Neil Smith

Neil Smith

Freelance Writer

Neil Smith is a freelance film critic and writer who contributes regularly to Heat, SFX and Screen International. He's a long-time member of the London Film Critics’ Circle and was a contributing editor at Total Film for many years.

Latest articles by Neil Smith

Daniel Craig in new James Bond movie No Time to Die
Is it just me, or is Bond better off without Daniel Craig?

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Spider-Man: No Way Home review: "Both delightful and underwhelming"

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Lady Gaga in House of Gucci
House of Gucci review: "A flashy, trashy guilty pleasure"

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Eternals
Eternals review: "Gives the MCU the kick in the pants it needs"

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Anya-Taylor Joy in Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho review: "Thrilling, dazzling, frightening fun"

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Shang-Chi and Legend of the Ten Rings
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings review: "Steers the MCU into previously uncharted territory"

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The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad review: "James Gunn’s lively, funny, and very bloody take on Task Force X"

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Disney's Jungle Cruise
Jungle Cruise review: "Goes all out to entertain, but also exhausts"

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Space Jam A New Legacy
Space Jam: A New Legacy review: "A reprise that's no slam dunk"

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It review: "Ed and Lorraine Warren have got some of their mojo back"

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Mulan review: "An occasionally dazzling live-action remake"

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Hamilton
Hamilton on Disney Plus review: "The Holy Grail of musical theatre"

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Misbehaviour review: "Enjoyable, frustrating, and stubbornly refuses to pick a side"

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Waves review: "Devastating and uplifting in equal measure"

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Cats
Cats review: "A weird mind-scrambler of a movie"

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Is it just me, or are there too many logos at the start of films?

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Marriage Story review: "Career-best performances from Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson"

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The Report review: "Adam Driver portrays Daniel Jones with dogged conviction"

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Brittany Runs a Marathon review: "Inspirational comedy that’s funny, fresh and feelgood"

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Zombieland: Double Tap review: "Belated follow-up struggles to replicate the original’s winning formula"

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Angel Has Fallen review: "Gerard Butler stars in dourly unremarkable threequel"

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Good Boys review: "Raucous fun that all comes down to the same, recycled, R-rated punchline"

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Men in Black: International review: "The series should probably have been Neuralyzed a couple of movies ago"

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Detective Pikachu
Detective Pikachu review: "Celebrates Pokémon's legacy while simultaneously cutting it down to size"

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Boy Erased review: "A well-acted but strangely remote slice of Oscar bait"

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