“…a bloodless escapade, lacking in the tension and thrills needed to really pull it off” - MacDara Conroy on NI prison break drama Maze
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is easily Quentin Tarantino’s most personal film, for good and for ill, writes MacDara Conroy
Grandma sees Lily Tomlin ‘bringing a fire that will have the the Sarah Silvermans and the Amy Schumers of this world itching to up their game’ says MacDara Conroy
Toni Erdmann will make you laugh, even though it’s not really a comedy, says MacDara Conroy
Violence haunts a makeshift family of Sri Lankan refugees in Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, writes MacDara Conroy
There are many things to admire about The Revenant – but its main character is not one of them, says MacDara Conroy
Emma Stone and Steve Carell shine but sport takes a back seat in tennis biopic Battle of the Sexes, says MacDara Conroy
Hyper-stylised period romp Victor Frankenstein takes great liberties with its source material, says MacDara Conroy
Dope is a message movie that doesn’t want to be except that it totally does, says MacDara Conroy
War for the Planet of the Apes is ‘a superlative cap on a genre trilogy with qualities far above its station’ says MacDara Conroy