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THE INTERNET'S MOST HONEST FILM REVIEWS. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.


Gladiator (2000)
I hadn't seen Gladiator for nineteen years, and I've wondered for a long time whether I would hold it in the same high regard on a re-watch.
Dec 10, 20231 min read


Black Book (2006)
Paul Verhoeven returns to his native Netherlands after two decades directing English language films in this World War II thriller.
Dec 3, 20231 min read


Napoleon (2023)
For the moment we have to make do with Ridley Scott's shorter version of Napoleon.
Dec 3, 20232 min read


Top Gun (1984)
Everything in the film that makes you laugh (and there’s plenty), you know Scott has placed it all there firmly tongue in cheek.
Nov 26, 20231 min read


The Last Duel (2021)
Ridley Scott films are almost always worth a watch, even when fairly mundane and plodding, as this is.
Nov 26, 20232 min read


Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
You simply cannot accuse Pier Paolo Pasolini of being a boring film maker and playing it safe.
Nov 21, 20232 min read


The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Once again I walked out of a Matrix sequel disagreeing with everyone else.
Nov 20, 20232 min read


Black '47 (2018)
The famine in Ireland in the late 1840’s is not a subject that has often been put to film. Lance Daly reminds us of the period's horrors.
Nov 19, 20232 min read


HyperNormalisation (2016)
Individualism and self actualisation, as Curtis explains in this staggering piece of work, is not what it once was.
Nov 12, 20232 min read


Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven is unbelievably boring, not helped by the insufferable prancing of Orlando Bloom.
Nov 11, 20231 min read


Starship Troopers (1997)
To call Starship Troopers an allegory for the Gulf War would be to almost miss the point.
Nov 11, 20232 min read


Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines (2003)
Terminator 3 remains the best of (an admittedly not very good) the rest after Terminator and T2 in the Schwarzeneffer lead franchise.
Nov 11, 20232 min read


The Northman (2022)
Robert Eggers hits his difficult third chapter after impressing us so vividly with The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019).
Nov 5, 20232 min read


Alexander: The Final Cut (2007)
Oliver Stone's historical behemoth now has four different versions to choose from. The Final Cut still isn't up to scratch.
Oct 29, 20232 min read


Dead Presidents (1995)
Dead Presidents is probably one of the best films of the 90's that you might not have heard of.
Oct 29, 20232 min read


Iron Sky (2012)
"In 1945, Nazis went to the moon. In 2018, they're coming back."
Oct 22, 20232 min read


Bitter Lake (2015)
Bitter Lake is a harrowing, and staggering exploration of Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S, reaching back as far as the 1950's.
Oct 1, 20231 min read


Greyhound (2020)
Greyhound is hugely enjoyable, very well acted, with some excellent action set pieces.
Oct 1, 20231 min read


Battlefield Earth (2000)
Battlefield Earth is weasel excrement, of the lowest order.
Sep 16, 20232 min read


Proof of Life (2000)
Although far from terrible, you repeatedly wonder what Proof of Life would have looked like in the hands of Ridley Scott.
Sep 16, 20232 min read
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