Oculus movie review: broken glass
The eerie atmosphere of psychological upset is intriguing and unusual, but it’s not actually all that scary.
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112 Weddings documentary review: after the party ends
A startling and welcome breath of reality for an institution overladen by fantasy in our culture. Happily ever after is hard!
A Perfect Plan movie review: dumb and dumber
With rom-coms like this, who needs warcrimes? This is the most cruel, most contrived romantic comedy I have ever had the displeasure to endure.
The Diary of a Nobody stage review (White Bear Theatre, Kennington)
Wonderfully weird madcap nonsense: imagine Monty Python staging a Victorian sitcom.
Grace of Monaco movie review: it’s hard to be a woman
It’s not emotionally enthralling, but there’s still much that’s intriguing in this portrait of a woman who refused to let herself be pushed out of frame.
22 Jump Street movie review: an advanced course in the sequel
Funnier even than the first film, nonstop self-deprecation that doles out well-deserved smacks to about 817 Hollywood things that desperately deserve it.
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.
Lucky Bastard movie review: Nice Guy in porn-rage massacre
Two contrived things, found-footage and porn, combine to create a flick that is distasteful and downright disgusting in so many ways.
Heaven Is for Real movie review: extraordinary claims, no evidence
You’d think any movie that an all-powerful deity had a hand in would be awesome, right? Turns out, not so much. There’s barely even a story here.
Edge of Tomorrow movie review: all his yesterdays
A witty, clever, character-driven bit of science fiction wonderfulness, full of suspense, surprise, tension, and an unexpected poignancy.
