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FILM REVIEWS
Oct 22, 2022
BLACK ADAM
Even the thing that is supposed to make the picture stand out - the fact that the title character isn't necessarily a good guy - falls...
Oct 20, 2022
KALEV
The uninspiring direction is felt the most in the basketball scenes, which lack tension and visual prowess, while the performances can...
Oct 14, 2022
CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY
Even if Lena Dunham had opened up the tale to a broader audience, the plot is too predictable, many characters are drawn woefully thin...
Oct 10, 2022
AMSTERDAM
I definitely didn't hate Amsterdam. Parts of the film I even really liked. But one can only describe the movie as a mess. Don't you hate...
Oct 7, 2022
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
An essential part of any successful satire is the need for a message that resonates. This is where Palme d'Or winner Triangle of Sadness...
Oct 2, 2022
TICKET TO PARADISE
George Clooney and Julia Roberts do some remarkably heavy lifting but they cannot rescue this film's unconvincing central premise, the...
Oct 1, 2022
PINOCCHIO
There is only one way to describe this Pinocchio: a soulless cash grab that is as wooden and naïve as the picture's protagonist. Was...
Sep 27, 2022
DON'T WORRY DARLING
Is it really worth it to sit through two hours of predictable set-up without any good pay-off to look forward to? Scrape away all the...
Sep 20, 2022
SEE HOW THEY RUN
Not only is the pacing of the movie curiously off, the picture never quite knows what kind of film it wants to be. There is an abundance...
Sep 16, 2022
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING
One of the most indulgent director's follies to reach movie theatres in recent times, the picture is gorgeous to look at but an almighty...
Sep 15, 2022
PREY
Prey gets kudos for at least trying something novel yet ends up feeling much the same as all the other Predator movies before it. Let me...
Sep 13, 2022
RITUAL
Halfway through some twists and turns derail Ritual to such an extent that the movie goes off the boil spectacularly fast. For its first...
Sep 9, 2022
SUNDOWN
I cared little for what happens in the underdeveloped Sundown, which is more a self-indulging gimmick than a film. Sundown starts...
Sep 8, 2022
TORI AND LOKITA
With saintly protagonists and pantomime villains, who are beyond redemption, Tori and Lokita is scarcely believable in all its forced...
Sep 1, 2022
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
The movie has got a couple of laugh-out-loud moments, but I prefer my satires a bit less obvious and infinitely more biting. Ever since...
Aug 19, 2022
DAY SHIFT
The vampire flick connects all the dots required for a formulaic action movie. Luckily the cast, especially Dave Franco, regularly rises...
Aug 9, 2022
THIRTEEN LIVES
What should have been an emotional slam dunk becomes a perfunctory, overlong docudrama which oddly fails to engage you at any point. The...
Aug 2, 2022
ZEPPOS: HET MERCATORSPOOR
This failed mix between old-school adventure and modern gadgets is let down the most by a screenplay that lacks charm and coherence. As a...
Jul 11, 2022
THE LAST BUS
The artistic choices by cast and crew make the movie much more a dour affair than an uplifting one. I really wanted to like The Last Bus,...
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