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Calum Cooper

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Biography:

Calum Cooper is a Glasgow-based film critic who has been writing media reviews since 2014. An avid lover of all things film and television, with a particular affinity for the films and television of his native Scotland, Calum is at his happiest when writing or talking about a piece of media he truly loves. His bylines include, but are not limited to, Film Stories, Movie Marker, In Their Own League, Cinerama Film, and various appearances on film and TV podcasts.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Melania (2026) 7% 0/5 EDIT “Melania is shambolic, putrid, pitiful garbage: A brazen, awkward, irredeemable infomercial that ignores truth and scrutiny in favour of performative humility. It’s not just wretched – it’s offensive to the collective intelligence of the human race.” – Cinerama Film Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Cooper’s serene, calculated direction imbues this picture of separation and reconnection with a refreshing gentleness. It trades in heavy subjects but always strives to find the joy, and even the humour, in vicarious life events.” – Cinerama Film Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Shelter (2026) 63% 2/5 EDIT “Even if the actors have decent chemistry and a few action scenes are well filmed, far too much of the film feels interchangeable with numerous generic action movies from the past few years.” – Cinerama Film Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 78% 2/5 EDIT “Caught between being funny and being graphic, it’s a film that occasionally entertains but ultimately proves to be an underdeveloped damp squib.” – Cinerama Film Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 24% 1/5 EDIT “Technically inept and so thematically scattershot that it becomes morally dubious, the only mercy in this ludicrous stinker is the end credits.” – Cinerama Film Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Make it to Munich (2025) 4/5 EDIT “A happy-go-lucky blend of sports footage and life-affirming meditations, it’s a funny, wholehearted picture that champions willpower and positivity even when the odds are against you.” – In Their Own League Jan 16, 2026 Full Review The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) 80% 3/5 EDIT “Children will likely be immersed in its fervent humour and zany style. Even the parents dragged to the cinema may find themselves chuckling along amiably.” – Movies We Texted About Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Gritty and exhilarating, with Chalamet in his prime leading the charge, it is an edge-of-your-seat sports thriller with stunning visuals, choreography and production design to boot.” – Cinerama Film Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025) 95% 3/5 EDIT “Just as gory and arguably even more preposterous than its predecessor, yet proves just as fun to indulge in.” – Movies We Texted About Dec 10, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% 4/5 EDIT “Train Dreams carries its passengers on a journey full of spellbinding imagery, engrossingly empathetic direction and a career-best from Edgerton into a station of life-affirming wonder.” – Cinerama Film Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 4/5 EDIT “Colourfully crafted, with a darker tone and more direct themes on the complexities of preserving morality, the film enchants with its baroque musical numbers and stellar performances from Erivo and, especially, Grande-Butera.” – Cinerama Film Nov 18, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 4/5 EDIT “A rare remake that’s superior to its predecessor, the film excites, surprises, and entertains, with Powell’s adrenaline-charged performance and the weight of the sociopolitical themes leaving you on the edge of your seat.” – Cinerama Film Nov 11, 2025 Full Review 100 Nights of Hero (2025) 69% 3/5 EDIT ““100 Nights of Hero” is simplistic to a fault, as it doesn’t do enough with its fairy tale aesthetic and influences. But with a vibrant cast, playful visuals and timely themes on its plate, it’s hard not to admire its convictions.” – In Their Own League Oct 20, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 91% 2/5 EDIT “The otherwise compelling themes and astute performances become weighed down by the overwhelmingness of its style and the staleness of its substance.” – Cinerama Film Oct 19, 2025 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% 5/5 EDIT “If The Voice of Hind Rajab is not 2025’s best film, then it is undoubtedly 2025’s most important film.” – Cinerama Film Oct 19, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “It’s an intriguing insight into one filmmaker’s mindset, but as a faithfully recreated, if somewhat unvaried, celebration of one of cinema’s most significant eras, “Nouvelle Vague” is both engrossing and thoroughly entertaining.” – In Their Own League Oct 18, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% 2/5 EDIT “Sadly, between the tonal imbalance, the reliance on cliches, and the hit-and-miss nature of the acting, it’s a film that swings for the thematic fence but whiffs.” – In Their Own League Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 4/5 EDIT “The dark visual splendour and the sheer vehemence of Lawrence’s performance makes “Die, My Love” as coldly powerful as a vice grip.” – In Their Own League Oct 17, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “Deliciously morbid in its humour, but hauntingly satirical in its thematic resonance, No Other Choice rivets with its stellar visuals and sharp direction.” – Cinerama Film Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 3/5 EDIT “While “Rental Family” teeters on the edge of mawkishness at times, its sentiments are elevated by Hikari’s tender direction and a magnificently sincere lead performance from Brendan Fraser.” – In Their Own League Oct 17, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Benefitting from Reichardt’s trademark minimalism, the film slowly but surely grips us with its methodical direction and sardonic portrayal of an amateur believing himself to be a mastermind.” – Cinerama Film Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Rose of Nevada (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “An articulate rumination on the loss of tight-knit communities to modern precarity, to the tune of dazzling old-school filmmaking, Rose of Nevada often confuses but always mesmerises.” – Cinerama Film Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Blue Heron (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “It’s as eloquent as it is even-handed, bolstered by remarkable performances across the board, and cinematography that knows when to be intimate and when to give its characters the necessary space.” – In Their Own League Oct 14, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 4/5 EDIT “To reinvent the story for a modern audience so succinctly is no easy feat, but del Toro has brought this legendary tale to life once more through his signature gothic visuals, complex moral themes and resounding cry against egomania.” – In Their Own League Oct 13, 2025 Full Review Sentimental Value (2025) 97% 5/5 EDIT “Deeply sad but also alive with profound, sumptuous wisdom, it breezes by arm in arm with its characters, hypnotising us with its stunning performances and delicate filmmaking.” – In Their Own League Oct 13, 2025 Full Review
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