Category: Films
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland review – Santa’s down the rabbit hole in charming animation
It was the night before Christmas – and as if Santa didn’t have enough on his plate, he falls down a rabbit hole. Carys Bexington [more…]
The Universal Theory review – chilly German sci-fi noir splices genres with style
This twisted and twisty German feature takes the modish notion of the multiverse for a spin and sends it into a deep elliptical orbit. The [more…]
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – redundant, flavourless animation
The rationale for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is not in its artistry. Sure, there’s something lovely and almost tactile [more…]
So This Is Christmas review – most wonderful time of the year in a small Irish town
A modest film with modest ambitions, this is a documentary that paints a portrait of a small Irish town at Christmas, through interviews with various [more…]
Is Kraven the Hunter the last chance for Sony’s Spider-Man universe?
Does anyone out there really know why Spider-Man himself never appears in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe? We are now five movies into the studio’s ongoing effort [more…]
Scrap review – Vivian Kerr’s subtle performance as flawed single mum comes up trumps
In the press release for her feature-directing debut, actor-turned-director Vivian Kerr describes how she hit rock bottom in 2016. She was drinking too much at [more…]
Golden Globes 2025: a lively list guaranteed to get under President-elect Trump’s skin
The Golden Globes nomination list once again raises the curtain for awards season in this new, uncertain era for the movies: post-strike, post-pandemic, but very [more…]
Why Anthony Hopkins’ Netflix Herod is Hot Frosty 2 – sort of
Something of a catastrophic category error seems to have happened at Netflix. For some reason it seems to be billing its new film Mary as [more…]
Between the Lights review – a truly madly deeply felt love story that transcends time
This low-budget supernatural romance, directed by Michael Groom and co-written with his brother David, is both full of feeling and admirably ambitious with its trio [more…]
Kapr Code review – operatic retelling of composer Jan Kapr’s turbulent life
Retelling the complicated life of prolific Czech composer Jan Kapr, Lucie Králová’s category-defying documentary harmonises the artist’s never-before-seen archive with a new libretto from Jiří [more…]
