Gladiator II, the sequel to director Ridley Scott’s only Oscar-winning epic film, Gladiator (2000), feels more…
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Reviews of films from various genres
Red Rooms (2023) review – A gripping and unsettling psychological horror
Red Rooms, a Canadian psychological thriller written and directed by Pascal Plante, begins with the trial…
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Candyman (1992) review – One of the finest horror films of the 1990s
Bernard Rose’s Candyman is based on Clive Barker’s “The Forbidden,” a short story set in Liverpool…
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Rolling Thunder (1977) review – A gritty ’70s revenge action thriller
Rolling Thunder, directed by John Flynn and based on Paul Schrader’s original script, is a 1970s…
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The Substance (2024) review – Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature is wild, sexy, stylish, and an incredibly grotesque Sci-Fi body horror masterpiece
Following her remarkable directorial debut, Revenge (2017), Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature, The Substance, is a wild,…
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Woman of the Hour (2024) review – Anna Kendrick makes a solid directorial debut
Based on a true story, Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, is a slick…
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Smile 2 (2024) review – A superior sequel
Parkin Finn takes his clever premise from Smile (2022) and elevates it to the next level…
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Demon Seed (1977) review – Despite some intriguing ideas, the film’s execution falls short
After reading the synopsis of Demon Seed, which describes the story of an AI that gets…
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Drunken Angel (1948) review – Akira Kurosawa’s first major cinematic achievement
After working for studios and making conventional and by-the-book films, Akira Kurosawa finally gets to do…
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The Buckingham Murders (2023) review – Kareena Kapoor Khan delivers a strong lead performance in an ambitious but imperfect murder mystery
Despite Kareena Kapoor Khan’s solid central performance and some engaging procedural elements, Hansal Mehta’s The Buckingham…
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