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.
Review – Unlocked
My favourite thing about Unlocked – the new perplexingly well-cast espionage action-thriller from veteran director Michael Apted – is the title. Someone really must have...
‘Dave Made a Maze’ Review – It’s Not Bad, But It Overstretches The Concept
There are few metaphors more obvious than the homemade living-room labyrinth in Dave Made a Maze. The titular Dave (Nick Thune) is a struggling artist...
Review – #REALITYHIGH
This Netflix Original Movie focuses on student Dani Barnes (Nesta Cooper), an overachiever with a bullied past about to make her way to U.C. Davis....
‘Gold (2016)’ Review – An Excellent Story That Teaches Principles
I have never understood the fascination with gold, apart from the obvious – it looks good. Okay, so its rarity provides the status, but blood...
‘Resurface (2017)’ Review – A Short Documentary That Makes A Salient Point
Resurface is a Netflix Original Documentary—a short one, in fact. It is only twenty-six minutes long. Resurface shows the use of surf therapy to help...
Review – Annabelle: Creation
It’s the prequel to the spin-off of The Conjuring that nobody wanted or asked for. But, believe it or not, fate has once again conspired...
Review – What Happened To Monday
I do not like Mondays. It is always a bit of a shock to get up so early and respond to colleagues after such a...
Review – The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Somewhere in an air-conditioned office in Hollywood, a bunch of sweaty executives trawled through a big pile of scripts and raised this one in the...
Review – Naked
Naked is a remake of the 2000 Swedish film Naken. It is a Netflix Original romantic comedy about a guy who is pretty much naked...
Review – Girls Trip
What’s this? About a year ago, a friend of mine pointed me towards a YouTube video in which a woman who calls herself Angel demonstrated...
Review – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
After many apparent hesitations, director Luc Besson and his wife decided to write an English-language French science fiction action-adventure film titled Valerian and the City...
Review – The Emoji Movie
Surprising absolutely nobody, The Emoji Movie is an insulting travesty without a shred of wit, intelligence or worth; a shameless, unfunny slab of advertising that...
Review – Atomic Blonde
It’s Jane Wick. Okay, sorry, that’s not entirely accurate. But I’ve had that joke lined up since the first trailer, and while it might not...
‘Imperial Dreams’ Review – A Movie With Very Strong Themes
Imperial Dreams was actually released at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. Based on research it did not make strides in terms of distribution. Whiplash probably did not...
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Review – A Weaker Second Half
Allow me to direct you to my review of the first half of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, which contains all the blathering about...
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Review
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 is a DC Universe Animated Original Movie. Check out the full archive by clicking these words. Batman: The...
‘The Story of 90 Coins’ Review – A Film That Resonates
The Story of 90 Coins is the directorial debut of Michael Wong, a Malaysian filmmaker currently based in Beijing. It’s the story of a promise...
Superman vs The Elite Review – An Intriguing and Topical Superman Story
Superman vs. The Elite is an adaptation – although, if we’re being completely honest, an expansion – of a story from Action Comics #775 called...