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    Top Gun: Maverick - a superior sequel with supreme daddy issues
    • May 30
    • 2 min

    Top Gun: Maverick - a superior sequel with supreme daddy issues

    Top Gun: Maverick is more impressive and far more exciting, engaging and high-octane than the first. But too dependent on the past...
    The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
    • May 8
    • 1 min

    The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    It’s not THE must-see movie of the year, but The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is easily the most self-aware and unpretentious
    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - more mindless fun from the Wizarding World
    • Apr 9
    • 2 min

    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - more mindless fun from the Wizarding World

    An improvement on the last, returning to the fun and adventurous tones of the first movie, but not fully shrugging off problems of the past
    Dune: it’s time to get back to the cinema
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dune: it’s time to get back to the cinema

    A review of 2021's Dune, starring Timothee Chalamet & Rebecca Ferguson, directed by Denis Villeneuve and, hopefully, watched by everyone.
    The Suicide Squad - brazenly bonkers, but bloody brilliant
    • Jul 31, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Suicide Squad - brazenly bonkers, but bloody brilliant

    The Suicide Squad, written and directed by James Gunn, released yesterday on 30th July. Any Good? gives it a review.
    Godzilla vs Kong: epic CGI and little else
    • Apr 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Godzilla vs Kong: epic CGI and little else

    Godzilla vs Kong does exactly what it says on the tin. It pits two of cinema's fiercest monsters against eachother but does nothing else.
    John Carpenter's They Live: The Orwellian '1984' of 1988
    • Apr 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    John Carpenter's They Live: The Orwellian '1984' of 1988

    New to Netflix on 1st April is John Carpenter's They Live from 1988, a movie about a loner who starts to see the world as it truly is...
    Seaspiracy: a startling onslaught against the scandals of overfishing
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Seaspiracy: a startling onslaught against the scandals of overfishing

    Seaspiracy is an eye-opening account of vast numbers of conspiracies at play within overfishing and fish farming throughout the world.
    Raya and the Last Dragon: a fun-loving (currently overpriced) family fantasy
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Raya and the Last Dragon: a fun-loving (currently overpriced) family fantasy

    Raya and the Last Dragon is, quite simply, yet another gleaming new world that Disney thrusts you into. It's just overpriced right now.
    News of the World: Tom Hanks' first western is a leasurely rollercoaster ride
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    News of the World: Tom Hanks' first western is a leasurely rollercoaster ride

    Netflix's post-American civil war movie gracefully guides us across the savage and unrelenting plains of Texas.
    Malcolm & Marie: 106 long minutes of self aware arguing
    • Feb 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Malcolm & Marie: 106 long minutes of self aware arguing

    Malcolm & Marie is a great technical achievement that offers no more than long arguments disguised as complaints about the film industry.
    The Dig: unearthing a Netflix gem
    • Jan 31, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Dig: unearthing a Netflix gem

    Set during Suffolk’s celebrated Sutton Hoo excavation in 1939, The Dig is an absorbing tale surrounding various forms of unfeigned love.
    Pieces of a Woman: A touching reflection of trauma, then grief
    • Jan 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Pieces of a Woman: A touching reflection of trauma, then grief

    Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf prove themselves as acting powerhouses, compelling you to give this sincerely told story your undivided...
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