Review: “The Midnight Sky”
George Clooney's "The Midnight Sky," like "Monuments Men" before it - chokes on a combination concept and a casting slam dunk.
In 2049 the...
Review: “Nomadland”
"Nomadland" is astounding. At its epicentre is an utterly transfixing and emotionally captivating performance from the legendary Frances McDormand. Chloe Zhao ("The Rider"), adapting...
Review: Pixar’s “Soul”
"Soul", Pixar's latest wonder, has the ambition to explore questions foundational to our humanity and infuse that with the inspiration and resonance of humanity's...
Review: “David Byrne’s American Utopia”
"David Byrne's American Utopia" is a soul-enriching experience, closing the impossible distance between the filmed stage and the viewer. This captures a live and...
Review: “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
A common criticism of Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut "Molly's Game" was that it squandered the cinematic potential of its material. Sorkin has always been...
Review: “On The Rocks”
Sofia Coppola's "On The Rocks" is a cathartic diary about the impacts of fathers on daughters. It's beautiful, affecting, magical and makes me well...
Review: “I’m Thinking Of Ending Things”
Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" is simultaneously specific and profoundly universal; a beguiling dissection of relationships and family in time.
The set-up...
Review: “Bill & Ted Face the Music”
"Bill & Ted Face the Music" is like a gift in a dream. You're visiting old friends, familiar gags, and an aged brand of...
Review: “Tenet”
"Tenet" is the post-"Prestige" era Christopher Nolan formula distilled down to its purest essence to date - both for better and worse. Starting...
Review: “Dirt Music”
"Dirt Music" is a movie with longing, the small town entanglements and even a poster that stirred up a frightening epiphany. Is Australia's...
Review: “Da 5 Bloods”
Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods" is an unparalleled masterpiece that reframes the U.S. existential crisis of the Vietnam War through the continuum of the...
Review: “The Last Days of American Crime”
"The Last Days of American Crime" is one of the most gruelling watching experiences of the year. It's a cruel and unusual punishment that...
Review: “Extraction”
The incredible success of the "John Wick" franchise has set a precedents for stuntmen as action cinema directors and it's a relief to say...
Review: “The Trip to Greece”
Rob Brydon's distractingly good Anthony Hopkins is narrating to us before we can orient ourselves in "The Trip to Greece," a good omen for...
Review: “Capone”
Writer/director Josh Trank's "Capone" is a calculating de-glamorisation one of America's most infamous and iconic crime lords, Al Capone. In the years after his...
Review: “Spenser Confidential”
"Spenser Confidential" is the movie equivalent of the corpse in "Weekend at Bernie’s". It is aggressively bad on almost every conceivable front. Do not...
Review: “The Way Back”
"The Way Back" is a triumph as director Gavin O’Connor fashions a tale of the redemptive power of sports and purpose and at its...
Review: “The Invisible Man”
In the glut of Hollywood reboots, remakes and sequels, Leigh Whannell's new take on "The Invisible Man" comes along and makes a good case...
Review: “Birds of Prey”
Cathy Yan’s "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" is DC Films' answer to "Guardians of the Galaxy". There’s genuinely...
Review: “Underwater”
"Underwater" is a welcome 90-minute panic attack with Kristen Stewart’s great articulation of discomfort rippling in her every expression and action.
The film deals...
Review: “Bad Boys for Life”
The new "Bad Boys," the third in this series, surprisingly has stakes. In fact there’s familiar fun and the raw and rough around the...
Review: “The Gentlemen”
"The Gentlemen" marks Guy Ritchie's return to the geezer gangster genre, and this time he boasts far more self-awareness and self-assurance. Ritchie knows...
Review: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
There is nothing more important than an ending. Great endings are genuinely profound. “The Godfather Part II”, “The Usual Suspects”, “Heat”, “Moonlight” and even...
Review: “6 Underground”
In the opening assault of "6 Underground," Michael Bay's latest action bonanza, there is one of the best screen moments of the year. Just...
Review: “Marriage Story”
Noah Baumbach's tale of modern marriage decay begins with an affecting montage as Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) and Charlie (Adam Driver) describe, in beautiful and...
Review: “The Irishman”
When white titles roll at the commencement of this towering Martin Scorsese gangster epic, they read "The Irishman" followed by "I Heard You Paint...
Review: “Ford vs. Ferrari”
"Ford v Ferrari" is to James Mangold what "Chef" is to Jon Favreau. Where the latter tells a semi-autobiographical tale of art through...
Blake’s Review: “Doctor Sleep”
Walking through an airport about five years ago as if drawn by some unknowable force, I surged towards the latest Stephen King book store...
Review: “IT: Chapter Two”
"IT: Chapter Two" is as strong a follow-up as we were likely to get from author Stephen King’s weighty novel. The back half of...
Review: “Spider-Man: Far From Home”
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" isn't just a post-"Avengers: Endgame" coda for the MCU mega-experiment, it's the palate cleanser we need after the past few...