Bolstered by masterful direction from Arkasha Stevenson and a commanding central performance by Nell Tiger Free, this is 2024’s first great horror film.
This sturdy WWII filmmaking drama from director Lone Scherfig features fine perfs and solid period detail, but struggles to find a pulse
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel comes with high pedigree, bringing back most of the first film’s original players
I, Frankenstein details how Frankenstein’s Monster gets caught up in the age-old conflict between gargoyles and demons
About Time spices up the usual rom-com sentimentality with a sci-fi twist: our hero can travel in time at will
A fitting finale to director Edgar Wright’s trilogy, The World’s End is an inventively-told and frequently uproarious pub crawl
Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer – a big-budget, CGI-infused take on Jack and the Beanstalk – is one of the more unlikely fairy tale updates
Total Recall is doubly disappointing when compared to the 1990 Paul Verhoeven film and the original Philip K. Dick short story
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a pleasant enough diversion – but perhaps one best suited to its target demographic
Wrath of the Titans is a sequel to 2010’s Clash of the Titans, itself a remake of the 1981 film of the same name
Gore Verbinski’s Rango is a gloriously strange trip, and a rare studio animated film that reflects a true vision
Harry Potter by way of Ingmar Bergman: Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is rich and vibrant, dark yet sensitive
There’s a real love for classic rock and pirate radio that shines through in Richard Curtis’ The Boat That Rocked
Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie is suspenseful and exciting and works well enough on popcorn terms to warrant a recommendation
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans gives us what we might expect from a vampires vs. werewolves movie
Hot Fuzz is Edgar Wright’s hilarious and highly entertaining follow-up to Shaun of the Dead
Gore Verbinski´s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End has all the earmarks of an epic pirate flick but sorely lacks the sense of breezy fun
Notes on a Scandal is a wildly overpraised Fatal Attraction derivation from director Richard Eyre