Certificate: 12A Running Time: 127 mins UK Distributor: Warner Bros Pictures WHO’S IN BLUE BEETLE? Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar,...
REVIEW: Blue Beetle (2023, dir. Angel Manuel Soto)
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2023 Archived review
REVIEW: Scrapper (2023, dir. Charlotte Regan)
Scrapper is an outstanding debut feature from writer-director Charlotte Regan that avoids working-class drama tropes to tell a story with a vibrant sense of soul and style, led by a fantastic central performance from young Lola Campbell that will warm your heart in all the right places.
REVIEW: L’immensità (2022, dir. Emanuele Crialese)
L’immensità is an often playful and imaginative portrayal of adolescence, anchored by strong turns by Penélope Cruz and young lead Luana Giuliani, but an uneven structure leaves more to be desired.
REVIEW: Haunted Mansion (2023, dir. Justin Simien)
Certificate: 12A Running Time: 123 mins UK Distributor: Disney WHO’S IN HAUNTED MANSION? LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny...
REVIEW: Red, White & Royal Blue (2023, dir. Matthew López)
Certificate: 12A Running Time: 121 mins UK Distributor: Prime Video WHO’S IN RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE? Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine,...
REVIEW: Heart of Stone (2023, dir. Tom Harper)
Heart of Stone is a generically plotted but nonetheless engaging spy action-thriller that bucks the trend of recent Netflix blockbusters by feeling like it was made with some semblance of a soul, thanks to some lively filmmaking, charismatic performances, and a script that injects some humanity into the formulaic structure.
REVIEW: You Hurt My Feelings (2023, dir. Nicole Holofcener)
You Hurt My Feelings is a smart and calculated look at the lies we all tell to support and validate one another, which writer-director Nicole Holofcener handles delicately along with some neatly understated turns from the likes of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies.
REVIEW: Gran Turismo (2023, dir. Neil Blomkamp)
Gran Turismo is a mostly entertaining wish-fulfilment sports movie that doesn’t attempt to hide its blatant commercialism nor its various storytelling tropes, but is well-executed enough to serve as a wholly decent crowd-pleaser.
REVIEW: Meg 2: The Trench (2023, dir. Ben Wheatley)
Meg 2: The Trench is a gloriously dumb B-movie monster sequel that, critically speaking, is perhaps too stupid to fathom, but thanks to some playful filmmaking by Ben Wheatley and a cast led by Jason Statham who are similarly refusing to take this material seriously, it’s a brainless blast that’s best experienced with a bit of booze in your system.