Stars: Zoë Saldaña, Karla Sofia Gascón, Adriana Paz, Selina Gomez, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Ivanir | Written and Directed by Jacques Audiard Loosely adapted from Boris Razon’s 2018 novel Écoute, Emilia Perez, the new film by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) is a deliriously audacious mash-up of crime thriller, trans drama and musical. It’s […]
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Sophie Wilde, Antonio Banderas, Esther McGregor, Vaughn Reilly, Victor Slezak | Written and Directed by Halina Reijn Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson star in this erotic office drama from writer-director Halina Reijn’s follow-up to last year’s horror favourite Bodies Bodies Bodies. Provocative and crackling with tension, Babygirl explores ideas of […]
Stars: Sung Kang, Lun-Mei Gwei, Luke Evans, Wyatt Yang | Written by George Huang, Luc Besson | Directed by George Huang The poster for Weekend in Taipei bills it as “From the creator of Taken and The Transporter”. That’s another way of saying Luc Besson, who co-wrote both of those hits with Robert Mark Kamen, […]
Stars: Vero Maynez, Colin Huerta, Ruby Vallejo, Joe Swanberg, Jim Sikora | Written and Directed by Mickey Keating Written and directed by Mickey Keating (Offseason, Carnage Park, Psychopaths), this low budget chiller serves up an interesting take on the home invasion sub-genre. It’s also a textbook example of the slow build, and is arguably more […]
Stars: Adam David Thompson, Riley Dandy, Chloe Skoczen, Justin Benson, Sarah Bolger, Jori Felker | Written and Directed by Michael Felker A strange mix of genres, time travel, estranged family members reuniting, and heist gone wrong thriller, Things Will Be Different is the first feature from writer/director Michael Felker. Felker is best known for his […]
Stars: Sirpa Lane, Melissa Chimenti, Maurice Poli, Nat Bush, Dakar, Maria Grazia Smaldone | Written by Roberto Gandus, Renzo Maietto | Directed by Joe D’Amato Joe D’Amato’s Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals is a fascinating, if uneven, entry in both the director’s filmography and the broader canon of 1970s Italian exploitation cinema. Released in […]
Stars: Zaen Haidar, Kia Dorsey, Sam Lukowski, Emily Bennett, Michael C. Williams, Vienna Maas | Written by Adam Cesare | Directed by Jill Gevargizian Director Jill Gevargizian follows her acclaimed 2020 debut The Stylist with Ghost Game, a low-budget haunted house thriller based on the real-life trend of ‘phrogging’, namely living in someone’s house, undetected. […]
Stars: Elissa Dowling, Airisa Durand, Chynna Rae Shurts, Rollyn Stafford, Nicolette Pullen, Jason Reynolds, Khail Duggan, James Luster, Steve Larkin, Jax Kellington, Calvin Morie McCarthy, Marcella Laasch | Written and Directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy, Josh Dietrich, Kai Pacifico Eng, Tim Coyle I would have expected the new indie anthology film Beware the Boogeyman to […]
Die Before You Die is equal parts claustrophobic thrill-ride and a moving story of personal transformation, provoking the question, can we ever be truly in control of our fears and desires? Adi is a successful vlogger whose channel is his life. He’s vain, superficial, and is more concerned with his view count and subscribers than […]
Stars: Asya Meadows, Arlene Arnone Bibbs, Lisa Wilcox, Michael Hargrove | Written and Directed by Danny Villanueva Jr. What Happened to Dorothy Bell?, the second feature from writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr. is, on its face, just another found footage/screenlife film about an investigation into the paranormal gone wrong. But, like the director’s first film, I […]
Featuring: Peter Serafinowicz, Peter Jackson, Joe Dante, John Landis, Caroline Munro, Paul Maslansky, Jonathan Rigby, Harriet Walter, Juan Rodriguez | Written and Directed by Jon Spira The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee, written and directed by Jon Spira (Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman, Reel Britannia), is a look […]
Stars: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Daniel H. Chung, Dana Lee | Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier It has been a while since Jeremy Saulnier gifted audiences with a film. After the one-two punch of 2013’s tense Blue Ruin and 2015’s masterful Green Room, Saulnier was solidified […]
Stars: Halle Berry, Anthony B Jenkins, Percy Daggs IV, Kathryn Kirkpatrick | Written by KC Coughlin, Ryan Grassby | Directed by Alexandre Aja The latest film from French horror director Alexandre Aja (Piranha 3D, Crawl) is an evil-in-the-woods mystery chiller that’s intent on keeping the audience guessing until the end. As such, it has its […]
Featuring: Chris Alexander, Bill Allen, Oscar Becher, David Blyth, Lizzie Borden, Luis Ceriz, Bradley Creanzo, Brian Damude | Directed by Ryan Levey Throughout its 75-minute run time, Ryan Levey’s documentary takes his audience on a whistle-stop tour of how horror movies have contributed to helping shape the cinematic landscape. Boutique: To Preserve and Collect is […]
Stars: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, Isabelle Kusman, Bailey Ives, Madeleine Gardella, Balthazar Getty, Romy Mars, Haley Sims, Dustin Hoffman | Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Director Francis Ford Coppola reputedly spent 40 years […]
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jacqueline Fernandez, Andrei Lenart, Peter Stormare, Maria Conchita Alonso, Talia Asseraf | Written by Jim Agnew | Directed by Valeri Milev Kill ‘Em All 2 picks up seven years after the events of the original, which makes sense since there’s seven years between the films, with Phillip (Jean-Claude Van Damme, The […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which is a Grand Slam special broadcast live from the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review! Match #1: Bryan Danielson def. Nigel McGuinness The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com: They locked […]
Stars: Mark A. Marple, Austin Freeman, Sam Sneary, Charlie Prince, Cameron Diskin, Julia Vasi | Written and Directed by F.C. Rabbath The Final Pact begins on the day before graduation at Saint Edwin’s, and the class of soon-to-be priests has just gotten a surprise, Father Michael (Mark A. Marple; A Brilliant Monster, Catching Hearts) tells […]
Stars: Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp, Seymour Cassel, Beth Brickell, Ruth Warshawsky | Written by Anthony Overman, Michael Ronald Ross | Directed by Peter S. Traynor Low-budget exploitation thriller Death Game, which comes from Peter S. Traynor and stars Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp, and Seymour Cassel, blends elements of psychological horror, suspense, and dark comedy. The […]
The 4:30 Movie is a 2024 American semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Siena Agudong, and Ken Jeong. The story is loosely based on Smith’s experiences sneaking into movie theatres as a teenager and his earliest romantic endeavours. Writer-director Kevin Smith presents his […]
Stars: Georgina Navarro, Justyn Franco, Chauntice Green, Stephán O’Shea, Jerry White Jr. | Written and Directed by Shihan Van Clief Lead (Georgina Navarro; Lead, Fade) is an aspiring influencer who’s celebrating a couple of milestones, the first ten subscribers to her channel and getting to tell her viewers “I’ve been cast in my first horror […]
Stars: Anne Parillaud, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Stéphane Fey | Written and Directed by Luc Besson Nikita, aka La Femme Nikita, directed by Luc Besson, is a gripping and stylish blend of action, thriller, and emotional depth. The film tells the story of Nikita, a young, rebellious woman (played […]
