In Review
Welcome to In Review! Check out the latest reviews across film, TV, theatre and so much more…
Film Review - Robot Dreams
It’s a light summer breeze of a film clearly aimed to bring joy to both parents and kids whilst still telling a compelling story, so some kind of deep underlying metaphor is unnecessary. Just go have fun watching a cartoon dog and a robot roller-skate to Earth, Wind & Fire! Your brain deserves a break.
Film Review - Alcarràs
Alcarràs is a moving piece of cinema that will quietly consume you for its two-hour runtime with feelings of awe, anticipation, some chuckles, and empathy for the farmers that put fruit into our homes.
Spanish Film Festival Review - Two Many Chefs
Two Many Chefs (2022) is Joaquín Mazón’s new comedy film that has heart but loses its edge with repetitive jokes and lazy storytelling.
Film Review - Marlowe
You’d be hard-pressed to say that its intended audience of older, weekday-matinee filmgoers won’t be satisfied by watching a canonised movie star like Neeson doing his thing as a 1930’s detective. Just don’t expect to be wowed by its stunning execution or originality.
Spanish Film Festival Film Review: Official Competition
Personally, the whole meta-inception-story-within-a-story is not my usual cup of tea. However, Official Competition doesn’t fade into using conventions of the trope. What separates it, is that rather than focusing on production and the movie-making process it's focused entirely on the actors and their craft.
Spanish Film Festival Film Review: Girlfriends
Featuring four of Spain’s most exciting young film and TV stars, first-time director Carol Rodríguez Colas’ Girlfriends is a fresh, sincere depiction of what it means to come to terms with who you are.
Spanish Film Festival Film Review: House of Snails
The debut fiction feature from director Macarena Astorga, The House of Snails is a slow burn psychological thriller filled with twists and turns that will have you on the edge of your seat.
Film Review: The Good Boss
The Good Boss works very well as a corporate satire, with biting insights into how powerful people manipulate those around them in order to maintain said power, but it wouldn’t be the same without the central performance from Javier Bardem, who makes the film endlessly watchable and entertaining.