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VOD film review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
June 12, 2019 | David Farnor
Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant are wonderful in this funny, moving, deeply honest story of identity and isolation.Read More
VOD film review: Don’t Look Now
November 25, 2018 | Ivan Radford
Nicolas Roeg’s haunting study of grief is a disorienting, chilling, mysterious masterpiece.Read More
VOD film review: Shot Caller
December 18, 2017 | Matthew Turner
A committed performance from Nikolaj Coster-Waldau anchors this compelling, slow-burning prison drama.Read More
Pan’s Labyrinth: The 21st century’s defining live-action fantasy
September 5, 2016 | Simon Kinnear
Guillermo del Toro’s beautiful, bold masterpiece is the 21st century’s defining live-action fantasy.Read More
VOD film review: Louder Than Bombs
August 17, 2016 | David Farnor
A moving, nuanced family drama exploring life, death and the stories we tell to get through each.Read More
In defence of Twilight
April 4, 2016 | David Farnor
This intense teen romance rings with earnest chemistry and classic horror – also, baseball.Read More
VOD film review: The Babadook
February 16, 2015 | Simon Kinnear
Jennifer Kent’s storybook horror brings a devastating sadness to the genre’s scares.Read More
VOD film review: Short Term 12
July 18, 2014 | Andrew Jones
Smart, funny, sad and visually stunning, this moving ensemble drama is an absolute must-watch.Read More
VOD film review: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (The Twilight Saga)
November 16, 2013 | David Farnor
Bill Condon’s wonderfully daft finale to the Twilight saga gives fans the epic showdown they deserve.Read More
VOD film review: New Moon (The Twilight Saga)
November 16, 2013 | David Farnor
A bloated sequel, New Moon is made more enjoyable by its earnest actors, but feels disappointingly bloodless.Read More
