Review archive
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1/5 · 2026
I'm flirting with this being the worst Star Wars movie ever made. Let me lay out how every scene in this film functions: Side character "Here is the plot, and this is what you m...
Published 23 May 2026
4.5/5 · 2026
I've said it umpteen times, but I hate the musical biopic. Too often I find that genre reductive. Its portrayal of these largerthanlife stars always ends up falling short of the...
Published 10 May 2026
2/5 · 2026
Welp. Not sure I've ever sat on a movie for as long as I have with this. I'm seriously conflicted about how I feel; the following is where I'm at currently, but I will be seeing...
Published 10 May 2026
4.5/5 · 2026
Many many many thoughts, but perhaps the most pressing is how unsurprising the “twist” is, and what that perhaps says about the state of America and its handling of gun violence...
Published 5 May 2026
5/5 · 2016
I will always be an advocate for the theatrical experience. This is my third country seeing this in the cinema. Each time it's marked different points in my life. The first, I d...
Published 24 April 2026
4/5 · 2026
Charli XCX is one of the biggest pop stars the world has right now, due to her meteoric rise thanks to her album brat and brat summer, it placed her at the height of her career,...
Published 27 February 2026
3/5 · 2026
Well. Here we go. For all the chatter and discourse, the wide spread of ratings and opinions (even amongst my mutuals, which is shocking), Wuthering Heights is finally out, and...
Published 16 February 2026
3.5/5 · 2026
Hm. If I'm being honest, it’s a little disappointing coming off the sheer high that was the previous film. It used the character of Spike to take us on a journey of two halves,...
Published 26 January 2026
4.5/5 · 2025
Hit me harddddd. As somebody who since graduating has been made redundant twice due to very ephemeral reasons, and since has thought A LOT about the plague that is capitalism an...
Published 26 January 2026
5/5 · 2025
Why did I get blueballed by orange balls?!? Yeah, this blew me away. Propulsive, energetic filmmaking that lights you up inside. There's something special here with the way that...
Published 29 December 2025
4/5 · 2025
Many, many, many thoughts on this. The sheer technical craft on offer in these movies is second to none. Many will cite the CGI and the incomparable visual effects (as they shou...
Published 25 December 2025
4.5/5 · 2025
London Film Festival Film 16 I just have to talk about the experience I had watching this because, oh my goodness. I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the UK premiere of Hamne...
Published 23 October 2025
4.5/5 · 2025
London Film Festival Film 18 I'm not sure anybody is exploring human emotions on such a profoundly unique, internal, intimate level as well as Joaquin Trier is. Sentimental Valu...
Published 23 October 2025
3.5/5 · 2025
London Film Festival Film 15 Ok, here we go. My hot take, I guess. The reactions to this film, I feel, represent the climate that we’re in politically right now. This idea that—...
Published 20 October 2025
4/5 · 2025
London Film Festival Film 5 As I left the screening of Father Mother Sister Brother I heard so much murmuring of people completely underwhelmed with this film. Not satisfied, a...
Published 9 October 2025
4.5/5 · 2025
London Film Festival Film 3 “Young, dumb, and full of Christ” Rian Johnson is back with yet another mystery (he never really went away for those who watch Poker Face). With yet...
Published 9 October 2025
4/5 · 2025
Was utterly shocked by how much I enjoyed this. Having not been a massive fan of the What If...? episode upon first viewing, and going back to that episode before this and think...
Published 7 October 2025
5/5 · 2025
I was incredibly lucky to get to see this the way it was intended in glorious VistaVision. The way this screening was treated was honestly really cool. The clear love for films...
Published 1 October 2025
4/5 · 2025
It’s a metaphor for capitalism. Man I’m exhausted after watching this. Honestly, was a little shocked at the glowing reviews going into this, the first ten minutes felt like I w...
Published 9 September 2025
4/5 · 2025
Going into this film, either due to its marketing or the public perception that I’ve seen, I fully was expecting this to be Ari Aster’s commentary on left vs right politics, and...
Published 22 August 2025
3.5/5 · 2025
EIFF Film 6 A film which not only wears it’s influences on it’s sleeve but seems to be a love letter to said influences (made only the more apparent by the end with special than...
Published 20 August 2025
3.5/5 · 2025
EIFF Film 7 This film started off with an introduction, which was incredible brief. Ondine Viñao, the director, said this movie is "where Aesop's fable meets a 4chan meme”. I al...
Published 20 August 2025
4.5/5 · 2025
EIFF Film 5 Blue Film really challenges you with its content, and whether or not you’re able to detach yourself from said content to judge the film and arguments being presented...
Published 19 August 2025
4.5/5 · 2025
I got a lot out of this film. It’s no Past Lives, sure, but that’s because it’s its own thing. And I swear if I hear broke boy propaganda another time I’m gonna scream. Did you...
Published 13 August 2025
