Juror #2
Juror #2 is a massive disappointment and one that could've been salvaged with a simple rewrite or another pass through the edit
Red One
Red One is indicative of Johnson’s philosophy that movies are mindless content designed to push as many products as possible
Terrifier 3
Terrifier 3 is worth checking out if the audience present is interested in some mightily impressive gore
Conclave
For a movie that wants to discuss catholicism and crises of faith, Conclave seems relatively incurious to explore the root of corruption
The Exorcism: Cinematic Healing
In his latest essay, Jak-Luke Sharp takes a look at the deeply personal and often haunting look at Cinematic Healing in Joshua John Miller’s The Exorcism
Megalopolis
Megalopolis exists on a different plane far beyond the confines of what one would consider to be ‘traditional’ cinema
Rebel Ridge
Rebel Ridge pushes and pushes to an inevitable climax and yet still feels refreshing
Anora
The non-stop level of adrenaline throughout its runtime ensures many of its key scenes are hilarious
Kneecap
Kneecap have successfully managed to educate, bring conversation and dialogue into the mainstream
The Substance
Don’t be fooled by the gore; The Substance has no teeth.
Rez Ball
Although much of Rez Ball could be considered by the numbers, what differentiates it is that the stakes are different for this basketball team.
The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot is an effective feature that will take the audience on an emotional ride that is strongly designed and executed.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
It’s been too long since Tim Burton made something worthwhile
Venice 2024: Wolfs
Wolfs delivers precisely the kind of light entertainment one might expect from it
Venice 2024: Harvest
Harvest could almost be a fable, its dreamlike quality rendered sharply by the decision to shoot this on 16mm film
The Instigators
The Instigators is a rather rudimentary crime thriller that’s elevated through Liman’s fun sense of style
The Crow
The Crow is a thunderous bore
It Ends with Us
It Ends with Us is a horrendous adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s equally as trite book
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus is best described as a 'best-of' from the franchise
Rebel Moon: The Director’s Cuts
Snyder’s visual poetry is so powerful, that most of the development comes through the elaborate visual language and sun-drenched shots he fills his movies with