Released: Out now in cinemas Director: Gorō Miyazaki Cast: Richard E. Grant, Vanessa Marshall, Taylor Henderson (English version) It may be a struggle for some to identify Earwig And The Witch as a Studio Ghibli movie, having moved away from its traditionally gorgeous hand-drawn animation style in favour of creating its first full 3D CG
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Format: Subbed and dubbed theatrical release Released: 26 May Certificate: 15 Director: Haruo Sotozaki Writer: Ufotable Cast: Sub: Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Hiro Shimono, Satoshi Hino. Dub: Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott, Bryce Papenbrook, Aleks Le, Mark Whitten Running Time: 117 minutes The first time we watched Season One of Demon Slayer it was
Released: 21 May Certificate: 18 Director: Zack Snyder Writer: Zack Snyder, Shay Hatten, Joby Harold Cast: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera Distributor: Netflix Running Time: 148 mins Since Zack Snyder’s debut with the action-packed remake of Dawn Of The Dead, it’d be fair to say his career has been a bit of
Format: Digital platforms Released: Out now Certificate: 15 Director: Robert Longo Writer: William Gibson (screenplay) Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Ice T, Henry Rollins, Takeshi Kitano Distributor: Vertigo Releasing Running Time: 96 mins If you’d asked us to guess which Nineties sci-fi movie was getting an HD release for its 25th anniversary, we wouldn’t have
Director: Jeff Wamester Writer: Jeremy Adams, Meghan Fitzmartin Cast: Stana Katic, Matt Bomer, Omid Abtahi Running Time: 84 mins If you like this, try… Superman: Man Of Tomorrow Another DC animated movie full of inspirational charm and classic action. Barry Allen, aka The Flash just can’t stop (which is pretty standard for the Flash) in
Director: Steward Lee Writer: Gursimran Sandhu Cast: Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Ben Diskin, Stephen Stanton Distributor: Disney+ Running Time: 30 mins The stage was set in the 72 minute epic opener that was released on Star Wars day earlier this week. But now we follow The Bad Batch on the first stop of their
Released: May the 4th (be with you) Director: Steward Lee, Saul Ruiz, Nathaniel Villanueva Writer: Jennifer Corbett, Dave Filoni Cast: Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Ben Diskin, Stephen Stanton Distributor: Disney+ Running Time: 72 mins Star Wars is back on our small screens in a big way with Star Wars: The Bad Batch! Not that
Certificate: PG Director: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe Writer: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe Cast: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph Distributor: Netflix Running Time: 113 min If you like this, try… National Lampoon’s Vacation Another road-trip comedy with a dysfunctional family (though with less homicidal robots). The Mitchells, much like the Griswolds of National Lampoon’s Vacation,
Format: Blu-ray, DVD and digital Certificate: 15 Cast: Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Sheila Hancock, James Purefoy, Lindsay Duncan, Edward Bluemel Distributor: Dazzler Media Running Time: 439 mins If you like this, try… The Witcher There is fun to be had with this far bloodier show bursting with fantastical action, drama and sexual chemistry. After the
Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Scott Snyder Artist: Greg Capullo Back in 2017, the dynamic duo of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo unleashed Dark Nights: Metal, a DC-wide crossover event that pitted the Justice league against Barbatos, God Of The Dark Multiverse. This adventure gave birth to a whole suite of twisted alternate reality Batmans, each
Director: Oliver Milburn Writer: Oliver Milburn Cast: Alex Macqueen, Anthony Head, Samantha Bond, Oscar Kennedy, Liam Lau Fernandez Distributor: Rebellion Young Lee Keegan (Oscar Kennedy) thinks the world is over when he’s expelled from St. Mark’s School for Boys, after pulling a practical joke involving a locker cabinet. However, little does he know the world
Author: Caroline Hardaker Publisher: Angry Robot Books Released: Out now Set in a dystopian near future world where pollution has caused animals to die out, the soil to become so poisonous that the soles of your shoes will burn through should you stand still long enough and a lilac sky full of toxins that will
Author: Clay McLeod Chapman Publisher: Quirk Books Released: Out Now Price: £15.99 Hardback When five-year-old Sean comes home from school with suspicious bruises on his thigh it’s not long before his teacher is under suspicion. That suspicion soon turns sensational when rumours of a satanic cult infiltrating the town start to take root and Sean
Released: Out Now Writer: Lavie Tidhar Artist: Paul McCaffrey Distributor: Titan Comics Price: £13.99 In Lavie Tidhar’s Adler, we follow a not-so-plain Jane Eyre as she returns to London from her time spent as an ambulance driver/nurse in the Boer War. A young woman with limited prospects (where have we read that before?), it is
Released: Out now (VOD) Director: Jake Mahaffy Writer: Jake Mahaffy Cast: Julia Ormond, Emma Draper, John Bach Distributor: 101 Films Running Time: 95 mins It’s hard getting past the superficial similarities to Natalie Erika James’s superior shocker Relic (2020) with Jake Mahaffy’s Reunion. Like its Australian counterpart, this New Zealand offering leans heavily into the
