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Movie Reviews by Christopher Machell - Page 9 of 17

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Review of XY Chelsea (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 27 May 2019

Hawkins smartly keeps the details of Mannings’ leaks – both in their content and the manner of their distribution – to a tight segment…

Review of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 17 May 2019

Precision, energy, and innovation move the components of John Wick, but the synergy that comes from their singular motion transcends mechanistic…

Review of Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 16 May 2019

The film’s doggedly chronological structure – at odds with its ostensible privileging of psychology over history – sometimes leaves its…

Review of Meeting Gorbachev (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 28 Apr 2019

Herzog has a knack for extracting pithy, poetic responses from his subjects, but here he outdoes himself…

Review of Avengers: Endgame (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 25 Apr 2019

This is fan service elevated into an art form, transcending winking self-aggrandisement to become something of a reflection on the past eleven…

Review of Shazam! (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 04 Apr 2019

Shazam!’s candy-floss sweetness rarely fails to hit the spot…

Review of Us (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 29 Mar 2019

Us is a true genre flick, polished to a fine degree, a pure distillation of the essence of horror cinema…

Review of Ben Is Back (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 18 Mar 2019

Aside from its unremarkable presentation, Ben Is Back’s major hurdle, and the one that it never manages to clear, is that it’s yet another…

Review of Captain Marvel (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 09 Mar 2019

Accessible to newbies and satisfying to fans, it’s way past time that brilliant performers like Larson were given their time in the spotlight…

Review of The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 08 Mar 2019

The Kindergarten Teacher evokes sadness and horror in equal measure, but not always a great deal of understanding…

Review of Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 15 Feb 2019

Despite a few sentimental missteps and a second-act move away from horror that will upset some hoping for more slashing, Happy Death Day 2U…

Review of Blindspotting (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 11 Feb 2019

This is vital filmmaking; Blindspotting is undoubtedly part of a new moment in American cinema and is a fierce, complex satire in it own right…

Review of Glass (2019)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 18 Jan 2019

Despite its myriad issues, Glass is often a hoot to watch – particularly once Elijah comes out of his self-induced fugue to wreak havoc on…

Review of The Favourite (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 02 Jan 2019

At the film’s centre are three irresistable performances…

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 28 Dec 2018

While nuance may be lacking, it makes up in tone and directorial precision…

Review of Sorry to Bother You (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for The Skinny (809) on 12 Dec 2018

Riley builds on the history of satirical cinema to tell a sharply contemporary fable that critiques the related inequities of race, class and…

Review of The Light of the Moon (2017)

By Christopher Machell (333) for The Quietus (3) on 11 Dec 2018

An intelligent and mature examination of the post-traumatic experience of sexual assault, depicting how even the good intentions of well-meaning…

Review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 11 Dec 2018

Perischetti, Ramsey and Rothman’s picture is an irresistible treat throughout, an unadulterated confection crafted with wit, vivacity and heart…

Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

By Christopher Machell (333) for The Quietus (3) on 10 Dec 2018

Alien: Covenant works best as a series instalment reflecting on itself, reforming old ideas, reshaping old concepts and tropes…

Review of The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 10 Dec 2018

Despite the golden cast, this is Redford’s show, bolstered by a life-long career of effectively playing younger versions of Tucker…

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