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Max Crawford

An aspiring filmmaker themselves, Max has a deep seated love of intelligent sci-fi and ridiculous Eighties action blockbusters. Their favourite films vary on a daily basis, but Ghostbusters, Robocop and Little Shop of Horrors seldom leave their top five. Has yet to see a David Lynch film they didn't adore. Yes, even Dune.

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Latest Film Reviews

  • Demonic (2021)
    Review preview for Demonic

    This movie sucks cocks in hell.

    Max Crawford · 1 out of 5
    A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.
  • Road Head (2020)
    Review preview for Road Head

    Elizabeth Grullon does so much heavy lifting in these scenes that she goes up a weight class, and frankly she deserves better.

    Max Crawford · 1.5 out of 5
    Three friends take a road trip to the Mojave desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult.
  • Agent Revelation (2021)
    Review preview for Agent Revelation

    The major problem with Agent Revelation is that it's a blatant author self-insert power fantasy.

    Max Crawford · 1 out of 5
    A CIA agent gains the power to talk to aliens after coming into contact with an ancient dust used to control humans.
  • Stardust (2020)
    Review preview for Stardust

    This could have been a fine film if it had been a different story about Bowie or this story about someone else.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    In 1971, David Bowie embarked on a transformative road trip through America with struggling publicist Rob Oberman. This film tells the story of the star's reinvention.
  • X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
    Review preview for X-Men: Dark Phoenix

    This was a great chance to cover one of the most iconic storylines in the history of comics, squandered by not handing the script to a five-year-old child in order to iron out some of the more egregious errors prior to filming.

    Max Crawford · 3 out of 5
    Jean Grey struggles with her cosmic powers, tearing the X-Men family apart.
  • Suspiria (2018)
    Review preview for Suspiria

    If we compared the original to a Mark Rothko canvas - a distillation of raw emotion - this version is more akin to a colossal, baffling kinetic sculpture, one that seems to exist in more dimensions than it ought to.

    Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
    A nightmare brews in a dance company.
  • Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
    Review preview for Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody is as baroque and evocative a beast as its namesake song, thanks almost entirely to Malek's phenomenal performance.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid concert.
  • Deadpool 2 (2018)
    Review preview for Deadpool 2

    That it manages to get away with this at all is largely down to the supernatural likeability of Ryan Reynolds.

    Max Crawford · 4 out of 5
    Deadpool brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from time-travelling mutant Cable.
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
    Review preview for X-Men: Apocalypse

    Without the all-star cast, it's easy to imagine X-Men: Apocalypse as a dismal failure, but the somewhat nonsensical script is rescued by the performances.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    An ancient, super-powerful mutant arises, planning to kill all humans and with a nasty fate in mind for Charles.
  • Terminator Genisys (2015)
    Review preview for Terminator Genisys

    The film is saved by one of Schwarzenegger's strongest performances to date.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    When Kyle Reese arrives in 1984 to save Sarah Connor, nothing is as he expected.

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