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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
4.5/5
The Outrun (2024) Craig Mathieson The cliches of addiction stories are sidestepped, leaving something profound but also deeply personal. You can feel the scar tissue.
Posted May 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) Neil Jillett There is no evidence that writer Ron Kurz and director Steve Miner have tried to give any narrative or psychological coherence to this account of a maniac who runs through the woods, enthusiastically killing American youngsters.
Posted Apr 29, 2026  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Balls Up (2026) Craig Mathieson This alleged comedy has all the structural and performance elements required to create humour, but is stunningly unfunny.
Posted Apr 27, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Apex (2026) Kylie Northover ...Apex looks great (some obvious CGI aside), and has a frenetic pace when Ben and Sasha are on the move. But there are too many clichés and too few surprises.
Posted Apr 24, 2026  Edit critic review
Top Gun (1986) Neil Jillett The stomach-churning brilliance of the aerial dogfights scattered through 'Top Gun' is some compensation for the fact that this is another film dedicated to the glorification of unpleasant, self-obsessed young American men.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Neil Jillett Ferris Bueller is a fantasy that does not pretend to be anything else. As a result, it has an amoral honesty that is often very funny.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Fight Club (1999) Jim Schembri Ripper, multi-layered, ceaselessly entertaining tale of 30-ish doldrums, frustrated masculinity and how being a brute builds character.
Posted Apr 21, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Outcome (2026) Craig Mathieson With Hill as Reef’s abrasive lawyer, the film veers between crude and cuddly. Watch it for Reeves’ heartfelt reaction shots and Martin Scorsese’s small but perfectly played role.
Posted Apr 20, 2026  Edit critic review
That Was Then... This Is Now (1985) Michael Shmith The trouble with That Was Then... This is Now is that it lacks point, purpose, and direction.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
Legend (1985) Michael Shmith A film which falls into that curious category between cloying sentiment and the genuinely frightening.
Posted Apr 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Stranger (2025) Jake Wilson Ozon, for his part, goes out of his way to reassure us that his film is ultimately on the right side of history – to the point where for once in his career, this often gleefully amoral director falls prey to a certain preachiness.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Fuze (2025) Sandra Hall Character and dialogue are not exactly a priority, but you pick up the essentials as the script hurries you back and forth between plot strands.
Posted Apr 15, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) Craig Mathieson It doesn’t always work, but there’s such a madcap brio to the retro-Tarantino machinations that you can at least go with it.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Aaron Chen: Funny Garden (2026) Craig Mathieson There’s no conceptual twist, no grand reveal, just a stream of droll one-liners.
Posted Apr 14, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop 3 (1993) Paul Harris A standard action thriller that relies on the regurgitation of cliche situations, jargon-ridden dialogue and effects that are "special" only in a purely technical sense.
Posted Apr 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Jerry Maguire (1996) Adrian Martin There are some transparently contrived bits in this film to boost its "feel-good" quotient, but the parts that make a strong impression are all the goofy, idiosyncratic, charmingly satirical elements that Crowe incorporates so well.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
James and the Giant Peach (1996) Lawrie Zion A delicious fantasy.
Posted Apr 10, 2026  Edit critic review
James and the Giant Peach (1996) Tom Ryan Ripe with the spirited fun, imagination and magic of Roald Dahl's classic fantasy.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
undertone (2025) Jake Wilson Perhaps the raw material being remixed is a little too familiar. Still, one question lingers: would the movie be scarier had Tuason nixed the visuals and stuck with his original plan of telling the story as a mock podcast, otherwise known as a radio play?
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
All That's Left of You (2025) Sandra Hall Dabis’ screenplay is episodic but it gathers power as it goes. She doesn’t believe in shorthand. Nor does she hold back in portraying the tragic consequences of the Palestinians’ expulsion from their homes.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Deb (2024) Sandra Hall It’s a wonderful mix of the raucous and the heartfelt and charges along at an exhilarating pace, punctuated by a series of setbacks and misunderstandings which are predictable but persuasive.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
James and the Giant Peach (1996) Adrian Martin It is a stirring and magical tale.
Posted Apr 09, 2026  Edit critic review
Victor/Victoria (1982) Neil Jillett Shows frayed signs of being made in a rush and without much thought.
Posted Apr 08, 2026  Edit critic review
Grease 2 (1982) Neil Jillett The plot is a jumble of motorcycle stunts, concerts and tired jokes.
Posted Apr 08, 2026  Edit critic review
On Moonlight Bay (1951) Age Staff It is endurable with some old tunes and some new ones providing a pleasant musical commentary.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel (2026) Craig Mathieson The formative years – we’re talking the 1980s – of a band now in its institutional twilight provides a portrait of creativity that comes with palpable energy and tragic loss.
