Deadpool 2 Film Review
More wisecracks don’t hide Deadpool 2’s lack of purpose Probably the worst thing about Deadpool 2 is that it has ...
BREATH: FILM REVIEW
Breath knows its audience well It’s a difficult thing for a film critic to review a movie that hits close ...
Unsane Film Review
This prickly thriller is an unsafe bet Unsane is an unsafe bet. The ‘safe bet’ is the norm in today’s ...
Avengers: Infinity War Film Review
More showreel highlight than cinematic event While watching Wonder Woman in a packed screening, something occurred to me about modern ...
Truth or Dare Film Review
A perverse, self-aware delight Joining in with the uproarious laughter during my screening of Jeff Wadlow’s Truth or Dare, I ...
Isle of Dogs Film Review
Loads of fun—most of the time Wes Anderson is at his best when he’s warmest. Making American movies about child ...
Walking Out film Review
A meditation on father/son relationships in the wilderness There are moments of real spectacle in movies shot in the wilderness. ...
A Quiet Place Film Review
A lovingly detailed, well-acted and tense ride. ‘It’s sound!’ You’ll spot this headline on a framed newspaper clipping in director ...
The Death of Stalin Film Review
A chance to laugh at history’s biggest bullies There’s no such thing as a cheap laugh and you can’t prioritise ...
Mary Magdalene Film Review
Wasted potential What does it mean to say a film is boring? That not much happens? Not a whole lot ...
Tomb Raider Film Review
Flickers of effort offer hope for this middling franchise reboot. Even though American movie studios won the war against directors ...
12 Strong Film Review
Pays tribute to the soldiers while doing nothing for the audience. Nicolai Fulgsig’s 12 Strong turns warfare into Hollywood shootouts. ...
Red Sparrow Film Review
Gratuity is the point. Red Sparrow probably came out at the wrong time. A movie with bodily exploitation as its ...
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Film Review
Rose-tinted glasses don’t disguise a plodding script. For their first date, aging Hollywood star Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) and her ...
Game Night Film Review
You might know the story, but you haven’t seen it told this well. Sometimes I wonder if the majority of ...
Black Panther Film Review
Refreshingly ambitious, even if it caves in the end. When every big blockbuster movie is an event, arriving after a ...
Insidious: The Last Key
Fans won’t even get what they came for. These jumpy, horror-lite franchise movies attract terribly behaved audiences. My afternoon screening ...
Molly’s Game Film Review
A feast for the ears that might leave you bloated Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, The West Wing) is one ...
The Shape of Water Film Review
Embracing the Other Despite his subject matter, Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water’s director, has never really been a ...
I, Tonya Film Review
Reading between the lines of a trashy tabloid tale The Tonya Harding scandal happened a year or so before I ...
Crawling Out of a Pit of Despair: A ‘Black Mirror’ ...
*Spoilers abound for all seasons* Watching Charlie Brooker’s bleak anthology series is kind of like sadism by way of entertainment. ...
The Post Film Review
Seasoned actors and a veteran director make The Post a cause for celebration. If the news, like Meryl Streep’s character ...
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Film Review
If only every recycled movie franchise was this much fun. Moviegoers who don’t want their precious childhood movie-memories spoiled by ...
The Five Best LGBT Films Released Since 2010
The Australian senate has passed the bill on marriage equality, and people have come together in celebration. Rainbows are strewn ...