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- [One Night Only](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/one-night-only/) - Reviews One Night only Director Will Gluck has made a name for himself within the romantic comedy genre with films like Easy A, Friends with Benefits, and the extraordinary box office success story of Anyone but You. It therefore felt almost inevitable that he’d return to familiar territory. Three years later, here we are with
- [Ice Cream Man](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/ice-cream-man/) - Reviews Ice Cream Man You never really know what you’re going to get when you go into an Eli Roth movie. After all, he has proven himself to be one of the most polarising filmmakers working today, with it being like a flip of a coin whether it’s going to be worth your time or
- [Soulm8te](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/soulm8te/) - Reviews Soulm8te When a film gets unexpectedly pulled from its cinema release with no new date in sight before being dumped straight onto video on demand, it’s usually a safe bet that it’s going to be an unmitigated disaster. That is exactly what happened to Soulm8te, the much talked about M3GAN spin off. While it
- [Tony](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/tony/) - Reviews Tony The rise of biopics hitting the cinema has become hard to ignore, with each new release feeling more like a glorified tick-box exercise than a genuine attempt to delve into the lives of the people they are covering. Of course there are a few exceptions to that rule, but finding those gems is
- [The Devil's Mouth](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-devils-mouth/) - Reviews The Devil's Mouth Shark movies have seen a huge resurgence throughout the 2020s, with straight-to-streaming options becoming plentiful, so it almost felt inevitable that Prime Video would toss their hat into the ring at some point. They have done so in the form of The Devil’s Mouth, which packs a stronger cast and director
- [Spider-Man: Brand New Day](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/spider-man-brand-new-day/) - Reviews Spider-Man: Brand New Day Marvel Cinematic Universe projects are like rollercoaster rides. Some are adrenaline-fuelled, rip-roaring experiences that leave you wanting more and never wanting to get off. Others are nausea-fuelled, whiplash-inducing ordeals that leave you counting the seconds until they’re over. Up until 2019, most MCU projects fell into the former category. However,
- [Pinocchio Unstrung](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/pinocchio-unstrung/) - Reviews Pinocchio Unstrung The Twisted Cinematic Universe (TCU) has been surrounded by controversy since its inception. It all began with the truly dreadful Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, the first film of its kind to take advantage of beloved childhood characters whose IPs had entered the public domain. Little did we know that from one low
- [The Odyssey](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-odyssey/) - Reviews The Odyssey Christopher Nolan has rightfully solidified his legacy among the greatest working directors on the planet. His films have become more of a cinematic event with every new release and that’s no different with his latest project, The Odyssey, which infamously sold out advance screenings a full year before release. With such hysteria
- [Moana](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/moana/) - Reviews Moana It seems like not a year goes by in the 2020s without another Disney live-action remake. The vast majority of them fail to understand the magic that made the animated classics just that, instead falling into the trap of feeling like shameless cash grabs more than anything creatively fulfilling. This time round it’s
- [Evil Dead Burn](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/evil-dead-burn/) - Reviews Evil Dead Burn The Evil Dead franchise has rightfully cemented itself as one of the most iconic horror rites of passage for generations of fans. Whether it’s the original 80s and 90s classic trilogy or the new reboot that has delivered two more stellar films for audiences to sink their teeth into, it’s safe
- [Young Washington](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/young-washington/) - Reviews Young Washington With the semiquincentennial of the United States of America just around the corner, what better way to celebrate than with a film about arguably the most famous Founding Father, George Washington. Looking to cash in on the festivities is Angel Studios, who, via Young Washington, have created an incredibly bland biopic that
- [Minions and Monsters](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/minions-and-monsters/) - Reviews Minions & Monsters The Minions are back with their third solo outing and the seventh time they have graced the big screen. In that time, the weird, yellow, capsule-shaped creatures have taken the world by storm, even having the power to turn a singing competition in their native Minionese, a gibberish sounding language, into
- [Little Brother](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/little-brother/) - Reviews Little Brother Good comedy movies have been hard to come by for what feels like an eternity, so it’s been a welcome surprise that 2026 has provided a couple of the decade’s best efforts so far in The Invite and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Looking to follow in their footsteps is
- [Supergirl](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/supergirl/) - Reviews Supergirl James Gunn’s new DC Universe hit the ground running with last year’s Superman, a pedal to the metal, rip-roaring fun time that left audiences salivating for more. With the second instalment, directed by Craig Gillespie, looking to build on that momentum, the DCU has turned to Supergirl. Unfortunately though, it proves to be
- [The Invite](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-invite/) - Reviews The Invite Over the last decade there has been a distinct lack of instant classic comedies at the cineplex, something that was all too common in the noughties and early 2010s. That barren spell, however, is about to come to an end with Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, a single location comedy powered by a
- [Citizen Vigilante](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/citizen-vigilante/) - Reviews Citizen Vigilante Uwe Boll has spent decades torturing audiences with some of the worst films Hollywood has to offer. Yet somehow, despite all the blunders that have come before, his latest outing, Citizen Vigilante, is undoubtedly the worst of them all. More worryingly, it serves as a dangerous call to arms for those who
- [Voicemails for Isabelle](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/voicemails-for-isabelle/) - Reviews Voicemails for isabelle A good romcom should make you laugh, cry, and everything in between whilst rooting for love to prevail. While Netflix’s latest attempt at finding the next classic in the genre, Voicemails for Isabelle, certainly has some of the magic ingredients needed to deliver both laughs and tears, it’s in the central
- [Toy Story 5](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/toy-story-5/) - Reviews Toy Story 5 There are very few franchises in cinematic history that hold a place in the hearts of audiences quite like Toy Story. Across four films spanning more than three decades, Pixar’s beloved toys have seen the first generation of fans grow up, become parents themselves, and now introduce their own children to
- [Lucky Strike](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/lucky-strike/) - Reviews Lucky Strike World War II movies are plentiful and rightfully so. They often retell some of the most miraculous true stories ever witnessed, in turn providing some of the most memorable sequences in cinematic history, particularly in titles such as Saving Private Ryan and Hacksaw Ridge. Sadly, that’s not the case for the latest
- [Disclosure Day](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/disclosure-day/) - Reviews Disclosure Day Steven Spielberg has cemented himself as one of the greatest filmmakers ever to have lived and certainly one of the finest still working today. His incredibly impressive filmography is filled with some of the very best cinema has to offer. While his latest offering, Disclosure Day, may not come close to matching
- [Office Romance](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/office-romance/) - Reviews Office Romance Finding a good rom-com to sink your teeth into has become an increasingly hard task despite the genre being beloved by many. With that in mind, Netflix have dusted off one of the most reliable names in the genre in Jennifer Lopez to star in their latest attempt to rediscover that rom-com
- [Scary Movie](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/scary-movie/) - Reviews Scary Movie (2026) After thirteen years, the Scary Movie franchise is finally returning to the big screen for a sixth instalment and even reunites the Wayans brothers in an attempt to drag the series back into relevance. As such, it should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that Scary Movie 6 delivers exactly
- [Masters of the Universe](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/masters-of-the-universe/) - Reviews Masters of the universe It’s been almost forty years since the cult classic Masters of the Universe hit the big screen, with fans of both the film and He-Man himself clamouring for his return. After what has seemed like an eternity, Amazon MGM have finally dusted off the franchise and proved once again that
- [Signal One](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/signal-one/) - Reviews Signal One Signal One review will be published when the review embargo lifts on 2nd June 2026.
