Tag review: bears all the fingerprints of too many rewrites
One can’t help but ponder some questions…
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Kangaroo review: a bluntly effective piece of animal welfare advocacy
Balanced it is not, but Kangaroo proves to be bluntly effective.
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Ocean’s Eight review: a dull film rescued by an excellent ensemble
None of the slick production present in Soderbergh’s trilogy makes it to this spin-off.
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Hereditary review: a bold, artfully crafted nightmare
This one’s genuinely gut-wrenching — pack some diapers.
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Tea with the Dames review: the personalities are big enough to fill the theatre
No great shakes as a documentary, but it is undeniably entertaining.
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Kodachrome review: Jason Sudeikis really tries his best
The music swells, the actors emote, but you won’t feel a thing.
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Upgrade review: R-rated romp that delivers a hell of a lot of thrills
Watching it in a packed cinema with a hyped-up crowd is pure joy.
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Solo review: a lot of fun but lacks the spectacular set-pieces that define Star Wars
This Star Wars story doesn’t live up to the high bar set by its predecessors.
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The Bookshop review: measured and thoughtful, yet emotionally unengaging
Spanish director Isabel Coixet adapts Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel with a great cast in a ho-hum film.
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Netflix’s Cargo review: squeezes a smidgen more life out of the zombie genre
Cargo earns a depth of poignancy lacking in most other examples of the genre.
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Netflix’s Anon review: has about as much substance as a Kanye tweet
Anon’s vision of a world without anonymity is strikingly banal.
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Swagger of Thieves review: for anyone interested in the life of a local act
Unrelentingly honest, the film contains some of Aotearoa’s most insightful moments of career reflection.
