Sundance 2021: Hive
Hive is a relevant and important global look at the modern state of the feminist movement
Little Fish
Little Fish is a film that is easier to appreciate than fully enjoy on its own
Sundance 2021: Son of Monarchs
Son of Monarchs is both incredibly relevant and poignant
News of the World
From a technical point of view, News of the World does not disappoint
Malcolm & Marie
Malcolm & Marie has an undeniable technical craft but when it comes to screenplay, the quality does start to drop
iHuman
iHuman is an interesting documentary, but an often unstimulating one
Outside the Wire
Outside the Wire has fallen into the all too familiar, and disappointingly average, genre of a Netflix movie
Hunted
Hunted is the newest original addition to the Shudder library
Let Him Go
This genre is on its last legs, and this cast are enjoying the ride for as long as they can
The Mauritanian
Kevin Macdonald serves up interesting truth-based legal thriller, The Mauritanian.
The Stand In
The Stand In struggles to hit that benchmark from time to time
Boys
Walters has found himself with a good concept and sympathetic characters played by talented young actors
Locked Down
It hasn’t taken long for studios to begin capitalising on those COVID-focused scripts
Boss Level
Boss Level offers nothing that hasn’t been done before
Knuckledust
There’s a lot of ambition here in Knuckledust
Zappa
Zappa is an exceptional documentary detailing a pocket of influential time
Blackbird
Blackbird does not soar as it should
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets simply has too much to offer, with none of it clicking together as it should
The Father
The Father is a brutal look at the effects of dementia, told in a superb manner structurally by Florian Zeller and helped to greatness by Anthony Hopkins
Promising Young Woman
On her debut feature, Emerald Fennell shows a terrific aesthetic touch