Category: Reviews

  • The Batman Review

    Matt Reeves finds the middle ground between Burton’s otherworldliness and Nolan’s sophistication, but The Batman never feels like a retread. Read More >

  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Review

    Even with all the celebrity cameos and Manson family members, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood never forgets that it’s a buddy picture. Read More >

  • Ghost in the Shell Review

    Ghost in the Shell is a remake that understands the themes and world of its source material, getting more right than wrong. Read More >

  • Trespass Against Us Review

    When leaving the two lead roles in the hands of actors of the calibre of Fassbender and Gleeson, it works not only as a stamp of quality on proceedings, but adds such a degree of nuance and subtlety, which enriches the layered dynamic between the two characters. Read More >

  • Free Fire Review

    Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire never regains it’s excellent momentum from the opening exchanges and becomes slightly monotonous when it should be thrilling. Read More >

  • The Accountant Review

    While The Accountant doesn’t entirely work on a storytelling level, it is solid entertainment. Read More >

  • Precious Cargo – Review

    To pinpoint one area where this feature falls short is impossible, for this is a title that fails miserably in a variety of areas. Read More >

  • Dog Eat Dog – Review (Cannes Film Festival)

    Dog Eat Dog is a film in which it feels like Schrader and co. are constantly flailing, trying everything in the hope that something might stick… Read More >

  • Criminal – Review

    You can hire the best actors in the world – something this film isn’t too far off doing (even Tommy Lee Jones stars) – and yet with a horribly cliched, complex screenplay, following an incoherent, convoluted narrative, it counts for absolutely nothing. Read More >

  • Sicario – Review

    “Sicario is engrossing cinema that will have you on the edge of your seat throughout, with some unbearably, and exhilaratingly suspenseful sequences”… Read More >