reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Cats (2019) John Roebuck / 17:10 / 03.01.20 We're not going to condescend you with cat puns. Tom Hooper's atrocious film Cats doesn't deserve that sort of attention or thought.
Editor's Choice reviews Top Picks REVIEW | 1917 (2019) John Roebuck / 10:03 / 19.12.19 Film enthusiasts will talk about 1917 for decades to come, so immense are its technical accomplishments When was
reviews All Reviews Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) John Roebuck / 9:42 / 19.12.19 The Rise of Skywalker is a pathetic excuse of blockbuster filmmaking. The legacy of George Lucas is conclusively in tatters.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | The Irishman (2019) John Roebuck / 9:41 / 02.12.19 To suggest that Netflix's new release The Irishman is one of Martin Scorsese's lesser films is not to suggest that it is a bad film.
Editor's Choice reviews Top Picks REVIEW | Marriage Story (2019) John Roebuck / 18:17 / 24.11.19 In Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, Charlie and Nicole are led astray by the very system that ought to be protecting them.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) John Roebuck / 7:53 / 17.10.19 There's certainly nothing as radiant as the Bill Murray cameo from the original. Double Tap is more Zombieland, for better or for worse.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Joker (2019) John Roebuck / 16:48 / 01.10.19 One of the most painful things for the character of the Joker has always surely been that, at the end of the day, he simply isn't funny.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Gemini Man (2019) John Roebuck / 15:08 / 01.10.19 Technology aside, Ang Lee's Gemini Man is an underwhelming film, with a woefully underwritten script and uneven, waddling direction.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Good Boys (2019) John Roebuck / 10:20 / 20.09.19 Good Boys is funnier than most comedies but that is more telling of the climate of contemporary comedy than it is many virtues on the part of this film.