Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein lets all guns blaze as it fuses the sensibilities of the Mexican visionary and Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel.
Freshly Sharpened — Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (London Film Festival 2025 Review)
Third time’s the charm as Rian Johnson blends irreverence and a tinge of the supernatural into his Knives Out formula.
Waiting To Soar — Superman (Review)
The DCU begins with a competent, universe-building adventure that’s big on heart but short on tangible threat. Bright and beautiful, Superman feels like stepping into comic books and is an excellent sign that Gunn can create a unified world that brings the best of the medium to the screen. The trade-off is the world-building that has scuppered many a shared universe early on and doesn’t give us enough of Big Blue.
Can’t Stop Pitt — F1 (Review)
Apple knocks it out of the circuit with an F1 biopic that gets the basics right.
Needs A Bigger Bang — Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning Review
One of the great feats and franchises of modern American cinema, Mission: Impossible prides itself on pushing boundaries. The Final Reckoning is too occupied with its complexity to provide a suitably tangible villain. Spending time with this team and Crusie’s most enduring hero is still a thrill, but they and the audience could have done with a bigger bang.
Old School AntiHeroics — Thunderbolts* Review
A roaring and sure-footed success that demonstrates that the MCU can still perform when it recognises its strengths. It’s a promising start to this saga’s home stretch, and combined with what appears in the long post-credit sequence, it’s a strong sign that Marvel can get its mojo back.
Rising Stock — Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Review
Sing Sing presents a world of greys in bright colours, where even in the staid prison rehearsal rooms, the fleck, dust and grain popping on the screen gives us one beautiful frame after another. What’s even more stunning is seeing Colman Domingo in a troupe that proves the RTA’s value.
Genre-Bending Cool With A Bite — Sinners Review
Sing Sing presents a world of greys in bright colours, where even in the staid prison rehearsal rooms, the fleck, dust and grain popping on the screen gives us one beautiful frame after another. What’s even more stunning is seeing Colman Domingo in a troupe that proves the RTA’s value.
The Play Isn’t The Only Thing — Sing Sing Review
Sing Sing presents a world of greys in bright colours, where even in the staid prison rehearsal rooms, the fleck, dust and grain popping on the screen gives us one beautiful frame after another. What’s even more stunning is seeing Colman Domingo in a troupe that proves the RTA’s value.
A Mile-High Concept — Fight of Flight Review
Fight or Flight is a popcorn-powered trip back to 90s action movies. Hartnett could have a new franchise on his hands as he hands in another likeable character with a darker side. While it’s not John Wick, it is dedicated to having a good time punching us all in the head. Be prepared to be hit repeatedly, and be thankful you’re not Lucas Reyes.
An Incredibly Satisfying Build — The Brutalist Review
The Brutalist’s title works on so many levels they are likely to be peeled back for decades. It’s divided like its buildings, and characters, but makes an incredibly satisfying whole, and a sweeping tribute to an age long gone, as much as a comment on the present and the future.
An Unorthodox Biopic — I’m Still Here Review
Heart-wrenching but hopeful, I’m Still Here is an asymmetrical film that defies convention to keep the focus on the family at its heart. Compellingly off-kilter, it’s a master class in inviting an audience into a family and a country’s trauma while keeping us a crucial arm’s length of objectivity away.