In his latest video, Kev takes to the booth to review director Scott Lyus’ debut feature Walking Against the Rain, which recently screened at Frightfest (check out our written review here). Walking Against the Rain tells the story of two strangers, Blair and Tommy who are navigating their way across a barren landscape in a […]
Stars: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robert Weigert, Caitlin Stasey, Kal Penn, Rob Morgan, Gillian Zinser | Written and Directed by Parker Finn Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin) plays a therapist who believes she’s being haunted by a sinister curse in this chilling horror from debut writer-director Parker Finn. The plot may be […]
Stars: Maddison Bullock, Chris Levine, Jamie Nelson, April Beardslee, Danielle Rabinovitch, Robin Thompson | Written and Directed by Scott Eggleston On the face of things, not the most inspiring of titles for a mystery/sci-fi/horror movie but there is sense in the title, at least after you’ve seen it. We see a couple move into a […]
Stars: Megan Best, Kerri Medders, Tiera Skovbye, Missi Pyle, Samuel Braun, Gino Anania | Written by Dana Schwartz, Rebekah McKendry | Directed by Karen Lam No, you’re not imagining things, I’m reviewing a film from the Bring It On franchise. Bring It On: Cheer or Die takes the never-ending series into horror territory and revisits […]
Stars: Amiah Miller, Elsie Fisher, Rachel Ogechi Kanu, Cathy Ang, Clayton Royal Johnson | Written by Jenna Lamia | Directed by Damon Thomas Based on the bestseller by Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend’s Exorcism is the 1980s set tales of Gretchen (Amiah Miller; The Water Man, War for the Planet of the Apes) and Abby […]
Stars: Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Garret Dillahunt, Sara Paxton | Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik Blonde reimagines the life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe. From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, Blonde blurs the lines of fact and fiction […]
Stars: Gina Carano, Donald Cerrone, Tyler Fischer, Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis, Heath Freeman, Nick Searcy, Rhys Becker, Matthias Hues | Written by Josiah Nelson | Directed by Michael Polish Terror on the Prairie opens with a gang of outlaws, Long Hair (Tyler Fischer; Jr Lab Ratz, Giving Up), The Kid (Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis; Adolphe), and Gold […]
Friend of Nerdly, and co-host of The Filmmaker’s Podcast, director Giles Alderson is back for his second film release of September 2022; this time adapting the Samantha Lew Howe thriller The Stranger in Our Bed for the screen. A happily married woman leaves her husband for a lover who mysteriously disappears. Directed by Giles Alderson […]
Stars: Deiondre Teagle, Deborah Seidel, Brad Belemjian, Zach Lazar Hoffman, Allison Shrum, Alice Raver, David Ditmore, Dylan A. Young | Written and Directed by Aaron Mirtes [NOTE: With the film finally getting a UK release, here’s a reposting of my review of Painted in Blood from its US VOD debut] Director Aaron Mirtes has been […]
Stars: Efren Ramirez, Demián Salomón, Hemky Madera, Ari Gallegos, Gabriela Ruíz, Jonah Ray, Danielle Chaves, Morgana Ignis | Written by Alejandro Mendez, Demian Rugna, Adam Cesare, Shadan Saul, Raynor Shima, Lino K. Villa | Directed by Mike Mendez, Demian Rugna, Eduardo Sanchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Alejandro Brugués Satanic Hispanics opens with a police raid that […]
Stars: Matthew Jeffers, Sarah Hay, Kerry Flanagan, Hamish Allan-Headley | Written by Juan Felipe Zuleta, Leland Frankel | Directed by Juan Felipe Zuleta By a strange twist of scheduling, the first couple of films from Fantastic Fest, Unidentified Objects and Everyone Will Burn, have something in common, they both have main characters who have dwarfism. […]
Stars: Nick Blood, Allan Corduner, Emily Wiseman, Paul Kaye, Daniel Ben Zenou | Written by Hank Hoffman | Directed by Oliver Park Originally shot as Abyzou, The Offering begins with the camera slowly moving through rooms filled with candles and symbols. A rooster jumps into view, only to have its throat cut as part of […]
Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Pete Davidson, Deborah S. Craig, Sierra Fisk, Wesley Holloway | Written by Noga Pnueli | Directed by Alexandre Lehmann Sheila, a young woman grappling with suicidal thoughts, discovers that a tanning bed in a nail salon is a time machine. Travelling back 24 hours, she relives the best date night of her […]
Stars: Sian Altman, Mark Haldor, George Nettleton, Beatrice Fletcher, Stephen Staley, Chris Cordell | Written and Directed by Paul W. Franklin Croc! is the latest in a long line of films about crocodiles and alligators seeking revenge on mankind for turning their relatives into shoes and handbags. I’ve often wondered why there’s not more of […]
Stars: Daniel Zolghadri, Miles Emanuel, Maria Dizzia, Michael Townsend Wright, Marcia DeBonis | Written and Directed by Owen Kline Cartoons have the power to change the world and seriously make an impact on someone’s life, and nobody understands that better than the character of Robert. He is an aspiring professional cartoonist, having gotten into the […]
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Ece Yüksel, Zerrin Tekindor, Erdil Yaşaroğlu | Written by George Miller, Augusta Gore | Directed by George Miller Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic — content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who […]
Samaritan sees Sylvester Stallone star as a retired superhero who is brought back to his former career when a young boy and his mother are put in danger with a local crime syndicate. A young boy learns that a superhero who was thought to have gone missing after an epic battle twenty years ago may […]
Stars: Macarena Gómez, Sofía García, Ana Milán, Germán Torres | Written by David Hebrero, Javier Kiran | Directed by David Hebrero Everyone Will Burn (Y todos arderán) begins with a text crawl that informs us that in 1980 the residents of Razas del Monte sacrificed a baby in the hopes it would prevent the apocalypse […]
In his latest video, Kev takes to the booth to review Control, a tight claustrophobic sci-fi thriller starring Sara Mitich, George Tchortov and Evie Loiselle, which recently screened at Frightfest (check out our written review here). With a fragmented memory and no clear way out, Eileen (Sara Mitich; Star Trek: Discovery) is forced to complete […]
Stars: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah, Talia Ryder | Written by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Celeste Ballard | Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Drea (Camila Mendes) is at the peak of her high school powers as the Alpha it-girl on campus when her entire life goes up in flames after her sex tape […]
Features: Matthew Jacobs, Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook | Directed by Vanessa Yuille, Matthew Jacobs I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, I’ll watch any good documentary even if I am not interested in the subject matter. Which leads me to see this documentary on the writer of the 1996 Doctor Who […]
