Matt Damon
The Instigators: An entertaining anti-heist flick
August 11, 2024 | Ivan Radford
Matt Damon and Casey Affleck bring entertaining chemistry to Doug Liman’s familiar thriller about a heist gone wrong.Read More
Oppenheimer: A towering achievement
January 1, 2024 | David Farnor
Christopher Nolan’s daunting, harrowing epic about the Manhattan Project is a towering achievement.Read More
Air review: A well-acted sports drama
May 13, 2023 | David Farnor
This well-acted, compelling drama doesn’t jump high enough to match its own sporting legacy.Read More
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon reteam for Nike drama at Amazon Studios
April 22, 2022 | David Farnor
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are getting back together for a new Amazon Studios drama about Nike.
The pair, who famously co-wrote Good Will Hunting and won an Oscar for their work, recently appeared together in The Last Duel, but … Read More
The Last Duel: A timely, brutal epic
December 3, 2021 | David Farnor
Ridley Scott’s timely historical epic is a brutal drama that packs a serious, pointed punch.Read More
VOD film review: Le Mans ’66
April 19, 2020 | David Farnor
Top turns from Bale and Damon make this slick, fast-paced drama a rollicking ride whether you’re a racing fan or not.Read More
VOD film review: The Talented Mr Ripley
September 28, 2019 | David Farnor
Matt Damon and Jude Law shine in Anthony Minghella’s sumptuous adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s thriller.Read More
Ocean’s Twelve: Looking back at an unfairly maligned sequel
June 24, 2018 | Mark Harrison
Soderbergh turns it up past Eleven in this unfairly maligned experimental sequel.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Downsizing
May 29, 2018 | David Farnor
Alexander Payne’s ambitious, high-concept comedy struggles to find focus or perspective.Read More
VOD film review: True Grit
August 7, 2017 | David Farnor
Hailee Steinfeld goes toe to toe with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon in the Coen brothers’ mature, poetic, gripping Western.Read More
