Filip – Review
The tagline on the poster for Michal Kwiecinski’s Filip reads “Scoundrel? Hero? Victim?” and that perfectly sums up the tone and style of this film. At times sumptuous and erotic, at others violent a...
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Barbie – Review
Greta Gerwig’s candy-coloured Barbie movie has been one of the most anticipated movies of the past few years. One half of the so-called “Barbenheimer”, it hit the box offices in a wave of pink and se...
Oppenheimer – Review
“Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.” Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherman’s book, American Prometheus, weaves effortlessly between the...
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Review
It’s hard to deny that Tom Cruise is a man in top form right now. Last years surprise sensation Top Gun: Maverick drove audiences back into cinemas in their numbers with its roaring action and incred...
Sisu – Review
Sisu, as the title cards to Jalmari Helander’s film will tell you, is a word that cannot be translated into English. It means “a white knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination”. Essent...
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
It’s possibly the nostalgia talking, but I absolutely loved Dungeons & Dragons growing up. Not the role-playing game (I didn’t have that many friends) but the cartoon that ran in the ...
Aftersun – Review
Cinema viewers of a certain age will recall all too well the sights, sounds and smells of a mid-1990s package holiday. The FILA trackies, the lukewarm beers, the dodgy looking flumes, the beige and b...
Holy Spider – Review
There’s something about those five little words, based on a true story, that really draws viewers in. Especially when we feel like we are being given access to a different side of the story. Ali Abba...
Faraway – Review
There surely cannot be any more romantic stories left to tell in cinema. Boy meets girl, the pair don’t get on, there’s a big mix up and, eventually, they fall in love. It’s a story that’s been told ...
Fall – Review
Climbing an abandoned radio tower that soars 2000 feet into the cloudless Mojave Desert sky. It sounds like something Tom Cruise would probably consider doing before breakfast. Instead, it’s the plot...