FILM REVIEWS

Is it really worth it to sit through two hours of predictable set-up without any good pay-off to look forward to? Scrape away all the...

Not only is the pacing of the movie curiously off, the picture never quite knows what kind of film it wants to be. There is an abundance...

One of the most indulgent director's follies to reach movie theatres in recent times, the picture is gorgeous to look at but an almighty...

Prey gets kudos for at least trying something novel yet ends up feeling much the same as all the other Predator movies before it. Let me...

Halfway through some twists and turns derail Ritual to such an extent that the movie goes off the boil spectacularly fast. For its first...

I cared little for what happens in the underdeveloped Sundown, which is more a self-indulging gimmick than a film. Sundown starts...

With saintly protagonists and pantomime villains, who are beyond redemption, Tori and Lokita is scarcely believable in all its forced...

The movie has got a couple of laugh-out-loud moments, but I prefer my satires a bit less obvious and infinitely more biting. Ever since...

The vampire flick connects all the dots required for a formulaic action movie. Luckily the cast, especially Dave Franco, regularly rises...

What should have been an emotional slam dunk becomes a perfunctory, overlong docudrama which oddly fails to engage you at any point. The...

This failed mix between old-school adventure and modern gadgets is let down the most by a screenplay that lacks charm and coherence. As a...

The artistic choices by cast and crew make the movie much more a dour affair than an uplifting one. I really wanted to like The Last Bus,...

Thor: Love and Thunder leaves the franchise where The Quest for Peace left the original Superman film series: without a shred of dignity...

There definitely is a taut, scary thriller hidden somewhere inside The Black Phone. Director Derrickson just refuses to let it escape....

Perhaps the blandest film Pixar has ever released, Lightyear struggles to find a beating pulse underneath the uninspired animation....

When you leave the movie theatre you still have no idea who Elvis Presley is and what makes him tick. Like all Baz Luhrmann films Elvis...

Men is an almighty mess that borders on the unwatchable, with a main gimmick as hokey as a mediocre Twilight Zone episode. After the...

Director Colin Trevorrow forgets to give the audience a sense of awe and wonder about the dinosaurs in this charmless threequel. Jurassic...

The characters and their narrative remain mostly undercooked but the quirky wool-based animation is excellent. If you're expecting a...

This is not a gritty sports drama. It’s a film that leaves the heart cold, the eyes drowsy and the mind bored. Cool Abdoul might be based...