FILM REVIEWS

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is to be applauded for its taut storytelling and popping visuals but will be remembered most for one of the...

Look past the Brendan Fraser lovefest and you’ll find that not a lot of elements in The Whale, another tonally misjudged misfire for...

Florian Zeller should never be allowed to get away with the cynical audience manipulation he attempts in the film's irredeemable final...

Director Kormákur tries to spice up the proceedings by utilising relatively long takes but they cannot make up for a bland, tension-free...

Casting Tom Hanks against type is by far the best decision the picture makes but it doesn't remove the distinct, sickly sweet vanilla...

Forget about that Best Picture nomination: one can only call Women Talking an annoyingly self-important snoozefest. Women Talking is one...

The picture is easy to digest and contains a cast of heavy-hitters but as a James Gray film, it ranks in the lower echelons. In the past...

The by-the-numbers storylines introduced in the film's second half severely undercut the originality displayed in its opening half hour....

One has to wonder what this odd hybrid between the crowd-pleasing and the earnest Steven Spielberg has to offer for the average...

There is an authenticity that runs through the entire picture, even if The Inspection never totally fulfills its intriguing promise....

Such a shame that in its closing stretch Jafar Panahi’s No Bears adds abrupt, out-of-nowhere drama to a film that works best when it’s...

The movie's valid points about identity, cultural divides and the need for family connections are too often buried under a needlessly...

You simply won’t have experienced some of the best movie moments of the year if you haven’t seen this unassuming little gem. It takes a...

If only the scenes that successfully explore family relations would have been expanded upon, the bland and disappointing Alcarràs might...

A brilliant Cate Blanchett performance aside, Tár is a movie that delights, puzzles and frustrates in equal measures. With Tár, his first...

The nearer Babylon approaches the three-hour mark, the more the realisation hits that you could cut just about any scene from the picture...

In small, fleeting moments of childish mischief, first kisses and dinner table interaction L’immensitá is an immensely enjoyable slice of...

A major problem of this movie is a cliché backstory that adds overlong convoluted melodrama to a film that should have been at least half...

Every time the movie sags – and that happens a bit too often – you still remain invested in the story thanks to the authenticity Aubrey...

The picture’s far from hidden agenda continually squeezes the life out of the narrative while Eichner makes for a too egocentric,...