Movies
Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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Cargo Review
Another day, another culturally-specific zombie movie being given the “original” treatment by Netflix. This time it’s Cargo, an Australian offering starring your favourite greying everyman,...
Truth or Dare Review
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
[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
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)
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)
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
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)...