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Fingernails (Apple TV+) Movie Review
Christos Nikou's English-language directorial debut is an intriguing little sci-fi idea never quite done justice by its otherwise conventional romantic drama narrative, despite committed performances...
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Quiz Lady (Disney+/Star) Movie Review
Jessica Yu's Netflix/Fox/Hulu/Disney/Star comedy, Quiz Lady, enjoys a clever pairing of Awkwafina's trademark grumpy old woman schtick with an utterly against-type, deliciously OTT Sandra Oh.Quiz...
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Butcher's Crossing (Amazon) Movie Review
Continuing to make interesting movie decisions, Cage returns to the Wild West for the second western of his career and it's a much more interesting and unusual effort which just hasn't got the means...
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The Marvels Movie Review
The MCU used to have fun.Even while it was dealing with God-level, universe ending events and genocide on an intergalactic scale, there used to be a time when a Marvel movie had itself some...
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The Killer (Netflix) Movie Review
The Killer gives David Fincher an opportunity to round up all the skills he’s honed as a director. But no matter how well-drawn the characters, how taut the component pieces, how compellingly Fincher...
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Desperation Road Movie Review
Defying its DTV gun-toting marketing, Desperation Road is a small-scale Southern noir that deserves credit for aspiring to be something like Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace.With shocking US poster...
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Saltburn Movie Review
“Did I love him? Yes. I loved him. Was I in love with him…?” Oliver (Barry Keoghan) reminisces in the opening lines of the movie about his days with Felix (Jacob Elordi) at the beautiful stately home,...
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The Kill Room (Amazon) Movie Review
Nicol Paone's sophomore outing is a jet black comedy with Uma Thurman commendably but also at-times awkwardly navigating a satirical clash between the art world and the underworld.The Kill Room - right...
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Leo (Netflix) Movie Review
Adam Sandler curiously nudges his recent Netflix average into more hit than miss with this charming and surprisingly insightful look at both teaching and parenting through the eyes of... a...
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Napoleon Movie Review
At least avoiding the lowest-hanging fruit, Ridley Scott’s breathtaking command of scenes of historical warfare distract from but don’t negate the core problem with this depiction of the French...
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Dumb Money Movie Review
Craig Gillespie's GameStop short squeeze satire is a sharp and surprisingly inspirational little David v. Goliath dramedy biopic.Based on the book The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and...
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A Thousand and One (Sky) Movie Review
A.V. Rockwell's striking directorial debut lands in the UK with none of the fanfare it received on the festival circuit, making it all too easy to miss this remarkably raw and noteworthy gem.Grounded...
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May December (Sky) Movie Review
Intricately layered and audaciously framed, Todd Haynes' Natalie Portman / Julianne Moore psychodrama may be a little too ambitiously avant garde for its own good.In the 90s, Mary Kay Letourneau became...
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Leave the World Behind (Netflix) Movie Review
Sam "Mr Robot" Esmail's latest takes a more intimate, psychological, look at a conspiracy-driven apocalyptic nightmare.Writer/director Sam Esmail's Mr. Robot was seminal conspiracy thriller viewing,...
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Godzilla Minus One Movie Review
When, more than 60 years after the inception of Godzilla, Anno Hideaki delivered arguably the best entry in the series with Shin Godzillait was hard to accept any other version of the monster would be...
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Finestkind (Paramount+) Movie Review
Brian Helgeland, of Award-winning LA Confidential / Mystic River screenwriting fame, writes and directs this small town crime drama with a great cast and a chewy purpose.Helgeland is certainly more...
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Maestro (Netflix) Movie Review
Bradley Cooper's sophomore symphony doesn't hit the raw, accomplished notes of A Star is Born, but is an impressively staged biopic nonetheless, with committed lead performances.Cooper's acting working...
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Movie Review
James Wan’s Aquaman was very easy to like…At the time of its release back in 2018, it’s DCEU brethren had all been dour, grey, po-faced affairs, meaning we were all ready for a little lightness and...
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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (Netflix) Movie Review
Zack Snyder's pitched Star Wars-esque sci-fi epic franchise thingy plops on Netflix, and is about as well-received as anybody expected, making you wonder how on earth anybody is going to make it to...
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Silent Night (Sky) Movie Review
Action maestro John Woo returns to Hollywood after twenty years for a seasonally-themed dialogue-less revenger set on a pair of fateful Christmas Eves.Director John Woo's back catalogue includes some...
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