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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
Late Fame (2026) 86% 3/5 EDIT “"Late Fame" is not the most densely packed of films, but it benefits from a strong central performance and evocative winter visuals.” – In Their Own League Mar 2, 2026 Full Review Eagles of the Republic (2025) 67% 3/5 EDIT “In spite of its sharp tonal shift and underdevelopment pieces, "Eagles of the Republic", at its best, offers compelling food for thought via its voyeuristic filmmaking and the difficult dilemma of its protagonist.” – In Their Own League Feb 28, 2026 Full Review Sound of Falling (2025) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Visually articulate and trading in broad, powerful sentiments regarding identity and womanhood, Sound of Falling is like a hypnotic work of art you can’t look away from.” – Cinerama Film Feb 28, 2026 Full Review Nino (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Content with sitting in sage silence as characters wrestle with inner turmoil, it is an understated but blisteringly strong tale; one whose restraint results in arresting clarity and a cornucopia of empathy.” – In Their Own League Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Everybody To Kenmure Street (2026) 100% 4/5 EDIT “"Everybody to Kenmure Street" grabs us with vice-grip levels of immersion, but fundamentally embodies the value of solidarity and community in the face of forces that would drive us apart.” – In Their Own League Feb 25, 2026 Full Review The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) 18% 1/5 EDIT “The Strangers – Chapter 3 brings the story to a close in a fashion that’s more self-assured but still just as hollow, malicious and cumbersome as before. At least the trilogy is consistent.” – Movies We Texted About Feb 25, 2026 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “The Secret Agent is a densely packed, wickedly crafted testament to history and the vitality of knowledge and community in the face of violence and censorship.” – Cinerama Film Feb 19, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 58% 3/5 EDIT “This latest adaptation, brought to us by Emerald Fennell, certainly captures the book’s emotional scale, yet its lack of subtlety is a double-edged sword.” – Cinerama Film Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Send Help basks in the playful macabreness that makes Raimi such a hypnotic director, delivering with delightfully gruesome visuals and amusing characters and themes that still give pause for thought.” – Cinerama Film Feb 8, 2026 Full Review Melania (2026) 11% 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) 87% 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) 64% 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) 25% 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) 93% 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) 94% 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) 94% 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) 68% 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) 90% 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
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