- [The Breadwinner](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-breadwinner/) - Reviews The Breadwinner It’s almost never a good sign when a studio holds the review embargo for a movie until the day of release, especially after already delaying it by a few months. More often than not, it’s a sign they know exactly what they have on their hands. Sadly for TriStar’s latest release, The
- [Pressure](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/pressure/) - Reviews Pressure There is a whole library of World War II movies I’ve grown up with that focus upon the heroic efforts of the Allied forces, with the infamous D-Day landings at Normandy on 6 June 1944 often being at the forefront of those. Saving Private Ryan in particular captured the gruesome nature of the
- [Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu/) - Reviews Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu marks the return of the Star Wars franchise to the silver screen 7 long years after the release of The Rise of Skywalker. In that time, fans have only really had television shows to sink their teeth into, so it feels fitting
- [Jack Ryan: Ghost War](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/jack-ryan-ghost-war/) - Reviews tom clancy's jack ryan: ghost war Jack Ryan is back, on Prime Video returning for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, a feature length movie arriving just a few years after seemingly retiring from the spying world following the ending of the highly popular television series. Packed full of political intrigue and globe-trotting thrills,
- [Obsession](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/obsession/) - Reviews Obsession If I had a pound for every time I’d heard “this is the scariest movie of the year” or “this is the best horror film of the decade” over the last ten years, I’d be a rich man. From Longlegs to Undertone and everything in between, they’re the sort of empty phrases marketing
- [Remarkably Bright Creatures](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/remarkably-bright-creatures/) - Reviews Remarkably Bright Creatures Review will be published when the review embargo lifts on Friday 8th May.
- [Mortal Kombat II](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/mortal-kombat-ii/) - Reviews Mortal Kombat II Video game to film adaptations are notoriously difficult to pull off. There is a fine line between making a film aimed squarely at diehard fans and alienating everyone else with incoherent fan service, or creating something broadly compelling that gives hardcore players nothing beyond a familiar title slapped on the poster.
- [Animal Farm](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/animal-farm/) - Reviews Animal Farm It’s an extremely rare occurrence that, no matter how bad a film may be, it makes me feel like I want to leave the cinema. It’s even rarer that a film actually physically offends me. Andy Serkis’ adaptation of Animal Farm manages both. It’s one of, if not the worst film of
- [Swapped](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/swapped/) - Reviews Swapped Swapped follows Ollie (voiced by Michael B. Jordan), a small woodland creature known as a Pookoo, whose childhood curiosity and kindness led to the downfall of his kind. After inviting in a Javan, a majestic, colourful bird, to share a meal, its flock soon followed, consuming all of the Pookoo’s food. Now older,
- [Deep Water](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/deep-water/) - Reviews Deep Water After the abhorrent Strangers trilogy that will go down in infamy as one of the worst trilogies of all time, it is safe to say that Renny Harlin needs a win. Arguably it has been over two decades since his last iconic film, so what better way to return to form than
- [The Sheep Detectives](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-sheep-detectives/) - Reviews The Sheep Detectives A really good detective film can often feel like finding a needle in a haystack. The same can arguably be said for an emotionally rich all ages film amongst all the lazy, half baked stories that seem to be served up these days. However, The Sheep Detectives, which could be likened
- [Apex](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/apex/) - Reviews apex With straight-to-streaming action thrillers, it is essentially a flip of a coin as to what you are going to get. On the one hand, you could get films like The Rip, generic sure, but extremely fun, whereas on the other you could get something like War Machine that is as forgettable as they
- [Michael](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/michael/) - Reviews Michael Musical biopics have arguably become one of the most overused and unimaginative genres of the last decade. Every single one of them, aside from the brilliant Better Man, seems to follow the same formulaic outline almost to the letter, with each one becoming more tedious to sit through. And while the latest musical
- [Roommates](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/roommates/) - Reviews Roommates Movies like Roommates make me so happy I never went to university in America. The idea of being thrown into a lottery and not knowing who you’ll be sharing a room with for an entire year sends shivers down my spine. Sure, you have to share a flat with people you don’t know
- [Lee Cronin's The Mummy](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/lee-cronins-the-mummy/) - Reviews Lee Cronin's The Mummy Lee Cronin’s The Mummy has been met with much anticipation by horror lovers and cinephiles alike, which is completely understandable. After all, Cronin masterminded Evil Dead Rise as his sophomore project, a film that was a resounding success both critically and financially. So it should come as no surprise that
- [Balls Up](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/balls-up/) - Reviews Balls Up With the Fifa World Cup just around the corner and taking place in North America for the first time since 1994, it’s perhaps surprising that Amazon MGM is the first and only studio to try and shoehorn football into a film to make it feel relevant this year. That attempt comes in
- [Thrash](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/thrash/) - Reviews Thrash There’s something about natural disasters and sharks that, separately, make for compelling films, but when combined together should be an automatic slam dunk. That’s exactly what Netflix’s latest straight-to-streaming offering Thrash promises, as a Category 5 hurricane isn’t the only thing to worry about, with great white sharks lurking in the floodwaters ready
- [Exit 8](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/exit-8/) - Reviews Exit 8 Video game adaptations are notoriously difficult to pull off. In fact, some of the worst films of the 2020s are adaptations gone terribly wrong. So when Exit 8, a beloved indie game that I myself have poured hours into, was announced, it was met with cautious apprehension. In the hands of Genki
- [Beast](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/beast/) - Reviews Beast For a sport as popular as MMA, it feels like one that is not brought to life on screen as often as it should be, far too often playing second fiddle to boxing films. However, Tyler Atkins’ vastly undermarketed latest, Beast, looks to set the record straight, throwing audiences into the octagon in
- [You, Me & Tuscany](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/you-me-tuscany/) - Reviews You, Me & Tuscany Personally, I’ve always been a huge advocate for rom-coms. There’s just something about the good ones that breeds an endless sense of joy that courses through my entire body. And while the supply of rom-coms, particularly on streaming, hasn’t dwindled, the quality definitely has. So going into You, Me &
- [Faces of Death](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/faces-of-death/) - Reviews Faces of Death It feels like a cardinal cinema sin that I haven’t seen the original Faces of Death from 1978. Delivered by John Alan Schwartz, it was often described as one of the most despicable horror films around by teenagers growing up in the 80s and 90s, almost cementing itself as a rite
- [The Drama](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-drama/) - Reviews The Drama The Drama is set to be the most talked-about film in the world this weekend. It has been widely publicised that there’s more than meets the eye, with a “big twist” unfortunately already spoiled by certain publications. Never fear though. Aside from confirming that yes, there is indeed a twist, and one
- [The Super Mario Galaxy Movie](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie/) - Reviews The Super Mario Galaxy Movie The Super Mario Bros movie from 2023 was loaded with complaints about Nintendo and Illumination choosing fan service over a coherent story, which was fair, but it didn’t stop it becoming a huge success. Now, three years later, the studios are back at it, bringing audiences into the video
- [Power Ballad](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/power-ballad/) - Reviews Power Ballad There’s always been something about John Carney movies that has resonated with me. With music at the forefront of his comedy-dramas, his filmography has consistently delivered standout moments that have helped his work go down as crowd-pleasing classics. True to form, Carney’s latest, Power Ballad, sticks to that tried and tested formula,
- [Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/mike-nick-nick-alice/) - Reviews Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice It’s hard to stand out as a mid-budget straight–to-streaming action comedy. After all whether it’s Netflix, Prime Video, or Hulu it feels like we get several every single month so to its credit Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice does try to stand out by adding
- [Leviticus](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/leviticus/) - Reviews Leviticus Horror movies coming out of Australia are fast becoming some of the very best in the genre. Just in the last couple of years audiences have been treated to the sick and twisted minds of some of the country’s most exciting directors, and in Adrian Chiarella a new one may just be emerging.
