Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Grant, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Freya Parker, Keegan-Michael Key, Colin O’Brien, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Charlotte Ritchie, Phil Wang | Written by Paul King, Simon Farnaby | Directed by Paul King Paul King has worked some of his Paddington heart and magic to create a […]
Stars: Thom Yorke, Dajana Roncione, Frida Dam Seidel, Joseba Yerro Izaguirre, Jean Michael Sinisterra Munoz, Takuya Fujisawa | Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson In between feature films Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson directed a 15-minute musical film that was released on Netflix in June 2019. This accompaniment to Thom Yorke’s titular album […]
Stars: Lizzie Willis, Rula Lenska, Steve Wraith, Jon-Paul Gates, Nigel Troup, Rikki Kimpton, Lila Sarner, Nikol Atanasova | Written and Directed by Richard John Taylor Considering he has already released three films in 2023, writer/director Richard John Taylor (Haunting of Pendle Hill, Huntress of Auschwitz) continues his busy streak with this take on Alice In […]
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Nick Offerman, Genneya Walton, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Madison Thomas, Chris Redd, Robin Thede, David Alan Grier, Ken Marino, Timothy Simons, Danielle Pinnock | Written by Kelly Younger | Directed by Reginald Hudlin It seems streaming services have realised in the last few years that a good Christmas film […]
Stars: Ava Cantrell, Hermione Lynch, Karimah Westbrook, Tren Reed-Brown, Trace Talbot | Written by Gunnar Garrett | Directed by Melissa Vitello In 1976 Abigail (Ava Cantrell; Lights Out, Exit 13) and her mother Eve (Hermione Lynch; Laced, We Are CVNT5) arrive in East Nowhere Alabama. Eve tells their new neighbours Donna (Karimah Westbrook; Suburbicon, The […]
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 Bakemono, the film’s title card informs us, is Japanese for monster, a combination of “bake” which means changing or transforming and “mono” which means thing or creature. And […]
Stars: Michael Bonini, Maddie Lane, Ben VanderMey, Rebecca Stoughton, Cooper Drippe, Sarah Buchanan | Written by Zalman Band | Directed by Danny Draven Since The Asylum doesn’t have something to release at the moment, Full Moon Pictures has graciously stepped up and given us Bad CGI Gator. With a self-referential title designed to deflect criticism […]
Stars: Ben Radcliffe, John Travolta, Claire Price, Scarlet Grace, Iwan Bond, Simon Wilson, Millie Kent, Steven Mackintosh | Written and Directed by Iain Softley I don’t usually cover shorts, I always seem to have more features to review than I do time, but I had to make an exception for The Shepherd. I remembered reading […]
Stars: Robbie Amell, Leighton Meester, Michael Hitchcock, Kathryn Greenwood, Veronika Slowikowska, Steven Huy | Written by Dan Steele | Directed by Jonah Feingold Continuing my new Christmas movie watching for Nerdly, EXmas features on the Amazon-linked app Freevee, and sees Graham (Robbie Amell) surprise his family at Christmas only to discover that his ex-fiancée, Ali […]
Stars: Meredith VanCuyk, Joey Heyworth, Missy Jane, Cortney Davis, Sean Dillingham, George Nelson, Brenda Jean Foley | Written by Scott Gore, Matt Midgette | Directed by Mitesh Kumar Patel Gabbi Reynolds (Meredith VanCuyk; Outsiders, Sitting in Bars with Cake) has been sent to check some property the developer she works for has bought near Jerome, […]
Directed and co-written by John Curran (Stone, The Senator) and starring Luke Bracey, Huw Higginson and Toby Jones, Mercy Road tells the story of a flawed everyman who commits a crime and soon learns how far he is willing to go to save his child. After committing an impulsive, vicious crime while searching for his […]
Stars: Becca Hirani, Sarah T. Cohen, Connor Powles, May Kelly, Rita Di Tuccio, Ella Starbuck, Katiris Cooper, Asian Dixon, Keith Myles, Kate Sandison | Written by Craig McLearie | Directed by Chase Martins I was a big fan of 2021’s Medusa, aka Medusa: Queen of Serpents, mainly down to the brilliant performance from Megan Purvis […]
Stars: Sarah T. Cohen, Amber Doig-Thorne, May Kelly, Benjamin Colbourne, Nikolai Leon, Matthew Baunsgard, Richard Kovacs, Leah Glater, Bao Tieu | Written by Craig McLearie | Directed by Fred Searle What’s that? Sarah T. Cohen, Amber Doig-Thorne AND May Kelly all starring together in another Scott Jeffrey production? Colour me intrigued… This trio are three […]
Stars: Jason Brooks, Eden Campbell, Collin Fischer, Esha More | Written and Directed by Jeremy Rudd Die’ced opens on Halloween 1987 when a couple of nurses realize they’ve released the wrong patient. This allows one of them to deliver a long monologue telling us all about Benjamin Newman (Jason Brooks; The Barn Part II, Zombiegeddon). […]
Stars: Natasha Tosini, Danielle Scott, Chrissie Wunna, Gillian Broderick, Jase Rivers, Kelly Rian Sanson, Stephen Staley, Lila Lasso, Marcus Massey, Jamie Littlewood, Vitaliya Dias | Written by Harry Boxley, Charles Solly, James Solly | Directed by Charles Solly We’re back in Jagged Edge Productions territory with Snake Hotel, which stars Scott Jeffrey regular Danielle Scott […]
Stars: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Mads Mikkelsen | Written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp | Directed by James Mangold Indiana Jones is back. This time around he’s back to fight nazis and chase down another McGuffin. It’s a […]
Written and directed by Orson Oblowitz and starring Terrence Howard, Dolph Lundgren and Amanda Righetti, Showdown at the Grand is a gripping film that combines the elements of suspense, betrayal, and high-stakes drama. A proud movie theater owner must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star as art imitates life […]
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett, Mark Bonnar, Paul Rhys, Ben Miles, Riana Duce, Ludivine Sagnier, Edouard Philipponnat, Miles Jupp, Scott Handy, Youssef Kerkour | Written by David Scarpa | Directed by Ridley Scott “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” – one of cinema’s most famous quotes from John Ford’s 1962 […]
Stars: Ludacris, Lil Rey Howery, Madison Skye Validum, Teyonah Parris, Oscar Nuñez, Ravi Patel, Marcus Lewis, Mary Lynn Rajskub | Written by Scott Rosenberg | Directed by Tim Story Not only do Disney have a second season of The Santa Clauses being released this holiday season, they also have a handful of new festive movies […]
