Reviews

Latest reviews from all era of film.

‘Euphoria’ Season 1 Review: HBO and A24 Deliver a Magnificent, Thrilling Portrait of Teenage Dysphoria

‘Hellboy’ Review: An Ugly Reboot That Completely Lets Down Its Source Material

‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Review: An Embarrassing Spin-Off That’s Anything but ‘Fast and Furious’

‘GLOW’ Season 3 Review: Energetic, Fiesty, and Brilliant

‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ Season 3 Review: A Powerful, Fluid Continuation of Its Previous Seasons

Fantasia 2019: ‘8’ Review – A South African Horror That Tackles Guilt And Grief

‘Seahorse’ Review: A Powerful Documentary of Trans Parenthood

Fantasia 2019: ‘Stare’ Review – A Refreshing New Addition to J-Horror

Pageantry, With a Vengeance: ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ at 20

Fantasia 2019: ‘The Incredible Shrinking Wknd’ Review – A Journey into Modern Relationships and Personal Growth

‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Review: Tarantino Goes For Broke With A Messy, Ambitious Nostalgia Trip

Fantasia 2019: ‘Another Child’ Review – An Intimate Portrayal of Family Affairs

Fantasia 2019: ‘The Wretched’ Review – A Chilling Blend of Fairy Tale and Horror

Fantasia 2019: ‘Knives and Skin’ Review – A Mesmerizing Exploration of a Small Town’s Large Grief

‘Queer Eye’ Season 4 Review: More of the Wonderful Same

‘Luz’ Review: A Gorgeous, Ambiguous Horror Debut Filled with Hypnosis and Possession

Fantasia 2019: ‘We Are Little Zombies’ Review – A Surreal and Satirical Exploration of Grief

‘Fast Color’ Review: A Superhero Story Three Generations in the Making

Fantasia 2019: ‘Critters Attack!’ Review – An Awesome Revival of a Cult Classic

‘Crawl’ Review: An Unrelenting Ride of Suspense, Terror, and Killer Alligators

Fantasia 2019: ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Review – A Dark Comedy That Creates Its Own Rules

Fantasia 2019: ‘Sadako’ Review – The Return of a Japanese Horror Icon

‘The Lion King’ Review: Jon Favreau’s Remake Sucks The Life Out of an Animated Classic

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Review: A Heartwarming Conclusion to the First Chapter of the MCU

‘Midsommar’ Review: A Horrifically Grounded Film Disguised as a Disturbing Daze

‘Stranger Things 3’ Review: Back and Stranger Than Ever

‘Yesterday’ Review: In A World Without The Beatles, A Dull Romance Wins Out

‘The Chambermaid’ Review: An Emotional, Rewarding Stay

‘Child’s Play’ Review: A Spiritless Narrative Saved by Imagination

‘Elisa & Marcela’ Review: Reclaiming Our Lesbian History

‘The Dead Don’t Die’ Review: A Sly and Brilliant Anti-Horror Film

‘Right Now, Wrong Then’ Review: A Beguiling Romance of Everyday Life

‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’: Revisiting the Sci-Fi Romance 15 Years Later

Sheffield Doc/Fest: ‘Hi, AI’ Review

‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ Review: A Masterful Display of Empathy and Love

‘Domino’ Review: De Palma’s Latest is an Unnecessary Thriller

Sheffield Doc/Fest: ‘For Sama’ Review

‘Dark Phoenix’ Review: A Difficult And Unsatisfactory Goodbye To A Beloved Franchise

‘Little Joe’ Review: A Puzzling Sci-Fi Horror

Sheffield Doc/Fest: ‘XY Chelsea’ Review

Sheffield Doc/Fest: ‘Diego Maradona’ Review

‘I Am Mother’ Review: A Technically Impressive Thriller With Femininity On its Mind

‘Ma’ Review: Exploits the Audience’s Expectations for an Entertaining Ride

‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ Review: A Frustrating Narrative Structure Makes for a Frustrating Sequel

‘Woman at War’ Review: An Ecological Thriller With a Delightful Tonal Twist

‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 Review: A Welcome Change to the Sci-Fi Anthology Series

‘The Nightingale’ Review: A Grueling and Grossly Offensive Misfire

‘Lucid’ Review

‘The Climb’ Review: One of the Underrated Gems of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival

‘Dolor y gloria’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s Latest is a Self-reflective Work

‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Review: Romance and Creativity Ignite

‘Apollo 11’ Review: Rivals its Science-Fictional Counterparts in Spectacle

‘Too Late to Die Young’ Review: Finding Freedom in a Post-Pinochet Chile

‘A Night at Switch n’ Play’ Review: A Well-Crafted and Well-Needed Dive into Drag Culture

‘The Tangle’ Review

‘Nina Wu’ Review: Harrowing Portrayal of Abuse in the Film Industry

‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Review: A Dull, Lumbering Monster of a Movie

‘Shed of the Dead’ Review

‘Always Be My Maybe’ Review: The Sweet Story of Childhood Love Being Reunited

‘Non-Fiction’ Review: Explorations in the Ambiguity of Auto-fiction and Modern Publication

‘Too Long at the Fair’ Review: A Flirty and Varied 14 Minutes

‘Mouthpiece’ Review: A Physical Manifestation of Women’s Complexities

‘Summer of Changsha’ Review: Feng Zu’s Latest is an Imbalance of Tone and Genre

‘The Halt’ Review: The Inescapable Doom of Humanity

‘After We Leave’ Review: An Intimate Sci-Fi Feature

‘The Farewell’ Review: A Beautiful, Heart-Wrenching Gift of a Film

‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson Transcend Their Roles in a Paranoia-Induced Fever Dream

‘Parasite’ Review: Bong Joon Ho’s Latest Feature is Untouchable

‘Matthias & Maxime’ Review: Incredibly Rich and Emotionally Compelling Conversation on the Parameters of Sexuality

‘Young Ahmed’ Review: A Profoundly Inappropriate and Misaligned Feature

‘Brightburn’ Review: Rots the Superman Origin Story From Inside Out

‘Sorry We Missed You’ Review: Loach Strikes Again With a Damning Assessment of Corporate Capitalism

‘A Hidden Life’ Review: A Beautiful Rendition of the Small Elegant Moments of Life

‘The Perfection Review’: A Twisty, Trashy Delight

‘Shadow’ Review

‘Aladdin’ Review

‘Rocketman’ Review

‘The Hustle’ Review – “The Clearest Paycheck You’ll Ever See”

‘Last Sunrise’ Review

‘Halston’ Review

‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ Review

‘See You Yesterday’ Review

‘Tolkien’ Review

‘Detective Pikachu’ Review

‘Knife + Heart’ Review

‘Everybody Knows’ Review

‘Now Apocalypse’ – Series Review

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Review

‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’: Season 2 Review

‘Under the Silver Lake’ Review

‘Hail Satan?’ Review

‘Someone Great’ Review

‘Wounds’ Review

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8, Episode 1 Review: Winterfell

‘The Souvenir’ Review

‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ Review

‘The Perfect Date’ Review

‘Her Smell’ Review

‘Triple Frontier’ Review

‘Missing Link’ Review