New Eyes on Apocalypse Now
APOCALYPSE NOW deserves its cult status. But it is a film where the journey is more interesting than the destination, writes Alice
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Pet Sematary
Coasting on Stephen King’s indestructible premise, PET SEMATARY (2019) succeeds in being enjoyable and passingly creepy, writes Alice Pullen.
Glass
Despite issues, GLASS represents a successful melding of its two parent films, preserving their strengths and, more often than not, shedding their weaknesses. Alice Pullen reviews.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE engages with the pop-culture mythology of the Spiderman character without ever being self-indulgent. It’s also very, very funny.
Colette
Mining a formative period in the life of a cultural icon, COLETTE is not only relevant but also sumptuous, scandalous and thoroughly enjoyable.
Crimes of Grindelwald
Franchises succeed by embracing the necessity of healthy change, writes Alice Pullen. But does the latest FANTASTIC BEASTS smell of success?
Ava
AVA is the fictionalised account of a teenage girl growing up in Iran. Our title character is a teenager we recognise – we see her gossiping with her friends, tolerating the strictures of school and finding solace in her talent for the violin. But one day a tiny act of rebellion thrusts her into a … Continue reading Ava
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
The story is interesting. The actors are talented. But Van Sant, and his screenplay, are unequal to the task.
Bad times at the Cabin in the Woods
Drew Goddard has a history of dabbling with ‘genre’ pieces. But what is ‘genre fiction’? Snobbishly speaking, we could say it’s the home of vampires, hard-boiled detectives, robots, dragons – and anything else that doesn’t have the decency to be concerned with good old-fashioned real life. ‘Genre fiction’ is anything that doesn’t deserve the respect … Continue reading Bad times at the Cabin in the Woods
The Little Stranger
Despite strong beginnings, ripe themes and an excellent cast, the supernatural elements of THE LITTLE STRANGER are poorly executed, writes Alice Pullen.