28 Reviews
6 This fittingly downbeat but gently reverent documentary does a good job of restating both the significance of Loach’s impact and what it is that still makes his approach so radical.
8 ...remains one of the small screen’s most unsettling, unpredictable and audacious operations.
8 From its pulsating, nails-in-the-sofa premiere onward this is a complex, hugely compelling and enthrallingly dark thriller that deserves to be a huge hit.
8 ...an intimate, lyrical documentary that offers a subtly effective snapshot of life as a young woman on the threshold of adulthood.
8 As every frame throbs with up-to-the-minute political purpose, you can’t help but feel that this tale was just waiting for history to catch up.
8 ...a blackly comic tale of love, honesty and sterile hospital waiting rooms.
8 ...one of Black Panther’s greatest triumphs is to make you forget the barrier-breaking significance of its mere existence.
8 ...is by turns provocative and tender, heart-wrenching and thrillingly unpredictable.
8 ...begins with one of the year’s most scintillating, pin-you-to-your-seat opening sequences (...) and only cranks things up from there.
8 ...an eloquent love letter to freedom, friendship and modern girlhood in all its messy, unconventional glory.
8 ...a challenging, hugely watchable series with lots of visual dazzle and plenty to say about the corrupting power of wealth.
8 From its pulsating, nails-in-the-sofa premiere onward this is a complex, hugely compelling and enthrallingly dark thriller that deserves to be a huge hit.
10 Impassioned, sensitively acted and supersized in scope...
10 Impassioned, sensitively acted and supersized in scope...
10 ...a woozy, musical fever dream with wit, sexiness and one unforgettable extended singalong.
6 ...Carell and Byrne do enough to earn your VOD vote.
6 The script is well stocked with fast, sharp one-liners, even if the tonal gearshifts occasionally induce whiplash.
8 Bridges is having a ball. He can probably play this kind of cantankerous old badass in his sleep now, but here he salts Marcus’ one-liners with a weary vulnerability and the desperation of a reluctant retiree.
6 ...stylish, robustly delivered period gangster flick...
8 Buoyed by a trio of standout performances, this freshly resonant thriller brings urgent life to one of the Black Panther movement’s greatest tragedies.
6 There’s something to be said for a comedic safe bet.
8 ...even though it formally tips a hat to classic screwball comedies, Maggie’s Plan has a keen Lena Dunham-esque eye for modern New York and its myriad pretensions...
8 ...leaves the door ajar for more and underlines the fact that Greengrass’ eye for kinetic action and Damon’s tortured soulfulness is the secret sauce that lifts these films above their countless imitators.
8 A sophisticated adaptation of a hugely important book that adeptly handles its daunting themes...