MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Sit Down, Venom
Some of the “medical side effects” in Clayface will have you squirming in your seat. Cronenberg would be proud.
Taking Flight
Catherine Chau gets her inner exotic dancer (kind of) on in Bird of Paradise.
The One with the Whale
There’s very little that’s Biblical about Whalefall, but there is a judgey squid.
What is Going On?
Street Fighter’s not awful, it has its funny moments, but you’ll miss Raúl Julia.
Daddy’s Issues
Norris Wong and Wong Hoi’s Good Trip should make you want to call your dad.
Count on ‘Sheep’
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is exactly the Shaun the Sheep movie you’re expecting. That’s good.
In His ‘Prime’
Robert Pattinson is totally ready for his spotlight in Primetime, and he has been for ages.
Still no ‘Reckoning’
There’s not much in The Social Reckoning we don’t already know – and don’t already hate.
Superheroing = Activism
Avid Liongoren and Carlo Vergara reboot Zsazsa Zaturnnah for the 2020s – gloriously so.
In Defence of Trash
In her mind Anne Hathaway is in a campy Brian De Palma trashfest, but in reality she’s just in Verity.
Not At All Tragic
Philip Yung drops true crime for a minute for a nuanced and sensitive portrait of a trans woman in Cyclone.
Breaking Kinda Bad
Natsuo Kirino already did Magical Secret Tour better in Out. Read that.
‘Oh My God!’ is Right
Oh My Ghost! Oh My God! is a waste of time. Sorry, Naomi Watanabe fans.
Such a Good Boy
Uber the Dog stars with some dude called Brad Pitt in 2026’s prime pet movie, Heart of the Beast.
‘Island’ Time
Forgotten Island is in the running to win the crown for this year’s most unexpected delight.
Whose Life Is it?
Pedro Almodóvar goes back to the well of his own life – maybe? – in Bitter Christmas.
The Magic is Gone
Legacy sequels like Practical Magic 2 shouldn’t exist just for nostalgia but try telling them that.