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Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
A review for Empire2019-07-26
The lines between artist and muse are too clean cut to capture the visceral and intimate emotion of two lovers. Broomfield’s approach feels more intrusive than reflective, reducing the private story to public gossip.Read entire review on Empire -
Spider-Man: Far from Home
A review for Empire2019-06-27
It’s not quite the home-run of Homecoming, but Far From Home isn’t far from matching it, with heaps of humour, energetic action, and the answers Endgame left you craving.Read entire review on Empire -
Support the Girls
A review for Empire2019-06-24
A scrappy but soulful delight. Regina Hall brings everything to this nuanced and loving portrait of working women whose stories seldom make their way into the foreground of film.Read entire review on Empire -
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
A review by Ian Freer for Empire2019-06-11
Scorsese is the Bob Dylan of cinema – poetic, truthful, idiosyncratic – and Rolling Thunder, despite some longueurs, is an important document of a major artist – by a major artist.Read entire review on Empire -
The Raft
A review by Ian Freer for Empire2019-06-06
It sounds like Big Brother on a boat, but The Raft is an absorbing portrait of a bold (or foolhardy) historical experiment that hits many of today’s hot-button topics, dominated by a compelling and complex central figure.Read entire review on Empire -
Birds of Passage
A review for Empire2019-05-17
Guerra and Gallego offer a masterful, compelling reimagining of the crime drama within the specific ethnographic milieu of a tribal people weathering dangerous change. Unforgettable images in service of a strange, poignant story.Read entire review on Empire -
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
A review by Nick de Semlyen for Empire2019-05-10
Combat-heavy pulp of the highest order, this is the most enjoyably over-the-top entry so far. Where else can you get samurai dogs and a Tarkovsky reference?Read entire review on Empire -
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
A review by Olly Richards for Empire2019-05-03
It’s impossible to overstate how much this film owes to Ryan Reynolds. Even if you don’t understand Pikachu’s world, everyone can understand a great joke superbly delivered.Read entire review on Empire -
Woman at War
A review for Empire2019-05-01
Asking questions of moral beliefs and societal responsibility, a plausible dilemma is framed like a fairytale. While the storytelling is neat, aesthetic quirks that entertain also remove any potential urgency.Read entire review on Empire -
Tolkien
A review for Empire2019-05-01
Karukoski’s entertaining film boasts flair and narrative ambition, but ultimately fails to completely break free of its traditional biopic frame.Read entire review on Empire -
Styx
A review by Ian Freer for Empire2019-04-26
Styx is a gripping sea adventure that mixes thrills and spills with thoughtfulness and compassion. The MVP here is Wolff, who superbly etches emotional disintegration alongside amazing physical prowess.Read entire review on Empire -
Avengers: Endgame
A review by Helen O'Hara for Empire2019-04-23
A victory lap that moonwalks through the best part of the MCU back catalogue and emphasises emotion as much as action, this is an intensely satisfying piece of blockbuster filmmaking.Read entire review on Empire -
Eighth Grade
A review for Empire2019-04-23
The anxieties of a teenage girl weigh universally heavy. Burnham brings wisdom and immediacy to a generation raised online, his debut feature already cementing his presence as a remarkably sensitive filmmaker.Read entire review on Empire -
Red Joan
A review for Empire2019-04-17
Despite strong performances from Cookson and Dench, this potentially exciting espionage tale is dreary and forgettable.Read entire review on Empire -
Happy as Lazzaro
A review by Ian Freer for Empire2019-04-05
Happy As Lazzaro is s-l-o-w and its narrative twist will alienate some. But this is deliberate, singular filmmaking, at once poetic and down-to-earth, from an unsung talent. Let’s be clear: Alice Rohrwacher should cherished.Read entire review on Empire -
Five Feet Apart
A review for Empire2019-03-22
Sprouse and Richardson are proven heavyweights in the young-adult pocket of Hollywood, but this soft-hearted teen romance spreads on sugary sentiment too thickly to leave a lasting message.Read entire review on Empire -
Under the Silver Lake
A review for Empire2019-03-11
Under The Silver Lake is gorgeous to look at and listen to, with moments of genuine panache, but its wilfully labyrinthine plot will have limited appeal.Read entire review on Empire -
Ben Is Back
A review for Empire2019-03-11
Ben Is Back begins with nuance but is let down by its familiar Drugs Are Hell tropes. Still, the pairing of the ever-excellent Roberts and Hedges keep it a largely compelling watch.Read entire review on Empire -
Maiden
A review by David Parkinson for Empire2019-03-07
Instructive, insightful and inspiring, Maiden is a rousingly riveting record of a remarkable accomplishment that says as much about British bloody-mindedness as it does about feminist fortitude and underdog pluck.Read entire review on Empire -
TT3D: Closer to the Edge
A review by Phil de Semlyen for Empire2019-02-14
A motorsports movie you don’t need to be a petrolhead to enjoy. Rev up those whiteknuckle thrillride clichés, you're going to need them.Read entire review on Empire
