BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
The Juice is loose and Tim Burton is back on form in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, an energetic sequel that overcomes rushed plotting with an...
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FILM REVIEWS
- 3 days ago
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...
- Sep 1
EMILIA PEREZ
A musical unlike any you’ll have seen, Emilia Pérez has a ballsy narrative, thematic ambition and visual delights, with a spellbinding...
- Aug 26
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
As stylish, suspenseful and exciting as Love Lies Bleeding builds towards the central crime, as laboriously and disappointing the...
- Aug 17
JACKPOT!
In essence an endless series of violently comedic action set-pieces, Jackpot! provides a wildly entertaining match-up between Awkwafina...
- Aug 16
ALIEN: ROMULUS
Alien: Romulus effortlessly captures the aesthetics of the franchise but director Fede Alvarez riffs too much on fan favourite tropes,...
- Aug 12
IF
A cutesy idea is hamstrung by thematic incoherence and narrative slog in IF, which emphasizes the redemptive power of childhood friends...
- Aug 4
TRAP
While there are a couple of decent concepts in Trap, with definite potential for nail-biting suspense, M. Night Shyamalan half-asses them...
- 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...
- Jul 23
LONGLEGS
Creepy thriller Longlegs effectively draws you in with an abundance of atmosphere and a disturbing Nic Cage performance yet there is also...
- Jul 17
FLY ME TO THE MOON
An old-fashioned approach to storytelling combines with a heavy dose of feminism in Fly Me to the Moon yet after a thoroughly enjoyable...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jul 12
L'EMPIRE (THE EMPIRE)
An incomprehensible Gallic comedy without a single joke that lands L’Empire cringingly blends sci-fi spoofs and social realism into a...
- Jul 7
THE BIKERIDERS
Neither a testosterone-filled biker film nor a deconstruction of the genre from a female point of view, The Bikeriders is to be applauded...
- Jul 7
THE GREAT ESCAPER
The on most accounts mild and unremarkable The Great Escaper caters specifically for the Sunday afternoon senior crowd, but veterans...
- Jul 5
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
There are intimate moments in A Quiet Place: Day One that truly make an emotional connection – mostly due to an excellent Lupita Nyong’o...
- 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...
- Jun 23
INSIDE OUT 2
While Inside Out 2 is a perfectly entertaining movie for the entire family, the picture’s narrative arc and central message are mostly a...
- 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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