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3/5
Mortal Kombat II (2026) Amon Warmann The creatively gory fighting and amusing -- if shallow -- characters just about compensate for the paper-thin story. But at its best, it’s a lot of dumb fun. 
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Hokum (2026) Kim Newman Hokum isn’t just hokum. On top of an affecting personal quest for a non-despairing ending, it delivers a full evening of scares, chills, wicked jokes and haunted escape-room hijinks.
Posted May 01, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) Beth Webb A sequel that serves its characters with a fresh story instead of relying solely on the tropes of its predecessor. This high-fashion tale could have benefited from higher stakes, but Streep and company remain as in vogue as ever.
Posted May 01, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Black Christmas (1974) Mark Dinning Fascinating as opposed to wholly enjoyable, Bob Clark's Canadian sorority house slasher is largely gore-free, but bolsters the anaemia with a genuinely disturbing tone that draws on the creepy Old Dark House thrillers of old.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Sheep Detectives (2026) Harry Stainer These furry detectives are no Hercule Poir-ewe, but this eclectic, well-voiced herd takes on the case with enough earnestness to make it a yarn worth telling.
Posted Apr 28, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Rose of Nevada (2025) Neil Alcock Mark Jenkin is still Mark Jenk-ing: the most stubbornly analogue filmmaker out there has produced another satisfyingly baffling film about Cornish communities and the supernatural tension between past and present.
Posted Apr 24, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Glenrothan (2025) Laura Venning While it may inspire you to book a Highland holiday, there’s little else to take away from such a soppy passion project.
Posted Apr 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Apex (2026) John Nugent Just a solidly made cat-and-mouse thriller, with muscularly committed performances from its two leads. It’ll make you want to explore the Great Outdoors and simultaneously never leave your house again.
Posted Apr 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Mother Mary (2026) John Nugent A defiantly avant-garde take on commercial chart-toppers. It’s not for everyone, but it deserves to be: a gorgeous fusion of film, fashion, faith, and certified bangers.
Posted Apr 23, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Michael (2026) John Nugent Hugely impressive musical and dance performances from the two young men playing Michael Jackson cannot shake off the uncomfortable fact that there is an entire other side to the pop star’s story which is entirely conspicuous by its absence here.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Thrash (2026) Ben Travis More shallow than The Shallows, and lacking the depth of even Deep Blue Sea, this has chuckle-worthy moments but will be forgotten roughly 47 metres down in the lower-echelons of shark cinema.
Posted Apr 20, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Barry Levitt A daring reimagining of an oft-told story, Kiss Of The Spider Woman features some sensational musical moments that nicely hark back to classic Hollywood, but struggles to reconcile two very different worlds.
Posted Apr 20, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) Dan Jolin Domestic chills, body horror, paranormal scares and gore-drenched action combine in a very distinct but rather uneven — and at times contentious — take on a classic monster icon.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Outcome (2026) Ian Freer Ultimately Outcome needed a more refined, truthful director.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
Balls Up (2026) John Nugent As far as titles go, Balls Up is about right. This is a disaster.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
You, Me & Tuscany (2026) Sophie Butcher Charming performances from Bailey and Page can’t make up for the crushing levels of cringe. More an underwhelming pasta ready-meal than a fine-dining experience.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Ian Freer Closer to the gentle humanism of Paterson than Jarmusch’s cooler, ironic output, Father Mother Sister Brother is a small-scale and singular treat.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
undertone (2025) John Nugent A cautionary tale against the dangers of excessive podcasting, this is a supremely spooky sonic ordeal. As an allegory for Catholic guilt, it’s haunting; as an auditory experience, it’ll fuck you up.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Fuze (2025) John Nugent It’s thinner than the paper it’s written on, and full of questionable choices — but in a switch-your-brain-off kind of way, this will adequately activate your heist glands. Light the fuze!
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) Helen O'Hara The moments of fan service might keep the hardcore happy, but for everyone else over the age of five it’s just a succession of loud, bright things happening without any real point.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Drama (2026) Emma Stefansky As dark as it gets, it is often hilarious in that cruel, keen way that Borgli has proved to be a specialist.
Posted Mar 31, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Splitsville (2025) Harry Stainer The kind of good old-fashioned adult comedy we don’t see enough — delivering a confident commentary on the mess of modern sex and relationships. Unpredictable, unromantic and, most importantly, unbelievably funny.
Posted Mar 28, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 (2025) Neil Alcock A bitter howl at the injustice of the modern world, intellectualised through one of literature’s shrewdest figures. Powerful and eye-opening, but Orwell himself might have preferred a less partisan approach.
Posted Mar 28, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
They Will Kill You (2026) Helen O'Hara Blood-drenched and gore-splattered, anchored by a hard-as-nails performance by Beetz, this is a thinly plotted but immensely fun horrorfest. Best watched with a strong stomach.
Posted Mar 28, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Pal Joey (1957) David Parkinson ...the demands of the Production Code meant that the screenwriter Dorothy Kingsley had to heavily sanitise the narrative, with the result that an unregenerate heel became merely a flawed hero.
