

David Lynch believes that his new film makes sense. In fact, that it makes...

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Master Gardener
Master Gardener Review

Master Gardener marks the conclusion of Paul Schrader’s loose trilogy about...

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Sisu
Sisu Review

A bit of narration at the start of Sisu makes it clear: this is gonna be some...

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Asteroid City
Asteroid City Review

Yes, Wes Anderson has — as the jibe goes — made his film again. For some,...

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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid Review

Live-action remakes of animated classics are Disney’s favourite trick these...

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The Other Fellow
The Other Fellow Review

The Other Fellow takes its title from a line spoken by George Lazenby in On...

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Review

Judy Blume’s pre-teen bible about an 11-year-old girl praying to hit puberty...

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Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny Review
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny Review

It’s not the years, as someone once put it — it’s the mileage. Indiana...

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Fast X
Fast X Review

The road is long, with many a winding turn. That leads us to who knows...

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The Mother
The Mother Review

Jennifer Lopez reminded us that she’s pretty handy with a weapon in Shotgun...

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Love Again
Love Again Review

It’s bold to assume the audience of your Hollywood romcom is familiar with...

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The Eight Mountains
The Eight Mountains Review

There’s nothing quite like the fast friendships children make on...

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Hypnotic
Hypnotic Review

In the decades since his sharp-shooting outlaw debut El Mariachi, Robert...

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Still
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Review

There is a poetic irony to the title of this documentary: Michael J. Fox has...

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Book Club: The Next Chapter
Book Club: The Next Chapter Review

Here’s another of the surprisingly robust mini-genre of comedies where Jane...

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Return To Seoul
Return To Seoul Review

Since the 1950s, many children have been adopted internationally from South...

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Pamfir
Pamfir Review

Whenever you hear the words ‘one last job’ in films, no matter what...

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Harka
Harka Review

Harka is the second film in the last year to grapple with the hangover of...

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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 Review

No one expected that the one about the tree and the raccoon would be a...

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Big George Foreman
Big George Foreman Review

Ironically for a man latterly famous for grilling, there’s nothing very lean...

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Peter Pan & Wendy
Peter Pan & Wendy Review

Of the many things director David Lowery gets right about Peter Pan, the most...

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Review

Think of British cinema and Jim Broadbent’s face might spring to mind pretty...

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Sick Of Myself
Sick Of Myself Review

It looks like they wasted the title of The Worst Person In The World on the...

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A Thousand And One
A Thousand And One Review

Before you see a single frame in A Thousand And One, you hear the sounds...

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The Super Bros. Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review

The last time Mario — the lovably high-voiced moustachioed Italian plumber,...

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