26th Jan2024

Sundance 2024: ‘A Real Pain’ Review

by Jasmine Valentine

Stars: Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Olha Bosova, Banner Eisenberg, Jakub Gasowski, Will Sharpe, Daniel Oreskes, Liza Sadovy, Kurt Egyiawan, Jennifer Grey | Written and Directed by Jesse Eisenberg Cousins David (Jessie Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) Kaplan are brought together after the death of their Grandmother, who left them money in her will to embark […]

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26th Jan2024

‘Create or Die’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Features: David Axe, John Valley, Morgan Shaley Renew, Caylin Brooke Sams, Peter Castro, Cleve Langdale, Brendan Thompson, Aaron Blomberg | Directed by Sarah Massey With a filmography that includes the likes of Bae Wolf, House Monster, and Lection, David Axe is a filmmaker who loves the story of making a movie as much as the […]

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26th Jan2024

‘Bakemono’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Takashi Irie, Yukina Takase, Yurika Natsume, Miki Nomura, Laila Chiba, Scott Anthony, Dominic Early, Setsuka Akiyama, Takumi Isaji, Marilyn Kawakami | Written and Directed by Doug Roos In Tokyo, an exasperated woman wheels her suitcase to the AirBnB that she has rented. After entering the apartment, she is surprised by how creepy the location is, […]

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25th Jan2024

Sundance 2024: ‘Thelma’ Review

by Jasmine Valentine

Stars: June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Richard Roundtree, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Quinn Beswick, Hilda Boulware, Nicole Byer | Written and Directed by Josh Margolin 93-year-old Thelma (Squibb) falls prey to a phone scam claiming to be her grandson Danny (Fred Hechinger), threatening a harsh but phony prison sentence if she doesn’t forward $10,000. […]

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25th Jan2024

‘Project Dorothy’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Tim DeZarn, Adam Budron, George Henry Horton, Emily Rafala, Olivia Scott, Danielle Harris | Written by George Henry Horton, Ryan Scaringe | Directed by George Henry Horton Project Dorothy opens with 1990s vintage footage of a huge factory with robotic machinery, smiling faces in the offices, and lots of forklifts. But something went wrong […]

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25th Jan2024

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kat Conner Sterling, David Lind, Christian Stokes, Joseph Poliquin | Written by Scott Cawthon, Seth Cuddeback, Emma Tammi | Directed by Emma Tammi It’s an established fact that popular video games rarely make good movies, and so it proves with Five Nights at […]

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24th Jan2024

‘The Seeding’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil  | Written and Directed by Barnaby Clay The Seeding certainly has one of the most memorable opening shots in recent history, a filthy toddler wanders across the desert gnawing on what looks like a teething biscuit. Until the camera pulls in, and we see that it’s a human finger. […]

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23rd Jan2024

‘The Haunting of the Queen Mary’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Nell Hudson, Wil Coban, Florrie Wilkinson, Alice Eve, Joel Fry, Lenny Rush, Sophia Dunn-Walker, Wesley Alfvin, Maddison Nixon | Written by Tom Vaughan | Directed by Gary Shore Horrors on the high sea are a common enough theme, from Ghost Ship and Deathship to The Haunting of the Mary Celeste and Titanic 666 there […]

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23rd Jan2024

‘Ninja vs Shark’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Julia Nagano, Yuichi Nakamura, Kohshu Kirano, Shun Nishime, Kanon Miyahara | Written by Junichiro Ashiki | Directed by Kôichi Sakamoto With a title like Ninja vs Shark you might think this is another Mark Polonia film along the lines of Sharkula or Shark Encounters of the Third Kind. Or maybe one of the more […]

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22nd Jan2024

‘On The Line’ VOD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Victoria Lucie, Royce Pierreson, Harriet Walter, Joanne Rogers, Thomas Bliss, Sally Geake, Richard Heap, Chris Donnelly | Written and Directed by Oliver Pearn For his feature debut, writer/director Oliver Pearn crafts a story set in 1964 on Aldernay (one of the Channel Islands). Agnes (Victoria Lucie) works as a telephone operator to connect the whole […]

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22nd Jan2024

‘Punch’ VOD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Alina Allison, Kierston Wareing, Jamie Lomas, Faye Campbell, Macaulay Cooper, Daniel Fathers, Sarah Alexandra Marks, Mark Sears, Marc Outbreak | Written and Directed by Andy Edwards Having previously worked on films such as Midnight Peepshow, Graphic Designs, and The Ghosts of Monday, writer/director/producer Andy Edwards opens Punch with the sight of a young woman standing […]

