Cuckoo review | This genre-hopping giallo riff is a rare bird
by Mark Harrison | Aug 19, 2024 | Reviews
Horror! Action! Dark comedy! Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens star in the absurd, pleasingly unclassifiable Cuckoo. Our review:...
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Only The River Flows review | A visually stunning film noir
by James Harvey | Aug 16, 2024 | Reviews
A weary police captain (Zhu Yilong) battles insomnia and a killer on the loose in Wei Shujun’s gritty noir drama. Here’s our Only The River Flows rev...
Alien: Romulus review | A bloody, chaotic tribute to the series' best films
by Ryan Lambie | Aug 15, 2024 | Reviews
Director Fede Alvarez delivers a new chapter in a 45 year-old sci-fi horror franchise. Our spoiler-free Alien: Romulus review:...
Trap review | A deliciously goofy killer thriller
by James Harvey | Aug 09, 2024 | News, Reviews
M Night Shyamalan’s new movie is frequently silly, occasionally thrilling, and makes a modicum of sense. It’s also ridiculously good fun. Here’s our T...
Babes review | A messy film about messy people
by Maria Lattila | Aug 09, 2024 | News, Reviews
Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau star in Pamela Adlon’s exploration of motherhood and friendship. Here’s our Babes review. ...
Sky Peals review | An unnerving, unique British sci-fi
by James Harvey | Aug 08, 2024 | Reviews
A service station employee believes he's destined for something greater in a purgatorial British sci-fi. Here's our Sky Peals review....
Borderlands review | Eli Roth’s Guardians Of The Galaxy
by Maria Lattila | Aug 08, 2024 | News, Reviews
Horror maestro Eli Roth directs a fun, but disappointingly uneven video game adaptation. Here’s our Borderlands review. ...
It Ends With Us review | Colleen Hoover's novel makes a dark and uneven drama
by Maria Lattila | Aug 07, 2024 | News, Reviews
Blake Lively stars as a woman forced to re-evaluate her life in Justin Baldoni’s romantic drama. Here’s our It Ends With Us review. ...
Tuesday review | An emotional oddball of a film
by Maria Lattila | Aug 07, 2024 | News, Reviews
Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars in Daina O Pusić's complex, delightfully odd tale of grief. Here’s our Tuesday review. ...
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 8 review | Not with a bang...
by James Harvey | Aug 05, 2024 | Reviews, TV
House Of The Dragon's second season comes to a slightly faltering conclusion. Here's our season 2 episode 8 review....
The Instigators review | Matt Damon and Casey Affleck bicker through a satisfying comedy thriller
by Ryan Lambie | Aug 01, 2024 | News, Reviews
Doug Liman directs; Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in a thoroughly entertaining buddy comedy caper. Our review of The Instigators:...
Dìdi review | Sean Wang’s feature debut is one of the best films of 2024 so far
by Maria Lattila | Jul 31, 2024 | News, Reviews
Sean Wang’s Sundance sensation Dìdi is a gorgeously told tale of growing up in the late noughties. Here’s our review. ...
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 7 review | Treading water
by James Harvey | Jul 29, 2024 | News, Reviews
Everyone's itching for a fight in the penultimate episode of Westeros Weekly - here's our House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 7 review....
I Saw The TV Glow review | Blazingly original, empathetic filmmaking
by James Harvey | Jul 26, 2024 | Reviews
Jane Schoenbrun crafts an astonishingly assured, and completely unique, examination of fandom and the trans experience in an unsettlingly powerful...
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare review | Guy Ritchie goes commando
by Ryan Lambie | Jul 26, 2024 | Reviews
Director Guy Ritchie sends Henry Cavill back to World War II in The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Our review of an uneven action comedy:...
Deadpool & Wolverine review | Exhausting, stale fan service
by Maria Lattila | Jul 25, 2024 | News, Reviews
Marvel’s only cinematic effort this year chooses empty fan service over a meaningful story. Here’s our Deadpool & Wolverine review. ...
