FILM REVIEWS

The budget, the stunts and the stakes are all raised in Enola Holmes 2, but it's to the detriment of the charms the original possessed....

Some of the stories and sequences on display are riveting to watch but Boiling Point touches upon a few too many themes and subjects to...

The picture manages to stand out by more closely adhering to a youthful, soapy drama than to the rules of the horror genre. On the...

Unfortunately the movie spells out the entire backstory in fifties flashbacks that are bland, overwrought and rely too much on the acting...

The film still carries the same flaws that the very first film of Belgian duo Adil & Bilall displayed, only on a bigger budget. Belgian...

This German adaptation settles for broad pacifist themes and mostly forgets to add the moments of quiet poetic power that made the 1930...

Visually the picture's world-building is impressive, but it doesn't back that up with a coherent, easy to follow, compelling central...

Setting the story in an eastern cat world mostly works, the characters are well-designed and with its brisk runtime you never feel like...

Even the thing that is supposed to make the picture stand out - the fact that the title character isn't necessarily a good guy - falls...

When the film hits its stride, Argentina, 1985 makes for compelling viewing. The problem is: it takes the movie an awfully long time to...

The uninspiring direction is felt the most in the basketball scenes, which lack tension and visual prowess, while the performances can...

If the narrative doesn't stop you from engaging with the film, the visual style will certainly do the trick: Peter von Kant is detached...

The movie builds up to a climax that deprives the audience of what the trailers have promised: a rewarding final confrontation with...

The film's highlights are the wonderful costume designs, an agreeable musical score and a winning Lesley Manville performance. Before you...

There might be few surprises in the feelgood narrative, but Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is a film you are bound to recommend to all...

Even if Lena Dunham had opened up the tale to a broader audience, the plot is too predictable, many characters are drawn woefully thin...

I definitely didn't hate Amsterdam. Parts of the film I even really liked. But one can only describe the movie as a mess. Don't you hate...

An essential part of any successful satire is the need for a message that resonates. This is where Palme d'Or winner Triangle of Sadness...

The acting looks like improv night at the Grand Guignol, the jump-scares turn the volume up to eleven and the final act is woefully bland...

George Clooney and Julia Roberts do some remarkably heavy lifting but they cannot rescue this film's unconvincing central premise, the...