Reviews

The Blackening
The Blackening Review

In a nod to both Scream and Saw, The Blackening opens with a couple (Yvonne...

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Strays
Strays Review

Dogs have long deserved their own gross-out comedy. Think about it: for all the...

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Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle Review

You have to feel a little sorry for Blue Beetle. After all, it is the...

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Puffin Rock And The New Friends
Puffin Rock And The New Friends Review

Before Bluey became the top dog of children’s animated series that grown-ups...

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Red, White & Royal Blue
Red, White & Royal Blue Review

It’s a truth universally acknowledged — at least in Hollywood — that...

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The Youtube Effect
The YouTube Effect Review

There’s a lot to try to cram in to Alex Winter’s YouTube documentary....

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Heart Of Stone
Heart Of Stone Review

It’s no secret that Netflix’s globetrotting new spy thriller Heart Of...

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Haunted Mansion
Haunted Mansion Review

In 2003, Disney proved they could make a hit movie based on one of their...

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The Covenant
Kandahar (2023) Review

A Gerard Butler action movie? From the director of the risible Angel Has...

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Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo Review

“This entire thing is a marketing extravaganza!” hails Orlando Bloom, part...

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You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings Review

Can a lie be an expression of love? In Nicole Holofcener’s sharp comedy,...

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Hidden Strike
Hidden Strike Review

When Quentin Tarantino recently talked about Netflix films “not existing in...

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Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench Review

Here are four words you don’t expect at the end of a giant-prehistoric-shark...

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Paris Memories
Paris Memories Review

The brilliance of Alice Winocour’s bruising drama lies in its tunnel-vision...

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Joy Ride
Joy Ride Review

It’s been a good few years since we’ve had a truly outlandish...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Review

The ninja turtles are back — and frankly, it’s like they’ve never left....

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Talk To Me
Talk To Me Review

Twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou cut their teeth making YouTube videos...

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The Beanie Bubble
The Beanie Bubble Review

The trend for cinematic capitalist navel-gazing continues apace, with this...

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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Review

It’s only fitting that Mark Cousins should tackle Alfred Hitchcock for his...

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Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Review

Oppenheimer is not an easy movie. To say its subject matter and theme are...

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Barbie
Barbie Review

The soundscape that sweeps through the opening moments of Barbie –wind and...

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Name Me Lawand
Name Me Lawand Review

In order to make this documentary about a boy learning to communicate for the...

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They Cloned Tyrone
They Cloned Tyrone Review

It’s not often that a film can be accurately described as a sci-fi, mystery,...

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While We Watched
While We Watched Review

Newsreader Ravish Kumar is an anomaly in India’s TV landscape. Where all the...

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Bird Box Barcelona
Bird Box Barcelona Review

Arriving at the tail end of 2018, Suzanne Bier’s Bird Box was a harrowingly...

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Insidious: The Red Door
Insidious: The Red Door Review

After two prequels, the Insidious series returns to the family where it...

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Smoking Causes Coughing
Smoking Causes Coughing Review

Shaggy-dog stories don’t come shaggier than this enjoyable load of old...

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Review

Okay, let’s just come out with it. It’s now clear: Tom Cruise and...

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La Syndicaliste
La Syndicaliste Review

Isabelle Huppert has been making films for over half a century and audiences...

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