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.
‘Elize: Shadows of a Woman’ Review – A Familiar True-Crime Story Retold With Mixed Results
Elize: Shadows of a Woman has a problem that it never quite manages to overcome – we’ve seen it all before. By this, I don’t...
Netflix’s ‘A Toxic Love Story’ Brings Twisted Truths and Forced Narratives
Netflix continues to be the biggest platform for true crime documentaries, as they are popping them out left, right, and centre – in 2026, from...
‘Over Your Dead Body’ Review – A Funny, Messy Splatter Flick That Loses Its Way
On paper, there’s nothing especially funny about a husband and wife plotting to kill one another. Similarly, there’s nothing all that amusing about heads and...
‘Passenger’ Review – A Scare-Free Road Trip to Nowhere Of Note
There are some rides you’ve been on too many times, and Passenger is one of them. A go-nowhere horror movie clearly intended to pad out...
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Review – Whatever Karl Urban’s Getting Paid, It Isn’t Enough
Thank goodness for Karl Urban, honestly. As someone satisfied with being a consistently great bit player in massive IP, he has one of the most...
‘Mercy’ Review – A Surprisingly Gripping AI Thriller That Might Be A Bit Too Optimistic
AI is the villain of our times, the contemporary equivalent of zombies and Nazis when it comes to low-effort, morally uncomplicated bad guys who can...
‘Backrooms’ Review – In the Spaces Between Spaces, There Might Be A Movie
Backrooms is one of those great ideas for a movie that doesn’t work as a fully-fledged feature. It’s an ideal horror concept, granted, which is...
‘Obsession’ Review – Curry Barker Might Be the Horror Talent We Needed
There’s a do-it-yourself quality to Curry Barker’s horror hit Obsession that feels to me like it might represent the short-term future of the genre (especially...
‘The Odyssey’ Review – Nolan’s Epic Is A Remarkable Cinematic Achievement
Christopher Nolan does things big. And while it’s much too early to tell whether The Odyssey is the best movie of his already legendary catalogue,...
’23 000 Lives’ Review – A Timely but Surface-Level Story About Refugees, Empathy, and Injustice
Now is either the best or the worst time for a sincere and deeply empathetic drama about refugees, immigration, and the callous, self-serving disregard shown...
‘Desire’ Review – It’s Time to Retire Accidentally Hysterical Erotica, But Netflix Won’t Let Us
I was going to open this review by wondering aloud why Netflix keeps commissioning movies like Desire, another in an increasingly long list of tawdry...
‘Nothing to Lose’ Review – A Saccharine Message Movie That Makes Things Too Easy
I should be clear that Nothing to Lose (2026) is about a very serious subject and is very serious about it – it even ends...
‘Jeff Arcuri: Nice to Meet You’ Review – A Statement Special From One of the Best New Working Comedians
Being likeable will get you a long way. And if there’s one thing about Jeff Arcuri, it’s that he’s likeable. He’s immediately infectious. He’s also...
‘Enola Holmes 3’ Review – This Formula Is Wearing A Little Thin
Enola Holmes is one of the strange streaming curios that sprang up during the pandemic and felt like a novel distraction more than the beginning...
Louis C.K.’s ‘Ridiculous’ is Hilarious (If You Aren’t Easily Offended)
I haven’t enjoyed a Netflix stand-up show in a while. The last two comedians I watched were Ali Wong and Wanda Sykes, so I was...
‘Little Brother’ Is A Pleasant Surprise, and John Cena Is the Perfect Star For It
Netflix’s Little Brother is an unashamedly silly movie, and given the R-rating, I must confess to having entered it expecting the John Cena equivalent of...
I Wanted to Like ‘Supergirl’ (And I Kind of Did, Sort Of)
Supergirl is creative, no doubt whatsoever. It’s a DC film packed with ideas from director Craig Gillespie (Mike, Cruella, I, Tonya) carrying a clear rubber-stamp...
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Isn’t Just A Terrible Movie — It’s An Actively Dangerous Call to Arms
Uwe Boll is a filmmaker best-known for producing at least three movies – though arguably many more – that are among the very worst ever...