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'A Minecraft Movie' Review: Lands Firmly in the Mid Tier of Video Game Adaptations
A Minecraft Movie shows off what it’s based on with pride. So it’s hard to imagine it existing in any other way, for better and for worse.

Alex Gilston
Apr 6, 2025


'Snow White' Review: A Far Cry From the Magic That Originally Put Disney on the Map
We can only wish, like Snow White does over her well, that future remakes will be made with more love than it seems this one was.

Alex Gilston
Mar 22, 2025


'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' Review: The Magic of Aardman is Still Thriving All These Years Down the Line
The magic of Aardman and Wallace & Gromit is still thriving after all these years in Vengeance Most Fowl.

Alex Gilston
Jan 2, 2025


'Wicked' Review: A Glorious Love Letter to the Stage Show
Wicked is everything I ever dreamed it could be and more, a glorious love letter to the stage show, and a blistering time at the movies.

Alex Gilston
Nov 24, 2024


'Saturday Night' Review: Captures The Chaotic Run Up to the SNL Debut
Saturday Night takes us back to where it all began, in an imagined run up to SNL going on air for the very first time.

Alex Gilston
Nov 3, 2024


'Memoir of a Snail' Review: Emotional, Darkly Comedic, a Triumph in Stop-motion Animation
With its offbeat handmade feel, darkly slick comedy, and moments of genuine emotional heft, Memoir of a Snail is a triumph.

Alex Gilston
Oct 21, 2024


'Queer' Review: Daniel Craig at His Career Best in Luca Guadagnino's Latest Offering
Queer is a ghost story, it’s about the things that haunt us in the past, present, and future. Daniel Craig is at his career best.

Alex Gilston
Oct 19, 2024


'The Apprentice' Review: Will Leave You Questioning the Film's Existence
A competent picture of Trump’s rise through the ranks, but it’ll leave you asking one simple question of its existence: Why?

Alex Gilston
Oct 17, 2024


'Anora' Review: Could be the Star Making Turn in Mikey Madison's Career
Anora continues Sean Bakers personal canon in an ambitious way, but it's Mikey Madison that gives the star making performance of her career.

Alex Gilston
Oct 14, 2024


'Blitz' Review: Steve McQueen's Latest is a Timely Message About Embracing Community & Multiculturalism
Blitz doesn't reinvent the wheel, but is compelling nonetheless. It's a timely message about embracing community and multiculturalism.

Alex Gilston
Oct 13, 2024


'The Wild Robot' Review: Beautiful & Imaginative, it May Just Be the Best Animated Film Ever Made
A beautiful story told in an imaginative way, The Wild Robot isn't just the best animated film of the year, it may be the best full stop.

Alex Gilston
Oct 12, 2024


'My Old Ass' Review: Hilarious and Emotionally Resonant Comedy
My Old Ass is simultaneously hilarious and emotionally resonant. There is life pulsing through its veins.

Alex Gilston
Oct 1, 2024


'His Three Daughters' Review: Authentic Representation of the Most Horrible Life Moments
His Three Daughters authentically presents the real life challenges of going through the most horrible moment in your life.

Alex Gilston
Sep 30, 2024


'Jackpot!' Review: John Cena Shines in This Comedy Version of The Purge
A comedy version of The Purge movies on paper sounds like a lot of fun, and Jackpot! proves that it is.

Alex Gilston
Aug 15, 2024


'SWEDE CAROLINE' REVIEW
Swede Caroline is absolutely set to be the quirky British comedy of the year that deserves to be supported.

Alex Gilston
Apr 19, 2024


'KUNG FU PANDA 4' REVIEW
Despite some interesting developments and trademark Jack Black fuelled humour, in Kung Fu Panda 4 the magic might have finally fizzled out.

Alex Gilston
Apr 4, 2024


'EDGE OF SUMMER' REVIEW
Edge of Summer is rough around the edges, but the emotionally affecting narrative sees it rising from the dark depths.

Alex Gilston
Mar 11, 2024


'THE DEAD DON'T HURT' REVIEW
On the surface The Dead Don't Hurt is a vast, sprawling epic, but if you peer beneath you’ll find intimate beauty.

Alex Gilston
Mar 10, 2024


'BLEEDING LOVE' REVIEW
The success of Bleeding Love comes from its mirroring of real life. Films like this can fall on extreme ends of the spectrum.

Alex Gilston
Mar 8, 2024


'LA CHIMERA' REVIEW
La Chimera has its head above the clouds, and the view is beautiful.

Alex Gilston
Mar 6, 2024
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