Movie Reviews

Movie Reviews
28 Years Later review: Danny Boyle’s latest zombie apocalypse effort fails to get the pulse going
Movie Reviews
Rust review: Alec Baldwin's dusty western was marred by tragedy, but deserves a look-in
Movie Reviews
The Last Journey review: Life-affirming Swedish father-and-son documentary is simply unmissable
Movie Reviews
Elio review: Charming extraterrestrial animation doesn’t boldly go far enough for adults to love

F1 – The Movie: Brad Pitt’s latest follows usual sports movie formula to get over the line
Tue 17 Jun 2025 at 18:00
Tornado review: Take a Scottish revenge western, add samurai swordswomen, and you’ve got Koki’s cutting edge
Thu 12 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review: Old-school rom-com is a bright and breezy charmer
Thu 12 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Echo Valley review: Julianne Moore should play the ‘Irish mammy’ when her bratty teen turns up with a dead body
Thu 12 Jun 2025 at 03:30
How to Train Your Dragon review: How to nail a remake
Wed 11 Jun 2025 at 15:30
Jim Sheridan’s Sophie Toscan du Plantier film: How case against Ian Bailey unravels and some fictional elements veer towards implausible
Wed 11 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Mountainhead: More fast-talking billionaire backchat from the ‘Succession’ creator leaves nothing unsaid
Thu 05 Jun 2025 at 15:30
The Encampments review: Worthy documentary on pro-Palestine college protests in US
Thu 05 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Dangerous Animals is a demented sharkbait shocker with holes in the plot – but it’s a sure-fire late-night cult classic
Thu 05 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Old Guy review: Formulaic hitman romp feels like a mid-tier B-movie
Thu 05 Jun 2025 at 03:30

Movie Reviews

28 Years Later review: Danny Boyle’s latest zombie apocalypse effort fails to get the pulse going

Rust review: Alec Baldwin's dusty western was marred by tragedy, but deserves a look-in

The Last Journey review: Life-affirming Swedish father-and-son documentary is simply unmissable

Elio review: Charming extraterrestrial animation doesn’t boldly go far enough for adults to love

F1 – The Movie: Brad Pitt’s latest follows usual sports movie formula to get over the line

Tornado review: Take a Scottish revenge western, add samurai swordswomen, and you’ve got Koki’s cutting edge

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review: Old-school rom-com is a bright and breezy charmer

Echo Valley review: Julianne Moore should play the ‘Irish mammy’ when her bratty teen turns up with a dead body

How to Train Your Dragon review: How to nail a remake

Jim Sheridan’s Sophie Toscan du Plantier film: How case against Ian Bailey unravels and some fictional elements veer towards implausible

Mountainhead: More fast-talking billionaire backchat from the ‘Succession’ creator leaves nothing unsaid

The Encampments review: Worthy documentary on pro-Palestine college protests in US

Dangerous Animals is a demented sharkbait shocker with holes in the plot – but it’s a sure-fire late-night cult classic

Old Guy review: Formulaic hitman romp feels like a mid-tier B-movie

Fountain of Youth: Guy Ritchie’s Indiana Jones knock-off is so foul, you’ll wonder if it was made by AI

The Ballad of Wallis Island review: Funny, life-­affirming tale of wounded music lovers is pitch perfect

The Phoenician Scheme: Wes Anderson’s latest has more side-eye than a Graham Knuttel painting

Bono – Stories of Surrender review: The life and times of this gifted raconteur is an elegant affair

The Salt Path review: Adaption of Raynor Winn’s memoir sees Anderson and Isaacs as perfectly dishevelled but defiant empty-nesters

The Flats review: Perceptive and innovative documentary unpacks pain of the Troubles

Lilo & Stitch review: There’s no reason for a scruffy alien mutt to exist, but it does and only a grump could deny its heart

Final Destination – Bloodlines review: Splatter franchise has freak accidents down to a fine art

Good One review: A camping trip goes wrong in this perceptive coming-of-age-tale of a teenage girl betrayed by men

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea review: Graceful docudrama rehomes this evicted Irish design visionary

Hallow Road review: Claustrophobic tension-fuelled thriller set almost entirely inside a moving car is full of surprises

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning review: Tom Cruise’s franchise finale is one stunt too far

The Uninvited review: Stodgy melodrama fails to get the party started, despite starry cast

Riefenstahl review: Profile of propagandist for the Nazi party is a masterclass in documentary film

Motel Destino review: Heady Brazilian brew of sex and guns with a dash of dread and delirium

The Surfer review: Irish filmmaker and Nicolas Cage team up for one hell of a splash in trippy thriller Down Under

Amongst the Wolves review: Grimy Dublin crime saga has a big heart – but a tad too many sub-plots

Parthenope review: Paolo Sorrentino’s coming-of-age tale is a hazy Neapolitan delight

The Graceless Age: Stunning portrait of John Murry’s pilgrimage of reckoning, from Tupelo to Longford

Thunderbolts* review: Florence Pugh leads band of Marvel misfits in this passable adventure

It Ends With Us review: ‘In many ways it feels like Sleeping with the Enemy as remade by Hallmark’

Fréwaka review: Bloodcurdling folk horror hits home with its sideways glance at modern Ireland

The Accountant 2 review: Add brotherly love to a rising body count, and Ben Affleck has a passable franchise

The Friend review: Bill Murray and Naomi Watts excel in walking the hound of love through literary New York

Havoc review: Tom Hardy all but disappears inside this maddeningly stupid and brainless actioner

Pink Floyd at Pompeii − MCMLXXII: Slightly pretentious 1972 art movie has been restored – and should be required viewing

Sinners review: Michael B Jordan masters dual lead in five-star gangster yarn that mixes vampires and the delta blues

Warfare review: Alex Garland’s punishing reconstruction of a mission gone wrong in Iraq is well-made but lacks an ending

Verdigris review: Dublin-set sisterhood drama is elevated by its two leading ladies

Sins of Ireland review: A nuanced, mature reflection on the power of the confession box

One to One review: Absorbing portrait of John and Yoko has a special bonus for Irish fans

The Return review: Homer’s Odyssey retold for the GoT generation, reunites two gold-leafed screen stars

Drop review: Demented tech thriller starring Meghann Fahy and filmed in Dublin will keep you guessing

Fran the Man review: Irish football mockumentary was better left as a fond TV sketch

Restless review: Ever dreamed what you’d like to do with your neighbours from hell?

The Most Precious of ­Cargoes: Animated saga full of beauty and humanity despite the horrifying context

Mr Burton review: Charming biopic of Welsh actor is perfect for a rainy Sunday

Four Mothers review: One anxious author is left with his own mammy and three more when his friends go to Pride. Should be grand...

The Woman in the Yard review: Promising premise of a spooky intruder falls apart at the seams

Misericordia review: French cuckoo-in-the-nest thriller simmers with tension and black humour

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