Movie Reviews and Ratings

Admission Movie Review

Admission Movie Review

We generally expect more wacky humour from Fey and Rudd than this comedy, which is packed with perhaps too-smart dialog and a lot of warm sentiment. It's an odd mix, looking for jokes in gender roles and higher education, while...

Summer in February Movie Review

Summer in February Movie Review

A simplistic approach undermines this intriguing true story about a romantic triangle among artists in pre-WWI England. The actors do what they can to liven things up, but the writing and direction let it down, never injecting the spark of...

Stuck in Love Movie Review

Stuck in Love Movie Review

Far too tidy to be believable, this multi-strand romance holds our attention with a warmly comical tone and a watchable cast. But it's only entertaining as a bit of escapism, because the various relational entanglements are far too contrived for...

The Last Exorcism Part II Movie Review

The Last Exorcism Part II Movie Review

When you qualify your movie as the "last" anything, a sequel seems a bit out of the question, but these new filmmakers have essentially relegated the 2010 original to a mere backstory. Starring: Ashley Bell, Julia Garner, Spencer Treat Clark, Muse Watson, David Jensen, Louis Herthum and E. Roger Mitchell.

The Numbers Station Movie Review

The Numbers Station Movie Review

There's an interesting, timely idea in this espionage thriller, as well as adept leading actors who are able to make the most of the script's dry wit. Starring: John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham, Richard Brake and Joey Ansah.

Therese Desqueyroux Movie Review

Therese Desqueyroux Movie Review

Although this remake of the 1962 classic is beautifully shot and acted, it's so hollow and bleak that it leaves us cold. Starring: Audrey Tautou and Gilles Lellouche.

The Purge - Movie Review

The Purge - Movie Review

A home-invasion thriller with a twist, this fiercely clever film is both thought-provoking and terrifying, mixing a Twilight Zone sense of morality with skilfully developed menace and genuinely horrific violence. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield, Tony Oller and Arija Bareikis.

Byzantium - Movie Review

Byzantium - Movie Review

Nearly 20 years after Interview With the Vampire, Neil Jordan returns to the genre to breath some new life into a mythology that has grown stale, predictable and rather mopey. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Caleb Landry Jones, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller, Daniel Mays, Tom Hollander and Kate Ashfield.

Paradise: Love [Paradies: Liebe] Movie Review

Paradise: Love [Paradies: Liebe] Movie Review

The double-edged irony of the title is your first hint: this is a clever pitch-black satire that often feels like a cruel joke. It's the first in a trilogy by acclaimed Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl about the way we look...

Behind the Candelabra Movie Review

Behind the Candelabra Movie Review

This biopic about the pianist-showman Liberace may look almost painfully camp, and sometimes it is, but it's also a remarkably honest depiction of an intimate relationship. Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula, Debbie Reynolds, Cheyenne Jackson and Bruce Ramsay.

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Movie Review

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Movie Review

Made by a fan for fans, this documentary explores the iconic English rock band through raw adoration rather than a detailed narrative. But Shane Meadows (This Is England) is a seriously gifted filmmaker. Starring: Ian Brown, John Squire, Shane Meadows, Liam Gallagher and Eric Cantona.

The Iceman Movie Review

The Iceman Movie Review

Much more involving than the usual hitman thriller, this film takes a deliberately personal approach to its characters that makes it unusually involving. Starring: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, Danny A. Abeckaser, James Franco and Stephen Dorff.