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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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Mass Hysteria review – plenty of substance to this short comedy horror
Page (Geena Santiago) is the lead actor in a small community theatre production in Salem, which is dedicated to showing tourists the true story of...
American Murder: The Family Next Door Review – A Hauntingly Personal True-Crime Story
On balance, I probably review more true crime than any other genre, which is usually an uncomfortable task. There’s something voyeuristic and rubber-necky about the...
Daddy’s Girl review – more character and plot than violence
In Daddy’s Girl, Zoe has been held virtually captive by her stepfather since her mother died about twelve years earlier. He abuses, torments, and controls...
Death of Me review – looks great, feels creepy, but inherently a bit wrong
When I had the opportunity to review the new film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, I jumped at it: I’m a fan of the Saw...
Becky review – don’t say I didn’t warn you
The opening few minutes of Becky are brilliant: we watch a father and daughter heading out for a bonding weekend in the country, cut with scenes of...
Black Lake review – musical poem about pain and justice in the form of a beautiful horror film
I’m familiar with vengeful female spirits from Korean and Japanese cinema, though hadn’t come across the “churail” until reading about and now watching Black Lake....
The Secret Society of Second Born Royals review – Disney’s toff teen super-team isn’t worth joining
There are two things that always come up in discussions of Disney’s increasing monopolization of the entertainment industry – superheroes and money. This shouldn’t come...
The Nest review — perhaps the first Covid-19/quarantine film without knowing it
Director Sean Durkin stated in an interview when he makes a film he explores things that scare him so he can confront them. His debut...
The Bay of Silence review — a poorly misguided #MeToo thriller
The real enigma behind this morose mystery, The Bay of Silence, is how the script made it from page to screen. The plot is essentially...
A White, White Day review — Sigurðsson is chillingly good
A White, White Day (Hvítur, hvítur dagur) opens with a boxy car driving erratically and without a care in the world. It’s a wet, wet...
Enola Holmes review – Millie Bobby Brown impresses but the plot does not land effectively
This review of Netflix film Enola Holmes contains no spoilers. The movie will be released on the streaming service on September 23, 2020. The immediate...
A Love Song for Latasha review – a powerful short film about a life cut shorter still
New on Netflix, increasingly the home for valuable and diverse short-form content, A Love Song for Latasha is a striking piece of work from director...
The Swerve: an interview with Dean Kapsalis and Azura Skye
Sometimes a film can stay with you, whether you want it to or not. The Swerve was a recent example for me: great quality, but difficult...
Whipped review – unfunny, boring and not worth the discourse
This review of Netflix film Whipped aka Bucin contains no spoilers. The comedy was released on September 18, 2020. I couldn’t get into Whipped. The Indonesian film...
Beast Within review – low budget mystery horror with bite
First things first: this is not a review of the 1982 insect-man horror film, but a new and very different film with a similar name....
The Paramedic review – a thriller with an intense start that withers in the second half
This review of Netflix film The Paramedic contains zero spoilers. The Spanish thriller came out on the platform on September 16, 2020. The Paramedic works to...
The Devil All the Time second opinion – an engrossing gothic tale
This second opinion of The Devil All the Time is spoiler-free. You can read our original review by clicking these words. There is a lot...
The Devil All the Time review – a bloated Southern-fried Gothic that wastes a killer cast
Antonio Campos’s The Devil All the Time is the rare film that is at once cripplingly bloated and overlong but seemingly in a great hurry...