- [They Will Kill You](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/they-will-kill-you/) - Reviews They Will Kill You Going into Kirill Sokolov’s They Will Kill You, the comparisons to Ready or Not were almost certainly going to be at the forefront of the conversation. However, by blending two familiar ideas of Satanic cults and “eating the rich” into a frankly bonkers script, with some of the most outrageous
- [Over Your Dead Body](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/over-your-dead-body/) - Reviews Over Your dead body Relationships are difficult, marriages are arguably even harder, but in Over Your Dead Body, Jorma Taccone has the spouses taking their vows a little too literally, creating one of the most surprisingly funny, disgustingly bloody, and incredibly aggressive films of the SXSW festival. It delivers a totally chaotic ride that
- [Forbidden Fruits](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/forbidden-fruits/) - Reviews Forbidden Fruits Granted, Mean Girls is now over two decades old, and the remake meant to entice the next generation into the fold flopped pretty hard. Gen Z has been crying out for a new cult classic to sink their teeth into, and with Meredith Alloway’s debut feature Forbidden Fruits, some may argue that
- [DreamQuil](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/dreamquil/) - Reviews DreamQuil Humanity as a whole is always looking for shortcuts to make life even remotely easier. Endless developments in technology have been designed with that in mind and, as such, concerns about where we are going as a species are at the forefront of many people’s minds. DreamQuil, which takes place in a retro-futuristic
- [Brian](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/brian/) - Reviews Brian One of the hardest things to do in filmmaking is to make a unique coming-of-age comedy. At this point, it feels like there have been so many that creating one which truly stands out is like finding a needle in a haystack. But every once in a while one comes along that knocks
- [Hokum](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/hokum/) - Reviews Hokum Damian McCarthy is fast making a name for himself as one of the best up and coming voices in original horror. Off the back of the fantastic Oddity, his new film was bound to be met with extreme anticipation. So much so that queues to get into the world premiere for Hokum started
- [SXSW Day 3](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/sxsw-day-3/) - Full reviews for all the movies from Day 3 of SXSW can be seen below. Reviews ready or not 2: here i come Full review can be seen here: adamreviewsfilm.com/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come/ Reviews chili finger Full review can be seen here: adamreviewsfilm.com/chili-finger/
- [SXSW Day 2](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/sxsw-day-2/) - Full reviews for all the movies from Day 2 of SXSW can be seen below. Reviews See You When i see you Full review can be seen here: adamreviewsfilm.com/see-you-when-i-see-you/ Reviews Pizza movie Full review can be seen here: adamreviewsfilm.com/pizza-movie/
- [SXSW Day 1](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/sxsw-day-1/) - Full reviews for all the movies from Day 1 of SXSW can be seen below. Reviews I Love Boosters Full review can be seen here: adamreviewsfilm.com/i-love-boosters/ Reviews Wishful Thinking Full review can be seen here: adamreviewsfilm.com/wishful-thinking/
- [Chili Finger](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/chili-finger/) - Reviews Chili finger The SXSW Film Festival is all about giving a platform to debutant directors with unique stories to tell that break the mold of conventional cinema while providing an incredibly good time in the process. With Chili Finger, co-directors Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad have taken the opportunity presented to them and run
- [Ready or Not 2: Here I Come](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come/) - Reviews Ready or not 2: Here i come It was always going to be a tall order for Ready or Not 2: Here I Come to justify its existence. The 2019 original was a rip-roaring good time with a crowd-pleasingly simple premise that worked across pretty much every aspect. To its credit, the sequel does
- [Pizza Movie](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/pizza-movie/) - Reviews Pizza Movie It feels like every generation wants and needs a coming of age stoner film they can relate to, whether that is at college or later in life, with it feeling like an awfully long time since Hollywood has provided audiences with one of note. Step forward Pizza Movie. Taking inspiration from legendary
- [I Love Boosters](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/i-love-boosters/) - Reviews I Love Boosters In a world full of sequels, prequels, and even requels, it’s becoming a lot harder to find truly unique voices like Boots Riley who are totally unafraid to take risks and create something so bonkers and unapologetic that you have not seen anything like it before. That may sound like something
- [See You When I See You](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/see-you-when-i-see-you/) - Reviews See you when i see you There’s just something about Duplass brothers movies that resonates with me every single time and See You When I See You, directed by Jay Duplass, is no different. It is without a doubt one of the more thought provoking movies of the SXSW Film and TV Festival so
- [Wishful Thinking](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/wishful-thinking/) - Reviews Wishful Thinking The SXSW Film and TV Festival is a wonderful opportunity for debutant directors to showcase their talents, and while Graham Parkes is not entirely new to the filmmaking game, with several notable shorts already under his belt, Wishful Thinking marks his first venture into feature length filmmaking. If this is anything to
- [Reminders of Him](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/reminders-of-him/) - Reviews Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover adaptations are all the rage and why wouldn’t they be. Easy to produce, low cost to make, and almost guaranteed to turn a profit, it’s a match made in heaven. So of course we now have a third in as many years. Up steps Reminders of Him, following in
- [Project Hail Mary](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/project-hail-mary/) - Reviews Project Hail Mary Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary is widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels of the modern era, so anticipation for its big screen adaptation has understandably risen astronomically as the release date has drawn closer. With that excitement has come towering expectations, and often when it comes to
- [Slanted](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/slanted/) - Reviews Slanted At some point I’m sure almost everyone can pinpoint a moment in time where they’ve wanted to change something about themselves or even entirely reinvent who they are because they feel like they don’t belong or don’t quite fit in with the “norm”. It’s a feeling that has only been amplified by the
- [Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man/) - Reviews Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man After an incredible six seasons, Netflix bringing Peaky Blinders back for a movie felt like a gamble. After all, the series delivered visceral and thrilling payoffs that rose in tension with each episode, elevating the infamous Tommy Shelby into the TV Hall of Fame alongside legends like Walter White
- [War Machine](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/war-machine/) - Reviews War Machine Straight-to-streaming movies about extraterrestrial machines capable of destroying human life as we know it seem to be the flavour of the month. We had the infamous Prime original War of the Worlds that will go down as one of the worst movies of the modern era, and now Netflix is throwing their
- [The Bride](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-bride/) - Reviews The Bride! With a star-studded cast led by a likely Academy Award contender in Jesse Buckley and Academy Award winner Christian Bale in a supporting role, coupled with the exciting actor turned filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal at the helm, The Bride! had all the ingredients to be a slam dunk success. Which makes it all
- [Dolly](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/dolly/) - Reviews Dolly It’s not often that I’m disturbed or even remotely squeamish when watching modern horror films, but Dolly undoubtedly succeeds at both. Co-writer and director Rod Blackhurst almost teleports audiences back in time with the distinctly grainy 16mm film used to capture the movie. In fact, if it wasn’t for a smartphone appearing on
- [Hoppers](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/hoppers/) - Reviews Hoppers Post Covid I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard that “Pixar is washed”. Original releases like Lightyear, Elio and to a certain degree even Elemental have struggled to reach the lofty heights we expect from the beloved studio, although I would argue that the quality, Lightyear aside, has never really
- [About Us](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/about-us/) - About About Hi, I’m Adam the face behind Adam Reviews Film. I’m a film critic based in Oklahoma, a long way from my birth home in the UK. My path into criticism wasn’t traditional and started shortly after leaving the British Army. Going to the cinema became both an escape and a creative outlet to
- [Scream 7](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/scream-7/) - Reviews Scream 7 The original Scream still remains one of the best horror films of all time and in turn gave birth to one of the strongest and most enjoyable horror franchises spanning over three decades, with only one previous instalment ever rubbing me up the wrong way. So, as with all the earlier sequels,
