NT Movie Reviews

Monkey Man is an outrageously ambitious debut from director Dev Patel who takes the revenge genre to India & holds nothing back as he battles for blood! Since he burst onto the scene with his rousing performance in Slumdog Millionaire , Dev Patel has quietly built a solid resume that's seen him tackle TV in The Newsroom with Aaron Sorkin, leading other terrific films like The Green Knight and...

Late Night with the Devil is a captivating and paranormal peek into a fictitious late-night host’s warped reality while taping a horrifying Halloween special. Taking audiences back to a time where the television was a vessel for the unseen, this is a story of the horrifying things we began to see broadcast around the world as a spotlight was finally shone on all the sick and twisted people out the...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire sees the two most powerful creatures on Earth work together to face another world ending threat with power and playfulness. After the film’s predecessor Godzilla vs. Kong ended up on day-and-date streaming on HBO Max in 2021, it’s nice to see Legendary and WB promote this film as a theatrical experience post-covid. For decades these monsters all fought as men inside...

A24 x IMAX Present: Ex Machina is one of three events organized as an opportunity to bring 2015's best film back to the big screen in premium & thundering format! Adding on to their incredible year so far reviving previous films in their format, IMAX adds an incredible new layer of sound and detail to an already immaculate film. A24 is a very savvy and intelligent production company that allow...

Road House is a poorly written chaotic mess that offers fleeting moments of mild enjoyment amid a ridiculous script and questionable looking action effects. Having never seen the Patrick Swayze original, I went into this film with all the knowledge I’d acquired from Family Guy skit and knew that I was in for a bunch of bar fighting. Disappointingly, at no point did anyone utter “ Road House ” afte...

The Matrix celebrates its 25th Anniversary in spectacular Dolby Digital fashion, further cementing it as one of the greatest films of the 20th century! Taking the classic story of a prophetic leader and sticking in a 90's blender, the Wachowski's completely reinvented the wheel while also launching cinema into a new century and a world of possibilities. From countless digital inventions to experti...

Ricky Stanicky is a fantastically funny film that greatly benefits from unpredictably absurd and all-time comedic performance by a John Cena in top form. Reminiscent of early-to-mid 2000's comedy films, director Peter Farrelly ( Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, Green Book ) taps into a time where mid-budget comedies were King and were constantly being churned out. The stories might n...

The American Society of Magical Negroes is both an incredibly reflective satire and a revealing modern romcom that touches on race and people’s perceived place in our society. In a world that’s full of people and corporations alike that promise to make change but never really do the work, this film comes at a really great time as it both mocks those people and shows you what they’re so afraid of w...

Love Lies Bleeding is captivating lesbian romantic thriller that views life through the prism of bodybuilding and all the ways you fight for the one's you love. With remarkable training montages and countless moments that make you squirm in your seat, this lesbian love story set in the late 80’s, truly caught me off guard with how well it plays with your expectations as a participant of everyday l...

Drive-Away Dolls is an extremely raunchy and sporadically entertaining lesbian road trip comedy from one half of the Coen Brothers! In his first solo directing venture Ethan Coen and his producing partner/life partner Tricia Cooke have co-written this tale together, bringing both of their worlds and comedic stylings to a film that certainly feels like a mashup of two different minds. While I’m gla...

Tenet  sees Christopher Nolan at his most bombastic and ambitious as he attempts to blend modern day espionage with a science fiction temporal twist! A lifelong fan of  James Bond ,  Nolan clearly draws influence from some of the stunts and cheeky humor, breathing his own life into action and comedy that blend far better than you'd imagine. John David Washington's Protagonist exudes...

Dune is a meticulously crafted space opera that brilliantly combines a truly unique prophetic tale with the futuristic vision of a master director in his prime. Denis Villeneuve has crafted a sensational visual language across his multiple feature films (Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, Arrival, Prisoners) which combines long takes with enormous scale. Villeneuve lets the characters and...

