Reviews

Transformers One
Transformers One Review

Interesting things are happening in the world of the Transformers at the...

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Speak No Evil (2024)
Speak No Evil (2024) Review

Christian Tafdrup’s 2022 horror Speak No Evil — available on Shudder —...

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Lee (2024)
Lee (2024) Review

Lee begins with the sound of a heart beating, fast. We see Kate Winslet’s Lee...

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Firebrand
Firebrand Review

Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived. This English nursery...

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His Three Daughters
His Three Daughters Review

Azazel Jacobs’ pared-down sibling showdown begins with a static shot of...

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Rebel Ridge
Rebel Ridge Review

Blue Ruin and Green Room writer/director Jeremy Saulnier opts not to complete...

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Wolfs
Wolfs Review

At first glance, Wolfs, the first non-Spider-Man film from director Jon Watts...

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Joker: Folie À Deux
Joker: Folie À Deux Review

Who is the Joker? Ever since being introduced in the comics as Batman’s first...

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Starve Acre
Starve Acre Review

Director Daniel Kokotajlo follows up his 2017 debut Apostasy with a radical...

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Close To You
Close To You Review

When Elliot Page talks, you listen. And even when he doesn’t, you can’t...

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The Deliverance
The Deliverance Review

There’s a line from Glenn Close in the third act of Lee Daniels’ possession...

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Sing Sing
Sing Sing Review

Some men would rather go to prison than to therapy. Or at least, some men do go...

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review

More a cult classic than a full-blown masterpiece, the original 1988...

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The Crow (2024)
The Crow (2024) Review

Released in 1994, Alex Proyas’ The Crow became a cult hit more for the...

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Cuckoo
Cuckoo Review

Across 2024, Dan Stevens has been delivering performances that are...

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Kneecap
Kneecap Review

“Every fucking story about Belfast starts like this,” intones rapper and...

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The Union
The Union Review

Here is another made-for-streaming film that you will forget about almost...

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Jackpot!
Jackpot! Review

After the misfiring Potter-esque fantasy The School For Good And Evil, Paul...

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Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus Review

Sequels to the landmark 1979 space horror Alien have ranged from the...

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Blink Twice
Blink Twice Review

After striking recent performances in the High Fidelity series, Steven...

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Sky Peals
Sky Peals Review

No-one understands the laconic, downtrodden Umer (Faraz Ayub). The manager at...

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Trap
Trap Review

Somewhere deep inside Trap there’s a good movie bound, gagged and...

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It Ends With Us
It Ends With Us Review

Here is a film that, for many people, arrives with the burden of expectation....

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Borderlands
Borderlands Review

After The Last Of Us and Fallout, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we are...

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Caligula Ultimate Cut
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut Review

In the 1970s, Bob Guccione — publisher of the porn magazine Penthouse —...

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Babes
Babes Review

Given that pregnancy is quite literally a matter of life and death, it’s...

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Tuesday
Tuesday Review

Here is another film that ponders the big life-or-death existential questions,...

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The Instigators
The Instigators Review

The perfectly serviceable mid-budget movie is an increasingly rare beast, too...

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Kensuke's Kingdom
Kensuke’s Kingdom Review

Michael, the child (voiced by Aaron MacGregor) at the centre of British...

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