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4/5
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Almar Haflidason A true sci-fi classic, the intelligent and thought-provoking "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is now restored on a beautiful new DVD release.
Posted Jan 15, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Nicholas Barber 197 minutes of screensaver graphics, clunky dialogue, baggy plotting and hippy-dippy new-age spirituality. It's terrifying to think that Cameron still has two more sequels scheduled.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Hamnet (2025) Nicholas Barber It's true that many viewers have already fallen under its spell, but Zhao and O'Farrell have stripped away so much of what makes the novel magical...that what's left is no more profound or authentic than any other costume drama set in ye olde days.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Marty Supreme (2025) Caryn James Marty Supreme is as fresh, funny and exhilarating to watch as its hero. It's worth being bombarded by merch and giant orange heads.
Posted Dec 01, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Wicked: For Good (2025) Caryn James This film is as slick and shiny as Glinda's lip gloss, but it may also be just what its many fans want.
Posted Nov 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Predator (1987) Almar Haflidason Fifteen years on and "Predator" still impresses, both in tension and, perhaps more surprisingly, in its special effects.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
One Battle After Another (2025) Caryn James For all his wit, Anderson can be a chilly, cerebral film-maker, and DiCaprio's emotional warmth in the role balances that. Drama and comedy co-exist with remarkable, virtuosic ease here.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Lost Bus (2025) Caryn James The Lost Bus demonstrates how powerfully drama can illuminate a story we might have thought we knew.
Posted Sep 16, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) Nicholas Barber No other film this year will get more people talking, or more people crying.
Posted Sep 08, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Caryn James Wake Up Dead Man functions perfectly well even when Blanc himself is nowhere around, which is a testament to Josh O'Connor and to the way Rian Johnson keeps this buoyant franchise alive.
Posted Sep 07, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Christy (2025) Caryn James A contradiction at the heart of Christy is that Sweeney is the main reason anyone is paying attention to the project, but her own high-profile celebrity makes it difficult to believe her as the character.
Posted Sep 06, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) Nicholas Barber ...[A House of Dynamite] is more riveting than most thrillers, and more terrifying than most horror films.
Posted Sep 03, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Smashing Machine (2025) Nicholas Barber Johnson is probably the only actor alive who could play Kerr convincingly: his colossal, sculpted bulk fills the screen, and...his towering appearance raises the question of why Marvel used CGI for the Hulk in the Avengers films.
Posted Sep 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
After the Hunt (2025) Nicholas Barber In theory, viewers of After the Hunt should leave the cinema arguing about its subject matter. In practice, they're more likely to be asking each other what was going on and what it meant.
Posted Sep 02, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
No Other Choice (2025) Nicholas Barber No Other Choice Isn't just Park's funniest film, but his most humane, too – and that's quite something for a comedy as violent as this one.
Posted Aug 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Roses (2025) Caryn James A smart, wild, entertaining mix of droll British humour and glossy Hollywood film-making.
Posted Aug 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Caryn James Despite the team's outlandish schemes to save the world, the actors tether their characters to emotional reality.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Superman (2025) Nicholas Barber [James Gunn's] nerdy ambition will make comic fans chuckle, as will his twisted sense of humour: it takes some gall to make a zillion-dollar Hollywood blockbuster that feels so much like an eccentric sci-fi B-movie.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Caryn James Jurassic World Rebirth has major stars in Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, and better-designed creatures than ever, but so few thrills that it may be the weakest of the Jurassic franchise.
Posted Jun 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
28 Years Later (2025) Caryn James It glows with Boyle's visual flair, Garland's ambitious screenplay and a towering performance from Ralph Fiennes.
Posted Jun 18, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
F1 The Movie (2025) Nicholas Barber While Top Gun: Maverick was a masterpiece that pulled viewers into events in and out of the cockpit, F1 is simply a competently assembled collection of underdog sports-drama clichés. It never convinces you that its protagonists are human beings.
Posted Jun 17, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Materialists (2025) Caryn James Materialists is exquisitely made, character-driven and talky, with some glittering dialogue. It's the kind of idiosyncratic film a director sometimes gets to do after a great success and Song makes the most of it.
Posted Jun 09, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Mountainhead (2025) Caryn James Mountainhead may seem to be an argument for fast-turnaround films, but few writers and directors could do it with Armstrong's sharp eye and intelligence, as he entertains us with these heartless, all-too-convincing megalomaniacs.
Posted May 29, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Secret Agent (2025) Nicholas Barber Still, for all its brightly coloured, grindhouse flashiness, The Secret Agent is rooted in the real anxieties and tragedies of ordinary citizens.
Posted May 29, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
It Was Just an Accident (2025) Nicholas Barber Panahi puts these terrifying yet touchingly humane insights into a film that is as fast-moving and unpretentious as any crime caper.
Posted May 29, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The History of Sound (2025) Nicholas Barber The irony is that Lionel makes a speech about why he likes folk music: it's because it's impassioned, raw and messy. The History of Sound is none of those things.
Posted May 21, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Alpha (2025) Nicholas Barber The issue with Alpha is that the fictional illness doesn't shed any new light on its non-fictional counterpart, nor does it expand upon it to build a more resonant and universal myth. The metaphor isn't a rich one.
