John Roebuck, Author at REEL GOOD

MIFF REVIEW | You Were Never Really Here (2018)

John Roebuck / 17:02 / 15.08.18

You Were Never Really Here is not a deconstruction of masculine violence in cinema, as some have suggested, it is another example of it.

John Roebuck / 17:46 / 10.08.18

It's not hyperbole to suggest that Jaws changed the film industry forever. The Meg will simply perpetuate the crap. This movie is trash.

John Roebuck / 13:42 / 08.08.18

Jon M. Chu's romantic comedy, Crazy Rich Asians, may be a slight movie but it's a genial step in the right direction for Hollywood.

John Roebuck / 18:51 / 05.08.18

Ted Wilson's Under the Cover of Cloud, playing at this year's MIFF, deserves your attention. It is the best film of the year.

John Roebuck / 20:31 / 26.07.18

Mission: Impossible Fallout is plagued by the series' regular faults, but what it does well it does better than has ever been done here before.

John Roebuck / 14:46 / 25.07.18

2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most significant films ever to have been made, and if you're not sure why, here's a good place to start.

John Roebuck / 11:21 / 20.07.18

Under the Cover of Cloud will be screening at MIFF this year, which means you also have the chance to check out Ted Wilson's wonderful film.

John Roebuck / 11:16 / 20.07.18

Under the Cover of Cloud will be screening at MIFF this year, which means you also have the chance to check out Ted Wilson's wonderful film.

John Roebuck / 10:47 / 11.07.18

Skyscraper is compulsively extravagant but crucially always adeptly constructed. It's straddles an oft ambiguous line between bad bad and bad good.