- [The Bluff](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-bluff/) - Reviews The Bluff Prime Video’s latest straight to streaming effort The Bluff comes in the form of a pirate film set in the Caribbean. Sound familiar? Well, unlike Pirates of the Caribbean, if you go into The Bluff expecting some family fun you can stream at your heart’s content you will be very disappointed, because
- [Psycho Killer](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/psycho-killer/) - Reviews Psycho Killer Psycho Killer feels like one of those horror films that takes an abundance of ideas that have worked well individually within the genre, mashes them together as messily as possible, throws them at the wall and sees what sticks. As you can probably imagine, it’s not much, which is extremely disappointing given
- [How to Make a Killing](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/how-to-make-a-killing/) - Reviews How to Make a killing How to Make a Killing is simple in premise. It follows Beckett Redfellow (Glen Powell), born into an extremely wealthy family but disowned at birth. He has struggled his entire life, driven by his dead mother’s wish that he never stop until he gets the life he deserves. The
- [Crime 101](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/crime-101/) - Reviews Crime 101 Just like superhero movie fatigue is a real thing, for me heist movie fatigue has become a serious issue, particularly the sloppy, generic ones Amazon MGM have pushed straight to Prime Video. So you can forgive me for thinking Crime 101 was the heist film nobody asked for, but to my surprise
- [Wuthering Heights](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/wuthering-heights/) - Reviews "Wuthering Heights" Like a newborn baby fresh to the earth, I am completely oblivious to the world of Wuthering Heights. I was deemed not clever enough to study English Literature at school, so I missed out on reading the book and, perhaps more to my sins, I’ve never actually seen any of the film
- [Goat](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/goat/) - Reviews GOAT GOAT will undoubtedly be labelled Generation Alpha’s version of Space Jam, with its targeted references to meme culture and the social media trends younger audiences eagerly jump onto. While the comparison is apt, it is also the highest compliment the film can receive. To be mentioned alongside a cross generational favourite like Space
- [The Strangers: Chapter 3](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-strangers-chapter-3/) - Reviews The Strangers: Chapter 3 It’s not a shock to anyone who knows me that going into The Strangers: Chapter 3 I believed Renny Harlin’s reboot of The Strangers was one more strike away from being, at least in my eyes, the worst horror trilogy of all time. But now that we’re finally here after
- [Solo Mio](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/solo-mio/) - Reviews Solo mio If you’ve seen one then you’ve seen them all is an apt way of describing Hallmark romantic comedies and you’d be forgiven for thinking Kevin James’ latest movie Solo Mio was one of those. It is one of the most generic and predictable films I’ve seen in a very long time, hitting
- [The Incomer](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-incomer/) - Reviews The Incomer Louis Paxton’s directorial debut The Incomer is one of the most delightful and hilarious debut feature films I’ve had the pleasure of watching in the last few years. The film leans heavily into Scottish folklore, centring on a brother and sister living on one of the many isolated islands off the coast
- [Relationship Goals](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/relationship-goals/) - Reviews Relationship Goals Remember War of the Worlds from last year and how it had quite possibly the most egregious use of product placement to ever grace film? Well, Prime Video have struck again, because Relationship Goals, a new rom-com starring Kelly Rowland, is essentially a 90 minute advert for a romance book of the
- [The Moment](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-moment/) - Reviews The Moment Charli XCX’s meteoric rise from cult favourite to global phenomenon almost overnight is a fascinating example of the power of social media, savvy marketing, and a viral dance thrown in for good measure. So what better way to celebrate the success of brat, the album that catapulted Charli XCX into the mainstream,
- [Cold Storage](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/cold-storage/) - Reviews Cold Storage Combining the talents of Joe Keery and Georgina Campbell with the legendary Liam Neeson and dropping them into a sci-fi horror comedy about a parasitic zombie-like fungus is a pretty crazy premise, but one that proves to be a match made in heaven. The result is a fun, crowd-pleasing popcorn flick that
- [Josephine](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/josephine/) - Reviews Josephine It feels almost obscene to be talking about a potential major awards contender for 2027 when this year’s Academy Award nominations have only just been announced. Yet that is exactly the level of praise that Josephine deserves. It is a deeply moving and emotional film, made even more powerful after learning that director
- [Carousel](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/carousel/) - Reviews Carousel There’s something quite fascinating about stories that follow youthful lovers reuniting after years apart, and that’s exactly what Chris Pine’s latest film Carousel sets out to explore. Admittedly, I went in with high hopes. It has been a while since Pine last graced the big screen, after all. Yet while there’s a fair
- [Run Amok](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/run-amok/) - Reviews run amok Run Amok is a Disney-style musical about a school shooting, with a soundtrack that includes Killing Me Softly, Bulletproof, and Hit Me Baby One More Time. Just writing that sentence feels absurd. It’s one of the most tone deaf and baffling concepts for a feature-length film I can think of, and while
- [Union County](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/union-county/) - Reviews Union County Movies about addiction and recovery aren’t exactly a new premise, but Union County highlights just how vital they still are by raising awareness and questioning whether the system in place is truly doing all it can to support those most affected. To the film’s credit, it doesn’t shy away from depicting the
- [The Musical](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-musical/) - Reviews The Musical A movie about a musical essentially mocking and calling 9/11 a hoax was not on my 2026 bingo card, but The Musical, directed by Giselle Bonilla in her debut and written by Alexander Heller in his first feature length outing, is a bold and outrageous comedy that could be likened to a
- [Chasing Summer](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/chasing-summer/) - Reviews Chasing Summer Chasing Summer was one of the films sitting right at the top of my most anticipated list heading into the Sundance Film Festival. Written by and starring renowned stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger and directed by Josephine Decker, the ingredients for this kind of comedy to work were absolutely there. Which is why
- [Iron Lung](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/iron-lung/) - Reviews Iron Lung The ever so popular YouTuber Markiplier, Mark Fischbach, has become the latest content creator to step into feature length directing, with his debut being a faithful adaptation of David Szymanski’s game Iron Lung. Any first time director willing to step outside the norm deserves some credit for the attempt, and Fischbach certainly
- [Send Help](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/send-help/) - Reviews Send Help Send Help marks director Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre where he first made a name for himself with the original Evil Dead films, and for the first time since Drag Me to Hell in 2009. So it should come as no surprise that expectations were sky high going in, especially
- [Shelter](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/shelter/) - Reviews Shelter A January Jason Statham film is always a coin flip. On one side you might get something like The Beekeeper, silly but hugely entertaining. On the other, you get efforts like A Working Man, dull, bland, and ultimately very boring. From the trailer alone, that is exactly what I expected from his newest
- [Hot Water](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/hot-water/) - Reviews Hot Water Hot Water marks the first film of hopefully many that I’ll cover in a formal capacity, which feels fitting as it also serves as the directorial debut of Ramzi Bashour. On this showing, I very much hope he goes on to make many more feature length films, as this mother-son road trip
- [Steve](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/steve/) - Reviews Steve Steve follows a single day at a struggling 1990s reform school, where headteacher Steve (Cillian Murphy) battles the looming closure and his own fragile mental state while a volatile student, Shy (Jay Lycurgo), wrestles with his past and uncertain future.Given the character-driven focus of the movie, Steve ultimately succeeds or fails with the
- [Play Dirty](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/play-dirty/) - Reviews Play Dirty Play Dirty is Prime Video’s latest attempt to ride the seemingly endless heist-movie wave. This time, Mark Wahlberg and Lakeith Stanfield team up to bring Richard Stark’s legendary thief Parker back to the screen. With Shane Black in the director’s chair, I had high hopes that a straight-to-streaming action-comedy might finally deliver.
