Da 5 Bloods (2020) Review
“It’s hard to imagine a film more relevant to the past and present being released this year”. Spike Lee’s Netflix Original exploration of PTSD, race and neo-imperialism reviewed by Jacob Davis.
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<p>The categorisation of every 5 star movie reviewed on thefilmagazine.com</p>
Get Duked! (2020) Review
“One of 2020’s best”, Amazon Original Scottish horror-comedy ‘Get Duked!’, is a memorable feature debut for screenwriter-director Ninian Doff. Full movie Review by Mark Carnochan.
Read MoreHost (2020) Review
Rob Savage directed Zoom video call horror film ‘Host’ (2020) takes “a simple, economic concept and expands it into something chillingly lasting”. Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
Read MoreBabyteeth (2020) Review
Coming-of-age drama ‘Babyteeth’, starring Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace, directed by Shannon Murphy, “side-steps every overworked genre cliché”. Full movie review by Leoni Horton.
Read MoreThe Perfect Candidate (2019) Review
Monumental filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia to tell a tale of a woman fighting systemic sexism in ‘The Perfect Candidate’ (2019). Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
Read MoreSearching (2018) Review
Aneesh Chaganty makes an exceptional feature debut with ‘Searching’ (2018), the technological thriller starring John Cho. Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
Read MoreThe Old Dark House (1932) Review
From visionary director James Whale comes the classic Universal Horror movie ‘The Old Dark House’ starring Boris Karloff and a film-stealing performance from Ernest Thesiger. Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
Read MoreGrand Hotel (1932) Review
A jewel of the pre-code era, 1932 Best Picture Oscar winner ‘Grand Hotel’ starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore and other famous faces is perhaps unfairly misremembered. Eve O’Dea looks to set the record straight in this review.
Read MoreA Matter of Life and Death (1946) Review
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1946 romantic drama, ‘A Matter of Life and Death’, “is a towering metaphysical masterpiece” of cinema. Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
Read MoreCaliber 9 (1972) Review
‘You Have to Accept It’: Fate and Power in Fernando di Leo’s Milano calibro 9 (Calibre 9, 1972). Review by Paul A J Lewis.
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March 29, 2024
Austin Butler to Star in Darren Aronofsky Crime Thriller
Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'