Category: Films
The Fall Guy review – Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt fun it up in goofy stuntman romance
You might need to get your indulgent smile firmly in place for this colossal action comedy – not unlike the adorable smirks on the faces [more…]
Love Lies Bleeding review – Kristen Stewart lifts brilliant bodybuilding noir
British film-maker Rose Glass lets rip with some pure roid-rage cinema in this uproarious, horribly violent and lethally smart noir thriller sited in the Venn [more…]
Much Ado About Dying review – brave, loving record of an actor uncle’s last days
Films about film-makers and their kith and kin sometimes get dismissed as self-serving, self-indulgent or even – everyone’s favourite smear word these days – narcissistic. [more…]
Witch review – occultist gothic horror takes a swerve into the psychedelic
After kicking off with an atmospheric but orthodox piece of hoary British witchfinder gothic, Witch takes a genuinely unexpected and ambitious swerve after 45 minutes; [more…]
Daniel Radcliffe says rupture with JK Rowling over trans rights is ‘really sad’
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has described his rupture with JK Rowling over trans rights as “really sad”, and that despite her role in his [more…]
Land of Bad review – Russell Crowe marches on in explosive action thriller
We’re in the “try anything once” phase of Russell Crowe’s career, and he’s wearing it well. There’s a looseness to his latterday choice of role, [more…]
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review – a gentle gem about mid-life love and loneliness
Here is a marvellously tender story of loneliness and love which starts with a bigger bang than most thrillers. Etero, played by Eka Chavleishvili, is [more…]
The Animal Kingdom review – Romain Duris leads post-Covid fantasy of virus-triggered mutants
Thomas Cailley’s sci-fi fantasy has too much sensitivity and good taste to be the proper horror-thriller or creature feature that it almost resembles. It’s a [more…]
Nezouh review – dreamlike story of life in Damascus during Syria’s civil war
Here is the second feature from Syrian film-maker Soudade Kaadan, set in a Damascus suburb during the most brutal shelling of the civil war, among [more…]
Super Wings: Maximum Speed review – kiddie plane cartoon that normalises social media for under 10s
Parents of little kids might be familiar with Super Wings, the colourful animated series about a cheery little plane called Jett who delivers packages to [more…]