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19th Jan2024

‘Prepare to Die’ Review (Tubi Original)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Ryan Padilla, Lorenzo Lamas, Zhan Wang, Craig Ng, Alyssa Leanne So, Rylan Williams, Paula Rae-Taylor, Andrew Pinon, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Michael Madsen | Written by Jose Montesinos, Jacob David Smith | Directed by Jose Montesinos Prepare to Die, the new Tubi original from director Jose Montesinos (From the Depths, Five Star Murder) and co-writer […]

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19th Jan2024

‘Wanted Man’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Aaron McPherson, Michael Paré, Christina Villa, Daniela Soto-Brenner | Written by Dolph Lundgren, Hank Hugues, Michael Worth | Directed by Dolph Lundgren The press release for Wanted Man describes writer/director/star Dolph Lundgren’s character like this, “Johansen is an ageing detective, whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent […]

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18th Jan2024

‘Aftermath’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Fruzsina Nagy, Edward Apeagyei, Eric Roberts, Sally Kirkland, James Duval, Péter Inoka | Written by József Gallai, Derek C. Block | Directed by Gergö Elekes, József Gallai The latest work from Hungarian directors Gergö Elekes and József Gallai, a voiceover opens Aftermath to establish this world where humanity is on the verge of an […]

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16th Jan2024

‘Destroy All Neighbors’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jonah Ray, Ryan Kattner, Kiran Deol, Randee Heller, Alex Winter, Jon Daly, Thomas Lennon, Kumail Nanjiani | Written by Mike Benner, Jared Logan, Charles A. Pieper | Directed by Josh Forbes Revolving around two things many of us know all too well, neighbours from hell and writer’s block, Destroy All Neighbors is an over-the-top […]

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16th Jan2024

‘Fear’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Joseph Sikora, Annie Ilonzeh, Iddo Goldberg, Ruby Modine, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Andrew Bachelor, Tyler Abron, Terrence Jenkins, Jessica Allain, Michele McCormick | Written by John Ferry, Deon Taylor | Directed by Deon Taylor Fear begins with the sound of a tape being placed in a VCR followed by extremely glitchy footage of author Rom […]

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15th Jan2024

‘One More Shot’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Scott Adkins, Waleed Elgadi, Tom Berenger, Meena Rayann, Michael Jai White, Aaron Toney | Written by Jamie Russell | Directed by James Nunn Not only is One More Shot filmed with the illusion of being one long take like its predecessor 2021’s One Shot, it does something more important. It reunites director James Nunn […]

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12th Jan2024

‘Night Swim’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Gavin Warren, Amélie Hoeferle, Jodi Long, Eddie Martinez, Elijah J. Roberts, Rahnuma Panthaky, Ben Sinclair, Ellie Araiza | Written by Bryce McGuire, Rod Blackhurst | Directed by Bryce McGuire Released in 2014, Bryce McGuire and Rod Blackhurst made a proof-of-concept short film called Night Swim. Citing inspirations such as Jaws, […]

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12th Jan2024

‘Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Features the voices of: Nolan North, Matt Bomer, Jensen Ackles, Darren Criss, Ashleigh LaThrop, Ike Amadi, Zachary Quinto, Jonathan Adams, Stana Katic, Lou Diamond Phillips | Written by James Krieg | Directed by Jeff Wamester Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One is, the first part of a trilogy adapting one of the […]

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11th Jan2024

‘The Beekeeper’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jason Statham, Phylicia Rashad, Josh Hutcherson, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jemma Redgrave, Minnie Driver, Jeremy Irons | Written by Kurt Wimmer | Directed by David Ayer You can add The Beekeeper to the long list of action movies named for the jobs their protagonist took up after laying down their weapons and trying to live a […]

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11th Jan2024

‘The Piper’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Julian Sands, Charlotte Hope, Aoibhe O’Flanagan, Pippa Winslow, Philipp Christopher | Written and Directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen What are the chances that two films called The Piper, both horror films involving the legend of The Pied Piper, would come out in the same year? And that both would be hard to see? While I […]

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11th Jan2024

‘Dream Scenario’ Video Review

by Kevin Haldon

Written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself), Dream Scenario stars Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage and Julianne Nicholson, and tells the stoary of a hapless family man (Cage) who finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, […]

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