Flickering Myth
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
4/5
Val (2021)
Empathetic and honest, Val illuminates a singular talent's triumphs and challenges both personally and professionally through an uncommonly intimate lens.
Posted Aug 3, 2021
2
5/5
Vivo (2021)
In the guise of a monkey-like rainforest creature with a tiny hat, Lin-Manuel Miranda can't help but fly.
Posted Aug 3, 2021
3
2/5
John and the Hole (2021)
As a thriller, John and the Hole is intriguing to watch but spectacularly fails when it comes to psychological insight and drawing defined characters
Posted Aug 2, 2021
4
1/5
The Last Mercenary (2021)
Once it's over, there's nothing left but feeling embarrassed for Jean-Claude Van Damme
Posted Jul 30, 2021
5
3/5
Vivo (2021)
6
5/5
Annette (2021)
7
2/5
The Boy Behind the Door (2020)
8
4/5
Augustine Frizzell translate Jojo Moyes's 2008 novel to the big screen with wit, charm and just the right amount of cheese.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
9
4/5
Nowhere Special (2020)
It's told as something of a love story between father and son, but one given extra poignancy by the fact we know it's winding inexorably towards a tragic conclusion.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
10
3/5
While the first movie focused on characters reacting to the horrors around them, this one is mostly just those same characters yelling leaden exposition at each other.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
11
4/5
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Emerges as something far fresher, sharper and more enjoyable than its rather tired predecessor.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
12
3/5
Black Medicine (2021)
The overriding feeling is that of a story half told and far too mired in tropes and clichés to separate itself from the crowd.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
13
4/5
Black Widow (2021)
Not only is it a thrilling couple of hours at the cinema, it well and truly anoints Pugh as Marvel's next bona fide megastar.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
14
4/5
The Tomorrow War (2021)
It's a floor-shaking blockbuster of the purest kind, with terrific set pieces and tonnes of fun.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
15
4/5
Luca (2021)
A movie about walls coming down and boundaries fading away, with a real sense of limitless potential that will charm young viewers and evoke misty nostalgia in adults.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
16
4/5
Shiva Baby (2021)
It's one of the funniest films of the year, but also the most frenzied and toe-curling cinema release since the Safdie brothers gave Uncut Gems to the world.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
17
3/5
It's a breezy watch from start to finish and a rare example of a movie which sees fandom as something with the potential to be healthy and formative.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
18
1/5
Zebra Girl (2021)
After a soup of disappointing stabs at comedy and a laughably overwrought, ominous musical score, the movie rather limps to its closing credits.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
19
4/5
Rare Beasts (2021)
It's prickly and wobbly and doesn't go down easily, but that feels appropriate for a story which seeks to thread the needle of dating in the 21st century.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
20
4/5
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
While this sequel sacrifices some of its full-blooded fear factor for spectacle, the movie knows exactly how to go bump in the night -- and, crucially, in the light of day.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
21
2/5
Wrath of Man (2021)
The film's final hour is bogged down with deafening, inconsequential gunplay between characters it's impossible to care a jot about.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
22
2/5
Fried Barry (2020)
What he has created is certainly a gnarly dive into a maelstrom of darkness, but one is left wondering whether it actually achieves anything.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
23
3/5
The elegance of the movie is that it's structured in such a smart way, emerging as neither a chummy fireside chat or a cartoonish war of words.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
24
3/5
With an absurd sense of humour and an inventive visual style, it really flies -- even if it suffers from an under-powered finale and an over-inflated running time.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
25
4/5
Black Bear (2020)
It might be a film about an artist in creative flux, but it transforms that flux into something slippery, beguiling and utterly enthralling.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
26
2/5
The Reckoning (2021)
What we do get is empty, lacking in palpable grime and desperately in need of an injection of real black magic.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
27
3/5
The Power (2021)
Its jumps and jolts might be a little generic, but the command of lighting is impressive and Faith knows how to maximise every shadow and shape moving in the darkness.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
28
4/5
Sound of Metal (2020)
The final act's quietly played emotional turmoil - in which Cooke really gets to spread her wings - is a triumph, building to an elegant and heart-warming finale.
Posted Jul 29, 2021
29
4/5
The Suicide Squad (2021)
30
The Suicide Squad (2021)
James Gunn is unleashed, unhinged, and unstoppable in the most absurd and gory DC film to date!
Posted Jul 28, 2021
31
2/5
Jungle Cruise (2021)
32
2/5
Twist (2021)
The parkour is the only good idea Twist has going for it. Rest assured, you won't be asking for more
Posted Jul 27, 2021
33
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Action-adventure films like this are rare; a good one is even rarer. But this comes together for a fun and enjoyable family film.
Posted Jul 27, 2021
34
4/5
Stillwater (2021)
A gripping tale of differences, second chances, family, meditation, redemption, justice, culture, and life itself without succumbing strongly to its thriller premise
Posted Jul 26, 2021
35
4/5
Undine (2020)
Viewers in search of answers to every single narrative question will be left disappointed, but there's something delectably playful about the way the movie washes over you.
Posted Jul 26, 2021
36
5/5
Nine Days (2021)
Nine Days is more than an outstanding debut; it's a miraculous and flooring work of art tackling the intricacies of life itself and purpose
Posted Jul 26, 2021
37
Out of Death (2021)
Willis fails to give anything in his performance that could be worth a watch, even for his hardcore fans.
Posted Jul 25, 2021
38
The Dark and the Wicked (2020)
39
The God Committee (2021)
40
Lansky (2021)
As a premise Lansky had promise and there is still a great film to be made. Unfortunately, this is not it.
Posted Jul 25, 2021
41
2.5/5
Jolt (2021)
An energetic but strangely charmless actioner, Jolt squanders the thoroughly game Kate Beckinsale in a pedestrian remix of several superior prior action flicks.
Posted Jul 23, 2021
42
3/5
Old (2021)
Old is probably as good as it's going to get when you take M. Night Shyamalan's numerous filmmaking idiosyncrasies and toss them into a blender with pathos regarding time
Posted Jul 23, 2021
43
Old (2021)
A psychodrama that feels like a throwback to the arthouse horror days. This panic attack-inducing film is needed from Shyamalan.
Posted Jul 22, 2021
44
2/5
Jolt (2021)
45
1/5
Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021)
46
2/5
Broken Diamonds (2021)
A well-acted but exploitative melodrama
Posted Jul 20, 2021
47
2/5
Joe Bell (2021)
There's a line where someone tells Joe he is mistakenly making the walk for Jadin about him; the direction from Reinaldo Marcus Green makes the same mistake
Posted Jul 20, 2021
48
3/5
Settlers (2021)
An unwaveringly humanistic and dedicated dramatic approach to cosmic affairs with a superb talent in front of the camera
Posted Jul 20, 2021
49
3/5
Mandibles (Mandibules) (2020)
An especially off-kilter ode to friendship that's, coming from Quentin Dupieux. unusually lighthearted and positive
Posted Jul 20, 2021
50
3/5
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)