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… a fun, flashy film that’s great if you don’t think too deeply about the story or the characters.

... no matter how humane and enlightening the film may be, it suffers to some extent from the lack of a clear cinematic form.

Broadly speaking, the job of the humble horror movie is to make things seem scary. Like, hockey masks aren’t objectively fright-inducing but thanks to the Friday the 13th series, they

... stylish, tense and gripping suspense ...

… a music-driven crowd pleaser of a flick and one of the best high octane, pure action films in recent memory.

… a well-made film with interesting visuals … a subdued experience with not quite enough substance.

...Songs Inside is cinema at its most moving and life affirming.

For every wince-inducing (and overly long) rap about crashing-out over all the ills of the world come genuine moments of reflection on what should drive us in a world where

It zips along at a brisk pace, contains a surprising amount of pathos for a yarn set in this universe, and delivers a rollicking, sci-fi fantasy adventure with plenty of

… brilliantly captured through the cinematography and editing and brought to life by Byrne’s evocative performance.