Lacking the bangers of the first instalment, John M. Chu’s fantasy musical sequel Wicked: For Good wraps the Oz adaptation with moments of magic but the stylistic ‘darkness’ results in dullness, looking like it’s being watched through smudged glasses.

New review! Sci-fi comedy Bugonia is still out in selected UK cinemas… 🐝

I spoke to writer-director Laura Carreira earlier this year to support her film, On Falling, and we recently caught up again in honour of her making this year's BAFTA Breakthrough group (and her BIFA noms)! missflicks.com/2025/11/25/l...

Richard Linklater’s theatrical period piece #BlueMoon opens #IFFG tonight! My ★★★★ review… cinemaperspective.com/2025/02/20/f...

Indie drama Dragonfly is out now in selected UK cinemas... Here is my exclusive interview with its writer/director Paul Andrew Williams! cinemaperspective.com/2025/11/10/d...

In cinemas today from @conic.film, Bull director Paul Andrew Williams returns with startling domestic drama Dragonfly, starring Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Full review 👉 seensome.com/reviews/eiff...

Get yersel out to see Dragonfly this weekend at your local independent cinema. A belting little thriller from Paul Andrew Williams. My interview piece on this film is coming soon! 👊🏻

New review! Luca Guadagnino's psychological thriller After the Hunt is still out in selected UK cinemas... cinemaperspective.com/2025/11/03/f...

I know and care about as much about The Boss now as I did before going into Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. A handful of good performances but a dour, uninteresting drama that’s lacking in story. Feels like it’s been fed through a music biopic AI generator.

Love that Cianfrance has delivered Pines’ goofy cousin with Roofman!

With dirt under his fingernails and sadness in his soul, Mike shifts from one desperate situation to the next in social-surrealist drama Urchin, an inventive portrait of contemporary British homelessness. Dillane is magnetic. Dickinson is a directorial voice to be reckoned with.

New review! 👊🏻 Benny Safdie’s biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine is out now in selected UK cinemas… cinemaperspective.com/2025/10/16/f...

🚨New review! 🚨 Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another is out now in UK cinemas... cinemaperspective.com/2025/10/05/f...

ENOUGH! Enough of this shit! My wife, the mother of my daughter, went through this process, and if anyone thinks the path to ILR is a gravy train, you have no basis in reality and no basis for expressing an opinion on legislation around it. This is just nonsense. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Biographical comedy drama I Swear will come to selected UK cinemas next month via @studiocanal.com Here’s my ★★★★ review! cinemaperspective.com/2025/09/22/f...

New review! The Long Walk is out now in selected UK cinemas... cinemaperspective.com/2025/09/20/f...

Social media engagement may be WAY down because of Musk’s hellscape etc. but the stats at Cinema Perspective are thriving. Beat 2024’s views already to show strong year-on-year improvement. Film criticism is alive 🙌 www.cinemaperspective.com

Far less deep and thought-provoking than Aronofsky’s earlier oeuvre, crime thriller Caught Stealing gets a LOT out of Austin Butler’s charm and big screen magnetism. Not sure the comedic style withstands the dark plot beats, but it’s a compelling ride through grimy New York City.

Highest 2 Lowest review - Spike Lee transforms classic Kurosawa into another fairy tale of New York thelosthighwayhotel.com/2025/08/27/r...

With James McAvoy’s directorial debut California Schemin’ on the horizon now it’s worth flagging up the Jeanie Finlay doc about Silibil ‘N Brains called The Great Hip Hop Hoax, which is great.

Nothing like a couple hours listening to Linoleum Knife to make me want to catch up on some of my own reviews. Need to find time this week!

Eddington review - Ari Aster's State of the Union doomscroll thelosthighwayhotel.com/2025/08/23/r...

Ahead of its world premiere at #EIFF25, I chatted with Eddie Marsan, Burn Gorman, Barnaby Roper, and Tienne Simon about crime thriller All the Devils Are Here which will be out in UK cinemas next month! cinemaperspective.com/2025/08/23/a...

Experimental documentary Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival earlier this week. I'm chuffed to be able to share my interview with @irvinewelsh.bsky.social and director Paul Sng. #EIFF25 cinemaperspective.com/2025/08/22/r...

