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Catherine Bray

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Sanatorium (2025) EDIT “With no narrator to impose an interpretation, “Sanatorium” is the opposite of a spoon-fed social issues doc: It observes, listens and trusts the audience likewise to observe, listen and to draw their own conclusions.” – Variety Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Tell Me Softly (2025) 2/5 EDIT “The film’s attitude to sex proves something of a curate’s egg: it’s spicier than most American teen movies, but falls short of offering anything more than titillation.” – Guardian Dec 15, 2025 Full Review Wildcat (2025) 57% EDIT “For audiences in the mood for a Guy Ritchie movie, but who have somehow exhausted the prolific director’s back catalogue, “Wildcat” should scratch the itch. ” – Variety Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Bone Lake (2024) 84% 4/5 EDIT “It always feels as if the people making this movie are having fun, and while that’s never a guarantee that the audience will too, it’s certainly the case here.” – Guardian Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution (2025) 71% 3/5 EDIT “Is it a movie borrowing bits from a TV show? A TV show dressed up as a movie? Does it matter? It certainly doesn’t, if all you need is spectacular and imaginatively staged battle sequences.” – Guardian Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Under the Stars (2025) 2/5 EDIT “Like a failed soufflé on Bake Off, it never rises to the necessary level.” – Guardian Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “Where Shelley wrote a gothic thriller in a somewhat realist register, this version of Frankenstein is a grand gothic fairytale and, like all the great fairytales, it’s at its best when it bleeds.” – Sight & Sound Nov 4, 2025 Full Review A Mother's Embrace (2024) 3/5 EDIT “A Mother’s Embrace turns out to be a minor but interestingly woozy and off-kilter entry into the canon of thoughtful trauma horror; its strongest suit is vibes and imagery, with the persistent queasy sensation that Ana has wandered into a bad dream.” – Guardian Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Kika (2025) EDIT “The film’s ethical tension lies in its refusal to either condemn or romanticize Kika’s choices: Instead, it watches her negotiate some form of agency within the confines of an economy that commodifies her body and actions.” – Variety Nov 1, 2025 Full Review Boston Kickout (1995) 3/5 EDIT “None are exactly appealing characters, but all ring true. ” – Guardian Oct 29, 2025 Full Review The Draft! (2023) 82% 4/5 EDIT “Is there a sense of diminishing returns eventually, as the genre is endlessly remixed and sampled? Will horror eat itself? Not yet, says The Draft! -- or at the very least, it will make the act of autophagia a highly entertaining one.” – Guardian Oct 21, 2025 Full Review Strange Harvest (2024) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Ignore the film’s marketing, which seems intent on positioning it as a run-of-the-mill masked maniac movie; this is a fascinating and neatly realised horror riff on the 2020s’ most popular genre.” – Guardian Oct 20, 2025 Full Review A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025) 3/5 EDIT “If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to become their new all-time fave, but you could do worse.” – Guardian Oct 6, 2025 Full Review The Threesome (2025) 77% 4/5 EDIT “This is an all too rare romcom that delivers on every level. If you’re looking for well-drawn characters caught up in an outlandish situation that generates plenty of laughter and sentiment, look no further. Oh, and it’s sexy too. ” – Guardian Oct 1, 2025 Full Review Sane Inside Insanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror (2025) 3/5 EDIT “This is a scrappy, entertaining and detailed look at a piece of work whose success seems inexplicable to anyone who hasn’t fallen under its spell.” – Guardian Sep 25, 2025 Full Review All the Devils Are Here (2025) 61% 3/5 EDIT “Much of the film unfolds like a kind of low-rent Harold Pinter play. Crime doesn’t pay, they say, and this low-key compelling chamber piece emphatically agrees.” – Guardian Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Diplo: The Mighty Dinosaur (2024) 3/5 EDIT “The meta fiction continues with the erasure of the kookier or more abrasive characters to make way for something more palatable and commercial and to give the film additional thematic resonance.” – Guardian Sep 16, 2025 Full Review The Astronaut (2025) 42% 3/5 EDIT “The Astronaut has a lot going for it, but, like the lead character in the opening scenes, it doesn’t quite stick the landing.” – Guardian Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Brave the Dark (2023) 74% 3/5 EDIT “This is no horror movie; there is past trauma and tragedy a-plenty, but for the most part, this is a warm-hearted drama that plays out like a modern Mr Chips story.” – Guardian Sep 9, 2025 Full Review I Swear (2025) 100% EDIT “The film wrestles enthusiastically and mostly successfully with the potential pitfalls of making a funny yet respectful project about a condition that sometimes lends itself to laughter, even as it wreaks havoc with Davidson’s life in serious ways.” – Variety Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Landmarks (2025) 93% EDIT “Landmarks is a landmark in and of itself” – Little White Lies Sep 2, 2025 Full Review Consecration (2023) 42% 3/5 EDIT “Sure, it’s purest hokum, but real pride has gone into crafting it.” – Guardian Jul 15, 2025 Full Review Ghosted (2023) 2/5 EDIT “This cheap would-be spiritual successor will have you crawling after even the worst Bridget [Jones] film begging for forgiveness.” – Guardian Jul 15, 2025 Full Review Watch the Skies (2022) 76% 2/5 EDIT “In many ways this fairly nondescript film is the perfect vehicle for potentially dystopian tech: it’s under the radar, inauspicious and not likely to find itself widely watched. ” – Guardian Jul 8, 2025 Full Review Monsters of California (2023) 40% 2/5 EDIT “It’s a slightly frustrating experience, because the film has got loads going for it but could be just that little bit better.” – Guardian Jul 1, 2025 Full Review
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