Search: Starring Aldis Hodge

Black Adam (2022)

Review preview for Black Adam

Did it meet my expectations? They weren't high, but no, not really.

Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
Brian Banks (2018)

Review preview for Brian Banks

Shadyac and screenwriter Doug Atchison really over-egg the pudding.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

A football player's dreams of playing in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.
Clemency (2019)

Review preview for Clemency

Despite the raw power of its performances, the film suffers from an impulse to spell out some of its points.

Jeremy Mathews · 3.5 out of 5

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
The Dutchman (2025)

Review preview for The Dutchman

There’s a lot of very good work in The Dutchman.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a sexualised game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman on a subway that leads to a violent conclusion.
The Invisible Man (2020)

Review preview for The Invisible Man

Cinematographer Stefan Duscio's camerawork is crafty, often focusing on empty frames and spaces where Adrian might be hiding, so that every scene becomes instantly tense.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5

When a woman who has escaped from an abusive relationship is told her ex-committed suicide, she finds it hard to believe.
One Night In Miami (2020)

Review preview for One Night In Miami

There are no weak links in the performances here, but Ben-Adir is the standout, communicating most in the moments when he doesn't say a word.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5

In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the young boxer meets with friends Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to decide the course of his life, and possibly that of civil rights history.
Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Review preview for Straight Outta Compton

They sang it as they saw it and in Compton that was not pretty

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton, Los Angeles, in the mid Eighties and revolutionises hip hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.