Review – Roma (2018)
A divine vision, both inspiring and disquieting. Films, by their very nature, are a team effort. There are a colossal
Read moreA divine vision, both inspiring and disquieting. Films, by their very nature, are a team effort. There are a colossal
Read moreMuscular and mythical, tiresome and nauseating. You never forget your first, they say. Lars von Trier entered my life in
Read moreAn otherwise strongly performed piece suffocated by its director. Addiction is a curse. Addiction is a self-regulatory, horrific cycle. Addiction
Read moreFirst-rate Spidey meets world-class animation. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse shouldn’t work. The stupefying, impossibly conceived action sequences beckon belief, the
Read moreCosy, unassuming caper with pure heart. There’s a scene in David Lowery’s previous film, A Ghost Story, in which two
Read moreAn outré punch in the face of the establishment. Coming straight from the mind of rapper/music producer/filmmaker Boots Riley, Sorry to
Read moreGuadagnino’s visceral, gaudy retelling of Argento’s classic Far are the twinkle-twinkle soundscapes and fluorescent adolescents of Argento’s psychosis-warping horror classic, renowned
Read moreScattershot concoction of wizardry and excess plot. “Let there be milk” J.K Rowling likely said as she amped up to
Read moreContemporary mashes with the old-school in this grimy, violent tale. For all its brazen historical inaccuracies, Braveheart is a cornerstone
Read moreAn exceptional movie. Steve McQueen is an auteur of people. Their successes, their triumphs, their despairs, all are often explored
Read more“Mandy, you’re a fine girl” Nicholas Cage is the definitive lunatic actor, a fearless performer who happily takes on the
Read moreTeen-friendly but hard-hitting parable on racism. The film’s title, taken from the book upon which it is based, comes from
Read moreChazelle goes three-for-three. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” said Neil Armstrong, as he set foot
Read moreThe ultimate successor to a purely evil classic. There are few films as seminal as John Carpenter’s Halloween. The 1978
Read moreEl Royale with cheese. Drew Goddard shook the horror genre with his twisted deconstruction in 2012’s The Cabin in the
Read moreTwisted, hugely problematic spin-off with salvation in its laughs. Life, the 2017 space-horror flick, was a surprising watch. It borrowed
Read moreAn over-the-top ode to 87’s majesty. Predator, one half of the galaxy’s most feared and fierce monsters, first appeared on
Read moreLess Whoopi, barely spooky. The release of The Conjuring in 2013 had radical effects on the horror cinemascape – critics
Read moreSubtle in its revolution, powerful in its execution. Crazy Rich Asians isn’t a full on middle finger to the frequent
Read moreA shocking and thoroughly engaging mystery for today’s tech-obsessed generation. Searching, the feature film debut from Annesh Chaganty, looks like
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