A dreadfully silly serial killer movie involving crotchless trousers, an all-night car wash and lots and lots of grease.
Emily Blunt stars as a tipsy murder witness in this crushingly perfunctory literary adaptation.
Mel Gibson is back to his bruising best in this hugely entertaining throwback crime-thriller.
The UK’s most cordial muckraker heads over to the US to look into the Church of Scientology.
Peak Oasis proves an irresistible force in this explicit and invigorating documentary snapshot.
By Joseph Pomp
Ava DuVernay equates the US prison system to modern day slavery in this harrowing, urgent documentary.
By Beth Perkin
It’s a case of style over substance in this behind-the-scenes look at the 2015 Met Gala.
The director of Basic Instinct 2 makes a comeback with a musical-drama about Finding Your Voice.
Matthew McConaughey suffers from white saviour complex in this deeply problematic Civil War drama.
A grotesque Slavic fairy tale is compared to the realities of modern Eastern Europe in this intriguing miniature.
By Elena Lazic
Peter Berg puts a blue-collar spin on the 2010 BP oil spill in this immensely entertaining disaster epic.
Tim Burton’s latest is an enchanting YA fairy tale that sadly outstays its welcome.
This impressive, chilling debut feature brings home-invasion horror to 1980s Tehran.
Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña cross the thin blue line in this sweary buddy cop romp.
By Matthew Eng
Barack and Michelle Obama’s fated first date is retraced in this modest romantic drama from writer/director Richard Tanne.
LWLies editors David Jenkins and Adam Woodward discuss the merits of ‘The Daniel Radcliffe Farting Corpse Movie’.
By Poppy Doran
Edith May Campbell cracks open a fractured family in this overly ambitious debut feature.
A surprisingly moving summertime drama from first-time French writer/director Rachel Lang.
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