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Critically Honor

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

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Green Book (2018)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CHARMING For a film that received such criticism after winning best picture at the Oscars, this is an amazing film....

The Colour Purple (1982)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: AMAZING A life-changing book. A series of letters written from Celie, a young black woman living in an unhappy...

Blue Story (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CHILLING Banned from Vue cinemas after a brawl began during one of its showings, it is unsurprising that ‘Blue...

Little Women (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL A film to brighten any mood. Beautifully directed and adapted by the outstanding Greta Gurwig, and...

The Secret History (1992)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: IMAGINATIVE In the Prologue, narrator Richard admits that he and his bizarre Classics friends at Hampden College...

Marriage Story (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SAD After watching this film, one cannot describe Noah Baumbach as anything less than a genius. From the screenplay...

1917 (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ICONIC Sam Mendes’ direction combined with Roger Deakins’ cinematography creates nothing less than a masterpiece....

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ORIGINAL A group of Jewish men take revenge on the Nazis by scalping their soldiers in an attempt to end the war....

In Bruges (2008)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INDIVIDUAL Two assassins, Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), are sent to Bruges in Belgium to ‘recover’...

The Gentlemen (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: ECCENTRIC Starting at the end, The Gentleman is extraordinarily engaging, with a star-studded cast, and a narrative...

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: MASTERPIECE ‘Jojo Rabbit’ is a hilarious presentation of Nazi fanaticism towards the end of World War II, through...

Just Mercy (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: EYE-OPENING Destin Daniel Cretton’s ‘Just Mercy’ is just brilliant. Based on a true story, the film showcases the...

Leave No Trace (2018)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SAD One of the few films to receive 100% on RottenTomatoes offers a thought-provoking narrative. A father (Ben...

Boyhood (2014)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: INNOVATIVE The same lead actors throughout the entire film, which was filmed over twelve years, and spans a...

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: DIFFERENT Wes Anderson’s use of colour is incredible, in this slightly bizarre film, where the narrative is told in...

The Terminal (2004)

10/10 ONE WORD REVIEW: MAGNIFICENT Tom Hanks stars as the Eastern European ‘Viktor Navorski’, who is stranded in the JFK airport in New...

The Drop (2014)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SUSPENSEFUL Jam-packed full of twists in the storyline, and set in the beautiful city of Brooklyn, New York, ‘The...

Parasite (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SUPERB Parasite follows a loveable family living in a small, underground apartment in South Korea. They manipulate...

Twelfth Night (National Theatre)

5/5 The National Theatre brings Shakespeare’s classic narrative to a more modern setting. Tamsin Greig as Malvolio steals the show, but...

Knives Out (2019)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: MESMIRISING The well-known detective (Daniel Craig) investigates the death of famous writer (Christopher Plummer),...

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