Phoenix FM Film Reviews

This week Mark reviews: Luther: The Fallen Sun - Brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London. Violent Night - When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, Santa Claus must step in to save the day (and Christmas). The Middle Man - Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the small...

This week Mark reviews: Creed III - Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and his family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight. Dead For A Dollar - A famed bounty hunter runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he sent to prison years before. I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking) - When a recently...

This week Mark reviews: The Independent - A young journalist discovers a conspiracy involving a U.S. Presidential candidate that could change the election and the fate of the country. Aftersun - Sophie reflects on a holiday she took with her father twenty years ago. Between watching an old video tape of the holiday and filling in the gaps with her memory, she tries to reconcile the father she knew...

This week Mark reviews: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with strange creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On - Marcel, a mollusc, is trying to find his family. He enlists the help of a fil...

This week Mark reviews: Women Talking - In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Bros - Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship. Bones and All - Maren, a young woman living on the edge of society runs away from home. Soon she discovers life is difficult. That is until she meets Lee, a man who is willing to help h...

This week Mark reviews: The Whale - A reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish...

This week mark reviews: The Fabelmans - Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to be a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence. But soon he discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. You People - Ezra, a white Jewish man, falls in love with Amira, a Black Muslim woman. Their romance is simple and loving. That...

This week Mark reviews: Babylon - Tracing the rise and fall of multiple people during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Emily The Criminal - Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading her to deadly consequences. Halloween Ends - Four years after Michae...

This week Mark reviews:  Empire of Light - Hilary is the duty manager at an aging cinema on the seafront of a British town at the start of the 1980s. Her world is turned upside by the arrival of new staff member Stephen. Tar - Lydia Tar is widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors. She is also the first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra. However, he...

This week Mark reviews: Till - In 1955, Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice. The Pale Blue Eye - A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a Wets Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case – a you...

Phoenix FM's film critic Mark Searby and Drivetime presenter Stewart Pink discuss their favourite films of 2022.

This week Mark reviews: Corsage - On Christmas Eve 1877, Empress Elizabeth of Austria, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman. She starts to trying to maintain her public image. Smile - After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. White Noise - An average...

This week Mark reviews: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Famed detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to solve a murder amongst friends on a remote island. Lyle Lyle Crocodile - Entertainer Hector P. Valenti discovers a singing crocodile called Lyle. But when Hector leaves Lyle, the crocodile has to find a new home in New York. It just so happens the house he has picked is already lived in by...

This week Mark reviews: Avatar: The Way of Water - Jake Sully lives with his newfound family on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and an army of the Na’vi race to protect their home. The Lost King - An amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III’s rema...

This week Mark reviews: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio - A father’s wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child. Don’t Worry Darling - A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamourous company could be hiding disturbing secrets. Mad God - A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruine...

This week Mark reviews: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol - On Christmas Eve miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future in the hope that he will learn the error of his ways. Beast - A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that...

This week Mark reviews: She Said - New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation – a story that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood. Matilda The Musical - Schoolgirl Matilda decides to take a stand against the headmistress of her school and in doing so alters the...

This week Mark reviews: The Wonder - When a young girl in the Irish midlands stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well, an English nurse is sent to observe and report how this child continues to stay alive. Spirited - Clint Briggs is not a nice man. So when he is selected to be redeemed by the spirit realm at Christmas. Three ghosts are sent to meet him. For Christmas Present ghost he b...