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Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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Mortal Kombat (2021) review – it’s still better if you play it
This review of Mortal Kombat (2021) is spoiler-free. Mortal Kombat has a dense roster of beloved characters and a perhaps self-defeatingly convoluted mythology; the potential...
Homunculus (2021) Ending Explained – What Does Nokoshi’s Third Eye See?
Netflix’s adaptation of Hideo Yamamoto’s long-running manga series Homunculus is… weird, to say the least. It’s chock full of questionable decision-making, so-so visual effects, and deviations from...
‘Tell Me When’ Ending Explained – Do Will and Dani End Up Together?
As you probably gather by watching the Tell Me When, Will is hardly an inspiring man. However, when he meets Dani in Mexico City, he...
Homunculus (2021) Review – An Inert Thriller That Does The Manga a Disservice
Before I sat down to watch Homunculus, Netflix’s adaptation of Hideo Yamamoto’s beloved manga series, I wondered why the streaming giant had barely bothered to...
Tell Me When Review – A Middling Story on Self-Discovery
Ah, another story of an average man allowing life to pass him by in the corporate world, to be soon stunned by a wonderful woman...
Stowaway review – a frustratingly flat experience
I’m not sure if Joe Penna’s (Arctic) film is the result of the current pandemic. Will the next year be nothing but bottleneck film shoots...
Ajeeb Daastaans review – four riveting short films on fractured relationships
This review of Netflix feature Ajeeb Daastaans contains no spoilers — the 2-hour feature, which brings four short films, was released on the streaming service...
The Year Earth Changed review – here’s Sir David, right on time
Sir David Attenborough could narrate the end of the world, and we’d probably take it better coming from him than anyone else. In some ways...
Arlo the Alligator Boy review – a sweet family film with a strong relatable message
This review of the Netflix film Arlo the Alligator Boy contains no spoilers. It’s pretty admirable how Netflix continue to be the brave outlier in...
Into the Beat ending explained – did Katya follow her dreams?
This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film Into the Beat, so it will contain major spoilers. Read the review. Throughout the Netflix film,...
Into the Beat review – heartwarming but formulaic and predictable
This review of the Netflix film Into the Beat contains no spoilers — the drama was released on the streaming service on April 16, 2021....
‘Ride or Die’ Ending Explained – Do Rei and Nanae End Up Together?
Ryuichi Hiroki’s odd, obscure, undeniably affecting romantic road movie Ride or Die isn’t easy to recommend. It also isn’t particularly easy to get a grip...
‘Ride or Die’ Review – An Unusual, Sexually-Charged Japanese Drama
At first glance, Hiroki Ryuichi’s Ride or Die, looks like several different things, almost none of which it ends up being. It has a classic...
The True Story Behind ‘Why Did You Kill Me?’
Netflix has another true-crime hit in the form of Why Did You Kill Me?, the story of the 24-year-old mother of two Crystal Theobald, who...
The Soul review – Netflix brings a twisty, in-depth and dark murder mystery
This review of the Netflix film The Soul, or known as Ji hun, does not contain spoilers. The mystery was released on the streaming service...
Why Did You Kill Me? Review – Another Compelling Netflix True-Crime Documentary
Maybe it’s Netflix’s idea of a grim joke to release Why Did You Kill Me? on the same day as the new season of The...
The Soul ending explained – does Netflix’s murder mystery provide an answer?
This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film The Soul, also known as Ji hun, so it will contain major spoilers. Read the review....
Love and Monsters (2020) Ending Explained – Does Joel Reunite With Aimee?
Love and Monsters was a very pleasant surprise, from its atypical hero in Dylan O’Brien’s (Flashback) Joel Dawson to its imaginative monster designs and its...