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1/5
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Mercy
(2026)
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Calum Cooper
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Technically inept and so thematically scattershot that it becomes morally dubious, the only mercy in this ludicrous stinker is the end credits.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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4/5
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Gritty and exhilarating, with Chalamet in his prime leading the charge, it is an edge-of-your-seat sports thriller with stunning visuals, choreography and production design to boot.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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4/5
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Train Dreams
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Train Dreams carries its passengers on a journey full of spellbinding imagery, engrossingly empathetic direction and a career-best from Edgerton into a station of life-affirming wonder.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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4/5
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Colourfully crafted, with a darker tone and more direct themes on the complexities of preserving morality, the film enchants with its baroque musical numbers and stellar performances from Erivo and, especially, Grande-Butera.
Posted Nov 18, 2025
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4/5
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The Running Man
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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A rare remake that’s superior to its predecessor, the film excites, surprises, and entertains, with Powell’s adrenaline-charged performance and the weight of the sociopolitical themes leaving you on the edge of your seat.
Posted Nov 11, 2025
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2/5
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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The otherwise compelling themes and astute performances become weighed down by the overwhelmingness of its style and the staleness of its substance.
Posted Oct 19, 2025
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5/5
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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If The Voice of Hind Rajab is not 2025’s best film, then it is undoubtedly 2025’s most important film.
Posted Oct 19, 2025
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4/5
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No Other Choice
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Deliciously morbid in its humour, but hauntingly satirical in its thematic resonance, No Other Choice rivets with its stellar visuals and sharp direction.
Posted Oct 17, 2025
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4/5
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The Mastermind
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Benefitting from Reichardt’s trademark minimalism, the film slowly but surely grips us with its methodical direction and sardonic portrayal of an amateur believing himself to be a mastermind.
Posted Oct 16, 2025
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4/5
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Rose of Nevada
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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An articulate rumination on the loss of tight-knit communities to modern precarity, to the tune of dazzling old-school filmmaking, Rose of Nevada often confuses but always mesmerises.
Posted Oct 16, 2025
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4/5
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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As broad in its narrative as it is in its emotional resonance, Zhao has crafted a tender, heart-aching ode to family and how loss forms the basis of great art and our deepest sense of humanity.
Posted Oct 13, 2025
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2/5
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After the Hunt
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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After the Hunt just doesn’t spark. There’s no shortage of fantastic performances or food for thought, but it’s far too toothless and far too noisily made to make the most of them.
Posted Oct 13, 2025
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2/5
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The Smashing Machine
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Despite the potential of its chosen themes and characters, the film is simply too emotionally distant and too sanitised in craft to glean anything beyond mild curiosity.
Posted Oct 04, 2025
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1/5
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HIM
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Its first act draws you in to some extent, in spite of the maladroit dialogue and acting, but the second act confuses and irritates you so much that by the time we get to the cartoonish climax, you’ve long since checked out.
Posted Oct 02, 2025
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4/5
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Little Trouble Girls
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Little Trouble Girls treats its weighty themes with the empathy and sincerity they deserve, leaving us with a visually spellbinding and strikingly acted gem of a film.
Posted Sep 08, 2025
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4/5
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The Long Walk
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Meticulously crafted with riveting performances and timely themes, The Long Walk is as entertainingly engrossing as it is toe-curling in detail.
Posted Sep 04, 2025
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2/5
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The Conjuring: Last Rites
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Its 135-minute runtime is bloated and overstuffed, and the scares become routine with enough exposure. The acting and craftsmanship do carry the film some distance, but not over the checkered line of satisfying entertainment.
Posted Sep 03, 2025
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2/5
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The Roses
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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It’s simply too gutless to deliver on its comedy or morally grey themes, becoming a pale imitation of DeVito’s superior film rather than a modern interpretation of the same story.
Posted Aug 28, 2025
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4/5
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The Life of Chuck
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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Flanagan has crafted a delicate but strikingly earnest portrayal of human connection and the importance of cherishing limited time, all to the tune of stunning visuals and immaculate performances.
Posted Aug 21, 2025
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3/5
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Eddington
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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It doesn’t explore its multitude of themes with as much depth as it would like, but, at its best, Eddington is as visceral in its decrying of ego and division as it is decisively eerie in its craft.
Posted Aug 20, 2025
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3/5
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The Naked Gun
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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While it likely won’t convert anyone who wasn’t a fan of the franchise previously, it nonetheless offers a slick new cast, a proudly farcical barrel of laughs and an affection for its namesake that’s easy to admire.
Posted Jul 30, 2025
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4/5
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Bring Her Back
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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If Roger Ebert’s philosophy that cinema is a machine for generating empathy is true, then Bring Her Back weaponises that generated empathy to make its antagonist and its craft all the more disturbing and thematically rich.
Posted Jul 30, 2025
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3/5
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The Bad Guys 2
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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The Bad Guys 2 is safe and overly familiar, but with an animation style this gorgeous and an eccentricity this charming, it’s hard not to be at least a little entertained by its unabashed energy.
Posted Jul 28, 2025
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3/5
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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It took decades, but we finally have a good Fantastic Four film in First Steps.
Posted Jul 24, 2025
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2/5
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Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Its celebrations of art feel more excessively self-indulgent than sincere; the narrative and craftsmanship quickly become scattershot, and ultimately, boring more than anything else.
Posted Jul 10, 2025
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3/5
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Superman
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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James Gunn’s Superman is an ode to the timeless character, which, while rocky in places, proves to have as much entertainment value as it does heart in its emphasis on the importance of humanity.
