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Critically Honor

Short reviews of films, books, plays, theatre, and TV shows, from a young critic.

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Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review (BBC Radio 5)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: OLDER Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo know a lot about cinema, that much is clear. Not only are their reviews of each...

How to Fail With Elizabeth Day (Apple Podcasts)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: POWERFUL Each podcast, the queen of podcasts, Elizabeth Day, invites a guest on to explore their failures. This is a...

The Assistant (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SLOW The Assistant follows the relatively boring day to day life of Jane (Julia Garner), an assistant to a major...

West Side Story (1961)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ICONIC Winner of the 1962 Academy Award for Best Film, this classic musical which was first performed on stage in...

Coriolanus (The Donmar Warehouse)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: STRONG Without a doubt, this is one of the best performances of Tom Hiddleston’s career. Not only his incredible...

Miss Americana (2020)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: COMPULSIVE A documentary about Taylor Swift’s life doesn’t seem like an enjoyable watch for the majority of people....

13th (2016)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: STAGGERING A great documentary to watch in these times, to educate oneself on the need for the Black Lives Matter...

Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: COMIC After his Dad refuses to let him stay in Florida over the summer, Daniel (Earl Cave) is forced to remain in...

Queen and Slim (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CURRENT After an awkward Tinder date, Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) are stopped on their...

That Thing You Do (1996)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: JOVIAL Tom Hanks wrote and directed this fun movie, about a young band trying to make it in the 90s music industry....

End of Watch (2012)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INTENSE Audiences are given an insight into the terror of working in the LAPD, through the friendship between two...

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INDIE Noah Baumbach explores the difficulty of joint custody post-divorce in his dramatic and heavy feature film....

Rocketman (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ENJOYABLE The story of how Reginal Dwight became Elton John, is heart-warming, with a feel-good soundtrack of...

Entre Les Murs (2008)

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ENLIGHTENING Based on the book by François Bégaudeau, audiences are welcomed into Monsieur Marin’s classroom, in...

Misbehaviour (2020)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: EMPOWERING A true story of a female liberation group who targeted the Miss World Competition of 1970. Kiera...

Fleabag Live (2016/2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SIMILAR Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s famous TV show ‘Fleabag’ originated from a one-woman show performed at the Edinburgh...

Unbelievable (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ADDICTIVE Based on the true story of a serial rapist, who two detectives (Merritt Wever and Toni Collette) are...

Se7en (1995)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SHARP A terrifying thriller. Two detectives (Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt) investigate a serial killer (Kevin...

Booksmart (2019)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: YOUNG Olivia Wilde’s debut directing attempt is impressive, but certainly not for everyone. Best friends Amy...

Wind River (2017)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INTRIGUING Young, Native American Natalie (Kelsey Chow) is found lying in the snow, dead, after being raped. An FBI...

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