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.
Stuck Apart review – existential crises really are boring
This review of Netflix film Stuck Apart contains no spoilers. The drama was released on the streaming service on January 8, 2021. Coming on the...
Charming review – charmless, cutscene animation
Netflix has become a charity by subsidizing bad films for studios. They are responsible for the distribution rights in the United States of the animated...
Butchers review – plays around with backwood tropes but achieves nothing new
One word film titles can be tricky: the word really needs to sum up either the subject or the mood of the film. I expected...
Herself review – a resilient and empowering performance by Clare Dunne
There is something plaintively real and uncinematic about the opening scene of Herself, the new Amazon Prime Video film. A thirty-something mother is dancing around...
Happy Face: La tyrannie de la beauté review – a drama about people and appearances
After my most recent reviews of thought-provoking films, I had planned to get back to some escapist horror. Despite that, I pressed play on Happy...
Ser du månen, Daniel review – putting lockdown into perspective
In 2013, Daniel Rye Ottosen (called Daniel Rye in the film) was just starting out as an assistant to a journalistic photographer, having had his...
The Taste of Tea review – refreshing and uplifting
Sometimes, I look forward to a film for months, and when I watch it, find myself disappointed. Sometimes, I don’t get around to watching something...
Børning 3: Asphalt Burning review – absolute garbage
Well, it certainly didn’t take long for Netflix to give its many detractors some ammunition this year. On just the second day of a new...
Shadow in the Cloud review – a genre mash-up that just about stays airborne
There’s something to be said for bonkers genre movies that seem to make a conscious effort to be nuttier than a squirrel’s fart, and that’s...
What Happened to Mr Cha? review – a satire that can’t get out of its own way
This review of What Happened to Mr Cha? is spoiler-free. Korean comedy What Happened to Mr. Cha? is the directorial debut of Kim Dong-kyu, and...
The Minimalists: Less Is Now review – is this the time to start letting things go?
The word of the day is “stuff”. We all have too much of it. And how much stuff do we really need? This is the...
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,...