- [Good Boy](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/good-boy/) - Reviews Good Boy Good Boy is the latest horror movie taking the internet by storm. Told from the perspective of Indy, a devoted dog, it follows his move with his ailing owner Todd into a house that turns out to be haunted. As Todd’s health deteriorates, Indy senses danger as the paranormal forces closing in
- [Bone Lake](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/bone-lake/) - Reviews Bone Lake Bone Lake is the latest horror sensation to splash onto cinema screens, and like many of 2025’s genre entries, it delivers a surprisingly entertaining ride despite how ludicrous it often gets.The story follows Sage (Maddie Hasson) and Diego (Marco Pigossi), who plan a romantic getaway at a historic home by Bone Lake.
- [Anemone](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/anemone/) - Reviews Anemone Anemone marks the directorial debut of Ronan Day-Lewis and the long-awaited return of his father, Daniel Day-Lewis, to the big screen, starring opposite Sean Bean. The film tells the story of Ray Stoker (Daniel Day-Lewis), a reclusive man drawn out of isolation when his estranged brother (Bean) arrives with the troubling news of
- [H is for Hawk](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/h-is-for-hawk/) - Reviews H is for Hawk H is for Hawk is based on the remarkable true story of Helen (Claire Foy), who sadly and rather suddenly loses her father Alisdair (Brendan Gleeson) to a heart attack. In response to the immense grief she faces, Helen decides to buy and train a Eurasian goshawk. It does not
- [Clika](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/clika/) - Reviews Clika Clika follows Chito (JayDee), an aspiring Mexican-American musician living with his family who are facing the immediate foreclosure of their generational home due to the current economic climate. In a bid to save them from this fate, Chito turns to his uncle Alfredo (Cristian E. Gutierrez), a known drug smuggler, and begins doing
- [Return to Silent Hill](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/return-to-silent-hill/) - Reviews Return to silent hill Based on Konami’s hit game Silent Hill 2, the movie Return to Silent Hill sees James (Jeremy Irvine) return to the mysterious town after receiving a letter from his former love interest Mary (Hannah Emily Anderson) in a desperate attempt to track her down. It is a premise that is
- [No Other Choice](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/no-other-choice/) - Reviews No Other Choice No Other Choice fundamentally asks the audience how far would you go to protect your family and your quality of life. That question is posed to Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun), after he is laid off from his job at a paper manufacturer following two decades of service in the midst of an
- [Jay Kelly](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/jay-kelly/) - Reviews Jay Kelly Jay Kelly (George Clooney) follows a famous actor in the midst of an existential crisis, one I’m sure most Hollywood superstars hit at some point, where they begin to question whether their career has been worth sacrificing fatherhood, friendships, or any real chance at a love life. If this sounds reminiscent of
- [Hamnet](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/hamnet/) - Reviews Hamnet Hamnet tells the story of Agnes Shakespeare (Jessie Buckley) and her more famous wordsmith husband, William (Paul Mescal). The opening act carefully develops their relationship in the beautiful English town of Stratford-upon-Avon, charting their blossoming romance and the arrival of their children, Hamlet (Jacobi Jupe) and Judith (Olivia Lynes). Chasing his dream of
- [One Battle After Another](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/one-battle-after-another/) - Reviews One Battle After Another One Battle After Another opens with exposition that introduces audiences to Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio), his fellow revolutionary and lover Perfidia (Teyana Taylor), and their shared nemesis Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn). After these opening sequences, where some uncomfortable things occur, the film jumps forward over a decade and focuses
- [Sinners](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/sinners/) - Reviews Sinners Sinners, set in 1932 Mississippi, follows identical twins Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) as they return to their hometown to open a juke joint, Club Joke. After acquiring the premises from likely KKK members, the brothers recruit Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo) and their cousin Sammie (Miles Caton) as the
- [Sentimental Value](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/sentimental-value/) - Reviews Sentimental Value After the tragic death of their mother, Sentimental Value focuses on sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) as their estranged father Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), an acclaimed film director, reenters their lives. His motivations are far from noble, something that soon becomes clear when he asks Nora, an actress, to
- [Reviews](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/reviews/) - Reviews All Reviews 2025 Awards Contenders 28 Years Late: The Bone Temple A House of Dynamite A Merry Little Ex-Mas About Us After the Hunt Anaconda Anemone Animal Farm Apex Arco Avatar: Fire and Ash Ballad of a Small Player Balls Up Beast Black Phone 2 Blue Moon Bone Lake Brian Bugonia Carousel Caught Stealing
- [Whistle](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/whistle/) - Reviews Whistle Horror movies are well and truly back. 2025 brought us some of the genre’s very best and with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and even Primate to a certain extent, 2026 is already off to a promising start. So, when I heard about Whistle, a new horror movie headed up by The
- [The Wrecking Crew](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-wrecking-crew/) - Reviews The Wrecking Crew Having Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa star as half-brothers in a straight-to-streaming action-comedy is, on the surface, a masterstroke. Given both of their meteoric rises in their respective careers, it’s fairly surprising that they’ve never actually worked together before. So The Wrecking Crew, Prime Video’s latest offering, had me invested from
- [Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/glhfdd/) - Reviews good luck, have fun, don't die Almost a decade after his last feature film, director Gore Verbinski is back. If you’re at all like me, this return feels long overdue. There are very few filmmakers that I’ve grown up with who have such a distinctive voice, and it’s one that has been sorely missed,
- [Movies This Week](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/movies-this-week/) - Reviews Return to silent hill Based on Konami’s hit game Silent Hill 2, the movie Return to Silent Hill sees James (Jeremy Irvine) return to the mysterious town after receiving a letter from his former love interest Mary (Hannah Emily Anderson) in a desperate attempt to track her down. It is a premise that is
- [Mercy](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/mercy/) - Reviews Mercy Sometimes you can watch a trailer for a movie and it looks dreadful, but then you go in and actually watch it and it completely blows your mind. The Iron Giant is probably the best example of this. However, if you’re expecting anything remotely similar with Mercy, I hate to break it to
- [Dead Man's Wire](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/dead-mans-wire/) - Reviews Dead Man's Wire After an eight year hiatus from feature films, Gus Van Sant returns with an adaptation of one of the wildest true stories of the 1970s. Dead Man’s Wire is the kind of film that, had I not seen these events unfold before my own eyes, I would struggle to believe it
- [Killer Whale](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/killer-whale/) - Reviews Killer Whale The unexpectedly hot start to January 2026 has been a welcome surprise, especially given that January horror releases tend to be lacking in quality, to put it politely. Unfortunately, that hot streak comes crashing down in acrimonious and spectacular fashion with Killer Whale, an unwelcome return to the January norm of poor
- [Night Patrol](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/night-patrol/) - Reviews Night Patrol The start of 2026 is already bloated with horror movies, but credit where it is due, Night Patrol is not your usual run of the mill entry in the genre. Instead, its core premise revolves around the Los Angeles Police Department’s night patrol unit being made up of vampires who hunt the
- [The Rip](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-rip/) - Reviews The Rip When Ben Affleck and Matt Damon pushed for the crew of The Rip to receive performance based financial rewards for the movie, a first for a Netflix release, my interest was immediately piqued. Surely pushing for rewards of that scale meant that at the very least Affleck and Damon had real confidence
- [28 Years Late: The Bone Temple](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/28-years-late-the-bone-temple/) - Reviews 28 years later: The bone temple Following up on what is arguably the best horror movie of 2025 in 28 Years Later was always going to be an incredibly difficult task, and with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple coming in the usually cursed month of January, a certain level of apprehension felt justified.
