14th Jan2026

‘Tron: Ares’ 4K UHD Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges | Written by Jesse Wigutow | Directed by Joachim Rønning Jared Leto and Greta Lee star in Tron: Ares, the third instalment of the Tron franchise, which is intended as a new story, rather than a […]

12th Jan2026

‘The Plague’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, Kenny Rasmussen, Joel Edgerton | Written and Directed by Charlie Polinger The Plague, the debut feature from writer-director Charlie Polinger, is a clever blend of coming-of-age and body horror and is an early contender for one of the best genre films of the year. Superbly acted and beautifully shot, it’s […]

09th Jan2026

‘Anaconda (2025)’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Thandiwe Newton, Steve Zahn, Daniela Melchior, Selton Mello | Written by Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten | Directed by Tom Gormican Jack Black and Paul Rudd team up for Anaconda, a creature feature meta-comedy-slash-reboot from the team behind the similarly meta Nic Cage vehicle The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. On […]

02nd Jan2026

‘Him’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, Tim Heidecker, Jim Jefferies | Written by Justin Tipping, Zack Ayers, Skip Bronke | Directed by Justin Tipping Directed by Justin Tipping (Kicks) and produced by Jordan Peele, American football horror Him is thick with metaphor for the real-life ordeal faced by professional footballers in the US. As […]

24th Dec2025

‘The Housemaid’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone, Elizabeth Perkins, Indiana Elle, Amanda Joy | Written by Rebecca Sonnenshine, Freida McFadden | Directed by Paul Feig Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried co-star in this adaptation of the best-selling thriller by Freida McFadden, directed by Paul Feig (A Simple Favour, Spy). Deliciously twisted and delightfully […]

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23rd Dec2025

‘The Long Walk’ 4K UHD Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot | Written by JT Mollner | Directed by Francis Lawrence Based on Stephen King’s first novel (written in 1967, but not published until 1974), The Long Walk is a deadly dystopian competition thriller in which 50 young men compete […]

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22nd Dec2025

‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Froy Gutierrez, Ema Horvath, Ella Bruccoleri, Richard Brake, Brooke Johnson, Rafaella Biscayn, Rachel Shenton, Pedro Lenadro, Florian Clare, Joplin Sibtain | Written by Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland | Directed by Renny Harlin Masked killers Scarecrow, Dollface and Pin-up Girl return for this slasher sequel, the second part of Renny […]

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19th Dec2025

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weavseqer, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, David Thewlis, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Britain Dalton, Jamie Flatters, Kate Winslet | Written by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver | Directed by James Cameron Director James Cameron returns with Avatar: Fire and Ash, […]

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12th Dec2025

‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, David Lawrence Brown, David Tomlinson, Mark Acheson, Logan Sawyer, Erik Alhavale, Rick Skene, James Durham, Sharon Bajer, Tom Young, Krystle Snow | Written by Paul Caimi, Michael Hicke, Mike P. Nelson | Directed by Mike P. Nelson Directed by Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics, Wrong Turn), Christmas slasher Silent Night, […]

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11th Dec2025

‘Caught Stealing’ 4K UHD Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Bad Bunny, Carol Kane | Written by Charlie Huston | Directed by Darren Aronofsky Director Darren Aronofsky returns to the screen with Caught Stealing, a high-energy crime caper based on the novel by Charlie Huston, who also wrote the script. […]

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05th Dec2025

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Wayne Knight, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich | Written by Scott Cawthorn | Directed by Emma Tammi Based on the popular video game series, the first Five Nights at Freddy’s movie became a monster hit in 2023, despite largely lacklustre reviews. Now there’s a sequel, the unimaginatively titled Five […]

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21st Nov2025

‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Jorma Tommila, Richard Brake, Stephen Lang | Written and Directed by Jalmari Helander Breath-takingly violent Finnish WWII action flick Sisu became a sleeper hit in 2022, seemingly coming out of nowhere and delighting legions of genre fans in the process. Now director Jalmari Helander and stoic star Jorma Tommila are back, with an enjoyable […]

