Reviews

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Book Club: The Next Chapter Review

The four 70-something women of BOOK CLUB (2018) return in BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER. Vivian (Jane Fonda), Diane (Diane Keaton) Sharon (Candice Berge...

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Polite Society Review

Part coming of age teen drama and part action thriller, Polite Society, the debut film from writer-director Nida Manzoor, is a must-see this year. Ric...

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Evil Dead Rise Review

2013 saw the release of Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead. At its time, a welcome remake of Sam Raimi’s original college film affair. With Raimi producing, Evi...

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Infinity Pool Review

Infinity Pool, the most recent film from Brandon Cronenberg, is a twisted extended metaphor for the trappings of luxury and inner darkness we all harb...

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The Pope’s Exorcist Review

Julius Avery and Russell Crowe invite us to the mouth of hell to witness a bipolar cinematic spectacle. With 2018’s Overlord, Avery proved his talent ...

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review

The Super Mario Bros. Movie warped into cinemas this week, hoping to surpass the video game movie adaptations that have come before it. The Super Mari...

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Air Review

All too often star-studded casts in keenly anticipated films have disappointed us and many worried that Air would fall into this disappointing trend b...

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John Wick: Chapter 4 Review

The ever-explosive John Wick: Chapter 4 marks the fourth (appropriately named) instalment in the beloved action film franchise. With their finger on t...

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Review

Paramount Pictures rolls the dice with its new fantasy adventure film – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Directing/writing duo John ...

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods Review

Warner Bros. Pictures’ latest epic DC superhero flick is out – Shazam! Fury of the Gods – the sequel to the criminally underrated Sh...

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Scream VI Review

The first Sidney Prescott-less Scream instalment re-locates the carnage to the Big Apple, cranks up the number of stab wounds, and revels in murder me...

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Champions Review

Champions is yet another ‘inspirational’ film where a washed up, onerous, able bodied white man (played by Woody Harrelson) is taught to to appreciate...

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Creed III Review

Michael B Jordan, everybody’s favourite Killmonger (Black Panther), stars in and directs what seems likely to be the final chapter in a Creed trilogy ...

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Cocaine Bear Review

Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect 2) returns to the directing chair, four years after her less than stellar Charlie’s Angels reboot. This time, it’s to t...

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Knock at the Cabin Review

On the big screen since February 2nd, Universal Pictures and M. Night Shyamalan (Signs, The Village) invites you to witness the apocalypse. Knock at t...

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Spoiler Alert Review

Spoiler Alert: stories of good men dying young will always make you cry, but sometimes they can leave audiences looking for more. It feels oddly harsh...

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The Whale Review

“…and I felt saddest of all when I read the boring chapters that were only descriptions of whales, because I knew that the author was just trying to s...

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TÁR Review

Cate Blanchett is note perfect as the lead in Todd Field’s much anticipated drama Tár, but is it a film that is too wrapped up in itself to appeal to ...

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What’s Love Got to Do With It? Review

I’m not too sure about you, but it has been a very long time since I thoroughly enjoyed a modern rom-com, but What’s Love Got to Do with It? certainly...

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Babylon Review

Like the elephant in the opening scene that relaxes its sphincter and covers one of its handlers in liquid filth, Damien Chazelle puckers up and explo...