In Charlie McDowell’s indie home invasion film ‘Windfall,’ nothing goes as planned. Nobody, a thief, has broken into the holiday home of a teach industry mogul in search of the…

‘Deep Water’ offers a very dark, psychological look at a married couple’s crumbling relationship and the unusual means they both use to cope. Vic (Ben Affleck), a moody and affluent…

Deep Water’s main purpose is to serve as a record for celebrity chroniclers of the off-screen affair that made co-stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas a tabloid thing for…

X Review – They all receive more than they bargained for when Wayne rents them the guest home of a run-down turn-of-the-century farm run by an ageing couple who’ve probably…

Halina Reijn’s hair-raising feature revolves around a group of friends. Bodies, Bodies, Bodies is a poisonous brew. They would, of course, passionately disagree with that assessment. These characters are so…

Growing up during the space race and in a part of the country where everything is brand new to accommodate it, Stanley’s memories are thus inextricably linked with the American…

The Adam Project Review – Catherine Keener plays a time-traveling ruler who only wants Adam to return to the future she controls (and if he doesn’t, she’ll kill him). Keener…

“Meditation” could be a good word to describe the picture, which is based on Alexander Weinstein’s short tale “Saying Goodbye to Wang.” There are extended, strained moments of stillness and…

It’s a tale of two halves in Netflix’s third and final instalment of the ‘Fear Street’ trilogy, with the former seeing director Leigh Janiak adjust the film’s tone once more….

‘The Novice,’ a psychological thriller film directed by Lauren Hadaway, follows Alex Dall, an incredibly competitive college student who joins her university’s rowing squad. Dall’s unwavering determination to be the…

Cameron Turner (Mahershala Ali), the protagonist of the Apple TV+ sci-fi romance drama ‘Swan Song,’ passes through the five stages of grieving not sequentially but simultaneously after being diagnosed with…

‘Mother/Android’ is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama about a pregnant mother and her boyfriend on their survival adventure. The film recounts a couple’s stressful trip through the A.I. humanoids’ stronghold that…

Twenty-five years ago (yes, it has already been that long), the live-action/animation hybrid ‘Space Jam,’ which starred NBA icon Michael Jordan and an eclectic cast of Looney Tunes cartoon characters…

The 2016 action thriller film ‘London Has Fallen,’ directed by Iranian-Swedish director Babak Najafi, packs an explosive punch if you are prepared to take it. After the 2013 film ‘Olympus…

The world is ending, yet no one seems to care. ‘Don’t Look Up’ is a sarcastic but joyful dystopian satirical comedy about everything wrong with civilisation. Despite the crass comic…

The ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022′ is a respectable addition to the classic slasher genre. The unwitting victims this time are a group of young, urban entrepreneurs trying to create a…

One of the most influential horror film series of all time is ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.’ The nine films in the series reinvented the slasher cinema genre, from Tobe Hooper’s…

‘Phantom Thread,’ a 2017 romantic drama, explores what it’s like to fall in love with an artist. Set in 1950s London, the film follows famed and eccentric dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock…

Even if you have no friends, terrible things can happen, but you have strangers to rely on. The 2019 drama film ‘The Kindness of Strangers,’ directed by Danish writer-director Lone…

The 1998 cop thriller ‘The Negotiator,’ directed by legendary director F. Gary Gray, provides a high-octane drama eschewed out of the hostage-taker situation made famous by ‘Dog Day Afternoon.’ Danny…

Scott Hicks directed the 2012 romantic drama film ‘The Lucky One.’ Based on Nicholas Sparks’ namesake novel, the plot centres around Logan and Beth, who fall in love only to…

Apple TV+’s teen drama ‘The Sky is Everywhere,’ directed by Josephine Decker, centres around the life of Lennie Walker, who cope with the tragic death of her sister Bailey Walker….

‘Kimi,’ directed by Steven Soderbergh, is a thriller that weaves together aspects of crime, technology, and psychology via the story of Angela, a tech worker. Angela stumbles into proof of…

In the teen rom-com film ‘Tall Girl 2,’ director Emily Ting delivers a festive makeover to a franchise in the making. While paying casual homage to genre classics, the story…

The Tragedy Of Macbeth Review: William Shakespeare, the English playwright, had such an impact on both the literary and theatrical mediums that his stories have taken on many different shapes…

Death on the Nile is a Mildly Satisfying Murder Mystery Review: Deception is key to mysteries. Especially those that manage to hide all of their cards by displaying them right…

‘AI Love You,’ directed by David Asavanond and Stephan Zlotescu, is a Netflix sci-fi romantic comedy film. It is set in the future and follows Dob, an artificial intelligence (AI)…

The science-fiction romantic film ‘The In Between,’ directed by Arie Posin of ‘The Chumscrubber,’ is, above all, a therapeutic investigation of the effect of bereavement on the human brain. Tessa…

‘I Want You Back,’ directed by Jason Orley, is a lighthearted romantic comedy. It centers on Peter and Emma, two thirty-something strangers who meet after being dumped by their spouses,…

In the age of streaming platforms and “theme park” cinema, romantic comedies are becoming increasingly rare. It’s difficult to believe that it used to have one of the biggest box-office…

‘Home Team,’ a Netflix sports film, revolves around New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who decides to coach his son’s sixth-grade football team after being suspended from the NFL…

Because of its topics, ‘The Fallout’ might have been released at any point in the last 25 years and been relevant. Unfortunately, it appears that it will remain relevant for…

Who hasn’t fantasized about their very own Prince Charming riding in on a noble steed and sweeping them off their feet? After all, this common rom-com stereotype is ingrained in…

‘Sex Appeal,’ a comedy-drama on Hulu, is an amusing look into Avery Hansen-sexual White’s exploits. The youngster, who is intellectual but sexually inexperienced, prepares for intercourse with her boyfriend, Casper,…

The titular fixer (Liev Schreiber) makes a return in ‘Ray Donovan: The Movie,’ which picks up where the acclaimed Showtime crime thriller series of the same name left off. The…

‘Brazen,’ directed by Monika Mitchell (‘The Knight Before Christmas,’ is a murder mystery film based on Nora Roberts’ best-selling novel ‘Brazen Virtue.’ It follows the narrative of Grace Miller, a…

‘The Power of the Dogs’ is separated into chapters and is organized like a book. Given that it’s based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, it’s understandable…

The 2011 gore horror film ‘Final Destination 5,’ directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer, is the fifth installment in the popular horror franchise of the same name….

Jane Campion, one of our generation’s greatest filmmakers, explores the multiple dimensions of masculinity in ‘The Power of the Dog.’ Initially, Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch), his brother George Burbank (Jesse…

‘Munich: The Edge of War’ is a political drama film directed by Christian Schwochow (‘Je Suis Karl’) based on author Robert Harris’ best-selling novel ‘Munich.’ It takes place in 1938,…