Will Gluck’s contributions in the comedy/rom-com sphere have run the gamut. From the enduring modern classic, Easy A, to the likeable Friends with Benefits to the painful (yet shockingly successful) Anyone But You. Returning to the genre with a more high-concept premise, he unfortunately cannot reconcile the dystopian nightmare of the film’s backdrop with the attempted fizzy genre tone,…
Famed in his later years, this new slice-of-bio pic from Matt Johnson offers us a look into one foundational summer in a teenage Anthony Bourdain’s life, where, in hindsight, it seems as though something serendipitous was setting the table (sorry) for his future. Tony is a warm and enjoyable summer adventure and character portrait, even if it…
The teen coming-of-age comedy-drama has been pretty absent from cinemas in recent years, but George Jacques brings it back with a new setting. The result is heartfelt and elevated by strong performances, even if it serves as more of an engaging couple of hours than something with lasting impact. We meet 17-year-old Ivy (Bella Ramsey),…
A film with a great elevator pitch – suburban 80s street gets transported back to the Jurassic period – The End of Oak Street capitalises on its Jurassic threats to offer plenty of genre thrills and a throwback to great family movies. Whilst it doesn’t reach the heights of the influences it wears on its sleeve, it…
Swinging back into cinemas after nearly five years, Tom Holland’s Spiderman returns with a story that separates itself from the current superhero saturation by grounding itself it its humanity and the emotional turmoil caused by the end of the last film. We rejoin Peter Parker AKA Spiderman (AKA Tom Holland), now in his early 20s,…
