Hanna Flint
Tomatometer-approved critic
Hanna is a film critic, journalist and interviewer based in London covering film and television for Yahoo Movies, Time Out, Guardian, Dazed, Glamour, Total Film and Syfy. She is the co-host of The TalkFilm Podcast and the host of the Official Film Chart.
Movies reviews only
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) |
It might be fighting for fighting’s sake, but they sure make it look majestic. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Both Aldridge and Groff bring a deep humanity to proceedings as they exhibit all the fluctuating emotions of fear, anger, humour and love that come with playing contrasting personalities in a couple faced with the most unfair of life-threatening choices. - House Notes
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| Posted Feb 13, 2023
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Plane (2023) |
Plane does not reinvent the wheel but does land an action-movie punch. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Feb 13, 2023
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Blue Jean (2022) |
Blue Jean is a non-judgmental tale of self-acceptance, intergenerational solidarity and sapphic power. - Time Out
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| Posted Feb 13, 2023
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Farha (2021) |
Farha is not your typical coming-of-age story - The New Arab
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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Hit the Road (2021) |
Pahar Pahani’s irreverent road movie is sharp and heartbreaking - The New Arab
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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Athena (2022) |
Athena is a gut punch of a film that will have you gasping for air and choking back sobs in equal measure. - The New Arab
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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A Man Called Otto (2022) |
Marc Forster and screenwriter David Magee previously worked together on Finding Neverland, so they know just how to frame tragic circumstances with a lighter touch, while not skimping on the emotional gut punch - House Notes
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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The Old Way (2023) |
It’s a paint-by-numbers Western but Brett Donowho, directing a woeful script by Carl W. Lucas, could barely keep the colours within the lines. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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Till (2022) |
Danielle Deadwyler’s performance puts you in the shoes of Mamie, before, during and after the lynching of her son by white supremacists and it’s a very moving place to be. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Jan 09, 2023
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The Enforcer (2022) |
A less-than-mediocre addition to the hitman canon. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Jan 09, 2023
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Emancipation (2022) |
Emancipation is a worthy endeavour but the delivery is an exhausting effort. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Dec 12, 2022
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) |
Guillermo del Toro sprinkles his signature dark whimsy on a fairytale classic with stunning puppetry and catchy original songs. Filled with heart, humor, and historical grounding, it’s a phenomenal feat of animated cinema. - IGN Movies
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| Posted Nov 21, 2022
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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) |
Colin Farrell plumbs emotional and comedic depths in Martin McDonagh’s witty and wistful period drama. - IGN Movies
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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The Eternal Daughter (2022) |
Tilda Swinton serves up an emotionally invigorating double turn in Joanna Hogg’s moving biographical relationship drama, laced with heart and wit through an atmospheric, Gothic lens. - IGN Movies
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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My Policeman (2022) |
It’s Styles over substance. - Time Out
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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Ashkal (2022) |
A gritty, at times frustratingly elusive police procedural but with a strong social and political thrust to keep your interest. - The New Arab
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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Black Adam (2022) |
Culturally deficient, narratively inconsistent and a frustratingly superficial instalment in DC’s cinematic universe. - The New Arab
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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The Swimmers (2022) |
Not all heroes wear capes, some wear swimming caps – and The Swimmers is an empowering reminder that it is a human right to live safely, no matter where you come from. - Time Out
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| Posted Nov 16, 2022
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Decision to Leave (2022) |
The fluid editing maintains the frenetic pace even as a second layer of the story unfolds. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Oct 21, 2022
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) |
Deftly handled direction from Sophie Hyde and a thoroughly impressive dual performance from Emma Thompson
and Daryl McCormack enlivens an electric script, tackling taboo sexual subjects with wit, flair and welcome realism. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Aug 16, 2022
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Emergency (2022) |
An ultimately wearisome comedy of errors. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Aug 16, 2022
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Bergman Island (2021) |
“You look at something long enough, it becomes interesting,” Tony tells Chris. Sadly not Bergman Island. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Aug 16, 2022
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Brian and Charles (2022) |
Hayward’s stunted, robotic tone makes the jokes hit harder, while well-placed sight-gags catch you off guard with a giggle. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Aug 16, 2022
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Bullet Train (2022) |
Bullet Train is a patchwork quilt of bombastic ideas put together with a dodgy sewing machine. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Aug 16, 2022
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Nope (2022) |
Jordan Peele returns to form with his glorious, awe-inspiring third film - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Aug 16, 2022
