Movies
Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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‘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...
‘The Great Flood’ Review – Netflix’s Korean Disaster Movie Isn’t What It Seems
The Great Flood starts out as a very compelling disaster movie, but it almost becomes a disaster of a movie on the back of its...
The Ending Of ’10 Dance’ Is A Cynical Setup For An Unearned Sequel
If you were expecting the 10 Dance competition to feature in the ending of the movie 10 Dance, well… more fool you. Do I really...
’10 Dance’ Review – Tame Romance Is A Few Steps Shy Of A Full Routine
I will concede that I’m not in the target audience for 10 Dance, a Netflix film from Keishi Otomo, adapting the BL (boys’ love) manga...
‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Has A Final Trick, A Twist, and A Sequel Tease
One of the pleasures of the Now You See Me movies is the final trick, an elaborate show-stopper set-piece that highlights how everything was all...
‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Review – A Convincing Illusion Of A Good Movie
Magic requires a suspension of disbelief. You have to surrender yourself to the illusion. You know you’re being conned, but that’s the point, and if...
Unpacking the Ending of ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Devil Heads, Priceless Jewels, and the Road to Damascus
I’m pleased to report – albeit behind schedule – that Wake Up Dead Man, the third in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out mysteries, is probably the...
‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Is A Surprisingly Compelling Exploration Of Faith (And Murder, Obviously)
Wake Up Dead Man is the first Knives Out Mystery to realise that Daniel Craig’s eccentric detective Benoit Blanc is the least interesting thing about...
‘Merv’ Review – Proof That Dogs Improve Even Bad Movies
Much like how “horror movie, but with a dog” was more than enough of an elevator pitch for Good Boy, “rom com, but with a...