Posted Mar 26, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Bad News Bears (1976) Ian Nathan The brawling, cussing, frankly lumpy pack of kids are so magnificently unsentimental.
Posted Mar 25, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) Helen O'Hara Its magical denizens too often look and feel like out-of-season pantomime characters, but there’s just enough heart and humour to make this enchanting.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Reminders of Him (2026) Helen O'Hara It’s easy on the eye, and indeed the brain, but this is nowhere near as sharply written or plotted as it should be to bring these characters to life.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Howling (1981) Mark Dinning Seminal 80s scream queen Wallace whips up the perfect blend of vulnerability and sass, enlivening an already witty script and lending genuine pathos to the killer finale.
Posted Mar 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Dead Man's Wire (2025) John Nugent Van Sant’s previous historical fictions have been more incisive, but this is a tense crime thriller, with a solid new addition to Bill Skarsgård’s rogues’ gallery of scumbags.
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Arco (2025) John Nugent A special sort of film, one which can be enjoyed as a dark climate-change allegory and a bright, colourful, emotional yarn on friendship and family. Fantastique!
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
In the Blink of an Eye (2026) A.A. Dowd Director Andrew Stanton weaves together three different stories across three different eras of human history. The result is a streaming epic as painfully sappy as it is structurally ambitious.
Posted Mar 14, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Scarlet (2025) Kambole Campbell Mamoru Hosoda’s continuing experiments with animation are passable enough. But it’s not enough to uplift this loose adaptation of a literary classic with its rather clumsy thesis on cycles of violence. 
Posted Mar 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) Harry Stainer Round two’s double-or-nothing approach means there are fewer surprises this time around. Yet as Weaving’s endlessly watchable bride gets even bloodier, it’s hard not to crack a smile at the relentless fun.
Posted Mar 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere (2026) John Nugent With some genuinely shocking moments, this is a fascinating, frightening —  if frustrating — account of masculinity in crisis.  
Posted Mar 12, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Project Hail Mary (2026) John Nugent This is for the most part an absolute space-smash: stupidly entertaining stuff about seriously clever speculative concepts. Hail, Mary!
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
RoboCop 2 (1990) Mark Cooper If you like to stagger away from a film feeling numb and slightly sick, this one's for you.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Mother's Pride (2025) John Nugent Parochial pub-based piffle — like a pint that’s gone a bit flat. But you can’t doubt its sincerity.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
War Machine (2026) James Dyer A brainless, bombastic, bomb-tastic action romp, this is absurd on almost every level, and far more fun than it has any right to be.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) Dan Jolin With its edgy style intact, The Immortal Man never takes its eye off the Peaky faithful. But keeping the fans happy is a double-edged sword, as it can’t help but just feel like an extra-long episode rather than a standalone cinematic experience.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
THE BRIDE! (2026) Leila Latif Fans of Maggie Gyllenhaal will be disappointed; fans of Mary Shelley will be disappointed; fans of unhinged cinema will be morbidly intrigued.
Posted Mar 09, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
Sirāt (2025) Ian Freer So intense you’ll want to scarper but so riveting you can’t leave, Sirāt is an assault on the senses, mind and emotions. If only all movies took swings this bold.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Sophie Butcher A one-of-a-kind cinematic experience from Mona Fastvold, shot in glorious 70mm, fuelled by music and movement that will shake your soul. See it on the big screen, if you can.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) Barry Levitt The offstage elements may slightly underwhelm, but Luhrmann’s kaleidoscopic exploration of Elvis’ Vegas residency is one of the most thrilling musical experiences you can have at a cinema.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Scream 7 (2026) Jamie Graham It’s no Scream. Or, indeed, The Babadook. But Kevin Williamson’s meta-slasher has solid emotional underpinning and a handful of ace scenes.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Hoppers (2026) John Nugent Don’t call it a comeback -- but this is really strong stuff from Pixar: funny, thoughtful, sweet, making for a heartfelt paean to nature, and beavers in particular. Dam good.
Posted Mar 02, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Cold Storage (2026) Kim Newman A clever, funny, suspenseful, interestingly cynical science-fiction horror movie with a great collection of monsters — courtesy of make-up geniuses Dave and Lou Elsey — and a cast whose enthusiasm is, appropriately, infectious.
Posted Feb 24, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Helen O'Hara This starts strong but doesn’t always have the room to explore all the ideas it crams in, even with a lengthy running time. Still, Rockwell’s man-on-a-mission is a delight.
Posted Feb 24, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Postman (1994) Ian Nathan This daft heartbreaker’s most sophisticated boast is that it principals are chatting in Italian. Not that it should be painted as a bad film, it is lovely looking and very sweet, only a one-dimensionally limited one.
Posted Feb 22, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) Miriam Balanescu Though not one for subtlety, Bronstein’s pressure-cooking, panic-mongering sophomore feature is perversely enjoyable — as long as you can take the stress.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
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