Reviews

Mountainhead Review
Mountainhead Review

Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead, a paean to capitalist self-interest,...

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The Salt Path
The Salt Path Review

Hot on the heels of last year’s The Outrun (or, rather, trudging along behind...

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The Ballad Of Wallis Island Review
The Ballad Of Wallis Island Review

The Ballad Of Wallis Island begins with big-in-the-aughts folk singer Herb...

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Fountain Of Youth
Fountain Of Youth Review

Treasure-hunting action-adventure films are like precious relics: highly...

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Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch (2025) Review

Only a few years ago, when considering new projects, the Pixar and Disney teams...

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Hurry Up Tomorrow
Hurry Up Tomorrow Review

Clichéd scenes of debauchery abound in Hurry Up Tomorrow, although in fairness...

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The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme Review

With every Wes Anderson film, the growing concern is that the idiosyncratic...

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Bono Stories Of Surrender
Bono: Stories Of Surrender Review

Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way first: no, despite being produced...

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Hallow Road Review
Hallow Road Review

As cinematic challenges go, keeping things interesting while shooting in a...

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Review

Has the fuse finally been unlit? After 30 years of saving the world with...

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Final Destination Bloodlines
Final Destination Bloodlines Review

You don’t need ESP to know that Final Destination Bloodlines will start with...

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The Wedding Banquet Review
The Wedding Banquet Review

An updated version of Ang Lee’s 1993 movie of the same name, The Wedding...

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The Uninvited HERO
The Uninvited Review

‘Write what you know’ goes the old adage, and Hollywood scribes have long...

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The Surfer
The Surfer Review

We never learn the name of Nicolas Cage’s character in The Surfer. (He is...

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Cleaner
Cleaner Review

Every generation gets its own Die Hard. So potent is the power of John McClane...

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Another Simple Favour
Another Simple Favour Review

Paul Feig’s A Simple Favour was a sleeper hit, blending competitive...

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Until Dawn
Until Dawn Review

Roughly 15 minutes into Until Dawn, a creepy petrol station clerk warns a group...

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Thunderbolts*
Thunderbolts* Review

If the Avengers are Marvel’s A-team, the Thunderbolts feel a little like the...

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Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera
Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera Review

Gerard Butler is one of those actors who exists in a category all of his own: a...

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Cloud
Cloud Review

If Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 psychological horror Pulse was about how the...

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The Friend
The Friend Review

Yes, the synopsis for The Friend sounds like a discarded Friends subplot, but...

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HAVOC
HAVOC Review

There’s a vitalness to Gareth Evans’ filmmaking that is yet to lose...

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The Accountant 2
The Accountant 2 Review

Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant (2016), written by Bill Dubuque, introduced...

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The Penguin Lessons
The Penguin Lessons Review

From the jaunty opening music and wry delivery of Steve Coogan’s introductory...

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Sinners
Sinners Review

We’ve seen vampires as a metaphor for sin, sex and even Mormonism. Now Ryan...

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Freaky Tales
Freaky Tales Review

From its pulpy title, to its retro-computerised intro with Giorgio...

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G20
G20 Review

The premise of G20 is inherently silly. There’s no getting past it. It might...

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The Return
The Return Review

While we wait to see Homer’s Odyssey as a big-budget Christopher Nolan...

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Drop Review
Drop Review

Great ideas can strike in the strangest of circumstances. In the case of Drop,...

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