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.
Dangerous Lies review – a run-of-the-mill Netflix thriller that may be racist
Netflix film Dangerous Lies was released on the platform on April 30, 2020 — this review of the thriller contains some spoilers to do with...
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story review
Netflix documentary feature Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story was released on Netflix on April 29, 2020. It needs to be made official that...
A Secret Love review – a bittersweet and bluntly emotional love story
This review of A Secret Love (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Chris Bolan’s deeply personal, unashamedly blunt, and memorably bittersweet documentary feature A Secret Love (Netflix) chronicles...
My Spy review – light, unassuming, & needed
My Spy won’t win any awards — hell, it couldn’t even buy itself a Golden Globe if it tried. It’s a comedy that practically screams Segal; Peter,...
Time to Hunt review – a serviceable South Korean thriller more or less worth the wait
This review of Time to Hunt (Netflix) is spoiler-free. It took a while to get here thanks to some legal disputes and a court order...
The Silence of the Marsh review – Netflix film is heavily weighted in the wrong areas
Netflix Spanish film The Silence of the Marsh follows a crime novelist — a writer with a loyal set of supporters; one of the opening scenes...
Extraction review – Chris Hemsworth-fronted action thriller packs a punch
This review of Extraction (Netflix) is spoiler-free. The son of a wealthy drug baron is kidnapped by his rival. To get him out of danger...
The Willoughbys (2022) Review
Directed by Kris Pearn, we review the Netflix film The Willoughbys, which does not contain any significant spoilers. Based on Lois Lowry’s novel of the...
Human Nature review – an elegant, delicate, and beautifully structured documentary
Early in the new documentary film Human Nature, Hank Greely, a Bioethicist from Stanford University, said, “The idea of gene therapy is simple — add in...
Amazing Grace review – musical history observed
Amazing Grace is the film of Aretha Franklin recording her landmark gospel album in Los Angeles in 1972. That’s it in simple terms, but that’s...
The Legacy of the Bones review – Netflix film is too slow and methodical
This review of Netflix film The Legacy of the Bones contains no spoilers. Following on from The Invisible Guardian, The Legacy of the Bones has...
Earth and Blood review – neat and tidy shootout in a barn
This review of Earth and Blood (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Buried deep beneath the Netflix algorithm is a treasure trove of genre cinema. If you are...
Rising High review – German Netflix film surfaces a flawed protagonist
German Netflix film Rising High (Betonrausch) came out on the platform on April 17, 2020. This review contains no spoilers. One of the reasons The Wolf...
Here We Are: Notes For Living On Planet Earth review – a heartwarming short
Short film Here We Are: Notes For Living On Planet Earth will be released on Apple TV+ on April 17, 2020. Here We Are: Notes...
Code 8 review – a blue-collar superhero thriller you might have missed
Some fun facts about the Stephen and Robbie Amell-starring sci-fi thriller Code 8. One: It began in 2016 as a same-named viral short before becoming...
Trolls World Tour review – a feel-good diversion from our isolated, fearful lives
The plot of Trolls World Tour is quite simple: Queen Barb of the Rock Trolls (Rachel Bloom) is flying around to each of the six Troll...
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge review – a gory good time
The live-action Mortal Kombat movies are legendary so-bad-they’re-amazing relics from a bygone era, and there’s a case to be made that all game-to-film adaptations should...
School Life review – a powerfully authentic story of at-risk youth
This review of School Life (Netflix) is spoiler-free. It debuted on Netflix on April 10, 2020. School Life (Netflix), a French-Arabic dramedy rebranded by the...