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.
Deliver Us from Evil review – a quality Korean action thriller
Action films from Asia, most notably Hong Kong and South Korea, tend to be high quality productions, full of energy and dramatic fight scenes. Deliver...
Host review – Zoom seance lockdown horror
Host is only 56 minutes long, so it feels odd calling it a movie. It is really more like an episode of Black Mirror, if...
Cops and Robbers review – undeniably beautiful and powerful
This review of Cops and Robbers (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Timothy Ware Hill’s beautifully animated short film has landed on the streaming giant Netflix and it...
Minari review – the most American film in years
Let’s get one thing straight — Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari is an American movie. Yes, most of it is spoken in Korean. So what? This...
The Father review – a work of empathic genius
There are very few film experiences like Florian Zeller’s The Father. He has made a film, based on his play, that has cleverly communicated the...
We Can Be Heroes review – inclusive, earnest family fun
Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and released on Netflix on Christmas Day, which is obviously the best time for such a thing, We Can...
The Stand In review – the worst film of the year
There aren’t enough words for how indescribably bad Drew Barrymore’s The Stand In is. It is bad, so very bad. Atrocious, brackish, hackneyed, insipid,...
Let it Snow review – more snow than plot
There isn’t much to say about Let it Snow. It looks great, but under that sheen, it’s unfortunately insubstantial. It should be a survival/serial killer...
French Exit review – caustic and ambivalent
I never knew the term ghosting was not invented by millennials, but a phrase that came from when people left a party. While watching French...
Sylvie’s Love review – a sweet and earnest (if slightly overlong) romance
Released on Amazon Prime Video today to very little fanfare, Sylvie’s Love, from writer-director Eugene Ashe, is the rare film that’s full of clichés but...
Your Name Engraved Herein review – an emotionally charged film
Taiwan’s martial law ended in 1987, but that doesn’t mean people’s hearts and minds changed with it. The move towards political oppression lasted nearly 40...
Fatale review – a damoiseau in distress
The erotic thriller, popular in the nineties, has made a comeback in recent years. You know the kind. One half of the marriage feels underappreciated...
DNA review – quiet and thoughtful
This review of DNA (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Maïwenn’s film DNA (Netflix, also known as ADN) is a quiet and contemplative work about how the power...
Hunter Hunter review – a traditional rural family, and other animals
The title Hunter Hunter is an interesting one: it tells you clearly a major theme of the film (I prefer those to titles made up...
Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You review – a must-see concert film for fans
Concert films are another genre that is basically immune to critical analysis, making my role here somewhat redundant. Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You, like...
A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio review – atmospheric shorts inside an ineffective wrapper
I think this is my third horror anthology to review this year, so I’m not going to go into why that format works so well...
Wonder Woman 1984 spoiler review – not really worth the wait
Warning: This review of Wonder Woman 1984 contains spoilers. It’s arrived! The most eagerly anticipated DC Universe film of the year, Wonder Woman 1984, has found...
A California Christmas review – a predictable rom-com that’s easy to like
A California Christmas, the latest entry in the “absurdly good-looking people fall for each other over the holidays” subgenre, shouldn’t be half as charming as...