Reviews

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Review

Action Point

by Hannah Strong

Johnny Knoxville plays a theme park entrepreneur with no regard for customer safety in this well-meaning but ultimately uninspired comedy.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Searching

by David Jenkins

A father uses technology to find his missing daughter in the latest ‘screenlife’ thriller.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two individuals embracing in front of a stone structure, black and white image.
Review

Cold War

by David Jenkins

A tempestuous romance on national themes makes for chilly viewing in Pawel Pawlikowski’s monochrome drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two young men in green hooded jackets, standing in a misty, grey setting.
Review

The Man from Mo’Wax

by Thomas Hobbs

A new documentary profiling trip-hop pioneer James Lavelle and his influential label Mo’Wax Records.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Image showing a young Black man standing in front of a wall with a poster asking "WHAT IS WAR for?"
Review

Yardie

by Christina Newland

Idris Elba makes his directorial debut with a partial adaptation of Victor Headley’s cult 1992 novel.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Upgrade

by Anton Bitel

A man finds himself aided in his quest for revenge by an unusual piece of tech in this slick thriller from Leigh Whannell.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man holding child in front of colourful fairground rides at night.
Review

A Northern Soul

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sean McAllister’s documentary is a welcome antidote to the many grim representations of the poor.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Woman and Muppet police officer standing outdoors.
Review

The Happytime Murders

by Hannah Strong

A puppet detective investigates a series of brutal murders in this underwhelming comedy from Brian Henson.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Man with a beard playing guitar, accompanied by a woman, in a car.
Review

The King

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eugene Jarecki’s Elvis-inspired road movie doubles as a eulogy for the American Dream.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man with curly hair wearing a red jacket sitting in a car and holding a camera.
Review

BlacKkKlansman

by Adam Woodward

A black cop infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in Spike Lee’s fiery, fiercely funny takedown of institutional racism.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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