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.

‘Bad Influence’ Review – Netflix’s Spanish Teen Erotica Hits The Usual Notes

May 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a very simple and obvious formula for a movie like Bad Influence, which shouldn’t be confused with Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, a...

‘Untold: Shooting Guards’ Review – This Is The Pettiest High-Profile Sports Story Of All Time

May 6 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It wouldn’t quite be accurate to call Untold: Shooting Guards a tale of two halves, but it’s pretty close. At a certain point in the...

‘Exterritorial’ Review – A Very Competent Action Thriller With A Handful Of Underused Ideas

May 1 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Straightforward European action movies are ten-a-penny on Netflix – we had, say, Ad Vitam recently, but it’s rubbish, so don’t think about it too much...

‘Havoc’ Review – A Movie That Lives Up To Its Title, If Not Its Director’s Reputation

April 27 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Gareth Evans is a bona fide legend already, since the guy who made The Raid: Redemption deserves to live in eternal infamy as an action...

‘Bullet Train Explosion’ Review – Netflix’s Sluggish Remake Isn’t In A Hurry to Get Anywhere

April 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Let’s just clear up any confusion. Bullet Train Explosion is nothing to do with David Leitch’s demented 2022 action-comedy Bullet Train, though it would perhaps...

‘The King of Kings’ Review – All-Star Animation Repackages the Story Of Jesus As A Brisk Children’s Tale

April 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Gone are the days, or so we thought, of the big-budget Biblical epic, the kind of Old Hollywood mainstay that attracted the best talent and...

‘Con Mum’ Review – A Thoroughly Miserable, Formulaic Scam Documentary

March 25 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You probably know what to expect from a Netflix documentary titled Con Mum. And, for the most part, that’s what you get. The 90-minute film...

Revelations (2025) Review – A Well-Balanced Korean Crime Thriller That Handles The Themes With Precision

March 21 2025, by Daniel Hart

If you were to summarize the Korean crime film Revelations, you’d come to the consensus that the story is about testing one’s moral framework, with...

‘Tyler Perry’s Duplicity’ Review – More Bizarre, Soapy Streaming Nonsense

March 20 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

The most charitable thing I’m willing to say about Tyler Perry’s Duplicity is that it probably won’t end up being the worst movie of the...

‘Bert Kreischer: Lucky’ Review – The Least Funny Man In Comedy Somehow Entertains Again

March 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Bert Kreischer is one of the least funny people to have ever had a successful career in comedy, so it’s fitting that his fourth Netflix...

Control Freak (2025) Review – Kelly Marie Tran Gamely Leads A Head-Scratching Supernatural Horror

March 13 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You know how someone scratching around you makes you itch? Imagine a whole movie of that and you’ve basically got Control Freak, Hulu’s straight-to-streaming supernatural...

Iliza Shlesinger’s ‘A Different Animal’ Might Be Her Boldest Stand-Up Yet

March 11 2025, by Daniel Hart

Iliza Shlesinger was my favorite female stand-up comedian until Taylor Tomlinson (Quarter-Life Crisis;  Look at You) entered the scene, and even then, it was a...

‘Delicious’ is an Outstanding Directorial Debut from Nele Mueller-Stöfen Nele that Delivers a Deliciously Dark Tale

March 7 2025, by Daniel Hart

If there is ever a resounding example of a hidden gem on Netflix, look no further than the German thriller film Delicious. What makes it...

Picture This (2025) Review – A Shaky Rom-Com Saved by Simone Ashley’s Charm

March 6 2025, by Daniel Hart

Picture This has all the traits of a failed romantic comedy, but some elements hold it up at times, making it a decent option for...

‘Andrew Schulz: Life’ Review – Fatherhood Has Tamed an Un-Cancellable Comic

March 4 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You can’t cancel Andrew Schulz, that much is clear. And people have tried. This Netflix special, taped on his Life tour, was originally going to be filmed at...

‘The Plastic Men’ Review – A Raw, Unsettling Look at Veteran Trauma

March 3 2025, by Daniel Hart

The Plastic Men is certainly a psychological film that evolves as it progresses into its second and third acts. More poignantly, it is clear that...

‘The Wrong Track’ Review: A Norwegian Comedy That Challenges the Ideal of Adulthood

February 27 2025, by Daniel Hart

Adulthood is complex—at least, that’s the main message of the Norwegian Netflix film The Wrong Track. I also believe that labeling this movie solely as...

‘Miss Italia Mustn’t Die’: Can Italy’s Miss Italia Survive the War on Beauty?

February 26 2025, by Daniel Hart

There’s a lot to unpack with Miss Italia Mustn’t Die. It’s not a straightforward documentary on Netflix, but there’s plenty of depth to it, giving...