Reviews
![The Boys in the Boat (2024), Dir George Clooney, Warner Bros. Pictures. 4****: Matthew Alicoon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b5767bebe76a40bfad2ad0/1704804058975-B3DYX4BDQKQOUQ9Q84VP/thumbnail_Boys+Boat+Q.jpg)
The Boys in the Boat (2024), Dir George Clooney, Warner Bros. Pictures. 4****: Matthew Alicoon
“Immersive camera work well in this intense drama.”
![All of Us Strangers (2024), Dir Andrew Haigh, Searchlight Pictures UK. 5*****: Matthew Alicoon.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b5767bebe76a40bfad2ad0/1696853506278-TMQ8PS6FHZCZB42G5M0I/allofusstrangers.jpg)
All of Us Strangers (2024), Dir Andrew Haigh, Searchlight Pictures UK. 5*****: Matthew Alicoon.
An arc de triumph of a British drama.
![The Exorcist: Believer (2023), Dir David Gordon Green, Universal Pictures. 2**: Matthew Alicoon.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b5767bebe76a40bfad2ad0/1696678471365-1JOQIRZRKBMQXD84E37X/Exorcist.jpg)
The Exorcist: Believer (2023), Dir David Gordon Green, Universal Pictures. 2**: Matthew Alicoon.
‘Why Why Why did this need a sequel?.’
![It Lives Inside (2023), Dir Bishal Dutta, Vertigo. 5*****: Matthew Alicoon.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b5767bebe76a40bfad2ad0/1695233051496-I1O5G2VLKAE94MJUK22K/1695162814942blob.jpg)
It Lives Inside (2023), Dir Bishal Dutta, Vertigo. 5*****: Matthew Alicoon.
‘A knockout thought-provoking take on demonic horror.’
A Haunting in Venice (2023), Dir Kenneth Branagh, 20th Century Studios. 3***: Matthew Alicoon.
‘When too much character detail gets crammed all at once.’
![Talk to Me (2023), Dir Danny and Michael Phillppou, Altitude Film Entertainment. 4.5****: Matthew Alicoon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b5767bebe76a40bfad2ad0/1691425280574-IM8F6IRDETC15P4P5Z4A/Talk+to+Me.jpg)
Talk to Me (2023), Dir Danny and Michael Phillppou, Altitude Film Entertainment. 4.5****: Matthew Alicoon
The wildcard sleeper hit horror film of the year.
![Barbie (2023), Dir Greta Gerwig, Warner Bros. Pictures. 3.5***: Matthew Alicoon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b5767bebe76a40bfad2ad0/1691424718914-KAUGPTOJ2NG7DUQJQSPF/Barbie.jpg)
Barbie (2023), Dir Greta Gerwig, Warner Bros. Pictures. 3.5***: Matthew Alicoon
Ambitious or Overhyped?
![Oppenheimer (2023), Dir Christopher Nolan, Universal Pictures. 5*****: Matthew Alicoon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b5767bebe76a40bfad2ad0/1691420244669-4CK8Z2YDA9XMC6O39NYA/Oppenheimer.png)
Oppenheimer (2023), Dir Christopher Nolan, Universal Pictures. 5*****: Matthew Alicoon
One of the defining films of the decade so far?