October 14, 2026

Just Jen's Reviews

The Film & TV Culture Hub

October 14, 2026

Just Jen's Reviews

The Film & TV Culture Hub

Film Reviews & Criticism

Film reviews spanning new releases, independent cinema, international films, classics, and so much more.

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Latest Reviews

Wicker (2026) Review: A Rom-Com Woven For The Female Gaze
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Wicker (2026) Review: A Rom-Com Woven For The Female Gaze

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Digger (2026) Review: You Musn’t Be Afraid To Dig A Little Deeper, Darling
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Digger (2026) Review: You Musn’t Be Afraid To Dig A Little Deeper, Darling

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Hope (2026): A Monster Movie That Refuses To Play By The Rules
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Hope (2026): A Monster Movie That Refuses To Play By The Rules

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Heart of the Beast (2026) Review: A Survival Story With a Mythological Heart
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Heart of the Beast (2026) Review: A Survival Story With a Mythological Heart

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The Love Hypothesis (2026) Review: A Cute Adaptation With No Chemistry
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The Love Hypothesis (2026) Review: A Cute Adaptation With No Chemistry

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Book To Screen

The Love Hypothesis (2026) Review: A Cute Adaptation With No Chemistry

The Love Hypothesis (2026) Review: A Cute Adaptation With No Chemistry

PhD student Olive Smith (Lili Reinhart) enters into a fake dating agreement with professor Dr Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) in

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Project Hail Mary (2026) Review: Big Science, Bigger Heart

Project Hail Mary (2026) Review: Big Science, Bigger Heart

Project Hail Mary is, at its core, a story about survival, as a scientist seeks to find the key to

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Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player

Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player

Colin Farrell gives it his all in Edward Berger’s neon-soaked gamble that never quite pays off. When the debts start

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Up Close and Personal With RaMell Ross’ Unrelenting Adaptation, ‘Nickel Boys’.

Up Close and Personal With RaMell Ross’ Unrelenting Adaptation, ‘Nickel Boys’.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, RaMell Ross directs Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson

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Horror

Film Review: The Long Walk

Film Review: The Long Walk

This dystopian thriller, adapted by Stephen King’s novel of the…

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Mubi Monday: The Substance

Mubi Monday: The Substance

When Elisabeth Sparkle ages out of the showbiz industry, she…

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Film Review: Heretic

Film Review: Heretic

When two Mormon missionaries enter the house of a seemingly…

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Film Review: IT Chapter Two

Film Review: IT Chapter Two

When you make an oath, you never know when It…

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Romance

Anora Review: Crushing the Cinderella Fantasy with Class, Chaos and Reality

Anora Review: Crushing the Cinderella Fantasy with Class, Chaos and Reality

*A somewhat spoiler ridden review* Sean Baker’s new film, Anora stars a transcendent Micky Madison in the titular role of

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Breaking Generational Repression in A Nice Indian Boy

Breaking Generational Repression in A Nice Indian Boy

Hands down, ticking the boxes of ‘romantic’ and ‘comedy,’ Roshan Sethi’s film goes one step further in exploring the difficulties

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Film Review: Home Again

Film Review: Home Again

She might be home again but it’s far from Alabama, as the sunny skies of California don’t warm the uncertainty

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Trilogy Reviews

Trilogy Review: Iron Man

Trilogy Review: Iron Man

Iron Man is simply that – a man made of iron. Or I suppose, more accurately, a man encased in

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Trilogy Review: The Matrix

Trilogy Review: The Matrix

If you don’t know about The Matrix then let me give you a brief overview: Human beings are being used

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Finally Watched

Finally Watched: Days of Thunder (1990) – Men, Machines, and Feelings

Finally Watched: Days of Thunder (1990) – Men, Machines, and Feelings

Tom Cruise and the booked and busy Anne Hathaway recently announced there would be a sequel to the 1990 sports

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Finally Watched: Y Tu Mamá También

Finally Watched: Y Tu Mamá También

Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También takes viewers on a journey through an unseen Mexican landscape, following two teenage friends

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Finally Watched: Save The Last Dance (2001)

Finally Watched: Save The Last Dance (2001)

I genuinely thought that I had watched this movie before. In fact, I have it on DVD and it’s not

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Finally Watched: Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Finally Watched: Million Dollar Baby (2004)

I had vague recollections of the hype surrounding the movie when it originally came out, and so I pretty much

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Just Jen's Faves

Favourite Film 4/5: Gone With the Wind

Favourite Film 4/5: Gone With the Wind

How can you not be a sucker for the classics? The birth of technicolour, crackling audio, the sweeping declarations of

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Favourite Film 2/5: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Favourite Film 2/5: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

At least one of the Harry Potter films were bound to sneak its way onto the list so I figured

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Favourite Film 1/5: Pride & Prejudice

Favourite Film 1/5: Pride & Prejudice

To kick things off I’m going to start with my favourite movies (and these are by no means in any

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