Movie Reviews Published by The National (Scotland) - Page 4 of 7

61-80 of 129 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of I, Tonya (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Sep 2018

Consistently fascinating and absorbing dramatic storytelling with a vein of jet-black humour pulsing throughout…

Read Review

Review of Unsane (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Sep 2018

An unvarnished, scarily up-close-and-personal experiment with an enjoyably pulpy B-movie sensibility but also the thematic brains to back it up…

Read Review

Review of Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Sep 2018

Washington plays it more than just a cheap collection of idiosyncratic tics and mannerisms, inhabiting the character to the fullest effect…

Read Review

Review of Lady Bird (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Sep 2018

It feels real because the writing doesn't shy away from the pain and awkwardness and unexpected joys of the life it depicts…

Read Review

Review of Walk Like a Panther (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Sep 2018

Set to a series of fairly naff jokes that limp, like one of its has-been wrestlers, at most towards a mild chuckle born mainly out of goodwill…

Read Review

Review of Downsizing (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 09 Sep 2018

What starts out as an intriguing idea swerves into an unexpected, unwelcome and irreparably clunky territory…

Read Review

Review of A Quiet Place (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 08 Sep 2018

An ingenious concept from which the film wrings every bit of almost unbearable tension and gasp-worthy shocks…

Read Review

Review of Isle of Dogs (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 08 Sep 2018

Stands firmly on its own four paws as a particularly rambunctious and winningly affectionate adventure that's as loving as a caring scratch…

Read Review

Review of A Quiet Place (2016)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 08 Sep 2018

An ingenious concept from which the film wrings every bit of almost unbearable tension and gasp-worthy shocks…

Read Review

Review of Wonderstruck (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 07 Sep 2018

A sincere portrait of childhood wonderment that will speak as much to the imagination and earnestness of a younger audience as it will the…

Read Review

Review of Love, Simon (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 07 Sep 2018

Without making a fuss as a ham-fisted issues film, this is a quietly important Hollywood movie that should hopefully lead the way for more…

Read Review

Review of The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 07 Sep 2018

Newell has done a fine job of adapting an epistolary book into something more streamlined and easily digestible, even if that means leaning…

Read Review

Review of Never Steady, Never Still (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 07 Sep 2018

Raw power lies in the small moments that layer on top of one another in an uncommonly unflinching directorial style that marks Hepburn out…

Read Review

Review of Another News Story (2017)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 06 Sep 2018

You can feel the passion and sincerity in the way the director guides us through something that most of us could never imagine…

Read Review

Review of The Nun (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 06 Sep 2018

Works pretty effectively both for those who know the rest of the series and as an individual, enjoyable ghost train of an experience in its own right…

Read Review

Review of The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 06 Sep 2018

A graceful, humble yet deeply thought-provoking drama told with wit and a real sense of purpose, and anchored around a great central performance…

Read Review

Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 06 Sep 2018

A tremendously satisfying piece of gargantuan blockbuster cinema that delivers as many shocks as it does thrills…

Read Review

Review of American Animals (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 06 Sep 2018

A stylish, entertaining, well-acted and unpredictable mini-crime saga…

Read Review

Review of The Leisure Seeker (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 06 Sep 2018

Something just doesn't quite gel here with a rambling script that too often leans on cliche to get by…

Read Review

Review of Yardie (2018)

By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 31 Aug 2018

It's in his ability to immerse you in the smoky visions & thumping sounds, his refreshing handle on time and place, where Elba's strength as…

Read Review

Page 4 of 7

Related publishers:

Film Journal International (5,095)
Screen International (2,241)
National Post (1,405)
The National (UAE) (421)
National Review (314)
MovieTime, ABC Radio National (314)
International Business Times (181)
National Newspaper Publishers Association (180)
Film International (130)
National Catholic Reporter (122)

The National (Scotland) features reviews by:

Ross Miller (135)

Popular Movies Right Now

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Gridlock'd

1997

71%175 Reviews

Ecstasy

2011

43%45 Reviews

JFK

1991

79%686 Reviews

Baadasssss!

2004

76%174 Reviews

Anonymous

2011

58%750 Reviews

Annihilation

2018

69%1,327 Reviews

Unbreakable

2000

73%1,026 Reviews

Barton Fink

1991

78%700 Reviews

Vertical Limit

2000

53%510 Reviews

Sully

2016

76%1,242 Reviews