The Social Dilemma review – your smartphone is destroying us all Meme Machine
When this review of Jeff Orlowski’s new docu-drama The Social Dilemma goes live, the first thing I’ll do is tweet
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Film Reviews
Cuties review – you’ve probably got the wrong idea bad press
The furore whipped up around Maïmouna Doucouré’s Sundance darling Cuties was something to behold. Where to begin in unpacking it
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#Alive review – Netflix Korean film is a human story in a zombie world Stay inside.
This review of Korean Netflix film #Alive contains no spoilers. The horror was released on the streaming service on September
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My Octopus Teacher review – a poignant love story between man and mollusc day of the tentacle
My Octopus Teacher is a love story. Netflix has no shortage of those, obviously, but this one, the first-ever original
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Les Miserables review – this is not a musical
This is not a musical. At theatres in the UK just now, this is a powerful and yet endearing film,
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Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro review Viva lucha libre
Ian Hodgkinson was a young hockey player in Canada who in the 1990s discovered Mexican wrestling. He jumped into that
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Love, Guaranteed review – Damon Wayans Jr. reads the small print in this tedious rom-com swipe left
If you glance over the cast list or skim-read the premise of Love, Guaranteed, Netflix’s latest midweek romantic comedy, you can
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Followed review – patchy horror, but effective in parts Almost got me
During the summer of the pandemic, Followed was fortunate enough to briefly get a number one spot in the theatrical
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Freaks: You’re One of Us review – a promising alternative superhero movie that does not sustain momentum All she wanted was a promotion.
This review of Netflix film Freaks: You’re One of Us contains no spoilers. The superhero film was released on the
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The Owners review – not just another home invasion movie Possession is nine tenths…
The Owners is about Nathan, Terry, and Gaz, three young layabouts who reckon they can make all their worries go
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The Match review – suburban football is a coming-of-age crucible in this Italian drama Age of innocence
The Match runs, fittingly, for ninety minutes, and the film’s tagline insists that an hour and a half can change
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The Swerve review – stunning observation of a mental decline and its impact Look at me!
Dean Kapsalis’ first feature film The Swerve is stunning, believable, and heartbreaking. In the half-hour since I finished watching it,
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Dark Stories review – excellent French horror anthology film Five stay up late telling stories
I love a good horror anthology film, and now I’ve found a new one: Dark Stories was compiled from a
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Blinders review – technology and making friends too easily combine to make a thriller that creeps up on you Stranger danger
Blinders is about Andy (Vincent Van Horn), a likeable guy who moves to Los Angeles looking for a fresh start.
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Av: The Hunt review – excellent survival thriller from Turkey Girls are not like boys
Av: The Hunt was like many films I’ve seen before, and it was also unique: excellent. It is about Ayse
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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe review — more of the same with a new twist
This review of Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe is spoiler-free. For 222 episodes, brothers Phineas and
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The New Mutants review – falls flat on its featureless face The X-Fast Club
Hey gang! Remember when the trailer for The New Mutants dropped, around 2 years ago, and promised us a different
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Aquaslash review – watch something else not waving
Great, I thought: after reviewing a few artsy or heavy films lately, I get the chance to see some airhead
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Hall review – timely and creepily effective, but not enough plot In the air tonight
Hall must surely be the bleakest and most creepily effective film of this year’s FrightFest so far. I’m afraid I
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Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business review – a blend of case-study, advice and insight
Justin McConnell is a modest, often self-deprecating, indie filmmaker from Canada. He has experience, but has spells of despair about
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