Movie Reviews

Movie reviews are our specialty and passion. We deliver ratings and insights on films of all genres and sizes—from blockbuster hits to independent gems and streaming platform originals. Here is our extensive collection of reviews where we give our final opinion on many movies.

We also do TV Reviews too.

The Sand Castle (2024) Review: A Stunning Arabic-Language Debut on Netflix

January 24 2025, by Daniel Hart

Make no qualms about it – Matty Brown’s Arabic-language film The Sand Castle is beautiful. Maybe the director can correct me, but this appears to...

‘Alarum’ Review – Sylvester Stallone’s Late-Career Phase Is In Full Swing

January 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Alarum feels like the kind of bargain bin actioner you’d pick up by chance in the halcyon days of video rentals when a couple of...

‘Back in Action’ Review – Cameron Diaz’s Netflix Comeback Is Utterly Soulless

January 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You have to wonder how much money Cameron Diaz was offered for Back in Action. It was evidently enough to coax her out of retirement,...

‘The Calendar Killer’ Review – A Serial Killer Thriller Layered With Personal Torment

January 16 2025, by Daniel Hart

You can be forgiven if, halfway through The Calendar Killer, you forget that the film (based on Sebastian Fitzek’s best-selling thriller novel) is about a...

Ari Shaffir Finds the Positives in Netflix Special ‘America’s Sweetheart’

January 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

From a stage festooned with live plants for no real reason that I can discern, Ari Shaffir delivers his second Netflix special (fifth overall), America’s...

‘Ad Vitam’ Review – How To Make A Simple Movie As Convoluted As Possible

January 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Ad Vitam plays out like someone challenged director Rodolphe Lauga to make a very simple film as needlessly, off-puttingly convoluted as possible. It starts out...

‘Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy’ Review – A Feature-Length List Of Excuses For Not Being Funny

January 7 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Filmed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy opens with a bit of self-aggrandizing artifice that...

‘Cunk on Life’ Review – Diane Morgan Remains Exquisite In Charlie Brooker’s Silly Satire

January 2 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It takes an effort to remember this now, but there was a time when nobody knew who Sacha Baron Cohen (The Spy) or any of his...

‘Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever’ Review – Chris Smith’s Netflix Documentary Treats Its Subject With Kid Gloves

January 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I hate Bryan Johnson. Not that I’ve ever met him, obviously. Never spoken to him either. In fact, now that I think about it, I...

‘The Love Scam’ Review – Stalking Gets Results In A Misguided But Oddly Amusing Netflix Rom-Com

January 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Look, The Love Scam isn’t very good. That’s unavoidable. I’m going to outline the premise in a moment and anyone who has seen a rom-com...

‘Number 24’ Review – A Compelling True Story of Norway’s Resistance Hero Gunnar Sønsteby

January 1 2025, by Daniel Hart

Number 24 (or known as Nr. 24) follows the true story of Gunnar Sønsteby (played by Sjur Vatne Brean, as seen in Viking Wolf), a...

‘Your Fault’ Is a Teasing Lead-Up to ‘Our Fault’

December 27 2024, by Daniel Hart

Your Fault (“Culpa Tuya”) is a heavy sequel to the global hit My Fault, mainly because it does not hold back—the plethora of sex scenes...

‘Bringing Christmas Home’ Review – A Christmas Movie That Weaves In The Themes Beautifully

December 12 2024, by Naomi Mairs

Bringing Christmas Home is a 2023 Hallmark Christmas Movie directed by Michael Rohl. It tells the story of Russell (Paul Greene) and Caroline (Jill Wagner—Braven),...

‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)’ – Revisiting A Top 10 Festive Classic

December 11 2024, by Naomi Mairs

Narrator: If you’re a Dr. Seuss fan or just love the movies, The Grinch is a tale you simply must see. I attempted a sentence...

‘Twas the Text Before Christmas Review – This Festive Movie Is For The Girlies Out There

December 9 2024, by Naomi Mairs

There’s something special about the number 3. Hi, I’m Naomi Mairs. You may remember my critique from such film reviews as Our Little Secret and...

‘Something in the Water’ Review: A Half-Hearted Dive into Shark Horror

December 7 2024, by Daniel Hart

Director Hayley Easton Street attempts to pull off something that is hard to come by: creating an original thriller based on killer sharks. Aptly titled Something...

‘Subservience’ Review – Even Robot Women Want Married Men

December 7 2024, by Daniel Hart

It’s hard to summarize if Megan Fox is acting well in Subservience. After all, she’s playing a straight-faced, submissive robot. Most of the time, she...

‘That Christmas’ Review – Heartwarming Themes, but Misses the Magic

December 7 2024, by Naomi Mairs

My heart was so excited and tender for the animated Netflix movie That Christmas, and it took all five minutes for it to flop and...