FILM REVIEWS

You'd be hard-pressed to call Pinocchio a bad film, but it's a lot closer to a let-down than it is to a triumph, partly because Guillermo...

The true standout of the picture is the poetic mood that director of photography Ruben Impens manages to give the images. They transcend...

The story itself - a bland morality tale about the ethical treatment of animals - definitely isn't Eo's strong suit, but the visuals...

There's no doubt groundbreaking director Robert Downey Sr. deserves a decent documentary. But maybe next time, let a true film historian...

It isn't until the final act, when director Ali Abbasi confronts the hypocritical Iranian regime head-on, that Holy Spider becomes more...

She Said feels like a by-the-numbers take on an explosive subject and only truly comes alive in a handful of one-off sequences with scene...

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, despite excellent performances by the leading duo, might have worked a lot better as a TV miniseries, a...

Children up to a certain age will no doubt lap up the quaint characters and colourful designs, but overal My Father's Dragon is too naïve...

Despite a wonderful sense of mood, an excellent premise and faultless casting, The Wonder never truly grows on you. There is a lot of...

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood struggles to bring the epic nature of the tale to life, while the picture's overall message is a piece of...

The brittle beauty of the first half of Close is replaced by predictable metaphors in the second half, which ultimately makes the tale...

The budget, the stunts and the stakes are all raised in Enola Holmes 2, but it's to the detriment of the charms the original possessed....

Some of the stories and sequences on display are riveting to watch but Boiling Point touches upon a few too many themes and subjects to...

The picture manages to stand out by more closely adhering to a youthful, soapy drama than to the rules of the horror genre. On the...

This German adaptation settles for broad pacifist themes and mostly forgets to add the moments of quiet poetic power that made the 1930...

Visually the picture's world-building is impressive, but it doesn't back that up with a coherent, easy to follow, compelling central...

Setting the story in an eastern cat world mostly works, the characters are well-designed and with its brisk runtime you never feel like...

When the film hits its stride, Argentina, 1985 makes for compelling viewing. The problem is: it takes the movie an awfully long time to...

The film's highlights are the wonderful costume designs, an agreeable musical score and a winning Lesley Manville performance. Before you...

This bloated film frustratingly reduces Marilyn Monroe to a naïve, continually abused girl with severe daddy issues. In making Blonde,...