Movies
Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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‘Sommore: Chandelier Fly’ Review – Experience Is Everything
I don’t know how long you need to do something to be considered the “queen” of it, but Sommore is apparently the queen of comedy,...
‘Twisted’ (2026) Review – Messy Thriller Doesn’t Have Brains to Spare
Twisted (2026) is one of those interesting inversions of home invasion horror, where the seemingly unsuspecting mark of a couple of opportunist grifters turns out...
‘Joe’s College Road Trip’ Review – Not Your Average Madea Movie
Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip – to give it its full, self-aggrandising title – is not your average Madea movie. For one thing, Madea...
‘Katt Williams: The Last Report’ Review – You Are Now Watching A Master At Work
Katt Williams is one of the finest comedians who has ever lived, and his longevity has proved that better than I can. But in recent...
‘Mo Gilligan: In the Moment’ Review – An Evolved Musical Special That’ll Be Difficult to Top
Mo Gilligan is a very good comedian. It’s worth reminding people of this out of the gate, since when a very specific act makes their...
‘Return to Silent Hill’ Gets A Few Things Dead Wrong About ‘Silent Hill 2’
Unlike Christophe Gans’s first cinematic foray into the world of Silent Hill, which wasn’t based on any of the games in particular and instead pulled...
‘Return to Silent Hill’ Review – A Dreadfully Dull and Nonsensical Adaptation
Back in the halcyon days when it was generally understood that every live-action adaptation of a video game would be unforgivably terrible, Christophe Gans’s 2006...
‘The Wrecking Crew’ Review – This Is Way Better Than You Probably Expected
When I first heard tell of a straight-to-streaming action movie starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, I feared the worst. And it’s on Prime Video,...
‘Mike Epps: Delusional’ Review – A Full Career Retrospective On Fast-Forward
You know where you stand with a Mike Epps special. He has been around for long enough that you know what to expect, and he...
‘Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart’ Review – Smart’s Bravery Elevates A Standard Documentary
It’s always a big deal when children go missing – as well it should be – and an especially big deal, at least in terms...
‘The Big Fake’ Ending Explained – Toni’s Moral Bankruptcy Isn’t A Big Surprise
And the moral of the story is, you can’t really trust criminals very much. This illuminating idea underpins the ending of The Big Fake, which...
‘The Big Fake’ Review – Netflix’s Forgery Thriller Is A Pretty Tame Copy
It’s often easy to see how someone could be lured by a life of crime. The upsides are pretty considerable, after all, at least in...
Netflix’s Ghoulish ‘Skyscraper Live’ Sets A Worrying Precedent For Live Programming
Let’s be frank here: Anyone who tunes into Skyscraper Live is doing so for one reason and one reason only, which is to see if...
‘The Rip’ Review – Joe Carnahan’s Slick, Muscular Thriller Is Old-Fashioned Fun
Netflix has several bad ideas, but giving Joe Carnahan (Boss Level) $100,000,000 is a pretty good one. That was reportedly the budget of his new...
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Review – An Overlong Friends-to-Lovers Rom-Com
From top to bottom, People We Meet on Vacation is a streaming movie. It has been produced as part of Netflix’s Sony deal, but it...
‘Marcello Hernandez: American Boy’ Review – Is ADD Contagious?
As far as I know, ADD isn’t contagious, but Marcello Hernandez’s debut Netflix special, American Boy, will make you wonder. Filmed in Miami and bristling...
‘Ricky Gervais: Mortality’ Review – Another Predictable Special That Feels Too Easy
It takes an effort to remember this now, but Ricky Gervais used to be a very good comedian. For a while, he was probably my...
‘Elway’ Is A Refreshing Reminder That Sometimes You Don’t Need Controversy
I spent most of my time with Elway, Netflix’s definitive profile of Hall of Fame NFL quarterback John Elway, waiting for bad news. As an...