2010s
Time Travel Thursday: Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
April 7, 2022 | Matthew TurnerHot Tub Time Machine lives up to its billing as “The Hangover meets Back to the Future” in concept, if not in execution.Read More
VOD film review: Happy As Lazzaro
August 1, 2019 | Rachel BowlesAlice Rohrwacher’s fantastical realist drama resonates with centuries of Italian working class history.Read More
VOD film review: Glass
May 27, 2019 | James RShyamalan’s unlikely comic book trilogy reaches an uneven but entertaining climax.Read More
VOD film review: Await Further Instructions
December 9, 2018 | James RThis low-key British thriller is a wiry, nightmarish fable of distrust, dysfunction and the dominance of media.Read More
VOD film review: Creep 2
October 27, 2017 | Ian LoringThe return of Peachfuzz makes up for a lack of scares with fascinating character drama.Read More
Alien: Covenant: A scary sequel that makes its predecessor better
September 25, 2017 | James RRidley Scott’s operatic horror is so terrifyingly good it actually makes Prometheus better.Read More
Prometheus: A fascinating prequel with the wrong main character
May 16, 2017 | James RPrometheus is ambitious, pretty, fascinating and impressive. It’s also a disappointment.Read More
VOD film review: Under The Shadow
October 7, 2016 | Simon KinnearBalancing frights and powerful themes, Babak Anvari’s sensational debut is an instant classic.Read More
VOD film review: Hail, Caesar!
July 17, 2016 | James RA golden slice of gloriously old-fashioned fun that more than earns its exclamation mark.Read More