THE IRON CLAW
A fascinating Greek tragedy that is elevated by excellent performances, The Iron Claw keeps you gripped for over two hours in a...
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FILM REVIEWS
- Jun 1
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
Seventy years after the first film Godzilla Minus One becomes the best movie in the franchise: a thrillride that sees the impressive...
- May 4
WISH
Intended as a celebration of 100 years of Disney magic Wish instead plays out as a soulless, uninspired rethread with not a memorable...
- Apr 13
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT
So old-fashioned that the uplifting message no longer gets across, The Boys in the Boat is comfort viewing for a lazy Sunday afternoon...
- Apr 9
ANYONE BUT YOU
Coasting by on the palpable chemistry between leads Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney, Anyone But You isn’t quite a true romcom renaissance,...
- Apr 5
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER
Don’t expect a radical retelling of the Dracula myth in The Last Voyage of the Demeter but an old-school horror tale that would have...
- Mar 30
YELLOW DOOR: '90s LO-FI FILM CLUB
For cinephiles in general, and Bong Joon-Ho fans in particular, Yellow Door is a nostalgic treat, but an overall lack of explanatory...
- Mar 24
DREAM SCENARIO
Unlike most other films that dream up an out-there premise, Dream Scenario cleverly follows through on its timely themes and brooding...
- Mar 22
HOLLY
When the film leans into its Stephen King inspired paranormal subtext Holly shines brightest. Alas director Fien Troch is more interested...
- Mar 17
J'AIME LA VIE
For a film that was marketed as an ode to life J’aime la Vie is a surprisingly drab and joyless affair: the movie hopes to coast by on...
- Mar 15
THE TASTE OF THINGS (LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT)
Do not go hungry into French film The Taste of Things or you risk salivating two hours on end, not so much for the trifle of a story or...
- Mar 13
MAY DECEMBER
Is the camp there to mask the seriousness of the subject in May December, or does director Todd Haynes use it to hide in plain sight that...
- Mar 7
HOW TO HAVE SEX
The raw emotion and astute observations in rite of passage film How to Have Sex owe a lot to the excellent lead performance of Mia...
- Mar 6
AMERICAN FICTION
Is American Fiction enough of a satire to make a valid, stingy critique on the African-American perception or is the film mere...
- Mar 3
NEXT GOAL WINS
If most of what you see in Next Goal Wins hadn’t actually happened you would not have believed it, and even if you would, Taika Waititi’s...
- Feb 20
MIGRATION
If you want to spend ninety fun and entertaining minutes in a joyfully animated, colourful world Migration is just the ticket for you,...
- Feb 18
FERRARI
Michael Mann’s long in the works passion project Ferrari ultimately amounts to a rote biopic, devoid of a compelling atmosphere, that...
- Feb 12
ALL OF US STRANGERS
There is a subtle, humane beauty at the core of intimate ghost story All of us Strangers and while I’m sure plenty will be moved to tears...
- Feb 11
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM
Despite (very) fleeting moments of silly popcorn entertainment Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is mostly a muddled CGI mess, that fails at...
- Feb 7
WIL
Based on a Flemish war novel, Wil struggles to translate the book’s hefty themes onto the big screen. With more moral nuances and less...
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