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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Robin Slessor The best I can say of this costly picture is that it is a combination of H.G. Wells and the Frankenstein series -- a combination of the worst parts of both.
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Nouvelle Vague (2025) Leigh Paatsch The fashion is on point, the attitude is off the charts, the black-and-white imagery is stunning, and the birth of the fabled ‘French New Wave’ (and its lasting influence) is there for all to see.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
Hamnet (2025) Leigh Paatsch The work of Jessie Buckley in Hamnet features some of the most intricate, expressive and utterly convincing acting of the modern era.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
Gaslight (1944) Josephine O'Neill Gaslight's distinction is helped by a glorious study of a pert maid from Angela Lansbury.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
A Place in the Sun (1951) Robin Slessor Here is one of the most intelligent and absorbing films for many years. It has everything in it that is required to make a good film — good acting, dialogue, photography, music, and direction.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Alice in Wonderland (1951) Robin Slessor From the moment Alice tumbles down the White Rabbit's tunnel until she awakes from her dream, Walt Disney (and his staff of experts) transport you to such a wonderland of color and delight that it takes you a while to get back to normal.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) Leigh Paatsch Straightforwardly silly cartooning that puts a smiles on the dial without testing the patience.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Song Sung Blue (2025) Leigh Paatsch Hugh pouring on the charm and putting on a show, with many a Neil Diamond earworm to lift the spirits.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Sentimental Value (2025) Leigh Paatsch It is a movie that earns your trust carefully, and makes good on the deal in so many wonderful ways.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Rental Family (2025) Leigh Paatsch This amiable comedy-drama should prove to make a great fit for [Fraser's] talents.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
The Marching Band (2024) Leigh Paatsch A huge hit in its native France, this uplifting, moving and subtly funny affair has been making friends right around the world.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
The Housemaid (2025) Leigh Paatsch Sweeney is well-cast as the au pair with a criminal record who lands a job with Seyfried’s dangerously unhinged woman of wealth.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Anaconda (2025) Leigh Paatsch While there will be several sightings of those sinister slithers, the emphasis here is more on Jumanji-style family comedy than blood-drenched biting and fighting.
Posted Dec 30, 2025  Edit critic review
The History of Sound (2025) Leigh Paatsch While the movie does lose some vital narrative momentum in its final act, a delicately convincing emotional balance held by Mescal and O’Connor throughout is rewarding through to the bitter(sweet) end.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Leigh Paatsch Like the Avatars that came before it, Fire and Ash conjures true movie magic when it comes to complete and total immersion in another world.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Eternity (2025) Leigh Paatsch This is a fresh and lively concept for a rom-com, and the movie confidently sets it all up in fine style.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) Leigh Paatsch The sequel struggles to raise pulses or pique curiosity throughout.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Ella McCay (2025) Leigh Paatsch There is a lot – no, make that way too much – going on in Ella McCay for it to stand a chance of making any coherent sense for too long.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Twiggy (2024) Leigh Paatsch A fun, but in no way frivolous experience directed in lively fashion by Sadie Frost (Quant).
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Nuremberg (2025) Leigh Paatsch Anchoring proceedings with impressive gravity is a brilliant performance by Russell Crowe as Hitler’s chillingly charismatic second-in-command, the notorious Hermann Goring.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Leigh Paatsch As always with a Knives Out affair, the expert construction of Wake Up Dead Man’s baffling murder teases performances of great wit, treachery and skill from a top-notch cast.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Train Dreams (2025) Leigh Paatsch The achingly slow pacing and deeply contemplative tone of this movie – reminiscent in many ways of the work of director Terrence Malick (Badlands, Tree of Life) – will not accommodate all tastes or attention spans.
Posted Dec 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Dead of Winter (2025) Leigh Paatsch Thompson’s gritty effort goes far beyond what anyone might have assumed this decorated performer is capable of, and is reason enough for all viewers to stick around for one heck of a final act.
Posted Dec 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Zootopia 2 (2025) Leigh Paatsch While this frenetic follow-up is consistently very good in almost all departments, it cannot be denied that the prevailing vibe here is more disposable than memorable.
Posted Dec 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Keeper (2025) Leigh Paatsch While this creepy cabin-in-the-woods affair is creatively deceptive and darkly amusing at all times, there is also a feeling that the movie is sometimes being far too enigmatic for its own good.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Jay Kelly (2025) Leigh Paatsch As effective a fit as Clooney proves to be for the conflicted and unhealthily self-centred title character, the glue truly holding everything together is the soulfully understated and sincere performance of Sandler.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Wicked: For Good (2025) Leigh Paatsch While Wicked: For Good only features two musical numbers that match the melodious peaks scaled by its predecessor, there is a distinctly deeper and subtly darker emphasis on story here that will keep a captive audience invested, connected and excited.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) Leigh Paatsch Though the movie itself is an acquired taste to say the least, there are elements to Byrne’s intense performance that suggests there will be a number of major dramatic roles heading her way in years to come.
