THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
Thor: Love and Thunder leaves the franchise where The Quest for Peace left the original Superman film series: without a shred of dignity...
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FILM REVIEWS
Jun 28, 2022
THE BLACK PHONE
There definitely is a taut, scary thriller hidden somewhere inside The Black Phone. Director Derrickson just refuses to let it escape....
Jun 26, 2022
LIGHTYEAR
Perhaps the blandest film Pixar has ever released, Lightyear struggles to find a beating pulse underneath the uninspired animation....
Jun 23, 2022
ELVIS
When you leave the movie theatre you still have no idea who Elvis Presley is and what makes him tick. Like all Baz Luhrmann films Elvis...
Jun 16, 2022
MEN
Men is an almighty mess that borders on the unwatchable, with a main gimmick as hokey as a mediocre Twilight Zone episode. After the...
Jun 8, 2022
JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION
Director Colin Trevorrow forgets to give the audience a sense of awe and wonder about the dinosaurs in this charmless threequel. Jurassic...
Jun 4, 2022
CE MAGNIFIQUE GATEAU
The characters and their narrative remain mostly undercooked but the quirky wool-based animation is excellent. If you're expecting a...
May 24, 2022
COOL ABDOUL
This is not a gritty sports drama. It’s a film that leaves the heart cold, the eyes drowsy and the mind bored. Cool Abdoul might be based...
May 17, 2022
BUBBLE
Bubble is a mighty bore, punctuated by stylish flourishes of vibrant animation and top-notch action sequences. Most of the animation in...
May 10, 2022
HIT THE ROAD
Jafar Panahi’s son makes his debut with a film that fails to connect whimsical interludes with an overarching, deadly serious theme. Has...
May 7, 2022
THE LOST CITY
The film's second act relies almost exclusively on the banter between Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, which is problematic because...
May 6, 2022
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield are fine as central televangelist couple but this biopic offers nothing new. Don't be fooled by the...
May 3, 2022
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
The few times Sam Raimi brings tangible reality to the CGI overload are the only instances this meek Marvel film comes alive. The return...
Apr 18, 2022
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE
The movie is definitely a cut above the abysmal second entry, but remains woefully uninspired despite the addition of Mads Mikkelsen....
Apr 15, 2022
ALL THE OLD KNIVES
The film utterly wastes a talented cast and has some final act twists in store that are far from convincing. All the Old Knives promises...
Apr 5, 2022
CRY MACHO
Cry Macho seems cobbled together from a series of first takes after a one-time-only rehearsal of a first draft script. There has always...
Apr 2, 2022
JUWAA
This Belgian movie is well-intended but director Ngangi Mutiri’s lack of experience results in a picture that fails to resonate. There is...
Mar 30, 2022
MOONFALL
This throwback to a 1990s blockbuster contains some of the silliest, campy moments you'll ever see and treats them without a single grain...
Mar 29, 2022
NOBODY HAS TO KNOW
This is a film that nobody looking for 90 minutes of entertainment actually has to know. Actor-director Bouli Lanners, a national...
Mar 16, 2022
DOG
Dog is too slickly made and innocuous to take a genuine dislike to, but the film’s strange goofiness doesn’t exactly work in its favour....
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