Posted May 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Nicholas Barber Some directors boast that they make the films that they want to see, and they don't care about pleasing anyone else. In the case of The Phoenician Scheme, it feels as if Anderson and his team were enjoying it more than audiences ever will.
Posted May 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Die My Love (2025) Nicholas Barber Ramsay's film-making flair lights up scene after scene, but as the narrative fragments, and reality and fantasy blur, you're left with the urge to read the novel to find out what's actually happening.
Posted May 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Eddington (2025) Nicholas Barber The film would probably have been better if it had been more focused (and shorter), but Aster's deranged vision makes most directors seem timid in comparison.
Posted May 16, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Nicholas Barber Maybe it's for the best that The Final Reckoning is being marketed as Mission: Impossible's grand finale. It's just a shame that the series' farewell had to be so solemn -- and so silly.
Posted May 14, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Mission: Impossible (1996) Almar Haflidason "Mission: Impossible" might have a plot with innumerable twists and turns but there are plenty of superb action set-pieces and quality hammy-acting to keep you amused.
Posted May 03, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Stepford Wives (1975) Almar Haflidason Clever, witty and enjoyably offbeat.
Posted Apr 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Thunderbolts* (2025) Nicholas Barber That's why Thunderbolts* is so much better than most of Marvel's post-Endgame films. It's not just because it's a rough-edged, big-hearted spy thriller about lovably clueless anti-heroes. It's because it has an actor as charismatic as Pugh at its center.
Posted Apr 29, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Warfare (2025) Caryn James Together, Garland's virtuosity and Mendoza's first-hand experience create a masterful technical achievement that is, more important, emotionally harrowing.
Posted Apr 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Disney's Snow White (2025) Nicholas Barber The story is cluttered, the tone is muddled, and the pacing is off. Again, that doesn't make the film a disaster. In some ways, the identity crisis is what makes it worth seeing.
Posted Mar 19, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Mickey 17 (2025) Hugh Montgomery The bad news -- and possibly an explanation for its delays in release -- is that it doesn't really know what approach it wants to take instead. All in all, it must be considered a serious disappointment from the director.
Posted Feb 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Must Watch
Elton John: Never Too Late (2024) Scott Bryan I was really hoping for something that was completely comprehensive that went from the start of his life to where he is now. It sort of felt that they kind of cut and showed certain bits.
Posted Jan 08, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) Nicholas Barber This series of unfortunate events raises more questions than it answers.
Posted Dec 17, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
A Complete Unknown (2024) Caryn James Mangold (who directed the Johnny Cash and June Carter biopic Walk the Line) is too smart to attempt to explain Dylan, so the film sees him from the outside in, through others' eyes.
Posted Dec 17, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
Moana 2 (2024) Nicholas Barber Despite all this Moana moaning, though, it's still a high-quality piece of work: a hurtling Disneyland rollercoaster ride that small children, especially, are bound to enjoy.
Posted Dec 03, 2024  Edit critic review
4/5
Nosferatu (2024) Nicholas Barber What really separates Eggers' Nosferatu from the flock is how deeply it explores the images and themes of vampire lore. There aren't many Dracula films that give you so much to sink your teeth into.
Posted Dec 02, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
Wicked (2024) Nicholas Barber It doesn't take flight. It doesn't have the terrific jokes, the startling twists or the stunning dance routines that might have cast a spell on you, and it's weighed down by under-developed subplots... as well as by its own sense of self-importance.
Posted Nov 19, 2024  Edit critic review
4/5
Gladiator II (2024) Caryn James Full of spectacle and spectacular performances, Gladiator II is by far the best popcorn film of the year.
Posted Nov 11, 2024  Edit critic review
4/5
Paddington in Peru (2024) Nicholas Barber Paddington in Peru offers a fun and lively hour-and-three-quarters in the cinema, and that's not to be sniffed at, but it comes across as the solid third part of an established franchise rather than a stellar pop-cultural phenomenon in its own right.
Posted Nov 04, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
Blitz (2024) Nicholas Barber The film is interesting and informative, but all those bomb blasts don't leave you as shaken as they should.
Posted Oct 09, 2024  Edit critic review
On Swift Horses (2024) Caryn James It is a story of subterfuge, secrets and recognitions hardly ever spoken out loud. And it works much better as an idea than as a film.
Posted Sep 11, 2024  Edit critic review
4/5
The Last Showgirl (2024) Caryn James She comes with every nepo-baby advantage, but The Last Showgirl proves that Gia Coppola has a true artist's eye and her own rich, distinctive style.
Posted Sep 11, 2024  Edit critic review
5/5
Hard Truths (2024) Caryn James Leigh's strategy of taking us into his characters' world without prelude or explanation, letting the revelations and backstory waft out, help make his films feel authentic.
Posted Sep 11, 2024  Edit critic review
2/5
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) Nicholas Barber Depending on how you look at it, this demythologising exercise is either daring or it's irritatingly smug, but it's definitely not much fun.
Posted Sep 04, 2024  Edit critic review
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