It's Edinburgh Film Festival day! I'll be covering for @takeonecinema.net, @theskinnymag.bsky.social, and Movies We Texted About and can't wait for some great new films 🎥🍿

Flying by at just 85 minutes & firing out gags of all kinds at a rate of knots, Akiva Schaffer’s spoof requel The Naked Gun is very silly but totally self-aware with it, marking a worthy comeback for the beloved franchise! Liam Neeson & Pamela Anderson make a great duo.

Bringing grief, terror, & teeth to the table, Aussie twins Danny & Michael Philippou contextualise shocking body horror within a textured story that boasts a truly unnerving turn from Sally Hawkins. One of the most disturbing cinema experiences I’ve ever had #BringHerBack

Late Shift is a terrific medical drama that underscores just how overworked and underappreciated nurses really are. So it was my pleasure to speak with writer-director Petra Volpe about her brilliant new film, which is in cinemas Friday. missflicks.com/2025/07/30/i...

One of my favourites from Berlin, hospital thriller LATE SHIFT stars Leonie Benesch and is out in selected UK cinemas next week. I was delighted to chat to writer & director Petra Volpe about her film… cinemaperspective.com/2025/07/25/l...

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My latest review is live! #Superman cinemaperspective.com/2025/07/20/f...

Loved the small-scale intimacy of John Maclean's samurai western Tornado which pays passionate homage to genre cinema. Beautifully shot in the outskirts of Edinburgh with heaps of tension and intrigue in its bleak, minimalistic style. Darkly funny in moments too. Kōki is a star!

In its best moments, Joseph Kosinski’s racing thriller F1 is an exhilarating cinematic spectacle but off the tracks, the script is in the pits with clunky, soap opera storytelling. If you loved Top Gun: Maverick, the team behind it have struck again.

Bit rusty as I haven't written since May, but here's my latest review! ☠️ 28 Years Later is in UK cinemas now... cinemaperspective.com/2025/07/06/f...

CP sneaked onto another poster…

Paid my respects to the great Michael K. Williams yesterday 🙏 #FortGreene

Stumbled upon Hugh Jackman signing some autographs in Soho, Manhattan yesterday!

Had a wee walk around Lake Minnewaska yesterday to explore where the brilliant Woe’s Hollow episode of Severance was filmed! As Milchick says, it’s “the tallest waterfall on the planet”

Fresh from its UK premiere at SXSW London, here's my ★★★★★ review of Petra Volpe's hospital thriller Late Shift - this was one of my highlights from Berlin earlier this year! cinemaperspective.com/2025/03/09/f...

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong takes on the rich and powerful once again in his debut movie Mountainhead. This biting satire tackles the rise of the tech bro, AI and disinformation. If you like Succession, you'll be into this! Review: missflicks.com/2025/05/27/m...

Luca Guadagnino's drama Queer was one of my favourites from last year. It's streaming on @mubiuk and out on DVD & Blu Ray today... 💿 Here's my review! cinemaperspective.com/2024/12/23/fil…

Lots of people rewatching the Mission: Impossible films right now. If you're doing so, you should also subscribe to our new TAKE ONE Presents series The Impossipod where we're critically analysing every film in the series. Releasing every month with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 out on Wednesday!

Today's #ThrowbackThursday review goes back to February's Berlin Film Festival. Petra Volpe's hospital thriller Late Shift will get a UK release later this year via @vertigorel.bsky.social cinemaperspective.com/2025/03/09/fil…

Marvel gets the ‘better help’ treatment with latest instalment #Thunderbolts*, an anti-hero tale that keenly deals in loneliness, shame & depression through its ensemble of outcasts. It should come as no surprise that co-writer Calo is best known for her work on Bojack Horseman.

Good One review - India Donaldson's Catskills camping trip quietly picks at dissonances of gender and generations thelosthighwayhotel.com/2025/05/17/r...

A wholesome camping trip in the Catskill mountains becomes fraught with tension in coming-of-age indie Good One, a slight yet superb directorial debut from India Donaldson. Stunningly shot and quietly devastating as a father-daughter bond is changed forever.

With #TheFinalReckoning in cinemas this week, today’s #ThrowbackThursday review looks back at Fallout, the showstopping sixth chapter of the franchise! #MissionImpossible t.co/kAe4NnSqah

New review! Comedy drama The Uninvited is out in selected UK cinemas from 9th May... cinemaperspective.com/2025/05/08/f...

Now streaming on MUBI, today's #ThrowbackThursday reflects on my chat with director Nick Rowland about his stunning crime drama Calm with Horses. cinemaperspective.com/2020/03/10/cal…