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.
‘Ride or Die’ Review – An Unusual, Sexually-Charged Japanese Drama
At first glance, Hiroki Ryuichi’s Ride or Die, looks like several different things, almost none of which it ends up being. It has a classic...
The Soul review – Netflix brings a twisty, in-depth and dark murder mystery
This review of the Netflix film The Soul, or known as Ji hun, does not contain spoilers. The mystery was released on the streaming service...
Why Did You Kill Me? Review – Another Compelling Netflix True-Crime Documentary
Maybe it’s Netflix’s idea of a grim joke to release Why Did You Kill Me? on the same day as the new season of The...
Love and Monsters (2020) Review – A Likable Doomsday Comedy with a Few Surprises
The end of the world hardly seems like an appropriate topic for laughs, especially given the current goings-on, but Michael Matthews’ Love and Monsters, proves...
New Gods: Nezha Reborn review – a beautiful start to a mythological Universe
This review of the Netflix film New Gods: Nezha Reborn contains no spoilers — the animated movie was released on the streaming service on April...
Two Distant Strangers review – an Oscar-nominated short depicting a racial justice time loop
Early in co-director and writer Travon Free’s 32-minute short Two Distant Strangers, rapper-turned-actor (in this case) Joey Bada$$ talks to his dog through the Furbo...
Night in Paradise (2020) Review – An Uncompromisingly Brutal Korean Crime Thriller
Setting a gritty, bloodthirsty crime drama on the idyllic island of Jeju is the first of many idiosyncrasies in Park Hoon-jung’s Night in Paradise (also...
Just Say Yes review – a predictable, albeit watchable rom-com
This review of Just Say Yes is spoiler-free. Despite only being released on Netflix this weekend, you’ve seen Just Say Yes before. It enthusiastically repackages...
Madame Claude (2021) Review – An Interminable True Story
The smartest decision of Sylvie Verheyde’s Madame Claude, a telling of the rise and fall of Fernande Grudet, the owner of an influential brothel during...
Sky High review – an action thriller in far too much of a hurry
This review of Sky High is spoiler-free. Sky High runs for two hours, and there’s a lot of movie crammed into that time. As soon as the pedal...
‘Irul’ Review – A Well-Acted Thriller, But A Bit Too Twisty For Its Own Good
Irul is an actor’s showcase. Director Naseef Yusuf Izuddhin has assembled a triple-threat superstar tag-team of Malayalam actors to play the three characters in this...
Tersanjung: The Movie review – a touching, low-key romantic drama
This review of Tersanjung: The Movie is spoiler-free. The Indonesian movie scene is primarily known for horror and action, but recently the streaming giant has...
‘A Week Away’ Review – A Below-Average Musical Romance
A Week Away introduces Will — a smart but troubled kid with only two choices; either attend a summer camp or go to juvenile detention. He’s...
‘Into the Dark: Blood Moon’ Review – A Grounded Twist on a Horror Classic
Emma Tammi (Five Nights at Freddy’s), who directed Into the Dark entry Delivered and livens up this second slate just in time for it to...
Bad Trip review – an audacious public-prank Netflix film
This review of the Netflix film Bad Trip does not contain spoilers. The comedy will be released on the streaming service on March 26, 2021....
Secret Magic Control Agency review – a clever spin on the Hansel and Gretel story
A fun, fantasy family adventure having such a dry, bureaucratic-sounding title as Secret Magic Control Agency is probably the first clue that Netflix’s new animated...
‘Caught by a Wave’ Review – A Riskless Romantic Drama
Slotting neatly into the canon of teen romances in which one or indeed both of the starcrossed lovers are dying, Netflix’s Caught by a Wave, directed...
Nobody review – bruising entertainment
Let’s not mistake the penchant of Nobody for minimalist action entertainment for some cute little thriller. It is a bone-crunching, knuckle-busting, lip-splitting action film that...