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21st Nov2025

‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA Twigs, Isla Johnston, Souheila Yacoub, Pinelopi Markopoulos, Orestis Paliadelis, Elena Topalidou, Manolis Mavaromatakis | Written and Directed by Lofty Nathan Nicolas Cage stars as Jesus’ adoptive father Joseph in The Carpenter’s Son, a mix of Biblical drama, coming-of-age movie and religious horror from Egypt-born, British-raised writer-director Lofty Nathan. Unfortunately, […]

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17th Nov2025

‘Keeper’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland, Birkett Turton, Eden Weiss, Claire Friesen, Christin Park, Erin Boyes, Tess Degenstein | Written by Nick Lepard | Directed by Osgood Perkins Prolific horror specialist Osgood Perkins (Longlegs, The Monkey) is back with freaky cabin-in-the-woods horror, Keeper, starring Tatiana Maslany, who’s rapidly becoming one of Hollywood’s best actresses. Experimental in […]

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14th Nov2025

‘Now You See Me, Now You Don’t’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, Rosamund Pike, Morgan Freeman, Lizzy Caplan | Written by Seth Grahame-Smith, Michael Lesslie, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick | Directed by Ruben Fleischer Some franchises just flat out refuse to die. That’s evidently the case for the Now You See Me […]

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14th Nov2025

‘The Running Man (2025)’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Colman Domingo, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Katy O’Brian | Written by Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright | Directed by Edgar Wright The latest film from British director Edgar Wright is a remake of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, adapted from […]

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13th Nov2025

‘Alpha’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Mélissa Boros, Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, Frédéric Bayer Azem, Louai El Amrousy | Written and Directed by Julia Ducornau French writer/director Julia Ducornau established herself as a body horror sensation with her first two features, the coming-of-age cannibalism picture Raw and the Palme d’Or-winning Titane, in which a woman had […]

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07th Nov2025

‘Dragonfly’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Andrea Riseborough, Jason Watkins | Written and Directed by Paul Andrew Williams National treasures Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough co-star in Dragonfly, a terrific suburban horror-drama from acclaimed British director Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton). Like the recent Restless, it brilliantly exploits the all-too-familiar real-life tension of what it’s like to […]

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06th Nov2025

‘Predator: Badlands’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Rohinal Nayaran, Mike Homik, Reuben De Jong, Cameron Brown | Written by Patrick Aison | Directed by Dan Trachtenberg Prey director Dan Trachtenberg returns to the Predator franchise with this inspired entry in the series that’s essentially an unlikely buddy movie without a single human being in the cast. By […]

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29th Oct2025

Stiges 2025: ‘Fucktoys’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Annapurna Sriram, Sadie Scott, Damian Young, Brandon Flynn, Big Freedia, François Arnaud, Tamika Lawrence, Lorrie Odom, Tone Tank, Jowin Batoon | Written and Directed by Annapurna Sriram Writer-director-star Annapurna Sriram makes a delightful debut with this riotously raunchy, wildly entertaining and sublimely surreal sex worker comedy. Trashy, titillating and thoroughly entertaining, this feels like […]

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20th Oct2025

Stiges 2025: ‘Exit 8’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Nana Komatsu | Written by Kotake Create, Kentaro Hirase, Genki Kawamura | Directed by Genki Kawamura Directed by Genki Kawamura, Japanese thriller Exit 8 is based on the popular video game of the same name, which is essentially a walking game. Movies adapted from video games […]

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17th Oct2025

LFF 2025: ‘No Other Choice’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Lee Byung Hun, Son Yejin, Park Hee Soon, Lee Sung Min, Yeom Hye Ran, Cha Seung Won, Choi So Yul, Kim Woo Seung, Kim Hyeongmook, Oh Dal Soo, Lee Suk Hyeong | Written by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar | Directed by Park Chan-wook Korean director Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden, Decision […]

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