Genre Reviews

Genre

Normal (2026)

Normal (2026)

If Normal were an old-school Western, Bob Odenkirk’s Sheriff Ulysses would ride into town twirling his gun, eyes squinting as the locals watched him through clouds of dust and...

Linda
The Drama (2026)

The Drama (2026)

When we meet Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson) days before their wedding, they’re cute puppy dogs in love. The preparations are exciting, and their anticipation buzzes as they...

Linda
By Design (2026)

By Design (2026)

Her arms are caressed. Her legs are seductively untied from binding twine, the fabric released. Her body is licked by a besotted lover. She is a chair. Camille (Juliette...

Linda
Pillion (2025)

Pillion (2025)

“It’s not a bear movie, it’s an otter movie!” a woman opined outside the theater after the early screening of Pillion. It’s true: Alexander Skarsgård is too sleek to...

Linda
Man on the Run (2025)

Man on the Run (2025)

The man we meet at the beginning of Man on the Run is no longer a young, starry-eyed boy from Liverpool. The Beatles are disintegrating, the music scene around...

Linda
Crime 101 (2026)

Crime 101 (2026)

Crime 101’s Los Angeles is one of contrasts. From the gorgeous, slowly turning opening shot of the city at night, we see a world of white billionaires collecting art...

Linda
Send Help (2026)

Send Help (2026)

For the life of me, I couldn’t remember the name of this film before the screening. I was telling my partner I was going to see Safe Place… or...

Linda
Mercy (2026)

Mercy (2026)

Let’s be honest here: a court system run by artificial intelligence doesn’t seem too far off. It’s easy to imagine AI companies approaching the legal system, pitching the benefits...

Linda
The Choral (2025)

The Choral (2025)

The Choral is one of those British historical dramas that feels like a pair of well-worn slippers, a cosy sweater, and a hot cup of tea on a drizzly...

Linda
Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

I had been anticipating Greenland 2: Migration (or is it Greenland: Migration? The title sequence curiously drops the “2”) since the first trailers a few months ago. But gosh,...

Linda
Marty Supreme (2025)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) is the kind of guy I’d call a “little shit.” A scrawny, smirky white boy with a unibrow and a peach-fuzz little mustache, he exudes...

Linda
The Housemaid (2025)

The Housemaid (2025)

“You never let an attractive woman take a power position in your home.” This is actually a quote from the 1992 pulp hit The Hand that Rocks the Cradle,...

Linda