- [People We Meet on Vacation](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/people-we-meet-on-vacation/) - Reviews people we meet on vacation People We Meet on Vacation is the first straight to streaming romantic comedy release of 2026, this time courtesy of Netflix. And if recent history has taught us anything, particularly over the last few years, that alone should make it an automatic slam dunk for a terrible movie, right?
- [Greenland 2: Migration](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/greenland-2-migration/) - Reviews Greenland 2: Migration Gerard Butler is proving himself to be quite the January movie star. Between the original Greenland, Plane, last year’s Den of Thieves follow up Pantera, and now Greenland 2: Migration, I am starting to think there should be an Avengers style crossover with Butler pitted against fellow January stalwart Jason Statham
- [Primate](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/primate/) - Reviews Primate January has frequently become the graveyard for dumping the most egregiously bad horror movies, with the recent Blumhouse effort Night Swim serving as a prime example, so I think I can be forgiven for going into Paramount Pictures’ latest horror outing Primate with fairly low expectations. And while it undoubtedly suffers from some
- [2025 Awards Contenders](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/2025-awards-contenders/) - Full reviews for all the 2026 Awards Contenders can be found below. Reviews Sentimental Value After the tragic death of their mother, Sentimental Value focuses on sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) as their estranged father Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), an acclaimed film director, reenters their lives. His motivations are far from noble,
- [Anaconda](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/anaconda/) - Reviews Anaconda I’ll be the first to admit it, when I heard there was going to be a remake of the cult classic Anaconda, I wasn’t enthusiastic. Because let’s face it, even though the original is very fun, it’s not exactly a great movie. And after seeing the trailer for this new one, realising it
- [Song Sung Blue](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/song-sung-blue/) - Reviews Song Sung Blue Casting Hugh Jackman in a musical after one of my biggest guilty pleasures, The Greatest Showman, automatically ensures that I will be sat, even if that musical is about a Neil Diamond tribute act. Perhaps the most surprising thing about Song Sung Blue is that it is based on a real
- [Avatar: Fire and Ash](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/avatar-fire-and-ash/) - Reviews Avatar: Fire and Ash If there is one rule everyone reading this should learn about cinema, it is that you should never doubt Big Jim Cameron, and Avatar: Fire and Ash is no exception. Of course I have my issues with the latest entry in the Avatar franchise, many of them the same complaints
- [The Housemaid](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-housemaid/) - Reviews The Housemaid Book to movie adaptations have become noticeably lower in quality in recent years, particularly with the rise of so-called spicy romance novels such as Colleen Hoover’s work or, to some extent, the Fifty Shades series. That said, I would be lying if I did not admit I was intrigued by The Housemaid
- [Merv](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/merv/) - Reviews Merv Put an adorable dog like Merv in any movie and you’ll have me hooked. I’m an absolute sucker for a good canine movie, so when you throw a good boy like Merv front and centre of the poster, one thing is for sure, I’ll be watching. Mix that with Christmas and surely you’re
- [Silent Night, Deadly Night](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/silent-night-deadly-night/) - Reviews Silent Night, Deadly Night Forget about Elf, Home Alone, or even The Muppets Christmas Carol, because there’s a new festive movie in town to get you in the holiday spirit. After all, a serial killer dressed as Santa is perfect for Christmas time with the family, right? Well, if that sounds like fun to
- [Ella McCay](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/ella-mccay/) - Reviews Ella McCay There is something painfully ironic about Ella McCay having two standout scenes where Ella drones on and on, sending her audience and colleagues to sleep, because that is exactly what the movie itself is likely to do to anyone who has the misfortune of discovering it at the cinema this weekend. It
- [Wicked: For Good](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/wicked-for-good/) - Reviews Wicked: For Good It was always going to be a hard task for Wicked: For Good to live up to the spectacle of the first movie. Jon M. Chu’s original film did more than win over fans of the musical. It captivated even those who had never heard of Wicked before. Unfortunately, much like
- [Five Nights at Freddy's 2](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/five-nights-at-freddys-2/) - Reviews Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Going into Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, I will admit my expectations were not very high. Blumhouse has produced some notable disappointments in recent years, but Black Phone 2 had restored just enough confidence to make me believe they might finally treat one of their most valuable IPs with
- [Oh. What. Fun.](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/oh-what-fun/) - Reviews Oh. What. Fun. Oh. What. Fun. is not your typical straight-to-streaming holiday film at first glance. Its core message aims to shine a light on the unsung heroes of the festive season, the mums who hold everything together each year with little thanks, barely any rest, and almost no help. Without them many family
- [Fackham Hall](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/fackham-hall/) - Reviews Fackham Hall Good comedy films are becoming increasingly hard to find, and finding a good British one is almost impossible. So as a Brit living in America, the moment I heard that Jimmy Carr, one of my personal favourite comedians, was co-writing a spoof period drama taking the mick out of arguably Britain’s biggest
- [Marty Supreme](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/marty-supreme/) - Reviews Marty Supreme A 150 minute movie about a ping pong player might sound like a chore on paper. Yet with Josh Safdie teaming up with Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme, that could not be further from the truth. The film delivers one of the most exhilarating cinematic experiences not just of the year but
- [Jingle Bell Heist](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/jingle-bell-heist/) - Reviews Jingle Bell Heist Every year it feels like streaming services pump out more Christmas films and heist capers than anyone could reasonably keep up with, so it should come as no surprise that Netflix has mashed the two genres together once again. Tis the season after all. Aptly titled Jingle Bell Heist, the film
- [Zootopia 2](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/zootopia-2/) - Reviews Zootopia 2 As sequels go, few films are as deserving as Zootopia of a second outing. Nine years after our first journey to the city, Disney has finally brought us back for another adventure with our favourite bunny Judy Hopps and the ever cunning fox Nick Wilde. In an era where follow ups often
- [Wake Up Dead Man](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/wake-up-dead-man/) - Reviews Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson’s Knives Out rightfully took the world by storm in 2019, establishing itself as one of the best murder mysteries to hit the big screen. It was no surprise when Netflix’s deep pockets shelled out roughly $450 million for the next two entries in the
- [The Family Plan 2](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-family-plan-2/) - Reviews The Family Plan 2 Unnecessary sequels have become an unfortunate fact of Hollywood life, so it is no surprise that the dreaded sequelitis bug has now infected Apple TV with its latest straight to streaming release The Family Plan 2. To be fair to Apple, the original Family Plan somehow became the most streamed
- [Rental Family](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/rental-family/) - Reviews Rental Family Whenever Brendan Fraser stars in a movie you can guarantee one thing, I will be there, front and center. When the first trailer for his new film Rental Family dropped, it shot straight to the top of my most anticipated releases of the year. Even in those brief two minutes it was
- [Arco](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/arco/) - Reviews Arco The stigma that animated movies are only for children has thankfully been dismantled in recent years. Animated films now frequently compete with and sometimes surpass live-action movies, particularly through relatable messages that resonate across generations rather than a single target demographic, and Arco is one of those rare gems that exemplifies this perfectly.
