Certificate: 15 Running Time: 99 mins UK Distributor: Met Film Distribution WHO’S IN THE INNOCENT? Louis Garrel, Noémie Merlant, Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg, Jean-Claude Pautot, Yanisse Kebbab WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA? Louis Garrel (director, writer), Tanguy Viel...
Vacation Friends 2 is an awful comedy sequel that contains no laughs, no heart, no charm (even from its main cast, who can’t replicate their easy chemistry from the previous film), and no reason for it to exist other than to give its filmmakers an excuse to go on a luxurious holiday while putting zero effort into making a product with substance.
Certificate: 12A Running Time: 103 mins UK Distributor: Netflix WHO’S IN YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH? Sunny Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Dylan Hoffman, Sarah Sherman, Dan Bulla, Ido Mosseri, Jackie...
Theater Camp works fine enough as a humorous, though never fully solid, satire of the theatre world and its many extravagant, sometimes unbearably so, personalities.
The Dive has moments of light suspense and some fine performances, but a lack of intrigue for both its central concept and lead characters, as well as a consistently undercut sense of tension, leaves it hanging out to dry.
The Blackening is an amusing Black-led parody of slasher movies that offers some thoughtful and funny commentary on Black culture, which a game cast helps steer out of some hit-or-miss gags and some formulaic trappings.
Certificate: 15 Running Time: 93 mins UK Distributor: Universal Pictures WHO’S IN STRAYS? Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Will Forte, Isla Fisher, Randall Park, Josh Gad, Harvey Guillén, Rob Riggle, Brett Gelman, Jamie Demetriou, Sofía Vergara, Dennis Quaid WHO’S BEHIND THE...
Certificate: 12A Running Time: 127 mins UK Distributor: Warner Bros Pictures WHO’S IN BLUE BEETLE? Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez, Elpidia Carrillo, Belissa Escobedo, Bruna Marquezine, Harvey Guillén,...
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.
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.