the @popcollin reviews

Three years in the making (after delays from a hurricane and COVID), this New Orleans-set drama stars Jennifer Lawrence as a soldier rehabbing from a traumatic brain injury. Powerful (and powerfully understated), this character-driven vehicle will remind many of her ‘Winter’s Bone’ days. It’s a raw, stripped-down performance made all […]

Henry Cavill and Millie Bobby Brown return as Sherlock and his sister in this whimsical mystery centered around the matchgirls’ strike in 1888 London. Director Harry Bradbeer and writer Jack Thorne are back, too, keeping the high-energy, fourth-wall-breaking style of the 2020 original. It’s a classic Victorian whodunnit with solid […]

Perhaps the most horrific and (presumably) realistic war movie ever made, this German feature from director and co-writer Edward Berger (adapted from Remarque’s classic novel) will shake you to your core and leave you feeling dead on the battlefield. As intense and graphic as ‘Saving Private Ryan’ was for its […]

Eddie Redmayne’s Charlie Cullen may be the focus of the story, but it’s Jessica Chastain who drives this powerful English-language debut from director Tobias Lindholm. Cullen, who killed hundreds of patients while a nurse in the 90s and early 00s, was finally caught thanks to a fellow caregiver, played by […]

As excellent a movie as you’re liable to find this year, this dark and terribly twisted tale of a friendship gone bad reunites ‘In Bruges’ stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson with writer-director Martin McDonagh. Exquisitely written and even more beautifully acted (including the supporting cast of Kerry Condon and […]

Julia and George and sun-drenched South Pacific beaches—what more do you need? How about having them incessantly snipe at each other, because they’re a decades-divorced couple who can’t stand to be in the same room, much less be forced to join forces to talk some sense into their daughter? Turns […]

A gorgeous and moving thriller, this South Korean slow-burn will keep you guessing and may ultimately leave you crumpled on the floor at what you’ve just witnessed. Directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook (‘Oldboy’, ‘The Handmaiden’), it was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes back in May, […]