SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
Led by a quiet Cillian Murphy performance Small Things Like These doesn’t simply go small, the picture goes minimalist to the extreme in...
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FILM REVIEWS
Nov 11
I SAW THE TV GLOW
I Saw the TV Glow wears its indie credentials like a proud badge, but with an opaque plot, muddled themes and emotionless performances,...
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Nov 6
THE SUBSTANCE
While there is the odd visual gross-out and a myriad of WTF scenes in The Substance the film contains no actual substance: the longer in,...
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Oct 26
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
While Venom: The Last Dance isn’t quite as loud and obnoxious as the previous two entries, the buddy movie dynamic fails to yield...
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Oct 15
QUAND VIENT L'AUTOMNE (WHEN FALL IS COMING)
François Ozon titillates suspense and lurking secrets, waiting to be uncovered in Quand Vient l’Automne, yet time and again he withholds...
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Oct 2
JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
As much an excruciatingly slow burn as it is a film that flings stuff at the wall to see what sticks, Joker: Folie à Deux is a messy,...
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Sep 17
HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - chapter 1
A would-be epic that fails to sell its ambition and is narratively held back by the promise of three sequels, Horizon: an American Saga...
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Sep 5
KINDS OF KINDNESS
As far as movie anthologies go, Kinds of Kindness falls squarely in the weird category, and while there are a few intriguing ideas, they...
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Aug 25
BLINK TWICE
Zoë Kravitz proves herself as a talented director in Blink Twice, which makes it even sadder that her debut film is a blunt, uninspired...
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Aug 16
ALIEN: ROMULUS
Alien: Romulus effortlessly captures the aesthetics of the franchise but director Fede Alvarez riffs too much on fan favourite tropes,...
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Jul 27
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Many of the sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek jokes in Deadpool & Wolverine land, yet as a piece of popcorn fun the irreverent Marvel mashup...
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Jul 15
MADAME WEB
While far from the worst movie of the year, Madame Web is definitely one of the most pointless ones, or how else would you describe a...
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Jul 14
DESPICABLE ME 4
Juggling an enormous amount of disparate plot strands and characters old and new, Despicable Me 4 feels more like an unwieldy, laborious...
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Jul 3
BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F.
Had the picture been made in the eighties Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. might have passed as serviceable entertainment, but now it’s just a...
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Jun 16
THE FIRST OMEN
Despite being a major improvement over other recent ‘legacy’ horror prequels The First Omen is predictable, tepid and relies on a lame...
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Jun 14
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE
If you’re not a fan of the ever more preposterous and over the top action franchise Bad Boys: Ride or Die won’t win you over, unless you...
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Jun 8
LA CONTADORA DE PELICULAS
The magical, transformative qualities of cinema, that La Contadora de Peliculas tries to propagate, are nowhere to be found in this...
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