Your Monster Review: Theater Camp Meets Beauty And The Beast
Melissa Barrara stars in this riff on Beauty And The Beast. Our review of Your Monster from the Sundance London Film Festival…
Cinema Moana 2: Visually stunning but lacking depth of the original
The ocean calls again in Moana 2, but just how far will she go this time…
Piper review: An uncanny intersection of fantasy and reality
Anthony Waller’s Lower Saxony-set modern fairytale confounds the psychological and the supernatural while disinterring an old legend.
Cinema Heretic review: Hugh Grant is on fire in cat-and-mouse horror
Two Mormon missionaries are invited into the home of a mysterious theology nut in Beck and Woods’ Heretic. Our review…
Cinema Venom The Last Dance: Disposable but entertaining
Conjoined human-and-alien team Eddie Brock and Venom – both played by Tom Hardy – return for a trilogy capper. This odd, barely coherent adjunct to the Marvel filmography has eccentricity and touches of sentiment going for it.
Cinema Nightbitch review: Wildly funny
Amy Adams stars as a mother who quite literally turns into a dog. Our review of Nightbitch…
TV Interview with the Vampire S2 review: Bold and lavish storytelling
Louis, Lestat and Claudia are back for Season Two of Interview With The Vampire, and this time the action is moving to Europe. Our review…
Cinema The Assessment review: Survival comes with a price
Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, Himesh Patel, and Minnie Driver star in The Assessment. Our review…
Cinema The Wild Robot review: An electrifyingly crafted animation that feels like a giant hug
The Wild Robot features a stellar voice cast including Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal and Catherine O’Hara. Our review…
Rumours review: Head scratching satire is off target
Director Guy Maddin paints a bleak picture of the future and an even bleaker one of ineffectual, limp world leaders in Rumours. Our review…
Cinema Timestalker review: A hilarious time-leaping love story from Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe writes, directs and stars in this hilarious time-leaping story of a woman stuck in a repeat cycle of bad romance.
Cinema A Quiet Place: Day One Review – Terrifyingly tense and ultimately affecting
Michael Sarnoski’s mid-apocalyptic prequel brings a new dawn, and an unusual heroine, to Krasinski’s sci-fi horror. Best of the series.
Cinema Joker Folie à Deux review: Brilliantly bizarre and ambitious
While on trial, multiple murderer Arthur Fleck – alter ego of anarchic madman Joker – attracts the romantic attention of a fan, Lee Quinzel. Our review of Joker Folie à Deux…
Cinema Megalopolis review: A bewildering and intoxicating sci-fi fable from Francis Ford Coppola
There are things that happen in Megalopolis that need to be seen to be believed. Our review…
TV Agatha All Along review: Fun and mystical spin-off
We review the first four episodes of Marvel’s latest series and WandaVision spin-off, Agatha All Along.
Strange Darling review: A twisted romance that upends expectations
There are no safe words to describe JT Mollner’s twisted hookup of dating etiquette and serial killer thrill-seeking
Cinema The Substance: A Dazzlingly Daring Body Horror
Coralie Fargeat once again reworks film history with rageful indignation with The Substance.
Cinema Hellboy: The Crooked Man review – back to its comic book roots
From Crank director Brian Taylor and original Hellboy creator Mike Mignola comes Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Our review…
Cinema Speak No Evil review: Darkly funny and disturbing psychological horror
Impressive performances and the approach to culture and class sets James Watkins’ remake of Christian Tafdrup’s Danish psychological horror, Speak No Evil, apart from the original. Our review…
Cinema Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review: Wonderfully silly and riotous sequel
Tim Burton and company add a delectable sweetness to all the twisted imagery in horror comedy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Our review…
