“In a fall streaming season dominated by Dahmer and Monroe, Hocus Pocus 2 offers a jolly alternative where for once, America’s past is a source of harmless fun rather than uncomfortable horror. “

“Don’t Worry Darling has become the pantomime villain of this awards season, dogged in equal measure by horror stories of torrid romances, enmities, and catastrophic British accents on set. Can it rise above?"

“Soundtracked by the relentless oom-tss oom-tss oom-tss of Crazy Frog-adjacent techno and the luxuriant swish of leather dusters, Blade- a blaxploitation-inspired vampire flick- has surprisingly deep links with the blandest, most profitable fare of the 2020s.”

“Having acknowledged the glaringly problematic elements of a film which verges on supernatural sex tourism, it is time to confess that, as woman who also possesses large glasses and poor social skills, I enjoyed it immensely.”

“The 2005 crime drama really does feel like a snapshot of the Special Relationship: a heartwarming tale of an Ivy League nepotism baby who runs away to join a violent football gang in East London, starring Frodo Baggins and a Geordie lad who was discovered while drunk in a JD Sports.”

Yes, it's been panned as one of the worst book adaptations in living memory- but if you have the mental and physical wherewithal to kick back and slander Netflix’s take on Persuasion- Austen novel in hand, presumably on a chaise longue- this movie is simply not for you. It's for everyone else.

“I didn't want it to feel like a gimmick,” fretted Rory Kinnear of the “nine or ten” different characters he plays in Alex Garland’s latest horror, Men. “I don't want it to become an acting exercise or virtuoso kind of thing.” Such hand-wringing earnestness is what makes Kinnear such a perfect foil to his co-star, indie darling Jessie Buckley, in what could otherwise be another stodgy serving of A24 ‘folk-woke’.