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Category: Reviews

  • Booksmart Review

    If you mixed Superbad and Lady Bird in a blender, you’d get something along the lines of Booksmart. Read More >

    Written by

    Nick Spake

  • Battle of the Sexes Review

    While charming at times, and easy to indulge in at others – given the two filmmakers at the helm it was hard not to anticipate a film with a little more ingenuity than this. Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Review

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri may not be as rewatchable as McDonagh’s previous two films, but it is his most mature, timely, and important picture to date. Read More >

    Written by

    Nick Spake

  • The Death of Stalin Review

    Remaining gloriously faithful to his style and brand of comedy, Iannucci puts his unique spin on the fall of Stalinism Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • Downsizing Review (61st BFI London Film Festival)

    Alexander Payne is one of cinema’s most brilliant and consistent directors to come into the fold in the last two decades with films that have not only balanced heart and humour to wonderful effects but bring us some of the most eclectic group of characters. Whether it was Miles & Jack as they made their… Read More >

    Written by

    Scott J. Davis

  • The Party Review

    This chamber piece is very easy to indulge in and get on board with – though for a filmmaker this talented, it does feel somewhat easy as it’s hard not to expect just a little bit more. Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • Home Again Review

    So horrendously mawkish it’s hard to get your head around in parts. Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • The Disaster Artist Review (Toronto International Film Festival)

    Tommy Wiseau’s mystery has captivated the underbelly of pop culture for more than a decade, ever since he unleashed The Room on audiences in 2003. A twisted, undecipherable romantic drama, hailed as the “best worst movie” of all time, it has left a unique footprint in cinema, one that brings folks together, gets them laughing… Read More >

    Written by

    Nicholas Olsen

  • Logan Lucky Review

    Logan Lucky is about a group of criminals that seem dumb on the surface, but turn out to be smarter than they appear. Likewise, the film itself is much smarter than the ads might have you think. Read More >

    Written by

    Nick Spake

  • Final Portrait Review

    The paramount theme in Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait is that of tedium. The narrative revolves around the art of a portrait, at the hands of a perpetual perfectionist, thus meaning we have to wait, ages, and ages, and ages, for him to get it right. Then even when we believe he has done, he rips… Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape