The Equalizer 2 review: flaky philosophising and ho-hum action in a middling sequel
Blue collar heroes who administer vigilante justice tend to be ideologically interesting characters, squashed by the same system they see themselves as morally above. The…
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again review: this belated sequel is fabulous escapism
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Just the title alone sounds like a threat. That pun of a subtitle certainly doesn’t fill one with confidence…
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How It Ends review: Netflix’s apocalyptic road movie is a terrible bore
When will the world end, and why on earth is it taking so long? These are not ideal questions to ponder while watching a film about the…
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Skyscraper review: will this ridiculous action movie become a classic?
The great American critic Andrew Sarris once reflected on what he described as “the hard lesson” of film history, proposing that posterity…
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The Gospel According to André review: enjoyable doco about a legendary fashionista
The first words spoken in The Gospel According to André, a documentary that explores the life of former Vogue editor and legendary…
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Mary Shelley review: a wishy-washy and ideologically confused biopic
In their biopic of the great Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein when she was just 18 years old, director Haifaa Al-Mansour and…
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Show Dogs review: an imbecilic talking animals movie made on the cheap
Is it possible to make a talking animals movie on the cheap? I’ve always assumed the answer is no. A dodgy animated film, sure, or a genre…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp review: a fun sequel but it feels smaller, not bigger
When Marvel gets goofy, it usually gets fun. Twenty titles into the comic-book brand’s sprawling cinematic universe, many of its most…
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Adrift review: navigates the same path as too many survival films before it
Some decent moments don’t sustain the rest of the film.
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado review: Benicio del Toro oozes gravitas in unexpected sequel
It’s hard to imagine anybody that watched director Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 cartel crime drama Sicario and came away thinking: good film, but…
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BlacKkKlansman review: a dangerously funny comedy
With his racially-charged historical comedy BlacKkKlansman, veteran firebrand filmmaker Spike Lee finds himself in something resembling the…
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Ideal Home review: a warm-hearted ode to same-sex parenting, with a killer cast
When Ideal Home ends, it’s with a rousing series of family snapshots, all featuring same-sex parents and their offspring. Adults beam,…
