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Critically Honor

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

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Gladiator (2000)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: SAD A kind of film which offers what you expect, an engaging storyline of a young married man with a son seeking...

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’...

Ad Astra (2019)

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: TEDIOUS Brad Pitt is the only exciting part of this movie, which must have cost an extraordinary amount to make, due...

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...

Death at a Funeral (2007)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: FUNNY A film that could make even a funeral-goer laugh. So absurd, rather unbelievable, and hilariously funny as a...

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...

Knives Out (2019)

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

Palm Beach (2019)

2/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CUTE The story of a group of family friends meeting up to celebrate Frank’s (Bryan Brown) birthday at Palm Beach....

Love Actually (2003)

3/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: CHRISTMASSY A lovely film evoking much happiness to audiences. Telling the story of love through about sixteen main...

State of Play (2009)

4/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: UNEXPECTED Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, and Jason Bateman. The...

Blackkklansman (2018)

5/5 ONE WORD REVIEW: GRIPPING Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), a black policeman, infiltrating the KKK in 1970 is the premise of...

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