On Cinema

The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity

“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull

This weather-based thriller is all hot air, but who doesn’t enjoy a warm summer breeze?

A new screen Western is always welcome

Films offer windows into the British and American political processes

In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant

It’s 30 years since Pulp Fiction hit cinemas, and what a time it was to be young

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless

Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are