Movies

Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.

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Truth or Dare Review

April 19 2018, by Alix Turner

The trailer has been everywhere, so I have no doubt you’re familiar with the scenario. A group of college friends and acquaintances spend their last...

I Am Not an Easy Man Review – Darkly Witty Netflix Rom-Com on Gender Role Reversal

April 14 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix introduces a witty yet dark rom-com in the form of I Am Not an Easy Man (also known as Je ne suis pas un...

Love, Simon Review

April 13 2018, by Alix Turner

Love, Simon is a romantic comedy drama about an everyday teenager’s angst over fitting in and coming out as gay.  It was directed by Greg...

The 4th Company Review – A Gritty Blend of Sports and Prison Drama

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

When a young offender, Zambrano (Adrian Ladron), arrives at the Santa Martha prison, he hopes to be able to play for their football team –...

‘Orbiter 9’ Review: A Visually Stunning but Narratively Flat Sci-Fi Drama

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Orbiter 9 tells us a story of the human condition, of love, life, and the value of existence. Laboratory conditions can only monitor so much,...

‘Ram Dass, Going Home’ Review – Insightful Netflix Documentary on Spirituality and Life

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Ram Dass, Going Home is a Netflix short documentary that follows spiritualist and author Ram Dass at his home in Maui, Hawaii. The film gives...

Sun Dogs (2017) Review – Quirky Indie Drama Starring Michael Angarano & Melissa Benoist

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Sun Dogs follows the events of 9/11, Ned Chipley (Michael Angarano) desperately wants to be a real American hero. He wants to sign up for...

‘6 Balloons’ Review – Dave Franco and Abbi Jacobson Star in a Harrowing Drama on Addiction

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Written and directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan, 6 Balloons tells a tight tale of a relapsed heroin addict (Dave Franco – The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Somebody...

Amateur (2018) Review

April 6 2018, by Daniel Hart

[yasr_overall_rating size=”medium”] Directed and written by Ryan Koo, Netflix Original Amateur is the story of a young aspiring basketball player desperate to move up the...

A Quiet Place Review

April 4 2018, by Alix Turner

A Quiet Place is a horror/thriller about a family’s survival against the threat of creatures which hunt by sound. It was directed by John Krasinski,...

Caught (2018) Review – Unintentionally Hilarious Sci-Fi Horror Film

April 2 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

As far as unintentionally hilarious sorta-sci-fi horror movies go, Caught is a pretty hysterical one. Set in the quaint West Sussex countryside of 1972, it...

‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Review: A Pun-Filled but Hollow Sequel

April 1 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

A sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo and Juliet, Sherlock Gnomes reimagines the famous sleuth as a lawn trinket on the trail of his missing fellows in...

The Strangers: Prey at Night Review

April 1 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

[yasr_overall_rating size=”medium”] Ten years after the 2008 original, The Strangers: Prey at Night sees the same trio of masked murderers making mayhem in a trailer...

‘I Kill Giants’ Review – Madison Wolfe Shines in Off-Beat Coming-of-Age Fantasy

March 31 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Joe Kelly (who also adapted the screenplay), I Kill Giants is a story about Barbara...

Film Review | The Titan (2018)

March 30 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s latest Original, The Titan, is a criminally drab slab of science-fiction that sees a lifeless military man subjected to genetic experimentation. Directed by Lennart...

Film Review | Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

March 30 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Nobody asked for it, but Pacific Rim: Uprising is the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s nutty original, in which giant robots smacked giant monsters in...

‘Happy Anniversary (2018)’ Review- Smart Yet Underwhelming Romcom by Jared Stern

March 30 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Happy Anniversary is a Netflix movie from writer/director Jared Stern. The film follows Sam (Ben Schwartz – Blue Iguana, Middleditch & Schwartz) and Mollie (Nöel Wells)...

Film Review | Ghost Stories (2018)

March 28 2018, by Alix Turner

Ghost Stories is a British anthology horror film with an overarching story about a supernatural skeptic. Written and directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman...