Metro (UK)
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3/5
White Boy Rick (2018)
Thought-provoking points about racial injustice are raised, only to be sketched over by the script. Still, where White Boy Rick hooks you in is as a family drama.
Posted Dec 5, 2018
2
3/5
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
Essentially a love letter to Redford's own screen career, it helps if you share his twinkle-eyed nostalgia for roguish criminals.
Posted Dec 5, 2018
3
5/5
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
4
5/5
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is a remarkable achievement and one of the greatest superhero movies ever made.
Posted Nov 30, 2018
5
2/5
Robin Hood (2018)
Egerton is passable but his Robin lacks charisma. It's like the bland leading the bland. It's a movie that steals 116 minutes of your life and offers very little in return.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
6
3/5
Creed II (2018)
Sadly, the first Creed's director, Ryan Coogler, didn't stick around for a sequel and it shows. But this is still a solid, earnestly acted effort.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
7
4/5
Disobedience (2018)
Another thought-provoking study in how society dictates how women are allowed to feel, it's achingly eloquent and explosively erotic.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
8
4/5
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Still, beneath the plethora of in-joke Easter eggs and already dated social media gags lies a film on a Pixar-like mission to make parents blub into their popcorn.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
9
2/5
Nativity Rocks! (2018)
Even by these undemanding standards you feel that Nativity Rocks! is taking the mickey.
Posted Nov 21, 2018
10
3/5
Suspiria (2018)
11
4/5
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
12
3/5
I'm already ravenous for the next instalment but the Fantastic Beasts series has yet to prove itself as more than just a gorgeous footnote to the Potterverse.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
13
3/5
Wildlife (2018)
14
4/5
Widows (2018)
15
4/5
Black Mother (2018)
It's a quality film that enriches understanding of a culture in an unconventional way and will offer more on a second viewing.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
16
3/5
Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
17
4/5
Peterloo (2019)
This is not Leigh's most diverting film but it is his most political.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
18
3/5
Bad Reputation (2018)
Bad Reputation convincingly makes the case for Jett's importance as a music icon even if the seemingly ageless 60-year-old remains an enigma in a PVC catsuit.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
19
3/5
It shouldn't work, yet miraculously most of it does.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
20
4/5
The Hate U Give (2018)
Yes, there are several 'speechy' moments, but you seldom feel like you're in a social studies lesson and the complexities raised are not sugar-coated for younger viewers.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
21
4/5
Dogman (2018)
A daring mix of humour, morality play and extreme violence, it's stunningly composed and just as stunningly acted.
Posted Oct 17, 2018
22
4/5
VS. (2018)
VS gains strength by not trotting out easy Hollywood solutions to complex problems. Nor does it lay on the seaside location too thick.
Posted Oct 17, 2018
23
4/5
Mandy (2018)
24
4/5
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
25
5/5
First Man (2018)
A remarkable feat only a great actor can pull off.
Posted Oct 10, 2018
26
4/5
Female Human Animal (2018)
What sounds tiresomely pretentious proves darkly fascinating and surprisingly funny. A release quite unlike any other, this is a choice morsel for culture vultures.
Posted Oct 4, 2018
27
2/5
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Kids may still giggle at Atkinson's well-practised buffoonery but his creaky character might want to consider permanent retirement after this one.
Posted Oct 4, 2018
28
5/5
A Star Is Born (2018)
29
4/5
Two for Joy (2018)
30
4/5
Skate Kitchen (2018)
Authentic and dreamily shot - yet smartly edited - Skate Kitchen is the kind of movie you feel infinitely more hip just for watching.
Posted Sep 27, 2018
31
5/5
The Wife (2018)
Director Björn Runge's stark palate contrasts with the pleasingly juicy story, but it's Close's remarkable performance that makes this drama shine.
Posted Sep 27, 2018
32
1/5
Mile 22 (2018)
What the heck is going on? Why the heck am I still watching this? These will be your two dominant thoughts while enduring this preposterously violent action nonsense.
Posted Sep 19, 2018
33
3/5
The Little Stranger (2018)
The house itself is realised with terrific creepiness and claustrophobia but ultimately its cupboards feel bare.
Posted Sep 19, 2018
34
4/5
A Simple Favor (2018)
While Feig's neo-noir soap opera fizzes with comedy camp, Jessica Sharzer's script is spiked with acid wit and chilling nastiness.
Posted Sep 19, 2018
35
4/5
Lucky (2017)
Sounds grim but character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut is a wonderful and warm meditation on mortality.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
36
2/5
King of Thieves (2018)
A sad waste of gold-plated talent.
Posted Sep 12, 2018
37
4/5
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
38
5/5
American Animals (2018)
The trick of American Animals is that the film creates powerfully gripping drama, even as we inwardly beg for the lads to call a halt.
Posted Sep 5, 2018
39
4/5
Under the Wire (2018)
Essential viewing.
Posted Sep 5, 2018
40
4/5
The sharp, irreverent humour recalls the tone of fellow YA hit The Fault In Our Stars and the script steers away from broad strokes or predictable beats.
Posted Sep 5, 2018
41
Cold War (Zimna wojna) (2018)
At an intense 88 minutes, it's truly all killer, no filler.
Posted Aug 29, 2018
42
4/5
Searching (2018)
Twist upon twist is daringly and entertainingly contrived by exciting debut director Aneesh Chaganty,.
Posted Aug 29, 2018
43
3/5
The Happytime Murders (2018)
Put it this way: McCarthy is virtually a nun next to these X-rated puppets and she's still her usual bawdy self. Prepare to be shocked.
Posted Aug 29, 2018
44
3/5
In Your Hands (2012)
In Your Hands' terrific performances can't entirely justify 80 minutes of slow deliberation.
Posted Aug 23, 2018
45
2/5
Joyful Noise (2012)
46
4/5
Friends With Kids (2012)
47
3/5
Based on a true story, The Source is a passionate but sometimes heavy-handed argument for gender equality in the Middle East.
Posted Aug 23, 2018
48
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
My Week With Marilyn is a compelling look at Marilyn Monroe's insecurities - but Michelle Williams doesn't fully convince as the film legend.
Posted Aug 23, 2018
49
2/5
In Time (2011)
If you're just after popcorn thrills, then In Time is not a complete waste of time, but future generations will not remember it.
Posted Aug 23, 2018
50
Everything Must Go (2011)