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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
I've Seen All I Need to See (2025) Wendy Ide The muddy sound and murky plotting do little to shine a light on the picture’s underpowered story.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Swapped (2026) Wendy Ide It’s all rather predictable, but the world-building is distinctive and the animation is pleasingly lush.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Hokum (2026) Wendy Ide The film is efficiently tense, despite some clunky exposition, and delivers a handful of highly effective jump scares.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Wild Foxes (2025) Wendy Ide Carnoy’s lean storytelling and the impressive performances from the young cast mean that the film lands its emotional punches with force.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) Wendy Ide This is The Devil Wears Prada -- surely cosiness is not the point? The astringent savagery of the first film has been watered down.
Posted May 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Driver (1978) Philip French All in all, an immaculate and masterly little movie.
Posted Apr 28, 2026  Edit critic review
Speechless (2026) Andrew Anthony Some of the universities in this marathon film have clearly lost faith in the idea that the best way to oppose an opinion is by articulating a more convincing one. There may be many sophisticated reasons for that, but I wouldn’t rule out rank cowardice.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Exit 8 (2025) Wendy Ide It’s a claustrophobic and creepy premise, executed with economy and style. But by its nature, the film is also relentlessly repetitive, losing some of its oppressive potency by the third chapter.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Surviving Earth (2025) Wendy Ide It’s a small story, but Gajić -- who was inspired by her own father’s experience -- has an eye for colour and for human flaws, and Sobin’s chaotic, energetic performance gives the story weight.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Rose of Nevada (2025) Wendy Ide Jenkin makes a point of showing us what he wants us to see, rather than allowing us to discover scenes for ourselves. I have been resistant to this approach in the past, but here it works rather well.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Primavera (2025) Wendy Ide While it may not hold up to historical scrutiny, it is escapism at its most elegant.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Mother Mary (2026) Wendy Ide The individual ingredients in this lavish, theatrical film are promising. But while it achieves moments of dark magic -- predominantly those in which Coel gives free rein to her witchy impulses -- it doesn't quite hold together.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Michael (2026) Wendy Ide It’s hard to say what’s more disappointing about Antoine Fuqua’s aggressively anodyne Michael Jackson movie: the details that are left out or the hackneyed directing choices that made it in.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Philip French Another of John Hughes's slick, knowing comedies of high school, life in Chicago.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025) Wendy Ide Law is terrific, and there’s a choking sense of ominous tension whenever he’s on screen. Unfortunately, he’s not on camera nearly enough to justify The Wizard of the Kremlin’s overlong runtime, stodgy pacing and other considerable issues.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Wendy Ide Bill Condon’s lavish, soullessly spectacular Kiss of the Spider Woman is an adaptation of the stage musical rather than a remake of Héctor Babenco’s 1985 film.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
La venue de l'avenir (2025) Wendy Ide It’s a pretty, slightly kitsch confection, but this millefeuille of family secrets and art history is rather delightful.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
The Blue Trail (2025) Wendy Ide It’s oddly abrupt in its conclusion, but this weird and defiantly original picture is quite a trip.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Glenrothan (2025) Wendy Ide This double measure of heart-warming whimsy is too watered down to have much of a kick.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Rebuilding (2025) Wendy Ide The film is rich with an American indie-movie sincerity that can be off-putting -- a bit like having a conversation with someone who insists on too much meaningful eye contact. But somehow it coalesces into something gently profound.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Fight Club (1999) Philip French It's a dangerous and unnerving movie because, while they are manifestly defending civilised values, Fincher and company involve us at a visceral level in the seductive attractions of what the film attacks.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Legend (1985) Philip French Coming from the gifted director of The Duellists, Alien and Blade Runner, Ridley Scott's Legend is a grave disappointment.
Posted Apr 18, 2026  Edit critic review
You, Me & Tuscany (2026) Wendy Ide It’s as tacky as a Cornetto advert, and as predictable as a sugar crash.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
undertone (2025) Wendy Ide This chilling horror is further proof that all you need to create a terrifying film is an actor, a computer screen and some creatively unsettling sound design.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
California Schemin' (2025) Wendy Ide James McAvoy’s boisterous directorial debut is a likable if predictable real-life tall tale of a pair of scrappy underdogs in Scottish rap who, for a moment, seemed poised for greatness.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
The Stranger (2025) Wendy Ide Up until the conclusion of the trial, the film -- like Meursault himself -- is uneasily compelling. But unfortunately, the final act unravels, losing some of the elegant economy that makes the first section so intriguing.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Wendy Ide Utterly compelling. It’s a small treasure of a film that muses on awkward, angular family dynamics through loaded silences, strained politeness and copious tea-drinking.
