Category: Reviews

  • Mufasa: The Lion King Review

    Mufasa might be an improvement, but not significantly. Read More >

  • Inside Out 2 Review

    While Inside Out set the bar impossibly high, this is among the most wonderful and warranted sequels that Pixar has ever made. Read More >

  • The Railway Children Return Review

    We live in an era of legacy sequels. The Railway Children Return (or Railway Children as it’s being marketed in some areas) is among the more expected. Read More >

  • The Call of the Wild Review

    For a film that largely exists within computers, The Call of the Wild succeeds in immersing its audience in nature. Read More >

  • Wonderstruck Review

    Wonderstruck is ultimately consumed by the awfulness of its script. Read More >

  • A Street Cat Named Bob Review

    Given the heartwarming edge to this real life story, Spottiswoode is tasked with walking the thin line between profundity and mawkishness, and he veers too regularly into the latter. Read More >

  • Little Men – Review

    Sachs has this remarkable aptitude for finding the tenderness in life and yet never once compromising on the harsh severities of the real world. Read More >

  • The Commune – Review

    After Vinterberg and Lindholm’s remarkable collaboration on The Hunt, it’s difficult not to feel somewhat underwhelmed by this lacklustre feature. Read More >

  • Cocoon – Review

    For the USA, Ron Howard is a national treasure. For the rest of the world, he’s an absolute crowd-pleaser: films like Splash have marked him out as a master of light entertainment, while Apollo 13 had the awards klaxon calling. This success has been thanks in no small part to his level of filmmaking craft, and a… Read More >

  • When Marnie Was There – Review

    The combination of grave realism and sheer enchantment is one that has illuminated the screen, and become somewhat synonymous with Ghibli productions. Read More >