Stars: John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters, Sam Peckinpah, Franco Nero | Written by Luciano Comici, Robert Mundi | Directed by Giulio Paradisi Back in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, cinema became obsessed with stories of supernatural possession. Classics like Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, and The Omen proved just how popular […]
88 Films have been putting out some truly super-deluxe Blu-ray releases of classic Asian cinema, and their OBI Strip editions continue to be among the most eye-catching. For those unfamiliar, an OBI strip is a narrow band of paper that wraps around the spine or edge of Japanese vinyl records, CDs, or Blu-rays, typically displaying […]
Stars: Michael Edwards, Beni Alexander, Henning Baum, Tom Berenger, Patrick Cage, Rodney Damon Collins, Esteban Cueto, Mark Dacascos, Caitlin Hutson, Connie Jackson | Written by Michael Edwards, Josh Tessier | Directed by Josh Tessier “Let’s take him to the farm.” From writer-director Josh Tessier comes The Sheriff, a small-town Western that details the personal and […]
Stars: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Bill Camp, Topher Grace, Ed Harris, Zach Woods, Raff Law | Written and Directed by John Patton Ford Written and directed by John Patton Ford, How To Make A Killing is a remake of the classic Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which impoverished Dennis Price […]
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Akira Emoto | Written by Hikari, Stephen Blahut | Directed by Hikari Following her work on acclaimed TV shows such as Tokyo Vice and Beef, Hikari makes her English-language feature debut with Rental Family, a gentle tale about finding where you belong despite the unfamiliar […]
Stars: Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Chong-Leen | Directed by Ching Siu-tung Ching Siu-tung is best known for directing the classic A Chinese Ghost Story, but a few years earlier he helmed what would go on to become one of the most celebrated martial arts films of the 1980s. Released in 1983, Duel to the […]
Stars: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Colman Domingo, Bethany Weaver, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang | Written by Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox | Directed by Jon M. Chu For a story that’s so critical of “black and white” perceptions, Wicked: For Good‘s reviews have been incredibly polarised. It has […]
Stars: David Haydn, Samantha Cochran, Natalia Montgomery Fernandez, Elena Musser, Teo Planell, María Romanillos, Lawson Greyson, Riley Nottingham, Jenna Hogan, Jake Ellsworth, Michael J. Sielaff, Stephen Gurewitz, Carl William Garrison, Jeff Harms, Noah Diamond | Directed by Bryan M. Ferguson, Anna Zlokovic, Paco Plaza, Casper Kelly, Alex Ross Perry, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman Ever since […]
Kevin sits down to review the latest film to star award-winning actor Stephen Graham, Heel, also known as The Good Boy, which comes from acclaimed Polish director Jan Komasa (Suicide Room, Corpus Christi). A 19-year-old criminal, Tommy, is kidnapped and forced into a rehabilitation process by a dysfunctional couple, Chris and Kathryn, who try to […]
Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Wayne Knight, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich | Written by Scott Cawthorn | Directed by Emma Tammi Based on the popular video game series, the first Five Nights at Freddy’s movie became a monster hit in 2023, despite largely lacklustre reviews. Now there’s a sequel, the unimaginatively titled Five […]
Stars: Charlotte Ritchie, Tanya Moodie, Nicholas Asbury, Raj Ghatak, Luke McQueen, Nick Helm | Written and Directed by Jim Owen For his feature debut, writer/director Jim Owen opens Hostages with a sight that will be familiar to viewers: people constantly on their phones. Included among them is Charlie (Charlotte Ritchie), an influencer whose content consists […]
Features the voices of: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, Idris Elba, Shakira, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, Danny Trejo | Written by Jared Bush | Directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard A little long for a kids’ film, Zootropolis 2 clearly had points to make, but perhaps not one hour […]
Stars: Kotona Minami, Terunosuke Takezai, Tetta Seki, Shunsuke Tanaka, Takeo Gozu, Atsuko Sakurai | Written by Yoshimasa Akamatsu | Directed by Jirô Nagae There is something eerie to being in a store at a late hour, where the usual hustle and bustle of people searching for their desired items is replaced with empty aisles and […]
Stars: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, David Lawrence Brown, David Tomlinson, Mark Acheson, Logan Sawyer, Erik Alhavale, Rick Skene, James Durham, Sharon Bajer, Tom Young, Krystle Snow | Written by Paul Caimi, Michael Hicke, Mike P. Nelson | Directed by Mike P. Nelson Directed by Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics, Wrong Turn), Christmas slasher Silent Night, […]
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 he latest film from British director Edgar Wright is a remake of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, adapted from […]
Stars: Kristen Kaster, Sasha Ormond, Matthew Ninaber, Justin Bott, Matt Daciw, James Fler, Wes Hill | Written by Dave McLeod | Directed by Gabriel Carrer I’ll be honest, I was hoping for a slasher involving a cyclist (a description of a film I have actually seen before, but completely forgotten the name of). Death Cycle […]
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Magaro, Jeannie Berlin, Matthew Maher, Linda Emond, Zlatko Buric | Written and Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film as writer-director (following The Lost Daughter) is this deliciously deranged mash-up of The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Bonnie and Clyde […]
Featuring the voices of: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco, Eduardo Franco, Aparna Nancherla, Tom Law, Sam Richardson, Melissa Villaseñor, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Steve Purcell, Ego Nwodim, Nichole Sakura, Meryl Streep, Karen Hule, Vanessa Bayer | Written by Jesse Andrews | Directed by Daniel Chong Pixar make a welcome return to […]
Stars: Max the Impaler, Fabianne Therese, Seann William Scott, Russ Tiller, Michalina Scorzelli, Kate Cobb, Ethan Suplee | Written by Rod Blackhurst, Brandon Weavil | Directed by Rod Blackhurst Dolly is a brutal, skin-crawling slasher that wastes no time making its intentions clear. What starts as a romantic woodland proposal quickly turns into a nightmare when […]
Stars: Sammo Hung, Tony Leung, Joyce Godenzi, Carina Lau, Sandra Ng, Wah Yuen, Pik-Wan Tang, Agnes Aurelio | Directed by Corey Yuen Joyce Godenzi first came to prominence as the winner of the Miss Hong Kong pageant of 1984. After winning the pageant, she would transition to films, starting with her film debut, The Seventh […]
Stars: Myles Clohessy, William H. Macy, Thomas Jane, Ryan Masson, Armie Hammer, Eli Brown, Mary Stickley | Written by Harry Whittington, S. Craig Zahler | Directed by Travis Mills “If I have to discipline him myself, it will be severe.” From Travis Mills comes a lengthy, talkative, and slow-paced Western in the name of Frontier […]
