Category: Reviews

  • Absolutely Anything – Review

    “when the closing credits appear and you begin to wonder what you would do if you could do absolutely anything, going back 90 minutes and choosing to see something else springs to mind”… Read More >

  • Gemma Bovery – Review

    “This light, frivolous and playfully meta adaptation is undoubtedly an enchanting one – but is lacking in profundity.” Read More >

  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. – Review

    The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is yet another salute to the old fashion spy genre that’s as neat and satisfying as a shaken martini. Read More >

  • Ricki and the Flash – Review

    Ricki and the Flash is another wonderful outing from Demme that’s ultimately about modern families VS traditional families. Read More >

  • Mistress America – Review

    “There’s just a real charm to this feature, as the striking cinematography and indelible soundtrack alone make for a film with such atmosphere”… Read More >

  • The Cobbler – Review

    Riding on the turd-coloured rainbow that’s currently trailing Pixels, the other Adam Sandler movie on our radars released in the next month is The Cobbler. Do you remember the trailer? It starts with such promise; it looks like a gritty, grim drama, starring Adam Sandler as Max Simkin, a performance where his finger is firmly… Read More >

  • Pixels – Review

    Don’t hate Adam Sandler for being Adam Sandler; hate him for his movies. Having now denied rumours that his next project, Netflix’s The Ridiculous Six, is riddled with racist portrayals of native Americans, he’s definitely earned his place as a target for our hatred. But once that hatred bleeds into our critical faculties, then we’re… Read More >

  • Vacation – Review

    Does the new Vacation stand on its own? Read More >

  • Stalag 17 – Review

    If we’re talking directors, Billy Wilder’s name’s going to come up often. No one else in Hollywood’s ‘50s and ‘60s era produced as many timeless pictures as he; Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Witness for the Prosecution, The Lost Weekend, Double Indemnity, Ace in the Hole – the list goes on, but… Read More >

  • Irrational Man – Review

    “Irrational Man may not be a great Wooden Allen picture, but it an entertaining little footnote in his illustrious career.” Read More >