Released: Out now Director: Matthew Butler-Hart Writer: Matthew Butler-Hart, Tori Butler-Hart Cast: Tori Butler-Hart, Ian McKellen, Conleth Hill Running Time: 86 mins Poor Jane (Tori Butler-Hart). Not only does she wake up, gagged and tied to a chair in a strange attic of a seemingly normal London suburban house in new sci-fi thriller Infinitum: Subject
Author: Aliya Whiteley Released: Out now Distributor: Rebellion When Earth discovers a new pathway to a distant planet rich in resource, the first reaction is to go as conquerors. However, when the invaders arrive, the native Qita have already surrendered in search of a quiet peace built on trade. Years later, Jem and Isley, veterans
Released: Out now Director: Zoe Lister-Jones Writer: Zoe Lister-Jones Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna Distributor: Sony Pictures Running Time: 97 mins When The Craft was released 25 years ago, it didn’t garner a huge amount of critical or financial success. However, due to a loyal fan base, it became a cult
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher: Solaris Released: Out now Price: £25 hardback, £7.49 Kindle eBook Adrian Tchaikovsky’s latest novella starts at the end of all things. A time-soldier from the last ever war finds himself at the end of time, resolute in the knowledge that as soon as time travel was possible, its use as a
Director: Zoé Wittock Writer: Zoé Wittock Cast: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon Running Time: 93 mins Jumbo is a subtle and quirky indie romance that follows the painfully shy Jeanne (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire), who’s struggling with the tumultuous emotional rollercoaster of her first infatuation/crush. Except the kicker here is
Certificate: 15 Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer Cast: Joe Manganiello, Zolee Griggs, Skylan Brooks, Jessica Allain, Paul Scheer, Glenn Howerton Distributor: Altitude Film Entertainment Running Time: 90 mins Superhero movies have been around for what seems like forever and they’re never going to go away because we’re never going to get bored of them. Even so,
Released: 1 March Director: Edward Drake Cast: Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Brandon Thomas Lee Distributor: Altitude Running Time: 88 mins Set in 2524 (500 years after the human race began colonising Mars and other outer planets), Cosmic Sin sees the human race reeling from an attack by an alien race after first contact is made.
Certificate: 15 Director: Karl Holt Writer: Karl Holt Cast: Karl Holt, Claire Cartwright, George Collie Running Time: 94 mins Like a good cup of tea, comedy horror is that most special of genre blends; a delicate balance must be struck to create a satisfying experience. So it’s a real delight when a film like Benny
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Released: Out now Writer: Mallory O’Meara Tales of the golden era of Hollywood have a habit of transporting you back in time, painting the world with a unique blend of rose-tinted nostalgia as only celluloid can deliver. Despite us knowing that it could never all be sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, the seduction
Released: 12 February (digital on demand) Certificate: 15 Director: Kevin Lewis Cast: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant Distributor: Signature Entertainment Running Time: 89 mins You may have heard of a series of horror games called Five Nights At Freddy’s; an extremely popular franchise that sees the player take on the role of an employee at
Released: Out now Certificate: 18 Director: Brandon Cronenberg Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, and Jennifer Jason Leigh Distributor: Signature Entertainment Running Time: 104 mins Nothing in Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor is there to fill space on screen or eat up empty minutes. A line of absolute intent threads every image,
Director: Mike Cahill Writer: Mike Cahill Cast: Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper “Most people say ignorance is bliss, but I say, you have to experience the good to appreciate the bad,” explains Salma Hayek’s Isabel in Mike Cahill’s trippy new sci-fi drama Bliss. Owen Wilson stars alongside Hayek as everyman office worker Greg, a man
Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith Running Time: 107 mins Written and shot during lockdown, In the Earth (Ben Wheatley’s follow up to his Rebecca adaptation) integrates a deadly pandemic into its plot. But rather than focus on the fear and death it produces, Wheatley uses instead the resulting
Released: Out now (Arrow Video Blu-ray and streaming services) Certificate: 18 Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano Distributor: Arrow Video Running Time: 78 mins [REC] follows late-night TV host Angela and her cameraman Pablo who are working on a dull news piece about the goings-on at a Spanish fire
Released: 29 January (on digital) Certificate: 15 Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead Cast: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton Distributor: Signature Entertainment Running Time: 102 mins “The past sucks,” irate paramedic Steve (Anthony Mackie) says after time-travelling to said sucky past via a new synthetic drug, Synchronic. Indeed, directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have