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) Leigh Paatsch While this is very much a popcorn flick designed to consumed and forgotten in a hurry, there is a creative flair to many of the elaborate set-piece tricks that will linger in the memory
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Running Man (2025) Leigh Paatsch While director Edgar Wright does a fine job in depicting a chilling future where an unholy trinity of technology, media and money will rule above all else, he cannot cover for the deficiencies of the main character.
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Prime Minister (2025) Leigh Paatsch With her partner Clarke Gayford keeping a video diary from day one, we get to see, hear and feel Ardern fighting to hold her personal ethics in place while meeting the ever-changing needs of an entire nation. Revealing and inspiring stuff.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Bugonia (2025) Leigh Paatsch While Stone supplies a performance rife with fierceness and focus, and Lanthimos extracts much black humour from this grim premise, the movie struggles to find a coherent point to make until very late in play.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Predator: Badlands (2025) Leigh Paatsch While some later fight sequences lack the awe-inducing panache displayed in the movie’s frenetic first hour, the admirable nature of Dek as a character and his evolving bond with Thia allows Badlands to deliver the goods in fine style.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Lost Bus (2025) Leigh Paatsch Greengrass’ early days as a documentary specialist serves this convincingly mounted production well, often achieving levels of frightening authenticity that conveys the danger, chaos and stress of the event in powerful fashion.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
TRON: Ares (2025) Leigh Paatsch If you don’t think too hard about the screwy scripting logic constantly unravelling within Tron: Ares, it is all too easy to have a good time with this unashamedly bonkers blockbuster.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Play Dirty (2025) Leigh Paatsch However, the sheer audacity of the action sequences and a solid display from Wahlberg justify at least one more Parker adventure.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
HIM (2025) Leigh Paatsch The game is over here well before the closing credits.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Smashing Machine (2025) Leigh Paatsch While The Smashing Machine follows a conventional trajectory... The Smashing Machine’s ability to hold an intimate focus on Kerr’s anchoring relationship with his unflaggingly loyal partner Dawn is a welcome and warming point of difference.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Kangaroo (2025) Leigh Paatsch Nevertheless, small children with an affinity for our native wildlife and the great outdoors will by happy enough with the continued presence of cute little Liz and her jumpy joey co-stars.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Long Walk (2025) Leigh Paatsch Yes, it’s all too much at times, but too well done to walk away from.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Bad Guys 2 (2025) Leigh Paatsch A quality all-ages animated movie knows how to keep everything on the move without boring or exhausting its target audience, and The Bad Guys 2 covers this base with absolute ease.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) Leigh Paatsch Aside from rising concerns over Ed’s dodgy ticker and a more prominent role for the Warren’s daughter Judy, this spooking-by-numbers affair brings The Conjuring saga to a disappointing close.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) Leigh Paatsch There are countless other subplots and stand-alone scenes packed into the movie, but nothing that matches the bittersweet emotion of The Grand Finale’s final minutes, in which the fondest of farewells is waved to one and all.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Splitsville (2025) Leigh Paatsch The screenplay for Splitsville (co-written by Marvin and Covino, who also directs) is sharply insightful when it comes to detonating the many implosions promised by a very amusing concept.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke (2025) Leigh Paatsch Best of all, thanks to Clarke's private endeavours as an amateur video enthusiast, there is a stack of revelatory and endearing footage which reveals the true kindness and enduring spirit of the man behind all that mirth. Highly recommended.
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Roses (2025) Leigh Paatsch The acrimonious gymnastics of the Cumberbatch-Colman double act are often so impressive that you barely notice the movie’s story is struggling to hit the same heights.
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Caught Stealing (2025) Leigh Paatsch Directed by accomplished filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, Caught Stealing is at its best when it forgets all about its cluttered, confusing story, and simply lets the audience bask in the afterglow of Butler’s considerable charisma.
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Eddington (2025) Leigh Paatsch While Eddington cannot be faulted for its bravery and ambition, it bites the dust big-time when it comes to engrossing or enlightening the viewer.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) Leigh Paatsch The chemistry shared by this trio of characters is effortlessly captured by the actors, particularly the unheralded Key.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Honey Don't! (2025) Leigh Paatsch Style definitely wins out over substance here, a deal consummately sealed by Qualley’s casually confident presence.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
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