The Mail on Sunday (UK)
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
4/5
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
So more balanced than normal but, once Adolf Hitler hoves into view, as provocative as ever.
Posted Oct 22, 2018
2
3/5
It's likeable, lightweight fun.
Posted Oct 22, 2018
3
4/5
Hunter Killer (2018)
It certainly isn't short of ambition. But nor, somewhat surprisingly, is it short of tension, spectacle and slightly shlocky enjoyment.
Posted Oct 22, 2018
4
4/5
Halloween (2018)
Curtis is splendidly convincing as a woman whose life has been defined by the events of a single night 40 years ago.
Posted Oct 22, 2018
5
0/5
Strangeways Here We Come (2017)
6
3/5
Columbus (2017)
Columbus is a beautiful-looking but far too slow-moving art-house drama that seeks to combine the emotional trauma of separation with, er, a celebration of modernist architecture.
Posted Oct 17, 2018
7
3/5
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
The film has its funny moments but, unlike English's beloved Aston Martin, never quite makes it out of third gear.
Posted Oct 17, 2018
8
2/5
Venom (2018)
Misconceived, miscast and with enough violence and general nastiness to earn it a 15 certificate, it's a remarkably unpleasant way to spend the best part of two hours in a cinema.
Posted Oct 17, 2018
9
5/5
A Star Is Born (2018)
10
1/5
Mandy (2018)
One for Cage completists only and even they may struggle.
Posted Oct 15, 2018
11
3/5
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
It oozes Sixties style, features Jeff Bridges and Chris Hemsworth, and definitely has its moments.
Posted Oct 15, 2018
12
4/5
Smallfoot (2018)
Smallfoot is a nicely visualised and cleverly written children's animation.
Posted Oct 15, 2018
13
3/5
22 July (2018)
14
5/5
First Man (2018)
You feel every bump and vibration, are deafened by the noise, and generally marvel at the sheer brute power required for those surly bonds to be slipped.
Posted Oct 15, 2018
15
2/5
Night School (2018)
It has some funny and some sweet moments, both of which, sadly, are outnumbered by its misfiring moments. Shame.
Posted Oct 1, 2018
16
3/5
Dusty and Me (2016)
Simple but quite sweet.
Posted Oct 1, 2018
17
4/5
Black '47 (2018)
18
5/5
The Wife (2018)
In The Wife, Close gives a performance of such devastating delicacy you can't take your eyes off her.
Posted Oct 1, 2018
19
1/5
Superfly (2018)
20
2/5
The Predator (2018)
It has the odd moment but without the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Glover or Adrien Brody the cast feels distinctly under-powered.
Posted Sep 17, 2018
21
4/5
Lucky (2017)
It's a slow and initially gloomy tale but it confounds our expectations quite beautifully.
Posted Sep 17, 2018
22
2/5
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
First impressions were that it's noisy, shouty and just not funny enough.
Posted Sep 17, 2018
23
2/5
The King of Thieves (2018)
The result is decidedly uneven and lacking in drama, with Courtenay giving a bumbling performance that is out-and-out comedy, while Broadbent tries to give us the chills.
Posted Sep 17, 2018
24
4/5
Cold War (Zimna wojna) (2018)
If the sudden unresolved ending disappoints it's only because we'd like the whole thing to go on much longer.
Posted Sep 4, 2018
25
3/5
Searching (2018)
The tech savvy displayed by a middle-aged man will intimidate many but it's the dramatic but far-fetched late twist that does the damage.
Posted Sep 4, 2018
26
1/5
The Happytime Murders (2018)
27
3/5
Yardie (2018)
Would be funny if it wasn't quite so frightening.
Posted Sep 4, 2018
28
2/5
Luis and The Aliens (2018)
A cartoon in which charm and humour are missing.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
29
3/5
Alpha (2018)
Some of the CGI isn't great, but it's ambitious and strangely touching.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
30
2/5
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Mila Kunis does her best while Ghostbusters star Kate McKinnon frantically overacts, but neither is enough to stop The Spy Who Dumped Me from feeling unoriginal and underpowered.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
31
3/5
The Children Act (2018)
What makes it not just a feature film but a feature film worth catching (if you're in a cerebral frame of mind) is the quality of Thompson's performance.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
32
4/5
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
The racism is astonishing, while the parallels with the Trump era are underlined with all the (lack of) subtlety we expect from Lee.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
33
3/5
The Festival (2018)
Production values aren't high but with Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas leading a well-chosen cast there is fun to be had amid the mud, madness and drugged-up Smurfs.
Posted Aug 20, 2018
34
2/5
Equalizer 2 (2018)
Equalizer 2 is no improvement on the 2014 movie.
Posted Aug 20, 2018
35
2/5
Christopher Robin (2018)
A film of only very limited charm.
Posted Aug 20, 2018
36
2/5
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
But who was the previous owner [of Matias' laptop]? Let's just say finding out was too nasty for me.
Posted Aug 14, 2018
37
3/5
Dog Days (2018)
At nearly two hours it's incredibly long for such a lightweight offering but does have an attractive cast, a deeply sentimental streak and a certain furry charm.
Posted Aug 14, 2018
38
3/5
Beirut (2018)
[Beirut] is definitely a step up, with a stronger cast, led by Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike, and a more polished screenplay.
Posted Aug 14, 2018
39
3/5
The Darkest Minds (2018)
40
3/5
The Meg (2018)
Acting-wise, this is no one's finest hour and, in this age of ultra-realism, some of the visual effects do underwhelm. But there's still a lot of fishy fun to be had.
Posted Aug 14, 2018
41
2/5
Damascus Cover (2018)
It's the clunky screenplay and Jonathan Rhys Meyers's performance as an undercover German-Israeli agent that do the damage.
Posted Aug 6, 2018
42
2/5
The Escape (2018)
43
4/5
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
This is a film about first chances and second chances, first loves and later loves, but mainly it's about the transformative impact of making music.
Posted Aug 6, 2018
44
3/5
There is some sporadically clever fun to be had, but not enough to make it essential.
Posted Aug 6, 2018
45
4/5
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Rudd - who claims a screenwriting credit too - is likeable, funny and plays it with just the right amount of tongue in cheek not to undo all his good work.
Posted Aug 6, 2018
46
3/5
Apostasy (2017)
While undeniably slow and bleakly awkward, [Apostasy] is also as interesting as it is disturbing.
Posted Jul 30, 2018
47
2/5
Disappointing pretty much covers it.
Posted Jul 30, 2018
48
4/5
With three spectacular chase sequences...and some top-notch female casting, it's the best Mission: Impossible film since...well, since the last one, because that was very good too.
Posted Jul 30, 2018
49
2/5
It's short of charm but features strong female, African and Asian characters for the first time. Toot, toot!
Posted Jul 23, 2018
50
4/5
Spitfire (2018)