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Film Review: Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City"

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

6 days ago

Film Review: Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City"

Premiering in Cannes, this 1950s sci-fi tale of earth-shattering events in a space-obsessed desert town is an exhilarating

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 24

Cannes 2023 Review: "Monster"

Japanese director Kore-eda applies the Rashomon effect to a story of fractured families and boys seeking connection.

Cannes 2023 Review: Almodovar gets back to the saddle with “Strange Way of Life”

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 22

Cannes 2023 Review: Almodovar gets back to the saddle with “Strange Way of Life”

There is more than meets the eye in this dusty tale of two long-lost lovers bound by a bloody fate.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 2

Movie Review: John Wick, Chapter 4

Welcome back, Mr Wick. Four years after "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum," director Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves have returned.

TV Review: 'Fatal Attraction' series elevates original with time and nuance

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 28

TV Review: 'Fatal Attraction' series elevates original with time and nuance

Premiering at Canneseries, the binge-worthy adaptation of the classic film benefits from compelling performances.

Canneseries Review: A Small Light, the story of Anne Frank's keeper

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 21

Canneseries Review: A Small Light, the story of Anne Frank's keeper

This new Disney+ series tells the story of Miep Gies, the woman who hid the Frank family and other jews in the annex of her apartment.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 20

Canneseries Review: Power Play

The 1970s-set series, centring on Norway's first female prime minister, plays like 'Borgen' with laughs.

Canneseries Review: Dead Ringers, A Stylish, Timely Update of a Body Horror Classic

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 18

Canneseries Review: Dead Ringers, A Stylish, Timely Update of a Body Horror Classic

Both profoundly disturbing and deeply hilarious, the series — which sees Rachel Weisz playing twins — proves she’s in a league all her own.

Canneseries Review: Stunning new Sci-Fi show 'Silo' promises to be bleak and brilliant

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 18

Canneseries Review: Stunning new Sci-Fi show 'Silo' promises to be bleak and brilliant

Apple TV+ brings the dystopian sci-fi blockbuster book series to the small screen and it has the potential to be a huge hit.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Mar 15

TV review: 'Drive to Survive' S5

Opening up Grand Prix racing to swathes of newer and younger fans, the new season of Netflix’s “Drive to Survive” was eagerly anticipated.

Movie Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Mar 10

Movie Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The latest instalment in the Marvel franchise never takes flight despite its hard-working cast.

Movie Review: "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Feb 18

Movie Review: "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Writer-director Martin McDonagh reunites his 'In Bruges' duo and turns a buddy tragedy into a masterpiece

Movie Review: The Pale Blue Eye sends a haunted Bale to investigate gothic killings

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Jan 14

Movie Review: The Pale Blue Eye sends a haunted Bale to investigate gothic killings

A tormented detective and a fictional Edgar Allan Poe team up to solve gothic killings in this period melodrama.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Dec 28, 2022

Movie Review: “Avatar: The Way of Water” Is What the Theatrical Experience Was Made for

James Cameron returns to Pandora, and to the ecological themes and visual bedazzlements of his 2009 blockbuster in the new “Avatar”....

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Dec 21, 2022

TV Review: "Yellowstone" S5

"Yellowstone" is the biggest series on TV, massively popular even as streaming takes over and Hollywood goes through massive change. In...

Movie Review: "Top Gun: Maverick" reclaims blockbuster cinema

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Dec 14, 2022

Movie Review: "Top Gun: Maverick" reclaims blockbuster cinema

Cinema’s favourite fighter-pilot returns with all the nail-biting aeronautics and emotional flights that made the original a hit.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Dec 8, 2022

TV Review: "The Crown" S5

Our critical review of the Royal Netflix show, in which both the monarchy and the series struggle to stay relevant! The '90s were not a...

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Dec 6, 2022

Movie Review: Pixar's "Lightyear"

Fun for the whole family, our film critic, Alexa, reviews the latest instalment in the Toy Story universe, just in time for the holidays!

Remembering Jean-Luc Godard, French New Wave director

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Sep 20, 2022

Remembering Jean-Luc Godard, French New Wave director

Jean Luc Godard did more than transform filmmaking practice and aesthetics, the French director turned them upside down.

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