In a genre often dominated by indestructible heroes and over-the-top set pieces, The Amateur arrives like a jolt to the system, delivering a gritty, brainy spy thriller that trades bravado for vulnerability and spectacle for smarts. After Charles “Charlie” Heller (Rami Malek), a CIA cryptographer, loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, he realizes […]
Movie Reviews
‘Death of a Unicorn’ – Review
Death of a Unicorn is WTF cinema at its finest, a savage slice of psychedelic fantasy horror that rips through genre tropes like a unicorn’s horn through a trust fund baby’s chest cavity. When a man (Paul Rudd) and his daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn with their car, his boss tries […]
‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ – Review
Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a blistering political powder keg that doesn’t just simmer—it explodes. Delivered with the raw emotional intensity and high-stakes urgency, this Iranian thriller is a defiant, deeply personal masterstroke that slices through the veil of authoritarian silence with surgical precision. Judge Iman, paranoid amid Tehran’s unrest, loses […]
‘A Minecraft Movie’ – Review
If there was ever a game that screamed pure, unfiltered creativity, it’s Minecraft. With its boundless sandbox world, limitless potential, and universally beloved aesthetic, bringing it to the big screen was no easy feat. But, thankfully, A Minecraft Movie rises to the challenge and delivers a wildly entertaining, family-friendly experience that is packed with humor, […]
‘Holland’ – Review
If you’re looking for something twisty and electric then Nicole Kidman’s kooky suburban-mystery thriller Holland will keep you wired with its unique approach to the unsettling feeling that lurks beneath the surface of suburbia. Teacher and homemaker Nancy Vandergroot’s (Nicole Kidman) picture-perfect life with her husband and son in Holland tumbles into a twisted tale. […]
‘A Working Man’ – Review
Jason Statham and David Ayer are back after their high-flying action cinema tornado, The Beekeeper, with A Working Man, and this action flick is about as subtle as a train crash, and delivers all on its junky action spectacle. Levon Cade (Jason Statam) left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live […]
‘The Last Showgirl’ – Review
Pamela Anderson delivers the performance of her life in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl, and delivers incredible vulnerability in an intimate character study that examines the cost of performance and glamour following the passage of time. A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. In Gia […]
‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ – Review
Sinister psychological horror and dark humour unite for a story of pure madness in The Rule of Jenny Pen, and this is a picture infused with a haunting sense of dread as a battle of power and control wages for the very right to survive. Recovering from a stroke at an assisted living facility, a […]
‘Black Bag’ – Review
Noted filmmaker Steven Soderbergh takes audiences into the murky arena of covert black operations, where there is no line between trust and lies in Black Bag, and this is an intellectually tense thriller that packs in the tension at every moment. When his wife, intelligence agent Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett), is suspected of committing […]
‘Hard Truths’ – Review
Mike Leigh is a filmmaker who doesn’t just tell stories, he crafts lived-in worlds brimming with raw emotion, human frailty, and, most importantly, truth. With Hard Truths, he returns to the big screen with a gut-wrenching, deeply affecting drama that holds nothing back. This is a film that demands your full attention and, in true […]