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.
‘Mike Epps: Delusional’ Review – A Full Career Retrospective On Fast-Forward
You know where you stand with a Mike Epps special. He has been around for long enough that you know what to expect, and he...
‘Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart’ Review – Smart’s Bravery Elevates A Standard Documentary
It’s always a big deal when children go missing – as well it should be – and an especially big deal, at least in terms...
‘The Big Fake’ Review – Netflix’s Forgery Thriller Is A Pretty Tame Copy
It’s often easy to see how someone could be lured by a life of crime. The upsides are pretty considerable, after all, at least in...
‘The Rip’ Review – Joe Carnahan’s Slick, Muscular Thriller Is Old-Fashioned Fun
Netflix has several bad ideas, but giving Joe Carnahan (Boss Level) $100,000,000 is a pretty good one. That was reportedly the budget of his new...
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Review – An Overlong Friends-to-Lovers Rom-Com
From top to bottom, People We Meet on Vacation is a streaming movie. It has been produced as part of Netflix’s Sony deal, but it...
‘Marcello Hernandez: American Boy’ Review – Is ADD Contagious?
As far as I know, ADD isn’t contagious, but Marcello Hernandez’s debut Netflix special, American Boy, will make you wonder. Filmed in Miami and bristling...
‘Ricky Gervais: Mortality’ Review – Another Predictable Special That Feels Too Easy
It takes an effort to remember this now, but Ricky Gervais used to be a very good comedian. For a while, he was probably my...
‘Elway’ Is A Refreshing Reminder That Sometimes You Don’t Need Controversy
I spent most of my time with Elway, Netflix’s definitive profile of Hall of Fame NFL quarterback John Elway, waiting for bad news. As an...
‘The Great Flood’ Review – Netflix’s Korean Disaster Movie Isn’t What It Seems
The Great Flood starts out as a very compelling disaster movie, but it almost becomes a disaster of a movie on the back of its...
’10 Dance’ Review – Tame Romance Is A Few Steps Shy Of A Full Routine
I will concede that I’m not in the target audience for 10 Dance, a Netflix film from Keishi Otomo, adapting the BL (boys’ love) manga...
‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Review – A Convincing Illusion Of A Good Movie
Magic requires a suspension of disbelief. You have to surrender yourself to the illusion. You know you’re being conned, but that’s the point, and if...
‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Is A Surprisingly Compelling Exploration Of Faith (And Murder, Obviously)
Wake Up Dead Man is the first Knives Out Mystery to realise that Daniel Craig’s eccentric detective Benoit Blanc is the least interesting thing about...
‘Merv’ Review – Proof That Dogs Improve Even Bad Movies
Much like how “horror movie, but with a dog” was more than enough of an elevator pitch for Good Boy, “rom com, but with a...
‘Jay Kelly’ Review – Noah Baumbach’s Latest Might Just Be A Masterpiece
I’ve heard Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly described as a “coming-of-age story… for adults”, which is just a polite way of saying it’s about a man...
With ‘Matt Rife: Unwrapped’ Netflix Have Slipped A Lump Of Coal In Your Stocking
Netflix loves Christmas for financial reasons and Matt Rife for contractual ones, so it’s unsurprising to see the two combined in Matt Rife: Unwrapped –...
‘Troll 2’ Is Twice As Big And Half As Good As Its Surprise-Hit Predecessor
Troll 2 is so-called because it’s the sequel to Roar Uthaug’s surprise kaiju comedy Troll, which became a mega-hit on Netflix when it was released...
‘Champagne Problems’: A Sparkling Holiday Rom-Com That Pops the Cork on Pure Joy
Champagne Problems has the perfect pop, fizz, and sparkle to make it a contender for the best Christmas movie in 2025. Director and writer Mark...
‘The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo’ Review: Did Nick Ut Steal the Shot?
Even if you do not know the context, most of you have seen the famous Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War of the...