Earth to Echo movie review: not good enough for me
An inoffensive time-passer for youngsters, but adult genre fans who recall the 80s classics it draws on — E.T. and The Goonies — will be bored.
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Boyhood movie review: time in a cinematic bottle
An audacious coming-of-age tale unique in the history of cinema; deeply moving and beautifully authentic.
Palo Alto movie review (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
A meditative contemplation of the boredom of overprivileged, under-aspiring, shallow, spoiled kids. As you’ve been dying to see.
Transformers: Age of Extinction movie review: Everyday Bayism
Rearranger of space and time Michael Bay has reached a level of aggressive self-actualization that perhaps no other human being has reached before.
Pluto movie rating: yellow light
Brings a socially aware twist to the Korean horror genre, but ultimately fizzles as a cultural cautionary tale.
Leave to Remain movie rating: green light
Compassionate, humane, and deeply touching interconnected stories about teenage asylum seekers in the UK.
The Fault in Our Stars movie review: girl’s own fantasy
Yes, it’s a teenaged girl’s romantic fantasy. And some of it might be in a secret code for young women. Imagine that.
The German Doctor (aka Wakolda) movie review: don’t mention the war
The subtle veil of horror draped over things we take for granted as good and wonderful aspects of humanity is deeply unsettling…
Hellion rating: green light
Kat Candler’s exploration of toxic male adolescence is handsome and haunting, with a star-making performance by its young star, but we’ve seen this before.
Jeune & Jolie (aka Young & Beautiful) movie review: who says virgin/whore must be a dichotomy?
Is she a virgin, or a whore? Surprise, she’s both! This French drama about a teenager is infuriating in its reductive stereotypes.