Posted Apr 13, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop 3 (1993) Mark Amory It is too much and becomes tedious.
Posted Apr 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Jerry Maguire (1996) Philip French What might have borne comparison with a salty Warner Brothers comedy of the Thirties or Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie turns into a wildly overlong self-help tract.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
James and the Giant Peach (1996) Philip French The central section of the film is a constant delight.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Victor/Victoria (1982) Philip French The film is neither felicitous nor particularly enlightened.
Posted Apr 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Drama (2026) Wendy Ide Borgli’s sharp writing achieves a precarious balance of provocation and bad taste. And the craft of the picture is impressive. But the film’s wit, daring and overall success is largely owed to the formidable performances by Zendaya and Pattinson.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) Wendy Ide The problem is not that it’s messy, but that it’s stultifyingly dull.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Kim Novak's Vertigo (2025) Wendy Ide It should be fascinating. Unfortunately, the self-absorbed Novak has very little insight to impart.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Two Women (2025) Wendy Ide There's something rather joyless and dated about this picture. It's a sex comedy viewed through a feminist lens that still manages to show its female characters as neurotic, brittle and unstable.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Night Stage (2025) Wendy Ide What makes it distinctive is the way it depicts a collision of two worlds... Plus, there's the not-insignificant detail that the two leads are unfeasibly attractive, with enormous chemistry.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Fuze (2025) Wendy Ide Notwithstanding a couple of silly moments, this is an enjoyable if pulpy watch.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
The Muppet Movie (1979) Philip French ...The Muppet Movie is an artistic failure.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Towering Inferno (1974) Russell Davies All in all, a better fright than Earthquake, and very nearly as hokey.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards (2026) Barbara Ellen Despite the royal overkill, there’s little sense here of a symbol of establishment power toppled. It makes an effort to be prestige, but the drama is ultimately brought down by its sensationalist instincts.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) Wendy Ide If you can get past some rather overegged child-actor performances, it’s an enjoyable enough option for Easter holiday family entertainment.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
The Last Blossom (2025) Wendy Ide It’s a lovely picture, notable for its emotional sophistication, elegantly unshowy graphic style and especially its use of music.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025) Wendy Ide Below the Clouds is a rewarding, wryly funny mosaic of a turbulent city, flanked by volcanoes and rich with stories.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
DJ Ahmet (2025) Wendy Ide It’s a rich depiction of a traditional Yörük community -- Turkic tribal people -- that feels authentically lived in rather than an ethnographic curio, as well as a fresh coming-of-age film.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Splitsville (2025) Wendy Ide The problem is this exhaustingly open-minded yet curiously dated rom-non-monogamy-com is lacking the chemistry and comedic bite needed to make it distinctive.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Two Prosecutors (2025) Wendy Ide The film is extraordinary: the measured pace exerts an ever-tightening chokehold of tension, and the period details are brilliantly evoked.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Pal Joey (1957) C.A. Lejeune Some of the tunes, particularly "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," hang on to the memory of whether you want them or not, and I suppose the benefit of hearing such things professionally sung is the main justification of this picture.
Posted Mar 26, 2026  Edit critic review
The Bad News Bears (1976) Russell Davies Matching cynical cracks with the kids is a gift to [Walter Matthau], because it gives him an extra range of reactions, those of surprise at their sharpness, to enlarge upon in between growls.
Posted Mar 26, 2026  Edit critic review
La Grazia (2025) Wendy Ide It’s a pensive, soulful work elevated by Servillo’s superb performance. But the director’s penchant for wistful shots of the leader in various scenic locations means there are long stretches of the film in which nothing of consequence is happening.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
Heel (The Good Boy) (2025) Wendy Ide This is a curious, unsettling picture, with parallels to A Clockwork Orange: in this meeting of monsters, Chris is every bit as repellent and inhuman as Tommy at his rampaging worst.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
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