Posted Apr 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Emmanuelle (1974) Colin Bennett It is only a glorified skin-flick, soft-core porn with an arty gloss and pretensions.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
The Towering Inferno (1974) Colin Bennett It will certainly be a while before I enter a skyscraper lift again, or open an emergency exit door without apprehension of a scorching.
Posted Apr 06, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Jake Wilson Jarmusch may never have sold out in the sense of going to work for a major Hollywood studio, but the Tom Waits character here, an old hipster not quite as unworldly as he looks, may be the most honest self-portrait this filmmaker has given us yet.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The President's Cake (2025) Sandra Hall It’s certainly not a tragedy yet Hadi is too much of a realist to deliver a happy ending and he finishes on a note of sadness. But you’re still left with great faith in Lamia and Saeed’s ability to make their way in the world, no matter what lies ahead.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Drama (2026) Sandra Hall It all confirms Borgli’s credentials as a skilled satirist as well as showing that he’s a master when it comes to fomenting suspense. His ending lives up to your expectations and your forebodings.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) Jake Wilson I can accept Disney princesses as a convention, but I’m starting to find the royalist propaganda scattered through the Super Mario cinematic universe a little grating.
Posted Apr 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Pal Joey (1957) Age Staff The film version lacks the stark drama of the original production, "cleans up" the story, and drops some of the more "earthy" songs in favor of Rodgers-Hart evergreens...
Posted Mar 31, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) Craig Mathieson This feature-length continuation of the historical crime drama looks marvellous...But the storytelling from creator Steven Knight is inconsistent, and it adds little to where the show finished in 2022 after six bloody seasons
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Color Theories by Julio Torres (2026) Craig Mathieson It’s an amusing, insightful performance, even when he’s falling out with his animatronic assistant, and there’s nothing inherently difficult in Torres’ performance style. This non-conformist is welcoming.
Posted Mar 30, 2026  Edit critic review
The Bad News Bears (1976) Colin Bennett The good news is that this is a very funny film indeed.
Posted Mar 26, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) Sandra Hall I doubt that Enid Blyton ever visualised a future in which children scorned books in favour of games and stories which played out on portable screens. But that’s what’s happening in the new film of Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree.
Posted Mar 25, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
I Swear (2025) Jake Wilson ...[Robert Aramayo] and newcomer Scott Ellis Watson, who plays the young Davidson, have worked hard between them to make the John of the film a fully-fledged character rather than defining him by his tics.
Posted Mar 25, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Hoppers (2026) Sandra Hall [The film's] serious side is so well camouflaged by the happy absurdities flitting around on its surface that it could be selling snake oil and you wouldn’t mind.
Posted Mar 25, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Craig Mathieson It’s kind of a mess, but it’s specifically Verbinski’s mess and that makes for a propulsively chaotic ride.
Posted Mar 23, 2026  Edit critic review
The Howling (1981) Mike Daly Special effects by Robin Bottin make this film more convincing than the usual drive-in fodder but the corny plot and dialogue do their best to drag it down.
Posted Mar 18, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace (2026) Craig Mathieson The breakthrough praise for American comic Chris Fleming has been building these last few months – “a marvel to behold, a true artist,” declared Marc Maron – and it rightly peaks with this stand-up special, which captures Fleming at his absurdist best.
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
War Machine (2026) Craig Mathieson It's a science-fiction survival film – the Ranger candidates are carrying blanks – with trace elements of Transformers, Battleship, and Spielberg's War of the Worlds. Somewhat derivative, but modestly enjoyable.
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Ghost Elephants (2025) Craig Mathieson Cue Herzog’s unmistakable narrator’s voice, as the search unfolds with – it must be said – less personal risk and more thoughtful processes than the usual Herzog protagonist.
Posted Mar 16, 2026  Edit critic review
Goodfellas (1990) Jim Murphy It is a fascinating character study, brilliantly acted by all concerned and directed with astonishing virtuosity by Scorsese.
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere (2026) Craig Mathieson Without being forensic, Theroux establishes the monetary gains that underpin the constant bluster about passing on “the cheat code”. And he shows their fan bases, whether excitable boys or solemn adult acolytes, in telling street scenes.
Posted Mar 11, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Waiting for Guffman (1996) Barbara Creed The film weaves much of its humor around events backstage and offstage, as well as through the antics of its bizarre crew.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop 2 (1990) Neil Jillett The few touches of reasonably incisive comedy are overwhelmed by Irvin Kershner's noisy and confused style of directing.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
RoboCop 2 (1990) Jim Murphy When Robocop engages in a protracted stop-motion-animation battle with a rival cyborg... it is like watching a dinosaur and pterodactyl scrapping in a Ray Harryhausen flick of the '60s -- and about as interesting.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) Jake Wilson I found the use of raw reality within what amounts to a traditional suspense framework not so much offensive as jarringly misjudged, rendering the craft of Ben Hania and her team beside the point (this includes the actors, however talented they might be).
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
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