Movie Reviews

Eighth Grade is a superbly written, brilliantly directed and sublimely acted coming-of-age film

 Once Upon a Time in London is an enjoyable gangster drama in the rich tradition of the genre

Despite the compelling question it seeks to pose, Red Joan lacks the charm to draw the spectator in and have them partake in the main character's dilemma. Character drama and historical commentary that could have made the film richer than its premise ended up bogging it down in what feels like a collage of familiar, underdeveloped plots that never became more than a sum of parts.

Wild Rose is, in short, the best British film of the year

Jacques Audiard's premier English feature scintillates as a tale of ruthlessness, camaraderie and black humour in the very heart of the Gold Rush, and injects yet more new life into the Western genre

Fighting with my Family tells the story of WWE's Paige and her family, who are all wrestlers!

Branagh's study of the last years of the Bard of Avon leans towards more fiction than fact, as this so-called historical piece comes up self-serving

James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez collaborate to bring us a manga adaptation almost 20 years in the making - but the end result is an almost lamentable case of style and speed over substance

A superbly made and emotionally engaging conclusion to a thoroughly entertaining trilogy

Green Book balances hefty themes with refreshing levity, formula with expert restrain in emotion; but its indubitable strong points are the herculean performances by Mortensen and Ali