The Inspection
Elegance Bratton’s semi-autobiographical narrative debut is perhaps too wedded to its writer-director’s personal experiences for its own good.
Category: Reviews
Bros (Blu-Ray)
A deliberately defensive exterior means it won’t be for everyone, but those who do gel with Bros will find a finely-observed, very funny, and affecting rom-com.
Live Review: Metric – Academy 2, Manchester [31st January 2023]
The cult Canadian indie lifers bring their lengthy catalogue of hits to Manchester Academy.
Royal Warriors (Blu-Ray)
Not even the barest-bones of releases can stop Eureka!’s restoration of Royal Warriors from being a near-essential purchase for action junkies.
Emily the Criminal
The debut feature from John Patton Ford wraps an incisive commentary on gig-economy capitalism around yet another excellent Aubrey Plaza turn.
Yes, Madam! (Blu-Ray)
A landmark milestone of Hong Kong action cinema gets a luscious Eureka! remaster, though the rest of the package leaves a lot to be desired.
25 Years of UK Garage
What should have been an illuminating and entertaining look at an influential and beloved strain of dance music is instead a sloppily-made and myopic waste of time.
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
The movie adaptation of Matilda the Musical is all fleeting spectacle and little substance.
We Are the Mutants: The Battle for Hollywood from Rosemary’s Baby to Lethal Weapon
The titular Cold War media magazine brings their cult leftist examination of the time period’s cinema landscape to book form with mixed results.
Callie Petch at BFI London Film Festival 2022: I LOVE MY DAD
A father impersonates a young woman online in a bid to get closer to his son in James Morosini’s promising but frustrating debut.
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