- [Keeper](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/keeper/) - Reviews Keeper It is a pretty common occurrence for taglines on movie posters to be overexaggerated or, in some cases, completely untrue, but when you see the words “from the twisted mind of Osgood Perkins,” credit where it is due, they have absolutely nailed it. With his new movie Keeper, the third he has released
- [A Merry Little Ex-Mas](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/a-merry-little-ex-mas/) - Reviews A Merry Little Ex-Mas Christmas movies this early in November should probably be illegal. A straight-to-streaming one at that? Surely that is a crime against humanity. Of course, I went into Netflix’s A Merry Little Ex-Mas expecting to be transformed into a real-life Ebenezer Scrooge, so imagine my surprise when, against all odds, I
- [Playdate](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/playdate/) - Reviews Playdate Movies like Playdate don’t just make me question why I chose to become a film critic, they make me question my actual existence. Within the opening scene I knew exactly what I was in for, and it turned out to be among the most painful 90 minutes I have endured this year, and
- [Running Man](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/running-man/) - Reviews The Running Man Edgar Wright is easily one of my favourite working directors today. My journey into wanting to critique films can be traced back to two of his works, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Shaun of the Dead. So, as you could probably expect, when I heard he was taking the reins
- [Now You See Me: Now You Don't](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont/) - Reviews Now you see me: now you don't Nothing reminds me how old I’m getting quite like the return of a franchise that began in my late teens. Did I think Now You See Me needed to be revisited, especially after the second installment that fell short? Not particularly. But here we are with the
- [In Your Dreams](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/in-your-dreams/) - Reviews in your dreams In Your Dreams serves as Netflix’s contender in this year’s best animation race, and if it bears a striking resemblance to some Pixar films you’ve seen before, there’s a very good reason for that. The movie marks the directorial debut of Alex Woo, a former Pixar story artist best known for
- [Christy](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/christy/) - Reviews Christy Boxing movies and sporting biopics are plentiful, but on paper, a film about Christy Martin, the woman who almost single handedly brought women’s boxing into the mainstream, should be a winner. However, despite landing a few solid punches and swinging for the fences, Christy struggles to deliver the knockout blow it so desperately
- [Predator: Badlands](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/predator-badlands/) - Reviews Predator: Badlands Directing a film in any long-running, high-profile franchise is a challenge in itself. Directing three is almost a minor miracle. Predator: Badlands proves beyond any reasonable doubt that in the hands of Dan Trachtenberg, the Predator franchise has never been stronger. This latest installment comfortably ranks among the best movies in the
- [Eternity](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/eternity/) - Reviews Eternity Love is perhaps the most complicated emotion a human can experience, and the romanticised notion of a “one true love” has been explored so relentlessly in the rom-com genre that it sometimes makes me want to scratch my own eyes out. My expectations going into Eternity were low, but I have to admit
- [The Plague](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-plague/) - Reviews The Plague As directorial debuts go, you would be hard pressed to find a more impressive one in recent years than Charlie Polinger’s The Plague, a psychological coming-of-age thriller. From the opening scene to the very last, Polinger immerses the audience in the all too familiar and painfully relatable world of adolescent social hierarchies,
- [If I Had Legs I'd Kick You](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you/) - Reviews If I had legs i'd kick you Motherhood is perhaps the most demanding job anyone willingly signs up for. It is often a thankless role, as mothers are hit with wave after wave of struggles and setbacks, yet are expected to bounce back and carry on as if nothing ever happened. If I Had
- [Train Dreams](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/train-dreams/) - Reviews Train Dreams Masterpiece is a word too easily tossed around in today’s film landscape, yet it feels like the only one that truly fits Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams. Even then, it scarcely does justice to a film so flawless and breathtaking that it transcends description. This is one of the most profound films of
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- [Hedda](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/hedda/) - Reviews Hedda Having escaped the clutches of the Disney machine, Nia DaCosta returns to more intimate filmmaking with Hedda, an updated take on Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 stage play Hedda Gabler debuting on Prime Video. Following the troubled experience of The Marvels, this film marks a bold and wise pivot for DaCosta. It proves that her
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- [Blue Moon](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/blue-moon/) - Reviews Blue Moon Making a feature-length movie is hard. Making a good feature-length movie is extremely hard. But what about making one set entirely in a single location with almost the entire runtime consisting of a few conversations? How hard is that to pull off, and how hard is it to make it genuinely entertaining?
