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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3.5/5
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Bad Times at the El Royale is an engrossing, entertaining noir-thriller with some effective set pieces and some standout performances. If only it had a bit more to say.
Posted Oct 10, 2018
2
5/5
First Man (2018)
In a word: Flawless. First Man is a stunning film where everything works in symphony.
Posted Oct 10, 2018
3
4.5/5
American Animals (2018)
American Animals is a different kind of movie, a truly electrifying story with purpose and meaning but one that has also given us a new form of storytelling.
Posted Oct 4, 2018
4
3.5/5
McKellen: Playing the Part (2017)
It's a must-see for any fan, and, be honest, is there anyone who's not an Ian McKellen fan?
Posted Oct 3, 2018
5
2/5
Venom (2018)
A disjointed, tonally confused and mediocrely written action flick, the best thing Venom has going for it is its relatively short runtime.
Posted Oct 3, 2018
6
2/5
Night School (2018)
There were some laughs, some giggles, even an occasional cackle, but for the most part, Night School is a lesson that often feels more like punishment.
Posted Sep 27, 2018
7
3/5
Ladies in Black (2018)
Ladies in Black isn't really a plot-driven movie, it's more of a mood, it's about inviting you to spend some time in this lovely, quaint world where it's always sunny.
Posted Sep 22, 2018
8
3/5
It works if all you're looking for is a movie you can take your children to see.
Posted Sep 22, 2018
9
2.5/5
Christopher Robin (2018)
It's a heavy-handed, unsatisfying experience. A more apt title would be Melancholy and the Infinite Childhood.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
10
3/5
The Predator (2018)
The first entry in the Predator franchise in almost a decade is a solid action romp that's even kind of ... goofy?
Posted Sep 13, 2018
11
3/5
A Simple Favor (2018)
With its gripping premise, likeable cast and a director in Paul Feig, A Simple Favour has much going for it.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
12
4/5
Searching (2018)
It helps when you have a lead like John Cho, who after 20 years in the industry is finally bagging the kind of starring roles he deserves.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
13
4/5
The Insult (L'insulte) (2018)
A thrilling, thoughtful and complex story.
Posted Sep 7, 2018
14
2/5
Book Club (2018)
To have four female actors of this calibre in the one place and not give them something less mediocre is a lost opportunity.
Posted Sep 7, 2018
15
3.5/5
McQueen (2018)
What keeps McQueen from being a brilliant doco is its willingness to skim over the darkest parts of the designer's life.
Posted Sep 7, 2018
16
3.5/5
17
3/5
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)
It's a candy-coloured and candy-flavoured teen romance that could best be described as pleasant - it's not transcendent but at least it's not The Kissing Booth.
Posted Sep 7, 2018
18
3.5/5
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
It's a boisterous ride that you'll want to jump on time and again, still chortling with each rewatch.
Posted Aug 29, 2018
19
4/5
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Spike Lee isn't subtle, his is a sledgehammer approach. But being delicate wasn't the point. This is a film that needs to be seen.
Posted Aug 19, 2018
20
3/5
It's a mad farce - but the fun, chuckle-worthy kind.
Posted Aug 19, 2018
21
3.5/5
It's so undeniably sweet.
Posted Aug 19, 2018
22
3/5
On Chesil Beach (2018)
On Chesil Beach doesn't hit all the right notes but it does enough to be a graceful period drama about the unfulfilled promises we make to each other and ourselves.
Posted Aug 8, 2018
23
4/5
The Wife (2018)
The Wife is a movie for grown-ups, a thoughtful antidote to the box office bombasts, and it has one of the most phenomenal performances so far this year.
Posted Aug 8, 2018
24
3/5
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Ultimately, what makes The Spy Who Dumped Me an enjoyable experience is what Kunis and McKinnon bring to the table.
Posted Aug 8, 2018
25
4.5/5
The kind of exciting, adrenaline-pumping and visceral movie-going experience Mission: Impossible is known for and delivers
Posted Aug 1, 2018
26
3/5
Beirut (2018)
Beirut is a fairly standard thriller but it's tightly plotted, well-composed and there's at least one twist you genuinely don't see coming.
Posted Jul 27, 2018
27
3.5/5
The Breaker Upperers (2018)
The Breaker Upperers is packed full of that awkward, dry-as-a-desert Kiwi wit - the unmistakable rhythm of a bloody good time at the movies.
Posted Jul 27, 2018
28
2/5
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
Other than Lily James' luminous performance, there is no reason for this witless movie to exist.
Posted Jul 17, 2018
29
2.5/5
Skyscraper (2018)
30
4/5
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
31
3.5/5
Set It Up (2018)
32
4.5/5
Foxtrot (2018)
Unsettling, occasionally shocking but always fascinating, Foxtrot is one of those films that demands to be seen and remembered.
Posted Jun 20, 2018
33
3/5
Ideal Home (2018)
Despite its been-there-done-that story, what saves Ideal Home from mediocrity is the irrepressible charm of Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan.
Posted Jun 20, 2018
34
2.5/5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom isn't so much gripping as passable. Déjà vu has well and truly set in.
Posted Jun 19, 2018
35
4/5
Incredibles 2 (2018)
36
3/5
Tag (2018)
Though thoroughly infantile at many points, try as you might to stifle that laugh, despite yourself, you'll find plenty of instances to cackle.
Posted Jun 13, 2018
37
3/5
Kodachrome (2018)
While Kodachrome is let down by its generic beats and the way it telegraphs much of its dialogue, it has a wistfulness that ends up being rather effective.
Posted Jun 7, 2018
38
3/5
Ocean's 8 (2018)
39
2/5
Gringo (2018)
Despite corralling Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Thandie Newton and David Oyelowo into its incredible cast, Gringo is, at best, an inept attempt at a dark comedy.
Posted Jun 4, 2018
40
4/5
Hereditary (2018)
41
2.5/5
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
42
4/5
Deadpool 2 (2018)
The story is more cohesive than the first and somewhere amid all the mocking and the 37th pastiche might just be an original voice. Or, at least an original voice 2.0.
Posted May 15, 2018
43
4.5/5
Loveless (Nelyubov) (2018)
An emotionally stark indictment of middle class malaise and the broken promises of an empire, Loveless is one of the best films you'll see this year.
Posted May 10, 2018
44
4/5
Tully (2018)
45
3.5/5
Chappaquiddick (2018)
46
4/5
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Isle of Dogs is quintessential Wes Anderson - that fetishistic attention to detail and a deadpan-ness that saves his brand of whimsy from becoming twee.
Posted Apr 10, 2018
47
4/5
A Quiet Place (2018)
With its chilling premise, heart-thumping execution and deeper anxieties about family and parenthood, A Quiet Place is sure to join the pantheon of great horror films
Posted Apr 4, 2018
48
4/5
The Death of Stalin (2018)
The Death of Stalin is signature Iannucci - absurd set-ups leading to even more outrageous ends via the spitefully delicious cadence of his dialogue.
Posted Mar 29, 2018
49
3/5
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
50
3.5/5
Ready Player One (2018)