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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...