Movie reviews of Jacob Richardson

This second roll of the dice for the updated Jumanji franchise still hits all the same beats; just slightly less satisfyingly and surprisingly than before. Review

The insanity and wild entertainment factor of the central conceit at the heart of Spies in Disguise never truly overcomes a relatively rote story structure and predictable plotting. Review

A visceral, emotional, intense masterpiece that will have you on the edge of your seat with your eyes firmly glued to the screen. Review

A stacked ensemble and a barrel of laughs makes this more tame Guy Ritchie picture a whole lotta fun. Review

Existence is futile, and nothing makes sense, in a world where this movie exists. Book your therapist now; you’re going to need a LOT of emotional work to get rid of the trauma of watching Tom Hooper’s latest. Review

JJ Abrams returns to the helm for the ninth instalment in the Skywalker saga, and while he brings the action and fan service moments in spades, this feels tired, sluggish and overly contrived. Review

The Good Liar is fine. Mainly, that is down to Ian McKellan and Helen Mirren. But we’d be lying if we said we thought it was good. Review

Knives Out is just excellent filmmaking. Thoroughly enjoyable, and a throwback to murder mysteries of old, this is a must-see. Review

A safe, paint by numbers action/thriller that gets a pass because of its superb cast, action direction and visual aesthete. Review

The Report isn’t necessarily easy viewing, with dense subject matter and occassional torture scenes, but the performances and filmmaking expertise on display here make a complicated topic intriguing and compelling viewing. Review

Last Christmas is unlikely to be a Christmas classic to last the ages, but it is extremely enjoyable and will light up your 2019 festive season. Review

Undeniably odd and Amoldovar, but nevertheless an engaging foray into pain, death, addiction, love and loss in an artistically ambitious package. Review

While Mistresses might redefine your expectations of Russian cinema, with its fun tone and upbeat nature, production quality issues hamper what this could have been. Review

The action hits in all the right places and is incredibly well choreographed, but the plot around it is at times threadbare, and at others a rehash of what we have seen before. Review

Official Secrets brings a little known, but important, story back into the limelight, and does so in a tense and engaging way. Review

Brittany Runs A Marathon is frequently funny and affecting, but also makes too many missteps to be a must see. Part of that comes down to the pursuit of ‘realness’, while also maintaining a structure that forces typicality. Review

A raucous, rambunctious, gory and gratuitous black comedy that will have you wincing and in stitches in equal measure. Review

A funny, gory and entertaining return to the Zombieland world that never really achieves the same zeitgeist as the original. Review

A perfectly serviceable documentary, that feels unadventurous in an age of non-standard documentaries. Review

An impressive adult drama with all the complex emotional questions that will linger with you after the film grounded in superb performances from Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams and Billy Crudup. Review

An incredible technical achievement masks what is, at its core, a relatively standard actioner with a lot of heart. Review

A fun, funny, engrossing female led drama that never loses sight of its central conceit around female friendship. Review

This biopic is undoubtedly limited in scope and does little to contextualize Garland’s starpower, but it does act as a compelling vehicle for an inimitable performance by Renee Zellweger. Review

A pointlessly bloody, listless rehash that barely meets runtime requirements and only does so by bloating it out with soap opera drama. Review