Movie reviews of Richard Hamer

There is a strain of genuine anger at this fact, one that runs right through the belly of Parasite, and which makes it Bong Joon-Ho’s most urgent, important film and a cinematic masterpiece. Review

It’s a charmless, HD-upscaling of the past’s most atrocious romantic comedy sins, and in the past is where it belongs. Review

Unlike the movies of its namesake, Stan & Ollie isn’t likely to stand the test of time, but while it’s here, it’s a pleasure. Review

Delightfully humourous, profoundly sad; The Sisters Brothers defies the Western genre to tell a soulful story about fraternal relationships and male ambitions. Review

But boredom is a transient emotion, not to be trusted, and for all its imperfections this is a movie that will stay with you long after far more ‘exciting’ thrillers have been forgotten. Review

A movie of rare precision, every second of The Guilty’s tight eighty-five minutes challenges your assumptions, raises the stakes, and leaves you struggling for breath. Review

Visually bold and brilliant, aurally chilling, and unapologetically demanding of your time and intellect. Review

Yet given its subject matter, and the times we live in, one expects to leave the cinema angry and indignant, rather than just pleasantly entertained. Review

A funny, easy-going, but ultimately fairly shallow crime comedy. Review

A confident introduction to a whole-new generation of Kiwi comedy talent, set to take the world by storm. Review

A largely quiet movie, driven by a single, understated performance. Review

As an R-rated, bawdy comedy, its vision is cripplingly limited, gambling so heavily on the intrinsic hilarity of puppets that the whole thing feels dramatically undercooked. Review

They hope to stir something, to take you back to a time and a place where they had meant something, triggered an emotion. But nostalgia doesn’t really work like that... Review

Promising you nothing more than catchy tunes, smiling faces and the lightest of light entertainment. Review

While it may not be Spielberg’s most ambitious movie, it is certainly among his most relevant: Expertly crafted, urgent, and worthy of your attention. Review

A wonderful exploration of cross-generational attitudes to love and life... Review

A well-performed, witty character piece, happy to operate on the low registers of the dramatic form. Review

Thrilling, crowd-pleasing fare. Review

Within the confines of the crowd-pleasing, glossy entertainment to which it aspires, it’s a master. Review

A fantastic final third to what is otherwise a slickly predictable genre thriller... Review

Laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely warm in a way the occasionally snide Guardians of the Galaxy can’t touch. Review

Proves itself to be a remarkable movie; one defined by a unique and powerful sadness, sure to stay with you. Review

An important, essential film. Review

A beautiful looking movie, but I felt precious little beauty within it. Review