‘Firebrand’ KVIFF 2023 review: Alicia Vikander and Jude Law in heated royal drama
Catharine Parr attempts to survive King Henry VIII in this intensely-acted, impeccably-designed period piece that opened this year’s festival in Karlovy Vary.
Catharine Parr attempts to survive King Henry VIII in this intensely-acted, impeccably-designed period piece that opened this year’s festival in Karlovy Vary.
The Oscar-winning Swedish actress will be awarded with the KVIFF President’s Award at the festival’s opening night ceremony.
This expertly-crafted action movie with Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, and a scene-stealing Hugh Grant is a real blast.
A breathtaking vision of a post-apocalyptic landscape highlights this new feature from directing duo Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper
Pine stars as a former soldier recruited into some shady mercenary work in this actioner from director Tarik Saleh
Statham plays a mystery man who takes a job guarding a cash truck in this remake of the 2004 French movie
Anson Mount plays a charismatic killer in this assassin feature co-starring Abbie Cornish, Eddie Marsan, and David Morse
A stellar ensemble cast including Hugh Grant and Charlie Hunnam bolsters what might be the director’s best film since 2000’s Snatch
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham return as mortal enemies once again forced to work together to save the world in this 9th film in the Fast & Furious franchise
This violent, irreverent sequel isn’t as funny as its predecessor, but features a far better story and action sequences
The real-life 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight and subsequent standoff in Entebbe makes for compelling material from director José Padilha
This Cold War action-thriller features a tangled mess of a plot that gets in the way of any spy games fun
This sturdy WWII filmmaking drama from director Lone Scherfig features fine perfs and solid period detail, but struggles to find a pulse
Filth, from the unfilmable novel by Irvine Welsh, is the scummiest, most depressing Christmas movie you’ll ever see
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
Snow White and the Huntsman is a joyless, oh-so-serious slog through the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale
War Horse is a journey from the English meadows to the trenches of World War I told through the eyes of a horse named Joey
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows isn’t likely to win any converts, but it’s an especially fun ride that just about equals its predecessor
London Boulevard is a striking, pulpy pop-culture amalgamation of British gangster movie clichés
Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr., is packed with explosions, fisticuffs, and a wink-wink ‘tude
Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky isn’t as lightweight as the title would indicate
Two-thirds of a solid superhero satire are sabotaged by a disastrously misconceived final act in Peter Berg’s Hancock