19th Nov2025

‘Coyotes’ Blu-ray Review

by Jason Lockard

Stars: Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Katherine McNamara | Written and Directed by Colin Minahan Writer/director Colin Minahan, best known for genre standouts like It Stains the Sand Red and What Keeps You Alive, returned in 2025 with something far more grounded with Coyotes, which trades supernatural shocks and creature-feature chaos for the kind of real-world […]

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19th Nov2025

‘London Calling’ Video Review

by Kevin Haldon

Directed by Allan Ungar (Tapped Out, Gridlocked), from a script he co-wrote with Omer Levin Menekse & Quinn Wolfe, London Calling is a father and son “buddy hitman” movie starring Josh Duhamel, Jeremy Ray Taylor & Rick Hoffman. After mistakenly killing the relative of London’s biggest crime lord, mediocre hitman and ex-pat Tommy Ward is […]

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19th Nov2025

‘The Priest: Thanksgiving Massacre’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jo Krayer, Mark Topping, Holly Higbee, Brooklyn Ross, Liz Soutar, Dani Thompson | Written and Directed by Steve Lawson The Priest: Thanksgiving Massacre is the latest holiday-horror outing from UK genre filmmaker Steve Lawson, a director who has quietly carved out his own niche of low-budget, single-location chillers. This time, he turns his attention to […]

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18th Nov2025

‘The X Trilogy’ Blu-ray Review

by Jason Lockard

Stars: Mia Goth, Charley Rowan McCain, David Corenswet, Jenna Ortega | Written and Directed by Ti West Horror cinema changed forever with the arrival of Friday the 13th. As the first independently produced slasher to be picked up by a major studio, its 1980 release didn’t just electrify audiences – it reshaped the entire genre. […]

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18th Nov2025

‘Good Fortune’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, Blanca Araceli, Aditya Geddada, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, Stephen McKinley Henderson | Written and Directed by Aziz Ansari Good Fortune arrives as one of those films that sounds almost too quirky to work: Aziz Ansari directing himself, Keanu Reeves as a guardian angel, and Seth Rogen as a […]

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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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17th Nov2025

Short Film Showcase: ‘Wired’, ‘Gretchen’ & ‘Enter the Room’ Review(s)

by Phil Wheat

Wired Stars: Amy Beth Hayes, Cerys Knighton, Polly Maberly | Directed by Will Jewell Wired is a taut and quietly unsettling sci-fi thriller that explores the thin line between comfort and control in an age of smart technology. The film follows Becca, who isolates herself with only her home assistant, MAIA, for company after a […]

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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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14th Nov2025

‘Playdate’ Review (Amazon Prime)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kevin James, Alan Ritchson, Banks Pierce, Benjamin Pajak, Alan Tudyk, Sarah Chalke, Stephen Root, Isla Fisher, Hiro Kanagawa | Written by Neil Goldman | Directed by Luke Greenfield Debuting this week on Amazon Prime, Playdate is an easygoing, family-friendly action-comedy that pairs Kevin James and Alan Ritchson in a surprisingly charming odd-couple double act. While […]

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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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13th Nov2025

Bath Film Festival 2025: ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, George Hashem Zadeh, Delmaz Najafi, Afsaneh Najm Abadi | Directed by Jafar Panahi Back in 2010, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested for trying to make “propaganda against the regime,” where he was sentenced to a 20-year ban from making films. […]

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13th Nov2025

Fantasia 2025: ‘The Battle Wizard’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Danny Lee, Tien Ni, Lin Chen-Chi, Shih Chung-Tien, Chiang Tao, Keung Hon, Wai Wang, Si Wai, San Shu-Wa | Directed by Pao Hsueh-Li Once the largest film production company in Hong Kong, the Shaw Brothers was a studio that produced over a thousand films and popularised the kung fu genre. The Battle Wizard was […]

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12th Nov2025

‘The Demoness’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sydney Culbertson, Akihiro Kitamura, Riley Nottingham, Bella Glanville, Mark Pontarelli, Amelia Gotham, Bruce Clifford, Haruka Igarashi, Dallas Schaefer | Written and Directed by Andrew de Burgh The Demoness is an unexpectedly vibrant and stylish entry into modern supernatural horror, the kind of film that wears its pulp influences proudly while delivering far more personality […]

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12th Nov2025

‘Joan Crawford Collection’ Blu-ray Review (Warner Archive)

by Jason Lockard

For many, the name Joan Crawford instantly evokes the book and film Mommie Dearest – a work her youngest children have long insisted was a distortion of the truth. Yet despite the controversy that clings to her legacy, there’s no denying Crawford’s immense talent and towering place in Hollywood history. Near the turn of the […]

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11th Nov2025

‘Bette Davis Collection’ Blu-ray Review (Warner Archive)

by Jason Lockard

When you think of classic Hollywood, few actresses stand taller than Bette Davis. Over her illustrious career, she delivered countless iconic performances and earned two Academy Awards, cementing her legacy as one of cinema’s greatest talents. Warner Archive Collection has been honouring legendary performers with beautifully curated Blu-ray releases, and now it’s Bette Davis’s turn […]

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11th Nov2025

‘Helloween’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ronan Summers, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Caroline Wilde, Michael Paré, Tee Blackwood, Ben Cluett, Simon Cluett, Tamsin Dean, Shenton Dixon | Written and Directed by Phil Claydon Phil Claydon’s Helloween arrives as a low-budget British slasher attempting to fuse the real-world “killer clown” panic of 2016 with a cult-driven horror narrative. Visually indebted to the […]

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10th Nov2025

‘Red Planet’ 4K UHD Review (Arrow Video)

by Jason Lockard

Stars: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker, Terence Stamp, Jessica Morton, Caroline Bossi, Bob Neill, Neil Ross | Written by Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin | Directed by Antony Hoffman 1950s sci-fi films often revolved around saving Earth from some imminent peril. Growing up on these movies, I loved every second of […]

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10th Nov2025

‘The Killgrin’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Konstantina Mantelos, Adam Tsekhman, Cristo Fernández, Peter MacNeill, Fuad Ahmed, Nobahar Dadui | Directed by Joanna Tsanis The Killgrin, the first feature-length film from Joanna Tsanis, is a mournful, slow-burning slice of supernatural horror that fuses creature-feature tension with a grounded portrait of grief. While it isn’t without its structural missteps, the film stands […]

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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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07th Nov2025

‘Creepshow 2’ 4K UHD Review (Arrow Video)

by Jason Lockard

Stars: George Kennedy, Philip Dore, Tom Savini, Dorothy Lamour, Paul Satterfield, Daniel Beer, Page Hannah, Lois Chiles, David Beecroft, Tom Wright | Written by George A. Romero, Stephen King, Lucille Fletcher | Directed by Michael Gornick When it comes to classic horror, few names command the same respect as George A. Romero and Stephen King. […]

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07th Nov2025

‘Monster Mash’ VOD Review

by George Thomas

Stars: Michael Madsen, Ethan Daniel Corbett, Emma Reinagel, Erik Celso Mann, Adam Slemon, Gabriel Pranter, Ian Hummel, Maddie Lane, Anna DeRusso, Michelle Bauer, Bix Krieger | Written and Directed by Jose Prendes The Asylum has built a name for itself through a steady stream of budget-conscious genre films that fully embrace their status as B-movie […]

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