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.
‘Cristela Alonzo: Upper Classy’ Review – Unadventurous Comedy Hides Moving Personal Insights
I’m a bit mixed on Cristela Alonzo. I don’t find her that funny, aside from the odd well-observed throwaway punchline that tends to punctuate longer...
‘Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story’ Review – A Fine Unintentional Comedy
You always run a bit of a risk laughing at something like Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story. It touches on subjects that are very...
‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review – Big-City Spike Lee Joint Runs A Little Too Long
You can always tell a Spike Lee joint, even if those very words didn’t reliably pop up in the opening credits every time. There’s always...
‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Review – Netflix’s All-Star Adaptation Works Well
Every now and again, a story – it could be a book, a TV show, a movie, whatever – is popular enough to redefine a...
‘Fall for Me’ Review – Netflix’s Tame Erotic Thriller Is Like Watching Paint Dry
The experience of watching Fall for Me is a lot like watching paint dry, with the semi-important caveat of someone getting their nipples out every...
‘Devo’ Review – A Breezy Celebration Of Counter-Cultural Weirdness
I wasn’t remotely familiar with the new wave band Devo before sitting down to watch Chris Smith’s Netflix documentary about the Akron, Ohio collective’s ‘80s...
‘Fixed’ Review – Netflix’s R-Rated Dog Comedy Has No New Tricks
Dogs have always been a movie-making cheat code, the easiest shortcut to making an audience laugh or cry – or both! – as necessary. The...
‘Jim Jefferies: Two Limb Policy’ Review – Jefferies Remains Impossible to Pin Down
Jim Jefferies occupies a great place in comedy these days. Having made his name as a — all together now — “controversial” comic back when...
‘Hostile Takeover’ (2025) Review – Is Michael Jai White Finally Showing His Age?
You hire Michael Jai White to throw a mean side kick, look cool, and probably take his shirt off at some point, and on this...
‘Stolen: Heist of the Century’ Review – A Slick Behind-the-Scenes Of A Notorious Heist
In crime circles, one has to imagine that a diamond heist, from within Antwerp’s famous Diamond District no less, constitutes something of a final boss....
‘The Pickup’ Review – This Is One Of the Worst Things Eddie Murphy Has Done, and He Knows It
Almost everything you need to know about The Pickup is that it has Eddie Murphy, one of comedy’s all-time icons, play the straight man to...
I Found ‘My Oxford Year’ Underwhelming Despite Sofia Carson’s Familiar Role
Sofia Carson is becoming a household name on Netflix with the likes of Feel the Beat, Purple Hearts, Carry-On, and The Life List – the...
Prime Video’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Is Hilarious In All The Wrong Ways
It doesn’t generally speak highly of a movie when it’s quietly dumped on a streaming platform after only being announced — equally quietly, with zero...
In ‘Wet Heat’, Dusty Slay Is A Little Too Laid Back For His Own Good
Let me be clear — I like Dusty Slay. He’s a funny observational comic with relatable blue-collar appeal and a hint of freewheeling, improvisational weirdness....
‘Osiris’ Gets The Practical Stuff Right, But It Isn’t Quite Enough
I’m a simple man who enjoys simple pleasures, and as such, a movie like Osiris should be right up my street. William Kaufman’s indie sci-fi...
‘A Normal Woman’ Is Overly Familiar, But An Effective Psychological Thriller
If it’s a random Thursday — or, indeed, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or any other day of the week — it’s probably time for a new...
‘Trainwreck: P.I. Moms’ Tells A Story So Wild It Could Only Be True
Trainwreck: P.I. Moms tells the kind of wacky true story that, if it were the plot of a movie or TV show, you’d write it off...
Follow (2025) Is Not Sexy Enough to Withstand the Illogical Plot
Gonzalo Tobal’s Follow (2025), also known by its native language film title, Juegos de Seducción, presents a premise that initially intrigues with its potential. However,...