Mystery & Thriller
‘Ripper Street’ Series Review – A TV Show That Cannot Be Recommended Enough
London Metropolitan’s H Division turns to solving crimes in the wake of the Jack the Ripper killings. When Jack the Ripper took to the streets...
‘In The Dark’ Season 1 Review – A Huge Disappointment
In The Dark is a TV show that follows Detective Helen Weeks (MyAnna Buring) as she embarks upon two separate cases in two two-part stories....
Review – Rememory
It really must require a considerable amount of effort to take a premise as deliciously high-concept as the one found in Rememory and transform it...
Review – Wind River
According to the shaggy, matter-of-fact medical examiner on the Wind River Indian reservation, what happens when you gulp big mouthfuls of sub-zero air is that...
Review – It Comes at Night
If you were wondering what, exactly, comes at night, allow me to be the bearer of bad news: It’s not what you think. It’s not...
Review – Unlocked
My favourite thing about Unlocked – the new perplexingly well-cast espionage action-thriller from veteran director Michael Apted – is the title. Someone really must have...
Review – What Happened To Monday
I do not like Mondays. It is always a bit of a shock to get up so early and respond to colleagues after such a...
Review – Atomic Blonde
It’s Jane Wick. Okay, sorry, that’s not entirely accurate. But I’ve had that joke lined up since the first trailer, and while it might not...
‘You Get Me’ Review – Storytelling That’s Too Simple
It’s one of those Netflix movies that keeps getting churned out by the Netflix movie-maker factory. This time it’s a generic-looking thriller/drama called You Get...
Gone Girl Review – a spectacular and preposterous movie
As a story, Gone Girl is utterly preposterous. It’s the kind of writhing narrative built almost entirely upon big plot swerves; one heavily reliant on...
‘Split’ Review – An Extremely Distinguished Variety Of B-Movie
Everyone loves a comeback story. In sports, in the movies, in life, we enjoy seeing someone get beaten down and told they can’t until, eventually,...
”Dead Space: Downfall’ Review – A Glory Slab Of Survival Sci-Fi
As a general rule, video games make terrible movies. This is a fact. Browse briefly through the catalogue of German madman Uwe Boll. Take a...
‘Annabelle’ Review – A Disappointing and Unoriginal Horror Spin-Off
As a fun little exercise, I’d like you to imagine that every time I use quotation marks in this review of Annabelle, I’m also making...
‘Foxcatcher’ (2014) Review – This Low-Key, Serious Actor’s Showcase Is Undeniably A Triumph
When I sat down to watch Foxcatcher, I had no knowledge of Foxcatcher. Didn’t know it was a real-life tragedy; I had no idea the...
‘A Serbian Film’ (2010) Review – Do Yourself A Favour And Never Watch This
Please, never, ever watch A Serbian Film. That sounds like some kind of challenge, doesn’t it? I’d much rather you didn’t take it as one....
The Equalizer (2014) Review – A Classic Property Revived For A New Era
I know what you’re thinking, and so does The Equalizer. Most critics won’t ever peep their heads out from beneath the comfortable blanket of their...