The Unforgivable – Review Patrick Nabarro December 21, 2021 Reviews On paper, the credentials for The Unforgivable must have seemed promising. It had been adapted from Sally Wainwright's generally well-received British TV series, Unforgiven, from 2009, it featured a scenario...
The Woman in the Window – Review Weiting Liu May 15, 2021 Reviews Despite director Joe Wright’s aesthetically-pleasing visual storytelling, cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel’s thoughtful coordination of symbolic framing and lighting, and a stellar cast attempting to...
The Mitchells vs. The Machines – Review Phil W. Bayles April 30, 2021 Reviews Even if you didn’t already know that The Mitchells vs. The Machines - originally titled Connected - was produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, you’d probably guess it within five minutes. It bears...
Thunder Force – Review Louise Burrell April 11, 2021 Reviews Another week, another Netflix original. With the average and distinctly below-average features mounting up for the streaming service, Thunder Force is yet another total misstep to add to the pile. This time we...
Concrete Cowboy – Review Rory Steabler April 3, 2021 Reviews Concrete Cowboy stars Idris Elba and Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin as an estranged father and son whose fraught reunion takes place in Philadelphia’s underground horse-riding scene. This setting –...
Moxie – Review Anna McKibbin March 2, 2021 Reviews Vivian, the protagonist of Amy Poehler’s Moxie, starts the film timid, quietly submitting to the high school superlative of “most obedient”, and by the end of the film she is clad in a leather jacket...
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Review Anahit Behrooz December 21, 2020 Reviews Midway through Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the eponymous singer – played by Viola Davis – sits with one of her band members in their studio. She has, until now, been portrayed as a diva: refusing to sing...
Mank – Review Tom Bond December 6, 2020 Reviews Herman J. Mankiewicz is not anybody’s first choice for a prestige Hollywood biopic. He may have co-written one of the greatest films of all time, Citizen Kane (and that’s debated), but to most people the...
Hillbilly Elegy – Review Anna McKibbin November 26, 2020 Reviews In an early scene of Hillbilly Elegy, our protagonist, J.D. Vance, is at a catered three-course meal desperately trying to differentiate between the silverware positioned before him. It’s a familiar...
I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Review Anahit Behrooz September 5, 2020 Reviews No one conveys the surreal tragedy of disappointed love quite like Charlie Kaufman. Much like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which Kaufman penned, his new directorial feature I’m Thinking of Ending...
Work It – Review George Howarth August 8, 2020 Reviews Netflix teen movies follow the same recipe: take a peppy teen star protagonist, comic relief, a love interest, break-up and make-up plot points, mix them together, pour into a high school, bake for 90 minutes...
All Day And A Night – Review Carmen Paddock May 3, 2020 Reviews Joe Robert Cole’s second feature eschews the usual techniques for establishing audience rapport with its central character: before viewers properly get to know aspiring rapper Jakhor (Ashton Sanders), he...
A Secret Love – Review Louise Burrell May 3, 2020 Reviews Originally lined up to premiere at this year’s now cancelled SXSW, Netflix have stepped in to release Chris Bolan’s documentary A Secret Love. With Jason Blum onboard as executive producer and Ryan Murphy...
Tigertail – Review Louise Burrell April 13, 2020 Reviews Best known as co-creator of Master of None, Alan Yang brings the deeply personal story of his family’s history to Netflix. Tigertail tells the story of Pin-Jui, a poor Taiwanese factory worker who embarks on...
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle – Review Tom McAdam December 15, 2018 Reviews Originally scheduled for release back in 2016 before being blindsided by Disney announcing a remake of their own, Andy Serkis’ directorial effort has finally found its footing on Netflix, bringing us a new...