Posted Jul 10, 2025
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3/5
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How to Train Your Dragon
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Judging the live-action How to Train Your Dragon on its own terms leaves us with a solid, visually enchanting experience. However, the degree to which it literally replicates its animated counterpart leaves its necessity up for debate.
Posted Jun 11, 2025
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4/5
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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While not free from flaws, its jaw-dropping action, indomitable protagonist, and surprisingly timely themes make it the popcorn entertainment many desperately crave.
Posted May 28, 2025
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5/5
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Sinners
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Sinners may well be Coogler’s best, its atmospheric terror matched only by its soulful tunes and themes.
Posted May 24, 2025
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4/5
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Ocean with David Attenborough
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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By turning a worrying collection of numbers and data into a story of context, conflict and solution, Attenborough and team have crafted a haunting but blisteringly powerful picture.
Posted May 22, 2025
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3/5
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The Penguin Lessons
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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The unorthodox narrative and tonal whiplash of The Penguin Lessons make it an oddity. Nevertheless, the charismatic cast and the convictions of its sentiments make it an intriguing and ultimately life-affirming watch.
Posted Apr 17, 2025
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4/5
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Warfare
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Armed with the desire to replicate the experience of being in an active warzone, the result is stellar craft and uncompromising ferocity.
Posted Apr 16, 2025
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3/5
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The Amateur
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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As an espionage thriller, The Amateur is fairly rote, but there’s excitement to be found as an examination of how a thirst for vengeance can challenge or destroy one’s humanity.
Posted Apr 10, 2025
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2/5
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A Working Man
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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A Working Man is too scattershot to be compelling and too undercooked to be entertaining.
Posted Mar 27, 2025
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2/5
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The Alto Knights
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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All in all, The Alto Knights fails to generate much investment beyond De Niro’s intriguing dual efforts.
Posted Mar 20, 2025
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3/5
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Novocaine
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Novocaine won’t redefine the genre, but this one is solidly fun as far as action comedies go. Inventively gory fight scenes and two fetching lead performances make this a breezy and enjoyable, if occasionally uncomfortable, picture.
Posted Mar 20, 2025
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1/5
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Disney's Snow White
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Where the 1937 film reinvented what animation could achieve, this remake’s haphazard blending of live-action, mechanical storytelling, and revolting CGI generates weary discomfort over genuine enchantment.
Posted Mar 20, 2025
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4/5
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig is absolutely nail-biting. Thrilling, horrifying and superbly acted, it’s as meticulously atmospheric as it is vocal in its political convictions.
Posted Feb 12, 2025
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2/5
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy certainly has its poignant moments, but it’s too bogged down by awkward humour and formulaic setups to capture the full power of its otherwise noble ambitions.
Posted Feb 12, 2025
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3/5
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Captain America: Brave New World
(2025)
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Calum Cooper
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Ambitious in its action and political spectacle, it is Brave New World’s grounded dissection of character that proves its most admirable quality.
Posted Feb 12, 2025
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2/5
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September 5
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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September 5 is a well-crafted film, but by removing the political context of its conflict, it undermines its thematic ambitions and leaves a sour taste, becoming as shamelessly complicit as the media team it’s depicting.
Posted Feb 06, 2025
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5/5
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The Substance
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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It’s the most squirm-inducing movie in many a moon – a grotesque, crude and erratic picture as bonkers as a Troma Entertainment feature. It’s also one of 2024’s best films.
Posted Feb 04, 2025
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5/5
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The Brutalist
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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Like the greatest architectural feats, its various materials come together to create a work of breathtaking power. Blistering, soulful and utterly engrossing, The Brutalist is 2024’s finest film.
Posted Jan 23, 2025
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2/5
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Emmanuelle
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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What it amounts to is a slow, meandering compilation of hotel procedures and pseudo-psychological balderdash, occasionally interrupted by an equally unstirring sex scene.
Posted Jan 17, 2025
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3/5
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A Complete Unknown
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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Despite its mechanical structuring, A Complete Unknown succeeds because it recognises what makes Bob Dylan so alluring – his way with words and his refusal to conform.
Posted Jan 12, 2025
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4/5
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A Real Pain
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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Movies like A Real Pain are special not because they’re especially big or loud but because they actualise people’s feelings and experiences with intimacy and understanding.
Posted Jan 08, 2025
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5/5
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Spirited Away
(2001)
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Calum Cooper
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away is perhaps the greatest of all animated movies. It’s bizarre yet beautiful, creepy yet whimsical, and chock full of rich themes and unforgettable characters and imagery. It is a bona fide masterpiece.
Posted Dec 30, 2024
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3/5
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Nosferatu
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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This is a film in which the darkest thoughts and the cold harshness of life, be it depression, famine or unexplainable forces of malice, populate the screen, challenging the characters and leaving us spellbound by its atmospheric eeriness.
Posted Dec 23, 2024
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5/5
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Conclave
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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Conclave may seem like just another religious drama, but its execution is utterly nail-biting. The film twists, turns, ponders and scrutinises throughout its runtime, engrossing us with its claustrophobic filmmaking and thrilling lead performance.
Posted Nov 28, 2024
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3/5
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Wicked
(2024)
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Calum Cooper
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At its best, it is a visually intriguing and vocally powerful delight elevated by expressive choreography and Eviro’s magnetic central performance.
Posted Nov 20, 2024
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