Reviews

Given that Tall Girl classes itself as a light-hearted teen comedy, none of us had very high expectations for its acclaim. Nonetheless, Netflix has surprised us time and time again by delivering quality original content. There was thus hope that Tall Girl would be an uplifting tale similar to...

The "Between Two Ferns" movie is a feature we never asked for. Zach Galifianakis has spent the duration of his TV career as a laughing stock and the only thing left to do with that knowledge was to capitalize on it. Galifianakis uses his awkward, bad-tempered character to insult...

Netflix's highly-anticipated The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is so much more than Jim Henson fantasy nostalgia. It doesn't remake the original story, but rather it enters Henson's beautiful fantasy world and builds on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PTjIWyRmls The most obvious and remarkable success of the series is the cinematography. Netflix's vision of...

Pennywise is back! Only this time, he's a horrifying alien and the Derry gang are all grown up. The original feature took home $700.4 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing horror movie of all time. So did the sequel live up to the hype? In some ways, yes,...

Simon Amstell's new Netflix special is a tender, sincere exploration of the self. The set is both belligerently honest while also being filled with comedy that succeeds in being humorous without being cruelly self-mocking. In his set, Amstell opens up about his relationship with his father and his struggle coming...

We'll be the first to admit that we're getting slight Hollywood horror fatigue. The Conjuring franchise has been churning out jump-scare fuelled horror after horror and The Nun was arguably one of the most disappointing films of 2018. Still, when a new ghostly feature comes out, we all rush...

The final season of Orange Is The New Black is a thousand miles away from season one. Gone are the days of light banter and toilet paper party decor. With many of the comic relief characters locked away in Ohio and Taystee battling with the news that she will...

The Lion King presented itself as the anticipated film of the year and in many ways, it was. The Disney feature has been out for one week to date and has currently pulled in a whopping 968.5 million USD at the box office. It's drawn in a new generation of...

Midsommar tells the story of a group of Americans heading to a unique and unusual Swedish pagan ceremony. More than this though, it tells the story of one girl’s unbearable grief and her crushing anxiety falling trauma. The film begins with the devastating news that Dani’s bipolar sister has taken her...

ANIMA is the mysterious short film that has recently landed on Netflix. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the 15-minute art piece is a collaboration between the American filmmaker and Radiohead's Thom Yorke. The film includes music from the artist's upcoming album of the same name, only what landed on...