Dune: Part Two is one of the most captivating & engrossing cinematic experiences ever felt, taking science fiction storytelling to new heights as it brilliantly completes the pseudo religious tale established in 2021’s Dune. After facing a delay into a new year after the multiple Hollywood strikes, many including myself wondered how much a March release would help or hurt Dune: Part Two , whic...

Argylle is an overly convoluted attempt at making a spy-comedy that bogs itself down with an overwhelming number of twists and an underwhelming final payoff. After seeing an ungodly number of ads for this film in the months leading up to it, I found myself unable to escape their marketing tactics and often felt like they were giving away most of the film in the overstuffed trailers. The promise of...

Godzilla Minus One – Minus Color is a brilliant black & white conversion of the sensational film that evokes the essence of the 1954 original Gojira and plays extremely well with the WWII era. Rather than simply throwing a black & white filter over the color version, the visual effects artists painstakingly edited each shot to maintain both the quality of the shot and ensure that details w...

The Beekeeper is a radical time at the movies, combining just enough B-movie silliness with a story that engages and massively entertains! Jason Statham movies often come with a certain stigma surrounding the quality of the film and stories, but they’re also largely thought of as badass action flicks. It’s a critical grey area that exists for viewers and reviewers, as they’re films that often defy...

Mean Girls returns to theaters as a film adaptation of the Broadway musical (adapted from the original film) which never finds a reason to justify its existence. I don’t know what conversations happened surrounding creating a musical based off the 2004 Mean Girls movie, but the music and lyrics scream off-Broadway in all the worst ways. I’m no theatre purist, but even I was cringing at the simple...

NT Movie Reviews counts down the very best of Film in the year 2023! Listen in for our picks in the traditional Academy Awards categories and for our detailed breakdown on the best performances and films the year had to offer. These picks were influenced by the over 100+ films we've seen and reviewed in 2023, all of which you listen to and read through NT Movie Reviews on all social media networks...

The Color Purple is a great film adaptation of the Broadway Award-Winning musical version of this harrowing and endearing story of hope and strength. Adapted from the same novel as the Steven Spielberg film, the story largely remains the same with the inclusion of original songs to tell the story in a unique new way. Having not seen the original film, I opted to go into this musical adaptation mos...

Ferrari is a very mildly paced film that has flashes of engaging moments that get lost behind a smokescreen of uninteresting drama and poor accents. Not nearly the awards player or racing film that many thought it would be, Ferrari is another curious case of having a ton of top-level talent and an intriguing subject matter result in a largely uninteresting film that feels like it could’ve been so...

The Boys in the Boat is an inspiring story that’s sure to please audiences but leaves a lot to be desired as the story feels surface level and breezy. Not having read the biographical novel of the same name written by Daniel James Brown, my only familiarity with this story has been the number of Washington Huskies fans who ask me if I’ve seen the film and if it’s anything like the book. While I ca...

Anyone But You offers up a charming reimaging of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing for a generation that struggles with emotional insecurity and trust! Anytime there’s a modern Shakespeare comedy remake I’m always fascinated to see how they’ll interpret the story and characters for the times. Admittedly, it’s my very favorite Shakespeare play and one that works so well due to the repartee betwe...

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom ends the DCEU in floundering fashion after multiple reshoots & regime changes leave their residue all over it. The successor to the DCEU’s only billion-dollar movie, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom had a lot riding on its shoulders as DC and WB suffered historic negative responses to numerous films in the last few years. Aquaman broke new ground with audiences after Z...

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire is Zack Snyder’s ambitious Netflix space saga that sees a hardened group of rebels uniting to fight horrifying evil! What once was pitched to Disney as a mature Star Wars spin-off with new characters eventually turned into the director taking his idea and story of decades over to his new partners at Netflix. Capitalizing on the success and online outcry for Z...

Origin is the exploration and brutal understanding of Caste and the system of inequality it has shaped across multiple contents and generations of humans from every corner of the world. Adapted from the book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” from Pulitzer Prize winner author and journalist Isabel Wilkerson, Origin seeks to go beyond understanding racism in our world and rather focuses on a s...