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.
Song Lang (CineQ x SHOUT) review – subtle, sensitive, perfect drama
Song Lang stunned me. I confess I’d not got around to watching it for some time, but then its inclusion in the SHOUT programme (neatly...
The Retreat review – almost good
I like a good monster movie. Great, I thought, when I was offered the chance to review The Retreat: I like a bit of man-versus-nature,...
The Kid Detective review – charming, funny, and surprisingly bittersweet
At first glance, a film starring Adam Brody as a down on his luck former child detective seemed easily dismissible. What could have been a...
What We Wanted review – a worthwhile relationship drama
It’s a funny old world, hence how What We Wanted, this year’s Austrian Oscar contribution, can swerve a theatrical release and end up with very...
Lucky Grandma review – overturning genre tropes with thought and character
What struck me first about Lucky Grandma is that it is a rare film: American, yet nearly all the dialogue is in Mandarin. The titular...
Jungleland review – a bumpy road trip with powerhouse performances
Jungleland is, on some level, a boxing movie, but it has almost none of the tropes you’d expect. There is no inspirational training montage. There’s...
Contracts (2020) review – solid, brutal action, but a shame about everything else
What you get out of Alex Chung’s Contracts is going to depend on what you go into it looking for. Those in the market for...
Hillbilly Elegy review – an uneven story with standout performances
There is nothing wrong with growing up in the rural heartland. I’ll take a little bit of Brooks and Dunn over Catullus and Propertius any...
Lingering aka Hotel Lake (Shudder) review – sumptuous atmosphere, rather than bloody revenge
If I start off by saying Lingering (known as Hotel Lake in most countries) is a South Korean horror, this is either going to excite...
Echo Boomers review – more drama than thriller with sharply written characters
I had the wrong expectation of Echo Boomers. The combination of pictures and plot summary led me to expect some blend of Money Heist and...
Queer Japan (CineQ x SHOUT) review – colourful and eye-opening
It’s easy to assume that LGBTQ+ issues, and how people respond to them, are the same everywhere; well, perhaps not assume, but rather not consider...
The Broken Hearts Gallery review – quirky and absurdly funny
It’s a shame that movies like The Broken Hearts Gallery will have trouble finding an audience this year. Many up-and-coming performer’s careers will end up...
Citation review – a haunting Nigerian film on rape culture
This review of Netflix film Citation contains no spoilers. The Nigerian drama was released on November 6, 2020. We are often told of true stories...
Operation Christmas Drop review – a seasonal movie that hits the right notes
This review of Netflix film Operation Christmas Drop contains no spoilers. The Christmas film came out on November 5, 2020. The Christmas content begins on...
Mother (2020) review – Japanese Netflix film is a tragic story of cruel parenting
This review of Netflix film Mother (2020, Japanese release) contains no spoilers. The drama was released on November 3, 2020. Mother, not to be mistaken with...
Sôseiji aka Gemini review – sublime, stylistic Japanese period thriller
If you are intrigued by the release of Gemini because of the name Shin’ya Tsukamoto, I should tell you straight away: this film is almost...
Halloween (1978) rewatch – Odeon shows John Carpenter’s classic slasher flick before closing down
Watching Halloween on Halloween Odeon continues to do its best for film lovers by showing both old and new films at their theatres, but they...
Rogue City review – an entertaining gang warfare film
This review of Netflix film Rogue City contains no spoilers. The crime drama came out on the streaming service on October 30, 2020. Rogue City...