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Film reviews
Ryan Gosling is a screwball delight in the stunt spectacle The Fall Guy
David Leitch’s celebration of Hollywood’s most undervalued performers – also starring Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson – proves that old-fashioned, practical moviemaking is very much back in style
Road House is a dull, boringly sleaze-free remake
The 1989 Patrick Swayze film about an enigmatic bouncer was a curiosity that was perfectly of its time. A clinically passionless remake with Jake Gyllenhaal fails to justify itself
Road House is a dull, boringly sleaze-free remake
The 1989 Patrick Swayze film about an enigmatic bouncer was a curiosity that was perfectly of its time. A clinically passionless remake with Jake Gyllenhaal fails to justify itself
The Zone of Interest is a hellish spin on traditional Holocaust films
Jonathan Glazer’s film – which has been nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture – is set on the literal fringes of Auschwitz, with seemingly idyllic images of family life bordering the horror on the other side of the fence
The Zone of Interest is a hellish spin on traditional Holocaust films
Jonathan Glazer’s film – which has been nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture – is set on the literal fringes of Auschwitz, with seemingly idyllic images of family life bordering the horror on the other side of the fence
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro is nicely affectionate – fake nose and all
Cooper is effortlessly charming in a film that’s been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, and his co-star Carey Mulligan is magnificent
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro is nicely affectionate – fake nose and all
Cooper is effortlessly charming in a film that’s been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, and his co-star Carey Mulligan is magnificent
Teen lesbian fight club comedy Bottoms is as weird as it is hysterical
There are ‘Heathers’ parallels to filmmaker Emma Seligman’s casually subversive high school movie, starring buzzy up-and-comers Rachel Sennott (of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’) and Ayo Edebiri (of TV’s ‘The Bear’)
Teen lesbian fight club comedy Bottoms is as weird as it is hysterical
There are ‘Heathers’ parallels to filmmaker Emma Seligman’s casually subversive high school movie, starring buzzy up-and-comers Rachel Sennott (of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’) and Ayo Edebiri (of TV’s ‘The Bear’)
Hollywood rarely makes sci-fi that looks as good as The Creator
Periodically clunky but absolutely beautiful to look at, this is Gareth Edwards’ return to dazzling sci-fi after years of bloated franchise fare such as ‘Rogue One’
Hollywood rarely makes sci-fi that looks as good as The Creator
Periodically clunky but absolutely beautiful to look at, this is Gareth Edwards’ return to dazzling sci-fi after years of bloated franchise fare such as ‘Rogue One’
