Flickreel

Category: Reviews

  • Fast & Furious 7 – Review

    “a strikingly intimate and profound offering from a franchise otherwise concerned with fast cars, explosions and women wearing barely any clothes”… Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • Seventh Son – Review

    “Let’s just say this isn’t quite the long-awaited Big Lebowski reunion we had envisaged, and hoped for”… Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • Wild Card – Review

    “Jason Statham is Jason Statham with a Jason Statham accent in this Jason Statham thriller”… Read More >

    Written by

    Cassam Looch

  • The Gunman – Review

    This uninvolving and largely forgettable thriller is only worthy of note for adding Sean Penn to the ever growing list of actors seeking a second career as action stars later in their careers… Read More >

    Written by

    Cassam Looch

  • Run All Night – Review

    The relief felt when discovering that this most generic-looking Liam Neeson action flick is the least generic-feeling of his recent output, is palpable. Run All Night proves that there is still plenty of fight left in the old dog yet. Read More >

    Written by

    Cassam Looch

  • CHAPPiE – Review

    “The latest sci-fi effort from South-African director Neill Blomkamp might not be the outright disaster we feared, but CHAPPiE is no return to form either.” Read More >

    Written by

    Cassam Looch

  • Jupiter Ascending – Review

    “Kunis’s Jupiter is not nearly nuanced or interesting enough as a protagonist, while Tatum is left to deal with a bland, uncharismatic character that doesn’t leave any room for his comic potential.” Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • Kingsman: The Secret Service – Review

    “Who else but Matthew Vaughn could convince Fox to back an ultra-violent spy picture, equal parts spoof and love letter to the genre?” Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • Son of a Gun – Review

    “The film begins in quite breathtaking fashion with an intense, compelling opening act in the prison where JR and Brendan first meet.” Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • Big Hero 6 – Review

    “Hall and Williams lose sight of the more intimate and heartfelt elements of the narrative, as we deviate carelessly into the realm of banal, conventional superhero flick”… Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape