Reviews

Blackbird
Blackbird Review

Hanging around since a near-mythical 2018 premiere, slow-arse spy thriller...

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Don't Worry Darling
Don’t Worry Darling Review

Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, Booksmart, is a delightful portrait of...

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The Banshees Of Inisherin
The Banshees Of Inisherin Review

How do you break up with a best friend? It’s a good question, tackled...

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Crimes Of The Future
Crimes Of The Future Review

In May, when it played at Cannes, Crimes Of The Future was met with a quivering...

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I Came By
I Came By Review

British-Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvari burst onto the scene in 2016 with his...

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The Forgiven
The Forgiven Review

The toxicity of white privilege and wealth seems to be having an on-screen...

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Fall
Fall Review

You can almost imagine the ’70s B-movie disaster-movie-poster tagline for...

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Me Time
Me Time Review

In one early scene in Me Time, Kevin Hart’s irritatingly instructive Sonny...

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Three Thousand Years Of Longing
Three Thousand Years Of Longing Review

Whether he’s spinning a tale of all-female rebellion in Mad Max: Fury Road,...

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Queen Of Glory
Queen Of Glory Review

If there’s any justice, Queen Of Glory will be a head-turning directorial...

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Samaritan Review

It’s no easy feat to make an original superhero movie these days. In case you...

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Beast
Beast Review

In Beast, one character briefly wears a Jurassic Park T-shirt. Sure enough,...

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Mr Malcolm's List
Mr Malcolm’s List Review

Back in 2019, The Personal History Of David Copperfield made waves for its...

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My Old School
My Old School Review

Headline-making deception lies at the heart of Jono McLeod’s close-to-home...

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Fisherman's Friends: One And All
Fisherman’s Friends: One And All Review

It’s ironic that Fisherman’s Friends: One And All is so concerned with the...

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The Feast
The Feast Review

Horror and folklore have always gone hand-in-bloodied-hand. People trying to...

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Eiffel – movie
Eiffel Review

“Life taught me to avoid surprises,” Romain Duris’ Gustave Eiffel says...

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Girls Can't Surf
Girls Can’t Surf Review

Flitting between archive footage and modern-day interviews, Australian...

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Orphan: First Kill
Orphan: First Kill Review

Director Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 horror Orphan may have lifted its premise...

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Bodies Bodies Bodies Review

It’s a risky and yet somehow perfect move to use hit song ‘212’ by...

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Laal Singh Chaddha
Laal Singh Chaddha Review

The first words in Laal Singh Chaddha, Advait Chandan’s adaptation of Forrest...

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Day Shift
Day Shift Review

When you think “vampire-hunter”, what’s the first thing that comes to...

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Luck
Luck Review

Luck is the first film produced at Skydance Animation under the stewardship of...

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Prey
Prey Review

If you want an accurate representation of the state of masculinity circa 1987,...

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Bullet Train
Bullet Train Review

When John Wick’s co-director boards a film about a high-speed train packed...

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Fire Of Love
Fire Of Love Review

The thing that French volcanologist Maurice Krafft worried about most in his...

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Hit The Road
Hit The Road Review

Early on in Hit The Road, the family tries to have a “last-gasp party” in...

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DC League Of Super-Pets
DC League Of Super-Pets Review

Here is the logical next stop in the superhero cinema gold rush: a...

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Joyride
Joyride Review

You might think you have Joyride figured out. From the outset, this Irish...

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