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) |
While Benedict Cumberbatch’s original solo outing delivered a cerebral LSD trip with a sinister inflection, here Sam Raimi’s penchant for gore is executed to euphoric effect. - Time Out
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| Posted May 04, 2022
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The Northman (2022) |
This is intimate, culturally rich storytelling on a brutally epic scale. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 12, 2022
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Morbius (2022) |
The cast cannot elevate a bland, lifeless narrative with direction from Daniel Espinosa that fails to capture any of the romantic yearning and melancholy associated with vampires or the excitement of the superhero genre the world has grown to love. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Apr 01, 2022
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Deep Water (2022) |
Despite his erotic thriller credentials, Lyne makes a tepid return to the director’s chair with a rather basic adaptation of an intriguing marital character study that Affleck struggles to enliven. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Mar 14, 2022
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Red Rocket (2021) |
Red Rocket is a darkly funny anti-redemption story for our times. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Mar 11, 2022
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Ali & Ava (2021) |
I do love a regional romance, especially when it presents the realities of these areas with candour, empathy and affection. - The Big Issue
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| Posted Mar 05, 2022
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Petrov's Flu (2021) |
An ambitious, irony-laden feat of film-making, Petrov's Flu transports you down the rabbit hole into a world unlike any other - one that may just inspire you to get a flu jab afterwards. - Radio Times
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| Posted Feb 18, 2022
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Kimi (2022) |
Through Angela, Koepp manages to bring the best parts of Hitchcock’s heroes and heroines together: she’s assertive, smart, sexual, determined, and courageous. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Feb 18, 2022
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Dog (2022) |
As a film that manages to explore the post-war life of servicemen without getting on its soapbox, Dog is a funny and endearing vehicle for Tatum’s return to that sweet spot of comedy and drama. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Feb 18, 2022
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Flee (2021) |
Animation is a stunning art form. Films like Flee prove just how essential it is as a filmmaking device to ensure that no story ever needs to go untold. - The Big Issue
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| Posted Feb 12, 2022
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Jackass Forever (2022) |
This franchise is far more than just a patchwork of batshit hijinks and dick jokes. - Time Out
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| Posted Feb 03, 2022
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Scream (2022) |
For what it might be lacking in imaginative death scenes and intriguing new characters, this Scream makes up for with a solid meta commentary of the cinematic culture of today and enough esteem for the past. - The Big Issue
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| Posted Jan 21, 2022
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Nightmare Alley (2021) |
Boasts an eerie balance of the filmmaker's gothic sensibilities and classic film noir. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Jan 21, 2022
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Munich: The Edge of War (2021) |
iewohner, though, is the passionate force that keeps the energy up in what is - at times - a film full of suspense. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The Matrix Resurrections (2021) |
The romance of Trinity and Neo is one for the ages and the screen crackles every time they are in a scene together. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) |
It's an effervescent movie, one that reflects the colourful whimsy of Wain's work and a far more vivid image of Victorian and Edwardian England than your usual period film. - Time Out
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| Posted Jan 14, 2022
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The 355 (2022) |
The film just about avoids female empowerment clichés to deliver as an enjoyably gritty and glamorous actioner. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jan 06, 2022
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Titane (2021) |
Though a little messy and increasingly absurd in places, Titane is a brash body horror with intense central performances, certain to leave you wide-eyed and slack-jawed at such a risky cinematic endeavour. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Dec 23, 2021
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C'mon C'mon (2021) |
Phoenix, Hoffman and Norman, especially, amuse and move with their relatable performances in Mills' sweet drama. It's nicely visualised but can feel unnecessarily long in places. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Dec 02, 2021
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House of Gucci (2021) |
House of Gucci is as absurdly entertaining as you might expect from a prestige drama about an iconic Italian fashion house and the romance that led to betrayal, revenge, murder and, ultimately, the downfall of the family who built it. - The Big Issue
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| Posted Dec 02, 2021
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Spencer (2021) |
If Spencer is supposed to be a sort of tribute to the memory of a tragic woman victimised by an archaic industry I'd truly hate to see what a condemnation would have looked like. - The Big Issue
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| Posted Nov 12, 2021
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Eternals (2021) |
On the whole, the film succeeds in becoming the series' most emotional outing. - Radio Times
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| Posted Nov 09, 2021
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The Card Counter (2020) |
For all its moody moralising, The Card Counter is a slowburn bluff with little new to offer. - Time Out
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| Posted Nov 05, 2021
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Dear Evan Hansen (2021) |
There is never a moment that 28-year-old Platt doesn't look like a full-grown adult. - The Sun (UK)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2021
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