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A Film Fitting Its Lead: The Chaotic Carnival that is ‘Birds of Prey’
A Film Fitting Its Lead: The Chaotic Carnival that is ‘Birds of Prey’
Messy, frustrating, but bloodily entertaining, few films reflect their lead characters more acutely than DC’s latest.
Ross Anderson
Feb 17, 2020
The Candied Feminism of ‘Little Women’
The Candied Feminism of ‘Little Women’
Monroe, Wollstonecraft and Gerwig on the trouble with marriage: a review of ‘Little Women’.
Ross Anderson
Jan 2, 2020
Quick Review: Ad Astra
Quick Review: Ad Astra
As intimate as it is grand, James Gray takes us to the stars in his space epic.
Ross Anderson
Sep 26, 2019
Quick Review: Hustlers
Quick Review: Hustlers
Stripping, stealing, and Andrea Dworkin smiling.
Ross Anderson
Sep 15, 2019
Killed It
Killed It
A quick review for Rian Johnson’s masterful who-dun-it Knives Out
Ross Anderson
Dec 1, 2019
Concise and spoiler-free reviews of the latest films
Quick Review: 6 Underground
Quick Review: 6 Underground
Cinema’s chief pornographer turns his eye to Netflix, with an interesting by dissatisfying result.
Ross Anderson
Dec 19, 2019
Quick Review: The Current War
Quick Review: The Current War
Despite the extensive edits and an enticing premise, this average bio-pic is neither electrifying nor a cut above the rest.
Ross Anderson
Nov 11, 2019
Quick Review: ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’
Quick Review: ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’
Not brain-dead; but not that imaginative, interesting or entertaining either.
Ross Anderson
Nov 4, 2019
Quick Review: Judy
Quick Review: Judy
Renée Zellweger stuns in a film that doesn’t shine quite as brightly as the woman at its core.
Ross Anderson
Oct 14, 2019
Quick Review: ‘Rambo: Last Blood’
Quick Review: ‘Rambo: Last Blood’
Grief, gore and building a wall, Last Blood is a dull thud at the end of a once resonant, explosive series.
Ross Anderson
Oct 6, 2019
Quick Review: Ready Or Not, The Goldfinch, and The Farewell
Quick Review: Ready Or Not, The Goldfinch, and The Farewell
This week in cinemas: disposable horror, mediocre drama and dull Oscar bait.
Ross Anderson
Sep 30, 2019
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