A Profound Journey
Est. 1995
Articles published in 2022.
Robert Eggers takes his arthouse precision to a Viking revenge saga with a studio budget behind him, and the result is fierce, beautiful and unrelenting. Brutal, committed, and built to be admired more than rewatched. 8/10.
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Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds make an unashamed throwback to the family time-travel adventure, and the warmth carries the borrowed parts. 8/10.
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Matt Reeves throws out the origin story and the gadgets and makes Batman a detective again, in a three-hour rain-soaked noir that is grim, gorgeous and weirdly gripping. 8.5/10.
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Lana Wachowski reopens the Matrix eighteen years on, half a sequel and half an argument about sequels. The action is the weakest it has ever been and the romance the strongest, and it is more interesting than the scores suggest. 7.5/10.
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