In Review
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Film Review - The Banshees of Inisherin
Don’t expect a barrel of laughs or a feckin’ good time, but McDonagh’s latest is a powerful dark comedy that’ll have you thinking about your own mental state long after you leave the cinema.
Film Review - The Lost King
The Lost King can pretend like it’s focusing on Richard, but the truth is they could change the title to The Lost Queen, and nobody would bat an eye.
Film Review - The Menu
Combining bitter comedy with the sensibilities of an A24 horror film, The Menu marks a cool addition to the genre and establishes itself as one of the most exciting blockbusters of this year.
Film Review - Millie Lies Low
Millies Lies Low is an effective tragicomic story of the way we create truth to find our own, as well as the lengths we will go to and things we will have to lose to get to it.
Film Review - Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Perhaps the real Going To Paris was the friends that Mrs. Harris made along the way.
Film Review - Entergalactic
While the plot is largely predictable, following the tropes and clichés of dozens of films before it, Cudi’s presence firmly sells this product as something of his own.
ST. ALi Italian Film Festival 2022 Film Review - Belli Ciao
Belli Ciao isn’t the most high-brow of satires, and in some parts the laughs are a bit sparse, but there are a couple of genuine ones for sure.
MIFF 2022 Film Review - Funny Pages
Funny Pages screams new-age Funny People to me – and that’s a big compliment in my books.
MIFF 2022 Short Film Review - Horse Brothers
A weirdo nightmare comedy going at exactly 2 horsepower (because it features two horses).
MIFF 2022 Short Film Review - Sushi Noh
You’ll likely not want to eat sushi again (or at least not for a while) after watching this.
MIFF 2022 Film Review - On the Count of Three
On the Count of Three isn’t your parents' anarchy flick - this is certainly no Ferris Bueller.
MIFF 2022 Short Film Review - Anyám macskája (Mom’s Cat)
I wish life was as simple as it appears in Mom’s Cat, a world where you can really just be what you want to be.
Film Review - The Phantom of the Open
Surprisingly funny, while at the same time using nuance as a blunt-force weapon, delivering crushing sadness, The Phantom of the Open subverts a typical focus.
Film Review - Minions: The Rise of Gru
Set in the swingin’ 60’s, yet again following the hijinx of the minions after finally finding their purpose at the close of Minions, they immediately lose Gru again and retread the American countryside, this time to San Franbisco.
Film Review - The Kitchen Brigade
Simplistic, formulaic, and crowd-pleasing, The Kitchen Brigade plays it safe with emotional beats you’ve seen before, but its wholesome characterisation is guaranteed to melt your heart.
Film Review - The Bob’s Burgers Movie
Everyone I asked about The Bob’s Burgers Movie didn’t know it existed, and I’m ashamed to say this slipped under my radar up until its release as well. If it is destined for hidden gem status, it will fit right in with the show’s legacy in this truly underrated franchise.
Film Review: Pompo the Cinéphile
Complete with a Marlon Brando surrogate and nods to B-movie exploitation, it's clear that for the most part, Pompo The Cinéphile has its heart in the right place. Viewed purely as blissful escapism, it's a sugar-coated ode to the idea that with enough passion, anyone can make it.
Spanish Film Festival Film Review: Official Competition
Personally, the whole meta-inception-story-within-a-story is not my usual cup of tea. However, Official Competition doesn’t fade into using conventions of the trope. What separates it, is that rather than focusing on production and the movie-making process it's focused entirely on the actors and their craft.
Film Review: How to Please a Woman
A funny and heart-warming liberation story for women who have been afraid to ask for what they want – at home, at work and in the bedroom.