Reviews

Morita Go delivers a disturbingly realistic performance as a psycho-slasher with a multiple personality disorder that rapidly switches during scenes and keeps the audience constantly guessing. The first 40...

The dust is settling after the smashing opening weekend of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest blockbuster, Captain America: Civil War. Before China and the USA - the two largest markets for Avengers: Age...

I Saw the Light lurks disappointingly in the depths of biopic mediocrity, as a clunky structure (with annoying black and white ‘retrospective interviews’) does no favours for a frustratingly slow-moving...

Streep is typically spectacular as the caterwauling clubwoman, giving a performance which treads the fine line between delicate and deluded with grace. Hell, she’s even a magnificent bad-singer. It’s a...

Fear not – Bad Neighbours 2 is fresh, funny and, as with any Seth Rogen film, it sports a lot of weed-related shenanigans. What’s not to enjoy? There were concerns that, as with most comedy sequels, the...

How do you face death? On your own terms or scrapping every step of the way? It’s a question we have to face more and more often as an ageing population, and one that Truman answers brilliantly. Despite...

Malick poses questions about purpose and life whilst running on an empty tank. As expected, Emmanuel Lubezki (DP for Gravity and Birdman) achieves wonders for Malick, transforming urban landscapes and GoPro...

With her second feature, Lucile Hadžihalilović crafts a complex and unsettling body horror set on a mysterious island, inhabited only by boys and young women. The strange, symbiotic, maternal...

The tragedy of Scheherazade, which has formed the framework of the stories, finally coalesces to create possibly the most affecting section of all three volumes. She wanders her kingdom, enjoying its beauty...

Golden Years is as grey as it gets. With plodding pace, decrepit cliché and a senile sense of storytelling, that this ever made it beyond ITV3’s film choice for a Tuesday morning is mind-boggling. The...

Developing the allegorical structure of Volume 1, Volume 2 offers a more thoughtful approach. Gone are the exploding whales of the opening chapter, though it’s safe to say a streak of animal-based absurdity...

With a performance that cements his standing as one of the most consistent leading men in Hollywood, Jake Gyllenhaal shines as the twitchy, introverted Davis, a banker struggling with the sudden death of his...

It’s a big year for Ricky Gervais, what with hosting, features, and stand-up on the cards. However, if the return to the Globes was a solid first step, then Special Correspondents is a stumble into...

Civil War assembles the Avengers for an all-out all-star battle. With newcomers Black Panther and Spider-Man offering show-stealing highlights, appetites are left whetted for the future, rather than teased...

For a certain niche of people in their mid-twenties and younger, a Ratchet & Clank film is a bizarre and nostalgic prospect. Reassuringly, these videogame fan favourites have made it onto the big screen...