27th Feb2025

‘Megalopolis’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

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 […]

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26th Feb2025

‘The Monkey’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Adam Scott, Christian Convery, Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Rohan Campbell, Colin O’Brien, Elijah Wood, Sarah Levy | Written and Directed by Osgood Perkins It was only seven months ago that Osgood Perkins delivered his most high-profile film yet, the unsettling work that was Longlegs, yet he has already returned to unleash onto audiences a […]

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26th Feb2025

‘I Heart Willie’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Sergio Rogalto, Micho Camacho, Craig Morgan, Maya Luna, Daniela Porras, David Vaughn | Written by David Vaughn | Directed by Alejandro G. Alegre In case the poster didn’t give it away, I Heart Willie is based on Steamboat Willie, the original version of Mickey Mouse. This marks yet another public domain horror film capitalizing […]

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26th Feb2025

‘Gladiator II’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, Derek Jacobi, Fred Hechinger, Rory McCann, Matt Lucas | Written by David Scarpa | Directed by Ridley Scott 24 years later and the sequel, which has been re-written, reworked, and felt like it would never come, has finally hit our screens. Soon after the […]

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25th Feb2025

‘Popeye’s Revenge’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Emily Rose Mogilner, Connor Powles, Bruno Cryan, Karolina Ugrenyuk, Fyn Phoenixx, Danielle Ronald, Steven Murphy, Kelly Rian Sanson | Written by Harry Boxley | Directed by William Stead The stream of public domain horror continues, this time it’s E.C. Segar’s iconic sailor Popeye who gets turned into a killer. The script by Harry Boxley, […]

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25th Feb2025

‘The Order’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Jude Law, Tye Sheridan, Marc Maron, George Tchortov, Daniel Yip, Daniel Doheny, Sebastian Pigott, Phillip Forest Lewitski | Written by Zach Baylin, Kevin Flynn, Gary Gerhardt | Directed by Justin Kurzel Justin Kurzel’s new film The Order acts as a history lesson that remains as relevant as ever, at times too relevant, […]

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24th Feb2025

‘The Brutalist’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola | Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold | Directed by Brady Corbet Dark screens are broken by the reading of a letter, and a scramble of people across the screen, all of them fighting to see their […]

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24th Feb2025

‘Everyone is Going To Die’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Brad Moore, Gledisa Arthur, Chiara D’Anna, Jaime Winstone, Richard Cotton | Written and Directed by Craig Tuohy Everyone Is Going to Die is a new thriller about Daniel (Brad Moore; They’re Outside, London Horror Story), a wealthy businessman who is trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter Imogen (Gledisa Arthur; EastEnders, Heckle) while she […]

21st Feb2025

‘Street Trash’ Blu-ray Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Sean Cameron Michael, Donna Cormack-Thomson, Suraya Rose Santos, Joe Vaz, Lloyd Martinez Newkirk, Shuraigh Meyer, Gary Green, Ryan Kruger, Warrick Grier | Written by Ryan Kruger, James C. Williamson | Directed by Ryan Kruger While remakes in general don’t bother me, I have to admit I didn’t think remaking Street Trash was a good […]

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21st Feb2025

‘Lifeline’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Josh Stewart, August Maturo, Judah Lewis, Charlene Amoia, Luke Benward, Craig Stark, P.L. Brown | Written by Brady Morell, Brian Price | Directed by Feras Alfuqaha Steven Thomas (Josh Stewart; The Collector, Cold Moon) is an aspiring writer who volunteers at Lifeline, a suicide prevention crisis centre. First-time feature director Feras Alfuqaha and writers […]

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20th Feb2025

‘Cleaner’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Daisy Ridley, Matthew Tuck, Clive Owen, Lee Boardman, Rufus Jones, Taz Skylar, Ruth Gemmell | Written by Matthew Orton, Simon Uttley, Paul Andrew Williams | Directed by Martin Campbell Since the original Die Hard took the world by storm in 1988, it has inspired countless sequels and knock-offs. Often built around the same basic […]

