reviews
Robert Pattinson sleazes up the screen in Netflix’s bloody dark The Devil All the Time
Pattinson’s joined by Tom Holland, Jason Clarke. Riley Keogh and others.
18 Sep
Aaron Yap
At an impressionable young age, Aaron was traumatised by Philippe Mora's 1982 monster flick The Beast Within and has never looked back.
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Visually arresting, Mulan is good enough to wish it was a little better
It’s exactly what you’d imagine a Mouse House wu xia pic might be.
05 Sep
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Sweaty, beefy Russell Crowe goes apeshit in 90-minute hissy fit Unhinged
“There’s some value to be found in the foul, exploitative veneer of its chaos.”
30 Jul
reviews
The Burnt Orange Heresy is more fizzer than a seductive neo-noir
Aaron Yap finds that outside the cast’s charisma, there’s little to recommend.
03 Jul
features
Perry Mason, MVP of TV’s first Golden Age, returns in a new show
Matthew Rhys (The Americans) makes for a terrific, top-to-bottom revision of Mason.
18 Jun
features
The best VHS-era cult classics on Prime Video
The Prime Video vaults hold some unexpected viewing treasures, as Aaron Yap discovers.
09 Jun
reviews
The Assistant is a necessary drama with the nervy rhythms of a thriller
It’s an impressively assured debut feature for Kitty Green.
25 May
features
Back this week, Bosch is the most consistent detective drama on telly
Detective Harry Bosch is back in the go-to comfort show bearing his name.
15 Apr
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Dystopian Netflix thriller The Platform couldn’t have come at a better time
“Done with Contagion and need to expand your quarantine viewing?”
22 Mar
reviews
Girl on the Third Floor isn’t a horror to renovate your Netflix queue
Noble but frustratingly uneven attempt to revitalise stale haunted house conventions.
24 Feb
reviews
The Lighthouse is immaculately engineered nightmare fuel
One of the most uniquely deranged buddy movies to come out in quite some time.
17 Feb
features
Our film guru highlights his 20 discoveries of the year
Includes a film that runs for literally an entire day.
02 Dec
features
Aaron Yap’s Top 10 Scorsese – how many have you seen?
Having dug The Irishman, Aaron Yap ranks the best of a master filmmaker
26 Nov
reviews
The Irishman review: none of Scorsese’s formal mastery has slackened
Scorsese’s daggiest movie to date.
25 Nov
reviews
Last Blood shows Rambo’s not leaving without bringing an ungodly amount of pain
Should keep anyone with an appetite for bloodthirsty action satiated.
19 Sep
reviews
Folk nightmare Midsommar’s bizarre rituals won’t be forgotten anytime soon
Off-kilter, visually striking, deliriously inspired in parts, and yes, stark-raving mad.
18 Sep
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Less ritzy, more reflective than Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell resonates even louder
“Hopes, regrets and memories around mouth-wateringly packed lazy Susans.”
05 Sep
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New release film Crawl is a beer-guzzling blast of survival horror
A much-needed gasp of air from tentpole franchises.
11 Jul
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The reasonably fun Child’s Play fulfills the hard-R quota
If you came for a doll saying profanities, this isn’t it.
19 Jun
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The Hummingbird Project probes into sticky, sharply topical ethical quandaries
The film is low-boil Soderbergh-lite.
20 May
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Curse of the Weeping Woman might be the last Conjuring Universe film I see
This could have made for a rich, elegant, atmospheric horror flick.
18 Apr
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