Film-maker James Ashcroft has created a scary and intimately upsetting psychological horror based on a story by New Zealand author Owen Marshall set in a
Category: Films
A Touch of Love review – Margaret Drabble’s single-mother drama is a vivid 60s time capsule
Waris Hussein’s earnest 1969 movie, adapted by Margaret Drabble from her own novel The Millstone, is a London-set drama about a young woman who has
The Rivals of Amziah King review – Matthew McConaughey returns with unwieldy misstep
In the past six years, the Academy award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, the reigning prince of Austin, Texas, has kept busy. He raised his three kids
Novocaine review – throwaway one-joke action comedy brings the pain
We’re in the thick of an ongoing movie star crisis and it’s one that no amount of “Glen Powell grinning on a red carpet” images
Oh My Goodness! review – bike-racing nuns go for the prize in freewheeling clerical comedy
The nuns in this silly good-natured French comedy say far worse things than the film’s title. And that’s the trouble with the movie – it
Having a bawl: why Avatar 3 will reduce you to a sobbing husk (just ask James Cameron’s wife)
Can you feel it? If you’re paying enough attention, and you have your spirit tuned to the frequencies of the planet, then you’ll be able
All Happy Families review – childhood home is renovation project in likable indie drama
“All happy families are alike,” the famous first line of Anna Karenina tells us. “But each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The
Satu – Year of the Rabbit review – scene-stealing runaways on picturesque road trip across Laos
This debut feature from Welsh director Joshua Trigg exudes an unassuming virtuousness from every pore, thanks in no small part to a dignified performance from
American Dreamer review – Peter Dinklage is charmer in oddball tale of eccentric inheritance
This low-key oddity has the potential for some proper horsepower given the odd but intriguing casting of Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine, but it never
Drop review – a standout from White Lotus excels in tight first date thriller
I have a special place in my heart for a movie that knows what it is, doesn’t mislead and delivers accordingly in a tight 90