Reviews

Released: 8 July 2022 (in cinemas) Director: Taika Waititi Writer: Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson Distributor: Walt Disney Running Time: 125 mins If you like this, try… Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller’s feminist, post-apocalyptic masterpiece exudes energy and emotion. The magic of escaping into fantasy
0 Comments
Released: 24 June 2022 Certificate: 15 Director: Scott Derrickson Writer: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Cast: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, James Ransone, Jeremy Davies Distributor: Universal Running Time: 103 mins The telephone has been used to scare the hell out of horror audiences for years. Pioneering films like Hideo Nakata’s Ring and Bob Clark’s Black
0 Comments
Released: 16 September Certificate: 15 Director: Hanna Bergholm Writer: Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi Cast: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen Distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment Running Time: 86 mins If you like this, try… Ginger Snaps Being a teenage girl can be hell and this cult werewolf horror gets to the bloody truth of it all with
0 Comments
Director: Alice Troughton, Jennifer Perrott, Börkur Sigþórsson Cast: Keeley Hawes, Max Beesley, Aisling Loftus Distributor: Sky Based on the 1957 novel by John Wyndham, the story of The Midwich Cuckoos is an enduring one, having been adapted multiple times, most notably in 1960 with Village Of The Damned. This new Sky series intelligently adapts and
0 Comments
Publisher: Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Writer: David Towsey Price: £18.99 Hardback and eBook What if you were two separate people, sharing the same body? A split personality, with two completely unique identities. Although it’s a popular concept (see Marvel’s recent Moonknight TV series on Disney+ as an example), when poorly executed it’s easily
0 Comments
Released: 20 May 2022 (cinema) Certificate: 15 Director: Eskil Vogt Writer: Eskil Vogt Distributor: Signature Entertainment Running Time: 117 mins Writer/director Eskil Vogt’s potent supernatural horror, The Innocents, may share its name with Jack Clayton’s 1961 adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw but it creeps majestically out of that film’s shadow with
0 Comments
Released: 13 May (cinema) Certificate: 15 Director: Keith Thomas Writer: Scott Teems Cast: Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Michael Greyeyes, Sydney Lemmon, Gloria Reuben, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley Distributor: Universal Running Time: 94 mins During filming of The Thing in 1981, Universal offered John Carpenter the gig to direct a movie version of Stephen King’s
0 Comments
Released: 13 May (cinema) Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Writer: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong Distributor: A24 Running Time: 139 mins If you like this, try… In the Mood For Love Wong Kar-wai’s gorgeous romantic drama starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung beautifully examines loss and
0 Comments
Released: 1 June (cinema) Director: Alex Garland Writer: Alex Garland Cast: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors Running Time: 100 mins Alex Garland’s Men shares DNA with David Bruckner’s recent Rebecca Hall-led The Night House. Both see widowed women navigating an isolated haunted house, each also concerned with the
0 Comments
Released: 15 April Director: Toby Meakins Cast: Iola Evans, Asa Butterfield, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund Distributor: Netflix Running Time: 84 mins Originally titled Curs>R, the newly-renamed lightweight horror Choose Or Die almost does exactly what it says in its new title. However, with a few smartly executed twists and a real sense of stakes for the
0 Comments
Released: 15 April (in cinemas) Certificate: 15 Director: Robert Eggers Writer: Robert Eggers, Sjón Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Gustav Lindh, Willem Dafoe, Björk, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Olwen Fouéré, Elliott Rose, Oscar Novak, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson Distributor: Universal With The Witch and The Lighthouse, writer-director Robert Eggers emerged as
0 Comments
Released: 8 April Certificate: PG-13 / 12A Director: David Yates Cast: Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Jessica Williams Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Running Time: 142 mins In the four years since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was released to poor reviews and disappointing box office returns, some real world
0 Comments
Publisher: Solaris Writer: Tom Beckerlegge Price: £7.99 Set in a literary landscape populated by poets, The Carnival of Ash tells the story of Cadenza, a city whose trade is poetry and whose taverns are overrun with wannabe wordsmiths. When Carlo Mazzoni arrives at the gates in the hope of becoming the next lauded laureate, he
0 Comments
Released: 22 March Director: James Gunn, Brad Anderson, Jody Hill, Rosemary Rodriguez Cast: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma Distributor: Now TV and Sky It was clear, within minutes of The Suicide Squad, that DC had gifted its writer/director James Gunn an unparalleled amount of creative freedom within the DCEU wheelhouse. Any fears, however, that
0 Comments
Released: 11 March Director: Domee Shi Writer: Sarah Streicher, Julia Cho, Domee Shi Cast: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse Distributor: Disney+ If you like this, try… Toy Story Another Pixar film that sensitively and comically nails childhood milestones. Puberty is a tough time for the best of us. But for Mei (Rosalie Chiang) in
0 Comments
Released: 11 March Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana Distributor: Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana Running Time: 106 mins If you like this, try… Free Guy Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds’ other sci-fi adventure sees a background computer game character want to become the hero of his own story.
0 Comments
Director: Abe Forsythe Writer: Abe Forsythe Cast: Josh Gad, Ariel Donoghue, Isla Fisher Distributor: Prime Video Running Time: Six episodes Boy meets girl. Girl acts weird and runs away as sunset approaches. Girl turns out to be a werewolf. Yes, this might seem like your average love story but Wolf Like Me is anything but.
0 Comments
Director: Matt Reeves Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Paul Dano, John Turturro Running Time: 175 minutes In Matt Reeves’ latest Batman offering, Bruce (Robert Pattinson) has become something of a night owl, ignoring most of his obligations as heir to the Wayne legacy by day in favour of exacting
0 Comments
Author: T.R. Napper Released: Out now Set in a cyberpunk future of Vietnam, author T.R. Napper brings a new sci-fi vision to the gangster thriller with 36 Streets. When a mysterious tech mogul, responsible for the creation of Vietnam’s most controversial virtual reality game, goes missing in Hanoi’s lawless 36 Streets, an eccentric British billionaire
0 Comments