Stars: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Eric Weinthal | Written and Directed by David Cronenberg The Shrouds, the latest film from director David Cronenberg (he’s 81, you know) is a poorly conceived hodge-podge of ideas about sex, death and technology, with a dash of bog-standard body horror thrown […]
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, David Hyde Pierce, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg, Adrian Pasdar | Written by Joshua John Miller, M.A. Fortin | Directed by Joshua John Miller However you look at it, the fact that Russell Crowe has chosen to make two exorcist movies in as many years is a very strange decision. It’s […]
Stars: Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Samantha Scaffidi, Elliot Fullam, Daniel Roebuck, Antonella Rose, Jason Patric, Bryce Johnson | Written and Directed by Damien Leone Murderous mime Art the Clown returns once again in the third instalment of writer-producer-producer Damien Leone’s gorily gruesome slasher franchise. This time around, rather than dishing out his singular brand […]
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: 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: 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: 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 […]
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: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jessie Plemons | Written and Directed by Alex Garland British writer-director Alex Garland has form when it comes to depicting the apocalypse, having previously written the 2002 zombie classic 28 Days Later. With his latest film, he turns his attention to […]
Stars: Jung Yu-mi, Lee Sun-kyun, Kim Gook-hee | Written and Directed by Jason Yu Just when you think it’s nigh-on impossible to put an original spin on a possession / exorcism story, along comes Korean chiller Sleep, from writer-director Jason Yu, previously an Assistant Director to Bong Joon-ho. Creepy, darkly funny, and filled with great […]
Stars: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough | Written and Directed by James Watkins Directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake, The Woman in Black) and produced by Blumhouse, Speak No Evil is an American remake of the 2002 Danish thriller of the same name (also known as Gaesterne). […]
Stars: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen, John Karna, Katherine Hughes | Written by Elric Kane, Webb Wilcoxen | Directed by Elric Kane Directed by Elric Kane and co-written by Webb Wilcoxen, The Dead Thing is an erotic thriller with a supernatural twist. By turns haunting, chilling and achingly melancholy, it’s also a compelling drama about digital […]
Stars: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, Santiago Cabrera, Burn Gorman | Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar | Directed by Tim Burton There’s a great scene in 1993’s classic time-loop comedy Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray’s character experiences a near-perfect day with Andie MacDowell’s […]
Stars: Raul Castillo, Josh Brener, Melonie Diaz, Tony Cavalero | Written by Cutter Hodierne, John Hibey | Directed by Cutter Hodierne There’s no question that Steven Soderbergh knows a thing or two about heist movies, given that he directed all three of the Ocean’s Eleven movies. That’s presumably why “Steven Soderbergh Presents” appears on an […]
Stars: Elijah Wood, Nell Fisher, Michael Smiley, Morgana O’Reilly | Written by Toby Harvard | Directed by Ant Timpson Director Ant Timpson reunites with Come to Daddy screenwriter Toby Harvard, star Elijah Wood and co-star Michael Smiley for the utterly charming wilderness adventure comedy, Bookworm, set in New Zealand. Technically it’s also a creature feature, […]
Stars: Steven Ogg, Daniel Doheny, Chelsea Clark, Marty Adams | Written by Brandon Cohen | Directed by Vivenio Caldinelli Directed by Vivenio Caldinelli, Canadian horror-comedy creature feature Scared Shitless is essentially a genetically engineered offshoot of 2006’s Slither, with a lot more toilet humour. It also provides character actor Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead) with […]
Stars: Chloë Kerwin, Drew Scheid, Johnny Berchtold, Rain Spencer | Written by Clark Baker, Stephen Susco | Directed by Clark Baker Directed by Clark Baker, who co-wrote the script with Stephen Susco, Test Screening is a deliriously gloopy ‘80s-set sci-fi horror that owes a significant debt to Society (Brian Yuzna’s 1989 classic). Other references abound […]
Stars: Awkwafina, John Cena, Simu Liu, Ayden Mayeri, Donald Elise Watkins, Murray Hill | Written by Rob Yescombe | Directed by Paul Feig Awkwafina and John Cena star in this Amazon Prime action comedy, directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Spy). The plot is flimsy and it lacks a satirical edge, but the two leads have […]
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, Jamie Lee Curtis | Written by Eli Roth, Joe Crombie | Directed by Eli Roth Directed by Eli Roth, Borderlands is an adaptation of the popular video game series developed by Gearbox Software. Essentially an action thriller about a rag-tag […]
Stars: Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch, Hasan Minhaj, Stephan James, Oliver Platt | Written by Ilana Glazer, Josh Rabinowitz | Directed by Pamela Adlon Broad City’s Ilana Glazer and stand-up Michelle Buteau play two best friends going through pregnancy in this raunchy comedy from actor-turned-director Pamela Adlon. Crackling with comic chemistry, it’s frequently […]