Robin And The Hoods review | A swashbuckling family pantomime
by James Harvey | Jul 24, 2024 | Reviews, TV
Phil Hawkins’ tale of imagination and NIMBY-ism is a cheap and cheery ode to TV specials past. Here’s our Robin And The Hoods review....
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 6 review | Mad as a box of dragons
by James Harvey | Jul 22, 2024 | News, Reviews
As some schemes end, others rise to take their place in another deliciously twisty episode of Meet The Targaryens. Here's our House Of The Dragon...
Crossing review | A sensitive, low-key queer drama from Levan Akin
by Maria Lattila | Jul 19, 2024 | Reviews
Writer-director Levan Akin’s third feature is a delicate, sensitive piece of queer cinema. Here’s our review of Crossing. ...
Skywalkers: A Love Story review | A high-altitude, low-stakes documentary
by James Harvey | Jul 19, 2024 | Reviews
A pair of influencers climb the world's tallest buildings for clicks in Netflix’s strangely hollow documentary. Here’s our Skywalkers: A Love Sto...
The Boys episode 8 review | A bonkers, satisfying finale
by Maria Lattila | Jul 18, 2024 | News, Reviews, TV
The Boys season 4 goes out with a bang as Butcher is hanging on for dear life. Here’s our The Boys episode 8 review. ...
Aliens Expanded review | A sci-fi classic gets a candid, incredibly long documentary
by Ryan Lambie | Jul 18, 2024 | Reviews
At a hefty four hours plus, Aliens Expanded is the most exhaustive documentary about James Cameron’s 1986 classic yet made. Here’s our review:...
Thelma review | A no-action comedy with sweetness in spades
by James Harvey | Jul 18, 2024 | Reviews
June Squibb’s delightful performance anchors a sweet comedy with heart to spare. Here’s our Thelma review....
Star Wars The Acolyte episode 8 review | An anticlimactic end to an uneven series
by Maria Lattila | Jul 17, 2024 | News, Reviews, TV
The Acolyte comes to a close with an episode that promises more than it delivers. Here’s our episode 8 review. ...
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 5 review | Schemes, dreams and automobiles
by James Harvey | Jul 15, 2024 | Reviews
We're back in politics mode for this week's trip to Westeros - here's our House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 5 review....
The Boys episode 7 review | Calm before the storm
by Maria Lattila | Jul 11, 2024 | News, Reviews, TV
Episode 7 of The Boys finds all the good(ish) guys feeling a bit worse for wear. Here’s our review of The Boys episode 7. ...
Twisters review | The best weather-em-up in years
by Simon Brew | Jul 11, 2024 | News, Reviews
Nearly 30 years later, we now get Twister 2, cunningly entitled Twisters. But you know what? There's more to this than a bit of wind....
Star Wars The Acolyte episode 7 review | The truth is revealed
by Maria Lattila | Jul 10, 2024 | News, Reviews, TV
In the penultimate episode of The Acolyte, we finally learn what really happened on Brendok all those years ago. ...
In A Violent Nature review | Fascinating mix of Friday The 13th and Gus Van Sant
by Maria Lattila | Jul 10, 2024 | News, Reviews
Chris Nash’s new slasher is a unique, thought-provoking exercise in horror storytelling. Here’s our In A Violent Nature review. ...
Fly Me To The Moon review | Uneven rom-com burns up on re-entry
by James Harvey | Jul 09, 2024 | Reviews
A marketing hotshot (Scarlett Johansson) teams up with NASA’s chief engineer (Channing Tatum) to save NASA in a rom-com that never quite escapes E...
House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 4 review | Civil war gets warm
by James Harvey | Jul 08, 2024 | Reviews
Things are hotting up as Westeros prepares for civil war. Here’s our House Of The Dragon season 2 episode 4 review....
Longlegs review | Brace yourself for an outlandish, atmospheric serial killer horror
by Ryan Lambie | Jul 08, 2024 | Reviews
Writer-director Osgood Perkins crafts a suspenseful, captivatingly strange serial killer horror with Longlegs. Our review:...
