THE ADAM PROJECT
The picture liberally riffs off Back to the Future, Star Wars and just about every time travel movie ever made without coming up with a...
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FILM REVIEWS
Mar 2, 2022
COMPARTMENT No. 6
This Finnish movie only works if you are fully on board with the characters. I wasn’t, so the film left me underwhelmed. One of the most...
Feb 26, 2022
DEATH ON THE NILE
This umpteenth adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel never justifies its existence despite a starry cast and exotic locations. Death on...
Feb 21, 2022
UNCHARTED
If Uncharted wants to mirror itself on Indiana Jones, it is much closer to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull than any other Indy movie. These...
Feb 19, 2022
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
This requel is visually more stylish than most other reboots of horror franchises yet it adds nothing to the classic original. If a...
Feb 11, 2022
CHILD OF KAMIARI MONTH
The movie tries to emulate the emotion and wonder of Ghibli, but merely comes off as a rushed, undernourished, pale imitation. As much as...
Feb 2, 2022
L'ENNEMI
The efforts of lead Jérémie Renier can’t hide that this cold, distant Belgian potboiler hardly ever lures you to the edge of your seat....
Feb 1, 2022
THE RACER
The cycling film has many flaws, but its morals are by far its worst, as it sends a message that not getting caught cheating counts as a...
Jan 31, 2022
NOBODY
The picture’s climax – and plenty of other scenes - could easily be mistaken for an episode of camp eighties TV show The A-Team. It used...
Jan 26, 2022
THE NIGHT HOUSE
The Night House shows that mood, atmosphere and a fine lead performance mean nothing if the denouement falls flat on its face. Mood and...
Jan 24, 2022
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
The film looks like a million bucks, but beyond the gloss lies a movie that’s emotionally hollow, bloated and self-indulgent. With...
Jan 21, 2022
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
The picture might have its heart in the right place, a lack of memorable songs or fine acting performances make it hardly worth talking...
Jan 19, 2022
WRATH OF MAN
The film makes a boggling muddle of what should be a straightforward premise and displays a curious lack of style and adrenaline. What to...
Jan 14, 2022
7 PRISONERS
Far from exhilarating visuals and characters drawn in the broadest of strokes compound the problem of a by-the-numbers narrative. A young...
Jan 10, 2022
THE TENDER BAR
Despite the many big names in cast and crew, The Tender Bar barely uses a compelling visual language to tell its bland story. You cannot...
Jan 8, 2022
MANDIBLES
Despite an ultra-brief runtime of 75 minutes, Mandibles is as boring as it is odd and as frustrating as it is misguided. The latest entry...
Jan 3, 2022
THE KING'S MAN
It might be better than the previous film in the franchise, but the poorly executed The King’s Man still contains an overload of...
Dec 27, 2021
DON'T LOOK UP
The picture never finds the right tone of voice, struggles for wit and takes an awful long time to go from one story beat to the next. If...
Dec 22, 2021
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
Even the action sequences and special effects pale in comparison to the ground-breaking work of the first film. During the way too meta...
Dec 20, 2021
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Despite the crowd-pleasing fan service, there's no excuse for any movie to be as lazily scripted, thematically muddled or sloppily edited...
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