Movie reviews of Rob Wallis

These are all the movies and series that Rob has reviewed.

Number of movie reviews: 107 / 107

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The Comeback Trail is a cheesy, intermittently charming comedy caper elevated by the strength of its cast.

4.0

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2021-07-10

2021

Luckily, Black Widow succeeds enough on its own merits and, with the MCU shortly to make a return to its more cosmic scale, it’s good to spend a bit of time away from the gods and aliens.

7.0

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2021-07-08

2021

The Tomorrow War never rises much above the proficient, but nor does it dip too below it. Come for the decent action and spurious science, stay for a father-daughter relationship that may the best I’ve seen onscreen this year.

5.0

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2021-07-05

2021

It that all sounds pretty simple, if a bit vague, then No Sudden Move makes a virtue of it – it’s a film of simple pleasures.

8.0

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2021-07-05

2021

Jonathan Hensleigh’s script focuses too much on thinly-sketched characters – primarily, Mike blames Gurty for the loss for their jobs – and not enough on the mechanics of the jeopardy they are facing.

5.0

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2021-07-04

2021

The airy, vibrancy of Enola Holmes, a winningly self-aware YA romp that feels it was scripted by Phoebe Waller Bridge.

8.0

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2020-09-27

2020

The Devil All The Time is a slick American Gothic epic with interweaving narratives playing out over three decades.

6.0

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2020-09-27

2020

If not exactly groundbreaking, Host makes full use of its limited budget and resources for an efficient and genuinely unsettling case study on how technology and the supernatural do not mix.

7.0

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2020-08-28

2020

An American Pickle feels more like an admirable curio, full of interesting ideas, than an unmitigated success that brings them all together.

6.0

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2020-08-23

2020

After all that critical adulation, it’s a punchline worthy of the Clown Prince of Crime himself that Joker isn’t very good.

4.0

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2019-10-07

2019

If you’re looking for a film adaptation to bring Dickens to life for a bunch of disinterested students, you could do worse than this witty, imaginative take.

8.0

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2019-10-04

2019

For all of the talent involved, Colour Out Of Space is cosmically adequate. Colour me disappointed.

5.0

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2019-10-01

2019

Bad Education is a case study of how easily people are misled – even by themselves. The danger is when we stop questioning ourselves.

8.0

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2019-09-26

2019

Mark Jenkin’s Bait feels like a treasure carved out of the rocky Cornish coastline.

10

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2019-09-23

2019

A joyous movie leaving you with an aching face after ninety-minutes of smiling.

8.0

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2019-09-19

2019

Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians is a finely tempered adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s elegantly allegorical novel about the brutal, self-defeating ironies of colonial oppression.

8.0

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2019-09-17

2019

In Pain & Glory, Pedro Almodóvar strips away the kitsch and melodrama for an understated study of what can happen when pain interferes with passion.

8.0

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2019-08-17

2019

Why choose between flamethrowers and feeling when you can have both?

9.0

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2019-08-12

2019

Crawl is a perfectly evolved creature feature. A high-concept survival thriller, it keeps low to the ground and shows that all you need to ratchet tension is a confined space, a ticking clock, and maybe a couple of alligators.

6.0

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2019-08-07

2019

Us

With Us, Peele has created a perfect companion piece that nevertheless feels totally distinct from his feature debut.

9.0

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2019-03-28

2019

Marielle Heller’s direction is sharp and sympathetic, allowing us to feel innate sympathy for Lee even at her least likeable.

8.0

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2019-02-23

2019

The film is nothing if not expertly made; a big, handsome, empty Cadillac, well-upholstered but lacking much behind the engine.

7.0

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2019-02-23

2019

High concept sci-fi, streamlined world-building, and heart – Alita: Battle Angel is refreshingly not machine engineered.

6.0

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2019-02-23

2019

Cluttered and frenetic, it seems like the sort of filmmaking of which Marie Kondo would not approve, but there’s little here that’s not at least designed to bring joy.

7.0

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2019-02-23

2019

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