Category: Reviews

  • Learning to Drive – Review

    An undemanding, light picture that merrily coasts along, albeit never quite changing gear. Read More >

  • The Do-Over – Review

    You have to admire Adam Sandler. You can loathe his movies, and scrawl his name in sand-circles decrying him as the Antichrist – but you simply have to admire him. The man has become an institution unto himself, and his string of absolute shockers have somehow tapped into a demographic so alarmingly large and hungry,… Read More >

  • The Intervention – Review (Sundance Film Festival: London)

    The Intervention is a hugely impressive first feature from a director who has insider knowledge of what it takes to make it in the industry. Read More >

  • Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping – Review

    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is Lonely Island’s answer to This is Spinal Tap. Read More >

  • Wiener-Dog – Review (Sundance Film Festival: London)

    Todd Solondz has made a dog movie, and it’s brilliant. Read More >

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – Review

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a competently made blockbuster with some family-orientated fun that only occasionally lets itself down… Read More >

  • Maggie’s Plan – Review

    While Maggie’s Plan is probably an acquired taste, there is a lot to admire in this mixed bag, particularly our leading lady. Read More >

  • The Nice Guys – Review

    The Nice Guys is quite possibly the best buddy cop movie since the original Lethal Weapon. Read More >

  • Slack Bay – Review (Cannes Film Festival)

    Slack Bay is Bruno Dumont leaning fully into comedy in a way that at first yields some interesting results, but quickly becomes tiresome. Read More >

  • Café Society – Review (Cannes Film Festival)

    Café Society, starring an utterly captivating Kristen Stewart, is, from the very outset, one of Woody Allen’s most visually interesting films. Read More >