Movie Reviews

This review of Pelé on Netflix contains spoilers. Most of what you hear about Pelé is that he’s the best footballer who ever lived, at...

Just as some film lovers have learned not to trust what critics write, I need to take the marketing write-ups I receive with a pinch...

French-Canadian filmmaker Daniel Grou’s (also frequently credited as “Podz”) filmography is known for violent fare that some have claimed borders on torture porn. The reason...

I’ve seen countless films about women hunted or held captive, and frankly tired of those (as I’ve mentioned before). Fortunately, there are also some in...

In a forest in northern Canada, a young woman’s body is found. At the same time, another young woman goes missing. Is it a coincidence...

If you watched Netflix’s previous interactive series starring Bear Grylls, You vs. Wild, you’ll have seen virtually everything that the new Animals on the Loose: A You...

Robin Wright’s directorial debut, Land, is an exercise in stoic ambivalence. Don’t get me wrong, Wright is one of the most underappreciated actors of her...

It’s rare for any type of crime film that goes beyond its first act without resorting to every other generic crime film cliche. Roger Ebert...

This is a non-spoiler review of Wrong Turn (2021) releasing for Home Premiere on Digital Platforms on 26th February. Directed by Mike P Nelson, seeing...

At the face of it, Xico’s Journey bears a political message that pledges anti-fracking, such is the storyline about a girl, her dog, and best...

This review of Hulu’s Into the Dark: Tentacles (Episode 11 of Season 2) contains no spoilers After an extended hiatus mandated by the pandemic, Hulu’s...

I’m an unashamed, unapologetic advocate of Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, an adaptation of Jenny Han’s YA novel that simultaneously launched the...

Picture this: all four tires of your luxury car need replacing, and none of the cash machines are working in this little town miles from...

When the funniest moment of a comedy written by the women behind Bridesmaids is Jamie Dornan singing a song inspired by Seagulls in the Sand,...

Films that involve forbidden love always bring on anxiety. Watching two characters slowly be consumed by each other but know that there is this irrefutable...

What I truly liked about Squared Love is how it reimagines the Superman effect in the romance genre. The film follows a celebrity journalist and womanizer...

This review of Netflix film The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman contains no spoilers. The comedy was released on February 10, 2021. Strangely, I was...

In Netflix’s first Swedish original feature-film, Red Dot, director and co-writer Alain Darborg leads audiences on well-worn tracks through the expected beats of a typical...