FILM REVIEWS

Saint Omer failes to secure an emotional reaction from the audience, partly because of the detached filming style, partly because the...

The story itself - a bland morality tale about the ethical treatment of animals - definitely isn't Eo's strong suit, but the visuals...

It truly is remarkable how The Stranger, boasted by a couple of stand-out lead performances, manages to get under your skin and create an...

There's no doubt groundbreaking director Robert Downey Sr. deserves a decent documentary. But maybe next time, let a true film historian...

This creature feature strikes such a right balance between campy dialogue, fun characters and thrilling set-pieces that it's impossible...

The Good Nurse contains enough harmless, easily digestible entertainment to more or less hold your attention, but there is no excuse for...

It isn't until the final act, when director Ali Abbasi confronts the hypocritical Iranian regime head-on, that Holy Spider becomes more...

She Said feels like a by-the-numbers take on an explosive subject and only truly comes alive in a handful of one-off sequences with scene...

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, despite excellent performances by the leading duo, might have worked a lot better as a TV miniseries, a...

Good Night Oppy had me welling up more than once as I rooted all the way for the Mars rovers at the centre of the film. It's easily one...

Children up to a certain age will no doubt lap up the quaint characters and colourful designs, but overal My Father's Dragon is too naïve...

Where the picture truly stumbles is in the characterisation, as all the characters apart from Taylor-Joy's are immensely unlikeable,...

From the spot-on eighties recreation to a wonderfully eclectic musical score and the exquisite direction of Luca Guadagnino, Bones and...

Despite a wonderful sense of mood, an excellent premise and faultless casting, The Wonder never truly grows on you. There is a lot of...

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood struggles to bring the epic nature of the tale to life, while the picture's overall message is a piece of...

Much about your appreciation for Zillion, which sells itself as a Flemish version of The Wolf of Wall Street, will hinge on how much you...

I could have done without the often condescending voice-over but that is a minor quibble in an excellent, thorough movie essay. I am a...

The brittle beauty of the first half of Close is replaced by predictable metaphors in the second half, which ultimately makes the tale...

For a movie that lasts an indefensibly long 161 minutes the plot of Wakanda Forever is very slight, not to mention excruciatingly...

Every attempt at comedy misses the mark, the editing lacks a pulse and the acting is annoying across the board during 90 stupendously...