JUNGLE CRUISE
A movie made by committee that is so derivative that even the charms of Dwayne Johnson or Emily Blunt are tossed aside. If you've ever...
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FILM REVIEWS
Nov 28, 2021
HOUSE OF GUCCI
Ridley Scott makes a film so tedious that even the pantomime Italian accent of a stupendously bad Jared Leto fails to wake you up. In his...
Nov 22, 2021
UN MONDE (PLAYGROUND)
The strongest movie to come out of Belgium in quite some time effortlessly draws you into a touching, near-documentary tale about...
Nov 21, 2021
TICK, TICK... BOOM!
Despite the best efforts of lead Andrew Garfield this musical is frustratingly devoid of stakes, tension and, most tellingly, good songs....
Nov 20, 2021
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
If the latest Ghostbusters film could have sustained the nostalgic eighties momentum of its excellent first hour, it might have lingered...
Nov 14, 2021
RED NOTICE
The movie does exactly what is says on the tin and thanks to a game cast there is nothing wrong with that. Does Red Notice re-invent the...
Nov 12, 2021
DEALER
In a movie filled with characters you couldn’t care less about, debut helmer Jeroen Perceval’s obnoxiously loud direction is the least of...
Nov 11, 2021
PASSING
Actress Rebecca Hall’s directing debut shows great promise but is let down by a moralistic melodrama narrative that lacks authenticity....
Nov 10, 2021
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Wes Anderson’s overbearing eye for quaint details strangles all the fun from a film that should have been a lot better than it actually...
Nov 8, 2021
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
The exquisite soundtrack and production design aside, twisty thriller Last Night in Soho is a tonally misguided, style-over-substance...
Nov 7, 2021
ETERNALS
Eternals might well be the most boring Marvel movie made so far, as it contains not a single character you’ll remember after the credits...
Nov 3, 2021
PIG
Another all-in Nicolas Cage performance goes a long way in Pig, but it’s not enough to elevate a clunkily constructed movie. For better...
Oct 27, 2021
BLACK WIDOW
Closer in spirit to a Jason Bourne film than to a Marvel flick, Black Widow is at its best when family dynamics takes centre stage,...
Oct 25, 2021
HALLOWEEN KILLS
The franchise that seemingly cannot be killed basically commits suicide with this entry: there are no scares, no plot, no characters to...
Oct 22, 2021
SNAKE EYES
The G.I. Joe movies were always not much more than violent cartoons, but Snake Eyes is not just bad and bland, it is inept on just about...
Oct 18, 2021
VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
It’s an improvement on the atrocious first instalment but not by much, as sloppy editing, generic action and an annoying villain sap all...
Oct 13, 2021
THE LAST DUEL
Ridley Scott is incapable of making a visually gorgeous film, but when he has a script that fails to ignite and a mismatched cast, even...
Oct 12, 2021
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN
Winning Golden Bear in Berlin is in no way a guarantee for cinematic excellence, as this unfunny, perplexing and often outright bad...
Oct 4, 2021
CRUELLA
Emma Stone is a perfect fit for the young Cruella DeVille: as soon as she puts on the black-and-white guise the picture draws you in...
Sep 29, 2021
NO TIME TO DIE
Daniel Craig says goodbye to 007 in predictable, surprisingly distant action movie that is hampered by a need to tie up loose ends and by...
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