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- [The Twits](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-twits/) - Reviews The Twits There was always going to be a degree of Americanisation when Netflix acquired the rights to the Roald Dahl Story Company. However, with their latest adaptation, The Twits, they have taken that tendency to an extreme, turning a beloved childhood classic into a not-so-subtle political commentary on the current American administration that
- [Good Fortune](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/good-fortune/) - Reviews Good Fortune You might be forgiven for expecting Good Fortune to be a light-hearted comedy with little substance beyond a few laughs. And while it certainly delivers plenty of those, you would be mistaken to think that is all it offers. At its core, the film provides some of the sharpest and most relevant
- [Frankenstein](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/frankenstein/) - Reviews Frankenstein Guillermo Del Toro has been crafting monster movies since I was a child, so when I heard he was at the helm of a new Frankenstein adaptation, I could not help but burst with anticipation. A project like this feels long overdue, and I am overjoyed to report that it more than meets
- [The Smashing Machine](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-smashing-machine/) - Reviews The Smashing Machine The Smashing Machine arrives with a wave of awards-season buzz and higher expectations than nearly any recent sports biopic. Yet, despite its ambition and the anticipation surrounding it, the film struggles to fully meet the towering hype it has generated.The film follows Mark Kerr, a former wrestler turned early pioneer of
- [The Baltimorons](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-baltimorons/) - Reviews The Baltimorons A good Christmas film is like a warm hug with a hot chocolate made just right, rich and comforting, topped with whipped cream and all the trimmings that make you smile. Both are becoming harder to find these days. The Baltimorons is one of those rare gems that deserves a place in
- [Black Phone 2](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/black-phone-2/) - Reviews Black Phone 2 When a sequel to The Black Phone was announced, I was incredibly skeptical. The first film was a remarkably strong standalone with a satisfying ending that did not seem to need any continuation, especially in a world already overflowing with unnecessary sequels. But I am happy to admit I was completely
- [The Mastermind](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-mastermind/) - Reviews The Mastermind We’ve all heard of comic book fatigue, but lately I’ve been suffering from something else: heist fatigue. With so many bland, straight-to-streaming thrillers and formulaic cinema releases, the genre has started to blur together. That’s why The Mastermind came as such a pleasant surprise. It reinvents what has become a by-the-numbers format,
- [Eleanor the Great](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/eleanor-the-great/) - Reviews Eleanor the Great When I first heard about Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, I was sceptical. Many before her have tried and ultimately failed to make the leap from in front of the camera to behind it. While there is a lot to like here, particularly the inclusion of the treasure that is June Squibb,
- [Scott Pilgrim vs the World](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/) - Reviews Scott Pilgrim vs the world I remember watching Scott Pilgrim vs. the World for the first time like it was yesterday. It was at a cinema in Dubai, where I was supposed to see The Expendables with my parents, but a projector crash cancelled that screening. Luckily, the only other film showing at the
- [Warfare](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/warfare/) - Reviews Warfare From Saving Private Ryan to Fury, Hollywood has tried to capture the horror of war, but few films have come as close to the raw realism, brutal intensity, and emotional nuance offered by 2025’s Warfare. As a veteran, I was deeply moved by its authenticity and the respect it shows for the soldiers’
- [The Long Walk](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-long-walk/) - Reviews The Long Walk Despite the long, long list of outstanding Stephen King adaptations, The Long Walk deserves recognition as being among the very best; it may be simple in premise, but this film delivers some of the hardest-hitting sequences to reach the big screen in years. Adapted from King’s novel of the same name,
- [Vicious](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/vicious/) - Reviews Vicious When Vicious was suddenly pulled from the theatrical release calendar just three months before its premiere, with no new date in sight, I assumed it would vanish into the abyss, never to be seen again. When Paramount later announced in August that it would debut straight to streaming in October, I was curious
- [Woman In Cabin 10](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/woman-in-cabin-10/) - Reviews The Woman in Cabin 10 A good murder mystery relies on intrigue, suspicion, and unexpected turns, however implausible they may be. That is perhaps the most disappointing aspect of The Woman in Cabin 10, as it unfolds with little surprise or suspense. It becomes the latest entry in an ever-growing line of lackluster straight-to-streaming
- [Tron Ares](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/tron-ares/) - Reviews Tron: Ares Despite its lack of major box office success, the Tron franchise has rightfully earned its place as one of the most beloved and iconic sci-fi series of all time. Both the original Tron and its sequel Tron: Legacy are held in high regard by fans, often considered cult classics. That’s what makes
- [Twinless](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/twinless/) - Reviews Twinless It’s hard to express just how remarkable Twinless is without giving away what truly makes it unforgettable. This is one of those rare films that demands to be seen, as its story resonates deeply with audiences from all walks of life. But be warned, have the tissues at the ready, because this one
- [Roofman](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/roofman/) - Reviews Roofman Some true stories seem made for the big screen, and Roofman is definitely one of them. If it weren’t based on the real-life exploits of criminal mastermind Jeffrey Manchester, the story would be dismissed as far too preposterous to believe, filled with moments audiences would likely dismiss as pure fiction. Yet, the film
- [Kiss of the Spider Woman](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/kiss-of-the-spider-woman/) - Reviews Kiss of the Spider Woman Kiss of the Spider Woman arrives with plenty of awards-season buzz, none more so than for star Jennifer Lopez. That excitement comes as no surprise with filmmaker Bill Condon at the helm, given his impressive track record of bringing musicals to the big screen. Yet despite those two cinematic
- [This Week on Streaming](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/this-week-on-streaming/) - This Week on Streaming Reviews Play Dirty Play Dirty is Prime Video’s latest attempt to ride the seemingly endless heist-movie wave. This time, Mark Wahlberg and Lakeith Stanfield team up to bring Richard Stark’s legendary thief Parker back to the screen. With Shane Black in the director’s chair, I had high hopes that a straight-to-streaming
- [This Week at the Movies](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/this-week-at-the-movies/) - This Week at the Movies Reviews Anemone Anemone marks the directorial debut of Ronan Day-Lewis and the long-awaited return of his father, Daniel Day-Lewis, to the big screen, starring opposite Sean Bean. The film tells the story of Ray Stoker (Daniel Day-Lewis), a reclusive man drawn out of isolation when his estranged brother (Bean) arrives
- [The Lost Bus](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-lost-bus/) - Reviews The Lost Bus The Lost Bus recounts the true story of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, following a school bus driver and a teacher as they lead 22 children through gridlocked roads, suffocating smoke, and advancing flames. Based on Lizzie Johnson’s nonfiction book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire,
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- [Paul Blart: Mall Cop’s](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/paul-blart-mall-cops/) - Reviews Paul Blart: Mall Cop This might be a controversial opinion, but the saying ‘aged like a fine wine’ should be reserved exclusively for films of Paul Blart: Mall Cop’s calibre. Sure, there are glaring plot holes, pointless characters, and plenty of missed opportunities but in my opinion, Kevin James’ performance is as hilarious as
- [I Know What You Did Last Summer](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer/) - Reviews I Know What You Did Last Summer In a world already overrun with sequels and reboots, this reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer arrives in cinemas directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) and co-written with Sam Lansky. This latest visit to Southport is a direct sequel to the original I
- [The Home](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-home/) - Reviews The Home The Home marks an uninspired return to the horror genre for James DeMonaco (The Purge). Plagued with telegraphed, repetitive jump scares and a thinly veiled attempt at social commentary, the film meanders aimlessly for much of its runtime; not even an outrageously gruesome and unexpectedly fun climax can save the dull, sluggish
- [Ne Zha II](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/ne-zha-ii/) - Reviews Ne Zha II You’d be forgiven for not having heard of Ne Zha II, given its limited release in Western markets. Yet without much fuss, it quietly became the highest-grossing animated film of all time and one of the top five highest-grossing movies overall, surpassing over $2 billion worldwide. A24 has since released an
- [The Pickup](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/the-pickup/) - Reviews The Pickup The Pickup is a new heist-comedy starring Eddie Murphy, the reliably funny Keke Palmer, and the occasionally hysterical Pete Davidson, a famous trio of talents that should spell success on Prime Video. Unfortunately, what unfolds is something of a misfire, surprisingly flat, rarely funny, and frustratingly unsure of itself. The plot is
- [Eephus (2025)](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/eephus-2025/) - Reviews Eephus (2025) At first glance, Eephus may seem like a modest, small-town baseball film. But beneath its unassuming surface lies a poignant message on aging, nostalgia, and the quiet beauty of recreational sports. What begins as a straightforward story subtly transforms into a powerful metaphor and one that will strike a chord with anyone
- [Caught Stealing (2025)](https://adamreviewsfilm.com/caught-stealing-2025/) - Reviews Caught Stealing The most surprising thing about Caught Stealing is that it comes from Darren Aronofsky. Known for the dark, weighty tones of Requiem for a Dream, Mother!, and The Whale, Aronofsky hardly seemed like the director you’d expect to deliver an action-comedy. Yet with Caught Stealing, he makes the leap effortlessly, crafting what

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