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 – The Fate of the Furious
The Fast & Furious series is a joke. I mean, seriously – this is literally a joke. I just sat down to watch the eighth...
Review – Rings
You watch it, and then you die. No, wait, sorry. That isn’t right. You watch it, then you get a phone call, and then you...
Review – Focus
I actually enjoyed Focus quite a bit. It’s a charming caper comedy which is perfectly content to be nothing more than that. It asks very...
Review – Resident Evil: Degeneration
In a lot of ways, Resident Evil: Degeneration is the most well-realized video game adaptation in existence. The plot is jumbled, the voice acting is...
Review – The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
I’ll be the first to admit that I was very much among the naysayers when it was revealed that Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s...
Gone Girl Review – a spectacular and preposterous movie
As a story, Gone Girl is utterly preposterous. It’s the kind of writhing narrative built almost entirely upon big plot swerves; one heavily reliant on...
Seventh Son Review – an over acted and terrible action-fantasy movie
It’s actually kind of amazing that a movie so full of individually awesome moments can be as insultingly, unforgivably terrible as Seventh Son. It’s kind...
A Cure for Wellness Review – a horror that’s difficult to care about
A Cure for Wellness is an old-school, Lovecraftian gothic horror picture that comes directly from the addled mind of Gore Verbinski – and Christ, you...
Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Review Beauty and the Beast? Is there any point? If there was ever a movie that you already know whether or not you like, it’s...
The Hateful Eight (2015) Review – You know what to expect and Tarantino gives it to you
It’s a Tarantino movie. Is that praise or criticism for The Hateful Eight? A warning or a recommendation? None of the above, really. It is...
Review – Taken 3
There’s a sequence early in Taken 3 which I presume is supposed to be a tense on-foot chase; across streets, through alleyways, over fences, Liam...
‘Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens’ Review – Revitalizing the Franchise
Star Wars hasn’t been good since 1983. George Lucas spent six long years between 1999 and 2005 slowly tormenting his fans with the gaudy, overwrought...
‘Trolls’ Review – A Precisely Engineered Parent-Torturing Experiment
When you have kids, the first thing you want them to do is cry. After that, all you want them to do is stop crying....
‘Hitman: Agent 47’ Review – A Truly Horrendous Adaptation
In the Hitman video games, the most prestigious ranking you can attain is that of “Silent Assassin”. Earning the moniker isn’t easy; to do so,...
‘Spy’ Review – The Rare Comedy That Isn’t Just Consistently But Constantly Funny
Paul Feig – bespectacled, rumpled, perpetually tailored, like a harangued insurance salesman – doesn’t look like an especially funny guy. He must be, though, to...
‘Starred Up’ Review – Brutal Prison Movie Has Many Lessons to Teach
When particularly violent criminals are prematurely transferred from Young Offender Institutions into adult prisons, their files are marked with stars identifying them as troublemakers. This...
‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Review – Tom Cruise Re-Establishes Himself as the King of the Blockbuster
There’s a moment in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (the fifth of these movies – they don’t always put numbers on them) in which Tom...
‘Nightcrawler’ Review – A Dark Psychological Character Study Anchored By A Superb Performance
“If it bleeds, it leads.” That’s the slogan of Bill Paxton’s ambulance-chasing “nightcrawler” Joe Loder; the words of dubious wisdom he bestows upon gaunt, bug-eyed...