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.

Into the Dark: Good Boy review – they do say dogs are protective

June 11 2020, by Daniel Hart

This review of Hulu’s Into the Dark: Good Boy (Episode 6 of Season 2) contains no spoilers — the film will be available on Hulu...

Sitting in Limbo review – a searing story of the Windrush scandal

June 9 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of Sitting in Limbo (BBC One) contains some spoilers for anyone who doesn’t know the history of the real-life case in question —...

30 For 30: Be Water review – a stellar, timely portrait of Bruce Lee

June 8 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

30 For 30: Be Water aired on ESPN on June 7, 2020. The cynical among you might be wondering why Bruce Lee, star of TV...

Climax (2020) review – let’s just say that Mia Malkova has been in better films

June 7 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

I suppose it only makes sense if you’re going to cast a porn star in your film that you spend most of the runtime ogling...

365 Dni / 365 Days review – the Polish 50 Shades of Grey earns the comparison

June 7 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

Not a Netflix original, but new on Netflix today nonetheless, Barbara Bialowas’s braindead adaptation of Blanka Lipinska’s 365 Days / 365 Dni is… quite something....

Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai review – a tight demonetization drama from Anurag Kashyap

June 5 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

Anurag Kashyap’s new Netflix film Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai, has a strong what-if scenario at its core and a keenly-observed sociological backdrop behind it. It...

The Last Days of American Crime review – a tortuously overlong slog

June 5 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of The Last Days of American Crime (Netflix) is spoiler-free. When you see the name Olivier Megaton on a movie’s billing, you expect...

Survive the Night review – look kids! it’s a couple of falling stars, make a wish.

June 4 2020, by M.N. Miller

I wish we could use clichés like they don’t make movies like Survive the Night anymore, but that’s sadly not the case. It is as...

Jesus Trejo: Stay At Home Son review – a charmingly self-deprecating debut special

May 31 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

It has been a good week for Jesus Trejo, the son of Mexican immigrants whose debut special, Stay At Home Son, aired on Showtime right...

Debt Collectors review – never has so much been owed…

May 30 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

If there are two names I always enjoy seeing next to each other on a movie’s billing, it’s those of demented director Jesse V. Johnson...

The Vast of Night second opinion – a scintillating debut film

May 30 2020, by M.N. Miller

Amazon Prime Video’s The Vast of Night is the kind of film put together on a shoestring budget (by today’s standards anyway) that most studios...

7500 review – a tight airborne thriller that isn’t much fun

May 29 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

One gets the sense that you’re not supposed to be having much fun with Patrick Vollrath’s claustrophobic thriller 7500, but you can’t help but wish...

The Vast of Night review – a UFO thriller that deserves to be identified

May 29 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of The Vast of Night (Amazon Prime) is spoiler-free.  Almost everything about The Vast of Night, which is now available to stream on...

Intuition review – a trope-tastic Argentinian Netflix thriller

May 28 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

Alejandro Montiel’s schlocky, plodding new Netflix thriller Intuition, a nominal prequel to the writer-director’s 2018 film Perdida, could quite easily be a parody if it...

I’m No Longer Here review – a gorgeous meditation on identity

May 27 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of I’m No Longer Here is spoiler-free. The film debuted on Netflix on May 27, 2020. Despite the reputation Netflix might get for...

Resistance review – Eisenberg is boxed in by a formulaic script

May 27 2020, by M.N. Miller

Resistance is so frustratingly formulaic it draws comparisons to last year’s criminally overrated stinker, Harriet. While not nearly as ridiculous as that film’s inane script...

The Lost Husband review – a charming trope

May 27 2020, by M.N. Miller

I love fishing, and when sitting down to select movies in this day and age, it’s a lot like that. Instead of fishing for trout,...

Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made review – if any film can kill, it’s this one

May 24 2020, by Alix Turner

So… I first watched Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made with the intention of reviewing it three weeks ago, and since then watched it again...