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 Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel (that literally nobody was asking for) to Ridley Scott’s 2000 masterpiece, arrives burdened with high expectations and lofty aspirations. Unfortunately, while […]
Stars: Paul Marlon, Aaron Sidwell, Charlene Aldridge, May Jones, Stanley Clarke, Tia Owomoyela, Jake Canuso, Alana Wallace, Jay James, Sam Anthony, Otto Jäger, Dan Richardson, Cynthia Rothrock, Eric Roberts, Joseph Millson | Written and Directed by Paul Knight Fyre Rises is the story of Richard Fyre (Paul Marlon; War Blade, Renegades) who was once a […]
Stars: Eva Green, George Iskandar, Maria Bakalova, Ruby Rose, Emily Bruni, Jojo T. Gibbs, Rona-Lee Shimon | Written by Martin Campbell, Alissa Sullivan Haggis, Jonas McCord | Directed by Martin Campbell Martin Campbell’s Dirty Angels opens in Afghanistan in 2021. Jake (Eva Green; Nocebo, Dark Shadows) and her team are in a very bad spot. […]
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey | Written by Todd Phillips, Scott Silver | Directed by Todd Phillips Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to Todd Phillips’ 2019 hit Joker, is an ambitious but ultimately misguided attempt to blend psychological drama with musical fantasy. While the original film’s […]
Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, Alessandro Nivola, Fred Hechinger, Ariana DeBose, Christopher Abbott, Levi Miller | Written by Richard Wenk, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway | Directed by J.C. Chandor A beefed-up Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars in this superhero action thriller, the sixth and reportedly final entry in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), following Morbius, Madame Web and […]
Stars: Brey Noelle, Brian Spangler, Jim Azelvandre, Kayla Royko, KateLynn E. Newberry, LeJon Woods | Written by Mark Andrew Hamer, Russ Lindway | Directed by Mark Andrew Hamer Replicator, the new film from director Mark Andrew Hamer (The Hunting, What the Ride Reveals) and co-writer Russ Lindway (Yes, This Is Comedy!) comes with a wonderfully […]
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: Madison Wolfe, Brec Bassinger, Gavin Warren, Ali Larter, Sean Astin, Tom Gillen, Skai Jackson, Noah Lomax | Written by Warren Skeels, Sharon Y. Cobb | Directed by Warren Skeels Based in part on the real-life crimes of Billy Mansfield Jr., The Man in the White Van is a 1970s set thriller from director Warren […]
Stars: Jasper Jones, Jay Dunn, John R. Howley, Tori Wong, Andrew Bell | Written and Directed by Andrew Bell Vampires and vampirism have been used as metaphors for many things over the years, one of which is drug addiction. Films as diverse as Ganja and Hess, Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction, Daybreakers, and Bliss have made […]
Stars: Patrick Brice, Mark Duplass | Written by Patrick Brice, Mark Duplass | Directed by Patrick Brice Lauded as one of Empire’s 50 best horrors of the 21st Century, Creep is a product of the “mumblecore” era of genre filmmaking, some would say pioneered by this film’s star Mark Duplass; whose feature prior to this, Safety Not Guaranteed, […]
Stars: Caspar Phillipson, Katharina Sporrer, Christopher de Courcy-Ireland, Danny Thykær, Adam Kitchen | Written and Directed by Jonas Kvist Jensen A woman finds herself kidnapped and entrapped in the enclosed space of a speeding car’s trunk, wearing her wedding dress, and with her phone as the only available tool. The situation deteriorates gradually as a […]
Stars: Jade Pettyjohn, JoJo Siwa, Jennifer Ens, Justin Derickson, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Julian Haig, Cardi Wong, Peter Giles, Jack Doupe-Smith | Written by Josh Sims, Jessica Sarah Flaum, John Baldecchi | Directed by Marcus Dunstan Sarah (Jade Pettyjohn) and her aspiring influencer friends spend the night in a holiday rental on their way to a […]
Stars: Jennifer Taylor, Adrienne Thomas, Matthew Lawrence, Paul London, Donna Lawrence, Anna Damergis | Written by Anna Damergis, Andrew Lawrence, Donna Lawrence, Tim Schaaf | Directed by Andrew Lawrence The Baby Snatcher, also known under numerous monikers including Baby Dust and Maternal Sin, and released on the Lifetime network in the US under the more […]
Stars: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Snowden, Emmett Snowden, Jessica Harper, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Archana Rajan, Nate Heller | Written by Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder | Directed by Marielle Heller Six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams stars in Nightbitch, a lycanthropic motherhood allegory from Can You Ever Forgive Me? director Marielle Heller. Adapted from the […]
It’s time for another installment of VOD Vault – taking a look at some on-demand releases that have hit various VOD platforms recently. This time round we’ve got a couple of genre films that have flown under the radar of mainstream media… DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL Stars: Kristanna Loken, Martin Kove, Gabrielle Kalomiris, Jesse […]
Stars: Mike Capes, David Shackelford, Sean Astin, Sandy Martin, Caitlin McHugh, Bobby Gilchrist, Larry Hankin, Bill Kottkamp | Written by Mike Capes, Johnny Wickham | Directed by Mike Hermosa The Tyler Corporation has finally figured out how to engineer a prehistoric raptor genetically, but they didn’t stop there… they also made it invisible. Unfortunately for […]
Features the voices of: Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki, Kenji Nojima | Written by Makoto Fukami, Tow Ubukata | Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani In 2118, the Japanese government has enforced a mandatory system known as Sibyl, which uses software to analyze the criminal tendencies and capability of the general public. When the chief inspector of the […]
Stars: Shanti Lowry, Sophia Ali, Andrew Howard | Written by Blyth Kemp | Directed by Mike Ho Persona managed to give me a shock before I even started watching it. Its IMDB entry lists it as running two hours and twenty-one minutes, which seemed a bit excessive for the film’s plot. Thankfully, when I put […]
Stars: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, Yuya Endo, Kisuke Iida, Sae Nagatani, Ozuno Nakamura | Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki Nearly 70 years since Godzilla first appeared on-screen, the king of the monsters has headlined almost 40 feature films along with a few TV shows. […]