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20th Feb2025

‘Cronos’ Blu-ray Review (BFI)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Federico Luppi, Claudio Brook, Ron Perlman, Tamara Shanath, Margarita Isabel, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Farnesio de Bernal | Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos is a striking debut that foreshadows the filmmaker’s signature blend of horror, fantasy, and emotional depth. Though often overlooked in favour of his later works like […]

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19th Feb2025

‘Cara’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Elle O’Hara, Michaela Longden, Sarah Jane Duncan, Jacob Roberts, Johnny Vivash, Julie Hannan, David Howell | Written and Directed by Hayden Hewitt Credits rolling over, a montage of images that include dildos and men’s faces leering from computer monitors give way to a nightmarish hallucination sequence. Cara, a new psychological horror film from writer/director […]

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19th Feb2025

‘Blackhat’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Mark Allen

Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany | Written by Morgan Davis Foehl | Directed by Michael Mann About an hour into my viewing of Blackhat I was struggling to remain conscious from boredom. About an hour later I was glued to my seat, my eyes and ears on full alert for whatever the film was going to throw […]

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18th Feb2025

‘Mom’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Emily Hampshire, François Arnaud, Christian Convery, Tristan D. Lalla, Cat Lemieux, Erika Rosenbaum, Mariah Inger | Written by Adam O’Brien, Philip Kalin-Hajdu | Directed by Adam O’Brien Meredith is a struggling mother abandoned by her family and partner after the appalling death of their newborn son. Alone in her house after separating, she becomes […]

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18th Feb2025

‘Night of the Dead Sorority Babes’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jessa Flux, Ashleigh Amberlynn, Mel Heflin, Kelsey Livengood, Angel Nichole Bradford, Anna Clary, Mia Katz, Lynn Lowry, Ann Myrna | Written by Steve Hermann | Directed by Angel Nichole Bradford, Steve Hermann Horror films and sorority houses are a combination that go back at least as far as 1957’s Blood of Dracula and 1961’s […]

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18th Feb2025

‘In Tenebras: Into the Darkness’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Michael Paré, Costas Mandylor, Anthony Loddo, Johan Wickholm, Rebecca Davis, Tayah Kansik | Written and Directed by Martin Nuza In Tenebras: Into the Darkness begins with text telling us that at the end of World War II, a German U-boat was seized off the coast of Gibraltar. Its contents were hidden somewhere in the […]

17th Feb2025

Berlinale 2025: ‘Mickey 17’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Holliday Grainger | Written and Directed by Bong Joon Ho Writer-director Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer) returns to futuristic sci-fi for this space exploration thriller based on the 2022 novel by Edward Ashton (entitled Mickey7). As such, it’s not without its flaws, but it’s still […]

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17th Feb2025

‘The Gorge’ Review (Apple TV+)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Sigourney Weaver, Sope Dirisu | Written by Zach Dean | Directed by Scott Derrickson Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy; The Northman, The Witch) is a sniper for hire and business has been good. At least until she finds out her identity has been compromised. Needing to drop out of site for a […]

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14th Feb2025

‘Heart Eyes’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Jordana Brewster, Devon Sawa | Written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, Michael Kennedy | Directed by Josh Ruben Directed by Josh Ruben, Heart Eyes is a darkly comic Valentines-themed slasher with considerable franchise potential. To that end, it’s co-scripted by some of the writers behind the […]

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14th Feb2025

‘Inhabitants’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Anna Jacoby, Josh Andres Rivera, Ana Auther, Todd Robert Anderson, Kevin Nealon | Written and Directed by Matt McClung Inhabitants, not to be confused with The Inhabitant, is the story of Olivia (Anna Jacoby; Finding Carter, Stranger Things) and her boyfriend Francis (Josh Andres Rivera; The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, […]

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13th Feb2025

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Blake Nelson | Written by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onah, Peter Glanz | Directed by Julius Onah Anthony Mackie steps into the title role for the fourth movie in the MCU’s Captain America series, following the events of […]

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