It was a pleasure to write for Matt Neglia again to highlight my favourite element of my favourite film of 2024. You can also hear my thoughts on the other best picture nominees on The Film Angle podcast out tomorrow.

Check out my review of Bring Them Down here: open.substack.com/pub/maxmartin2…

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review - The British Rom Com Sensation is Back with a Bang . Check out my review: open.substack.com/pub/maxmartin2…

Captain America: Brave New World - A Political Thriller too scared to upset. Read my review here: open.substack.com/pub/maxmartin2…

Fernanda Torres gives the female performance of the year in I'm Still Here. Read my review here: open.substack.com/pub/maxmartin2…

Osgood Perkins provides a killer laugh count in Stephen King adaptation. Read my review of The Monkey here: open.substack.com/pub/maxmartin2…

Pamela Anderson's star shines in a role made for her. Read my review of The Last Showgirl here: open.substack.com/pub/maxmartin2…

Memoir of a Snail review - Adam Elliot's visual style shines in claymation tragicomedy open.substack.com/pub/maxmartin2…

Flow following up from The Boy and the Heron completely changes how we view Animated Feature from now on

This Bond tribute just after the series has been shafted is just weird. That being said, Margaret Qualley as the next Bond girl - yes please

Eric Marchen🔜#TIFF50 This is the end Hold your breath and count to ten Feel the Earth move and then Hear my heart burst again For this is the end I've drowned and dreamt this moment So overdue, I owe them Swept away, I'm stolen

Choosing to interpret this Bond tribute as an act of sustained and collective industry keening for the franchise having fallen into Amazon's hands. It's dead; they're mourning.

Anora wins editing. The first major swing of the Best Picture narrative

Today is a sad day as it means the end of Al Pacino’s “my eyes see Oppenheimer” at the start of the Matt Neglia podcast

Check out my review Mickey 17: wix.to/T4Ejukg

Check out my review of One of Them Days: maxmartinfilmreviews.wixsite.com/cinema/post/on…

Check out my review of Marching Powder: maxmartinfilmreviews.wixsite.com/cinema/post/ma…

Check out my review of Last Breath: maxmartinfilmreviews.wixsite.com/cinema/post/la…

At the #Sinners Press Screening tonight in Cineworld Leicester Square. Thanks to Warner Bros. UK for the tickets

Trust me when I say you NEED to see this film in a cinema. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is everything audiences have been asking for; original, sexy, surprising, spectacular, risk-taking, non-stop-exciting cinema! This is what it’s all about! We are looking at what could very well be