Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
81%
4.5/5
“Thoroughly good and often great, an emotionally grounded action epic with two masterpiece sequences and an ingenious plot that includes a host of topical plug-ins and a major reference to Fail Safe. Talk about class.” –
jimschembri.com
May 16, 2025
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La Cocina (2024)
75%
3.5/5
“Director Alonso Ruizpalacio does a dazzling job presiding over the mayhem as he traffics a host of themes about love, immigration, corruption and finger-pointing...features one of the most impressive and complex single-take shots we’ve seen in years. ” –
jimschembri.com
May 15, 2025
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The Salt Path (2024)
3.5/5
“Beautifully played by Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs...director Marianne Elliott elicits top-shelf performances that breathe with authenticity, her fabulous charges admirably unafraid to lean into their vintage for the sake of portrayals that ring true.” –
jimschembri.com
May 15, 2025
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The Surfer (2024)
86%
4/5
“Deliciously deranged...Think Wake in Fright Goes to the Beach and you’ll have some idea of what you’re in for.” –
jimschembri.com
May 15, 2025
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Ocean with David Attenborough (2025)
100%
3.5/5
“It’ll be hard for even the coldest enviro-skeptic not to respond to Attenborough’s trademark passion and intelligence as he gently argues for preservation. ” –
jimschembri.com
May 8, 2025
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Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
73%
3/5
“An affectionate throwback to the gloriously excessive horror films of yore.” –
jimschembri.com
May 8, 2025
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Another Simple Favor (2025)
62%
3/5
“More glamourous, gag-filled and Euro-trashy than before, the jape turns out to be a winning endeavour, its second hour stuffed with so many nutty twists the whole thing becomes delightfully preposterous as the two leads chime in with cheesy performances.” –
jimschembri.com
May 8, 2025
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Murder Ballads: How to Make It in Rock 'n' Roll (2023)
2/5
“This self-consciously goofy satire about the rock music business and its associated perils – fame; envy; drugs; copyright; wanton killing – sports a great premise but possesses neither the pace nor crazed energy to totally pull the heightened soiree off.” –
jimschembri.com
May 2, 2025
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The Encampments (2025)
94%
2.5/5
“Those thirsty for a sober, impartial dissection of the pro-Palestine campus protests will likely be enraged...Yet tempting as it is to dismiss it, the documentary – if one dares call it such – does offer some insights into how such works are constructed.” –
jimschembri.com
May 2, 2025
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The Dreadful Place (2025)
3/5
“A crafty, well-crafted frightfest with more imagination than a lot of studio efforts...Performances are exceptionally strong, with a magnetic Keaton McLachlan centre-frame bringing it in almost every scene...All up, a challenging concept very well done. ” –
jimschembri.com
May 2, 2025
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Final Recovery (2024)
100%
3/5
“Well-mounted slow-burn psych-drama...cleverly keeps from showing its horror hand until the ripper payoff..Channeling the ghost of Nurse Ratched, Charlene Tilton is an unnerving study in carefully administered cruelty. Great seeing her in such fine fettle.” –
jimschembri.com
May 2, 2025
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Thunderbolts* (2025)
88%
3.5/5
“Top-shelf Marvel – a surprisingly strong, surprise-filled character-driven superhero lark with lots of action that is actually fun, a quality missing from so much of the recent slate.” –
jimschembri.com
May 2, 2025
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National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove (2025)
1.5/5
“It’s a fair bet that the more you love the movie, the more you’ll dislike this bloated misfire...lugubrious, flatulent...And where the heck is Miss Foreign Affairs? How could they have even considered adapting the film without her luminous presence?” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 24, 2025
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The Accountant 2 (2025)
76%
3.5/5
“Those who enjoyed the playful action of the 2016 film are set to have an even better time with this well-cobbled follow on...A caution, though: the film contains a scene involving the unfiltered depiction of line dancing that some might find enjoyable.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 24, 2025
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Sinners (2025)
97%
1/5
“Commits the one Cardinal Sin of any vampire movie – it’s boring. Super-dull and way too frigging long, it'll make you wish for a vampire apocalypse just to get the stupid thing over with...If you can't be scary, at least be funny. Please.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 17, 2025
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Warfare (2025)
93%
3.5/5
“Alex Garland and war vet Ray Mendoza can’t be faulted for the searing realism they bring to their portrayal of modern combat – the sound design is particularly powerful – and for showing how little high-tech resources count against a gushing wound. ” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 17, 2025
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The Correspondent (2024)
100%
3.5/5
“Urgent, topical, compelling...Roxburgh [delivers] a career-topping performance in a superbly realised work aimed at a mature-aged audience who will appreciate an aggressively engaging, fact-based film that speaks forcefully to a host of hot-button issues.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 17, 2025
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The King of Kings (2025)
63%
3/5
“A warm, well-animated, faith-affirming retelling of the timeless Jesus story. Geared for the family demo, all the more violent, gory bits have been toned down but the essence is still there - thankfully including Christ’s iconic table-tossing moment.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 12, 2025
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Death of a Unicorn (2025)
54%
1.5/5
“Yawnsies. Should have been called Death of a Good Idea.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 11, 2025
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The Amateur (2025)
60%
3.5/5
“Tense, tightly directed action thriller In the spirit of the Bourne films that will leave devotees of the genre with nothing to carp about...Making the most of his decidedly non-action-man frame, Malek is well-cast as the unlikely angel of vengeance.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 11, 2025
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American Psycho (2000)
68%
2/4
“Although the film looks sharp, the emotional comfort zone Harron allows the audience simply saps it of any bite or value.” –
The Age (Australia)
Apr 5, 2025
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Novocaine (2025)
81%
2/5
“Lame. Even the torture scene is yawn-inducing. Recommended only for those with an undemanding taste for things queasy. ” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 3, 2025
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A Minecraft Movie (2025)
47%
3/5
“A diverting if unexceptional movification of the video game, the film sports a largely incomprehensible story...boasts a cracking pace and a distinctive look. ” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 3, 2025
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Dog Man (2025)
80%
3.5/5
“As crazy as the plotting gets the film is anchored by a cleverly devised emotional lynchpin, bonding the two warring characters via the evil cat’s clone, a cute kitten whose naivety imbues it with transformative, heart-melting powers. Lovely stuff.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 3, 2025
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Alien Love (2024)
45%
0.5/5
“As much as we like to laud anyone with the tenacity and fortitude to make an independent film, it need be stressed that any such endeavour must satisfy the basic tenets of narrative coherence for the enterprise to be worthwhile. That is not the case here.” –
jimschembri.com
Apr 1, 2025
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