FILM REVIEWS

While there are a couple of decent concepts in Trap, with definite potential for nail-biting suspense, M. Night Shyamalan half-asses them...

Many of the sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek jokes in Deadpool & Wolverine land, yet as a piece of popcorn fun the irreverent Marvel mashup...

Creepy thriller Longlegs effectively draws you in with an abundance of atmosphere and a disturbing Nic Cage performance yet there is also...

An old-fashioned approach to storytelling combines with a heavy dose of feminism in Fly Me to the Moon yet after a thoroughly enjoyable...

While far from the worst movie of the year, Madame Web is definitely one of the most pointless ones, or how else would you describe a...

Juggling an enormous amount of disparate plot strands and characters old and new, Despicable Me 4 feels more like an unwieldy, laborious...

An incomprehensible Gallic comedy without a single joke that lands L’Empire cringingly blends sci-fi spoofs and social realism into a...

Neither a testosterone-filled biker film nor a deconstruction of the genre from a female point of view, The Bikeriders is to be applauded...

The on most accounts mild and unremarkable The Great Escaper caters specifically for the Sunday afternoon senior crowd, but veterans...

There are intimate moments in A Quiet Place: Day One that truly make an emotional connection – mostly due to an excellent Lupita Nyong’o...

Had the picture been made in the eighties Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. might have passed as serviceable entertainment, but now it’s just a...

While Inside Out 2 is a perfectly entertaining movie for the entire family, the picture’s narrative arc and central message are mostly a...

Despite being a major improvement over other recent ‘legacy’ horror prequels The First Omen is predictable, tepid and relies on a lame...

As fascinating as this satirical, unusual look at nascent democracy in Bhutan is, The Monk and the Gun struggles for tone and rhythm and...

Jim Henson: Idea Man works reasonably well as an amiable introduction to the man who gifted the world The Muppets but do not expect much...

If you’re not a fan of the ever more preposterous and over the top action franchise Bad Boys: Ride or Die won’t win you over, unless you...

The magical, transformative qualities of cinema, that La Contadora de Peliculas tries to propagate, are nowhere to be found in this...

Never dull yet never exhilarating either Furiosa ranks in the middle of the Mad Max pack: what it adds in character development and world...

A killer idea gets a humdrum execution in Hit Man, a movie that to no avail hopes that star Glen Powell’s charisma makes you look past...

For about an hour Five Nights at Freddy’s is a diverting, familiar spin on the haunted house movie, before a handful of overwrought plot...