Review
James McAvoy buzzes with manic energy in this clever horror
Horror remake Speak No Evil is a clever but nauseating frightener about the consequences of remaining silent in the face of rampant domestic abuse.
- by Sandra Hall
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Boxing drama Kid Snow is the kind of Australian film we used to make
Forget about political correctness, director Paul Goldman and the film’s writers have no desire to give us a revisionist version of the past.
- by Sandra Hall
Almost everything in this film will divide audiences – that’s why it’s great
Last Summer suggests that when desire takes hold, morality flies out the window.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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Inspired, witty and full of warmth, June Squibb’s Thelma steals the show
Writer-director Josh Margolin has a deft and tender touch when it comes to the tricky relationship between farce and poignancy.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice offers a heartwarming story about grief
Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton reunite for the long-delayed sequel that never allows schmaltz to overtake the morbid gags.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
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The kids are not all right in American Pie director’s classic horror thriller
Chris Weitz was part of the team behind the raunchy 1990s comedy, but his new film Afraid proves how times have changed.
- by Jake Wilson
★★½
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This remake of cult-classic The Crow is surprisingly not a total disaster
The screenwriters of the latest Crow film haven’t retained too much from previous versions of the material beyond the title and the basic premise.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
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Hot studio A24’s latest hyped horror is short on gore, long on vibes
I Saw the TV Glow is closer in spirit to angsty tone poems such as The Virgin Suicides and Moonlight than to anything meant to be scary.
- by Jake Wilson
This film should have left me in tears. My eyes were bone dry
The problems with the real-life inspired drama Take My Hand are many, and evident from the outset.
- by Jake Wilson
Never trust a tycoon with a private island, even when they’re played by Channing Tatum
Zoe Kravitz’s Blink Twice is an energetic horror satire that uses Tatum’s looks and charm to make an unlikely villain.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★★
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The surfer who can’t see the waves he is surfing
The Blind Sea follows para-surfing champion Matt Formston on his quest to conquer the “Everest of waves” in Portugal.
- by Sandra Hall