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.
Born to Play review – ESPN keeps its hot streak going
There are many reasons that I love sport but probably the most simple and straightforward one is that sport gives us the clearest and simplest...
Irresistible review – resist this film
The word of mouth of Jon Stewart’s new film and the ending of his 12-year hiatus from directing his first film has been, to put...
You Should Have Left review – a tale of guilt’s haunting steps
You Should Have Left, written and directed by David Koepp and produced under Blumhouse’s microbudget banner (a favorite studio of mine, uneven and unpredictable as...
Bulbbul review – an impressively terrible feminist folklore remix
Unlike Nobody Knows I’m Here, which was a 90-minute film that felt longer to make a larger point about self-suppression, Netflix’s other new original today,...
Nobody Knows I’m Here review – a slow-burning, powerfully peculiar debut
Gaspar Antillo’s feature debut Nobody Knows I’m Here, which is available to stream on Netflix after being slated for the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this...
Athlete A review – Netflix documentary unfurls systematic sexual abuse in USA Gymnastics
Netflix documentary Athlete A will be released on Netflix on June 24, 2020. Every single time a documentary unfurls a devastating story of systematic sexual...
Ghost review – Brit grit hard hit, almost got it
Ghost (Or Ex-Con, as it’s been titled in some countries) was the film I watched on Father’s Day this year, and that turned out to...
Two Heads Creek review – entertaining satirical horror about blood and belonging
Two Heads Creek is about Annabelle (Kathryn Wilder) and Norman (Jordan Waller, who also wrote the film), recently orphaned twins, who travel to Australia to...
Babyteeth review – a stunning debut film from a fresh voice
I’m certain Babyteeth, the debut feature film from director Shannon Murphy (Killing Eve), will be like no other film experience you’ll have this year. It’s...
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion review — killer sequences, a complicated plot, and a thriller full of revenge
There’s nothing like a good revenge thriller. Korean writer-director Hoon-jung Park is counting on that fact with his 2018 film The Witch: Part 1 The...
Lost Bullet review – another forgettable action flick in the Netflix thumbnails
A great action film is a fine thing, but a bad one, or even a mediocre one, becomes an insufferable bore perhaps more than any...
One-Way to Tomorrow review- after sunrise, sunset, and midnight
This review of One-Way to Tomorrow (Netflix) is spoiler-free. As soon as I saw Dilan Çiçek Deniz grace the screen of One-Way to Tomorrow (Yarina Tek...
Disclosure review – an eye-opening documentary unpacking trans representation on-screen
Disclosure (Netflix) makes its best point without drawing any attention to it; the frank new documentary feature is also smart enough to let it speak...
The Warrant review – no justice served here
The Warrant is a Western from director Brent Christy (The Legend of 5 Mile Cave) and starring Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger), Steven...
Wasp Network review – an ambitious story that becomes incoherent and convoluted
Historical films that try to cover so much material within a limited time frame are notoriously incohesive. Netflix’s new based-on-a-true-story spy film, Wasp Network, has...
A Whisker Away Review – A Charming Anime on Heartbroken Escapism
Anime can bring some quirky forms, and in the case of A Whisker Away, it toys with the idea of a teenage girl wanting to...
BNK48: One Take review – a raw and insightful window into Thai girl group BNK48
Netflix documentary BNK48: One Take, which follows Thai girl group BNK48, was released on the platform on June 18, 2020. I’m not sure why but...
The King of Staten Island review – a raw and emotional dramedy
The King of Staten Island director Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Trainwreck, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) has long been the king of the stunted, aimless man-child, and...