Eileen (Sara Mitich) is dreaming. A strange, hazy dream involving her and her young daughter Eve (Evie Loiselle) on a sunny beach. While Eve plays in the sand, she sings “Life is but a dream”. And the dream is interspersed with violent visions of Eileen facing off against heavily armed soldiers in some kind of […]
From the producers of “47 meters down”, Fall is a movie with a fairly basic concept that actually manages to deliver a pretty nail-biting edge-of-your-seat experience. And, if you’re afraid of heights, it’s going to feel like you’re watching a horror movie! When I first saw the teaser trailer for this, I thought it was one of
Arriving on Netflix today, The Sandman is a new series based on the award-winning DC comic series by Neil Gaiman. The original comic series ran for 75 issues between 1989 and 1996, made the New York Times Bestseller List, and continues to be one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. And, surprise
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After the brilliant Thor: Ragnarok (which received a 5-star rating from me!), the prospect of Taika Waititi returning to not only direct but also write Love and Thunder was certainly an exciting one. Sure enough, the trailer looked as though we were about to get another winner – great soundtrack, incredible visuals, and a good
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Set in 1978 and featuring a desaturated colour palette to match, The Black Phone plays nicely on the nightmares of anyone who grew up during that period of time and the era of ‘Stranger Danger’. The bad man that takes kids from the streets in an unmarked van, posters dotted around town pleading for information
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I have no issue at all with bees; bees are lovely. However, during the warmer months, when flies are constantly finding their way into the house, I can’t help feeling that they have it in for me, which can cause me to get a little… cranky. Why else would they repeatedly buzz around me instead
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As Isla Nublar succumbed to a violent volcanic eruption in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the final act also set up some interesting ideas to be pursued in a follow-up movie. We were introduced to Maisie Lockwood, granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Lockwood, who was an old business partner of John Hammond, only for Maisie to be
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This is a spoiler-free review for episodes 1 to 5 of season 3. Season 2 of The Boys did a fantastic job of tying up multiple plot threads in both an entertaining and satisfying way, while still managing to set up and tease some exciting new ones for season 3. With Stormfront left badly burned
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Shut In is the first original film to come from right-wing news site The Daily Wire, as part of their promise to “make conservative movies to take on liberal Hollywood”. If you can put aside the history and beliefs of some of those involved in the production of Shut In (I was completely oblivious beforehand,
Shattered is a home invasion thriller coming to digital download from 16th May. It’s got twists and turns you’ll see coming a mile off, some questionable acting and decision making by some of its characters, a dash of gratuitous nudity and John Malkovich starring as a pervert. But, despite all of that, I actually found
The first season of Undone was probably my favourite TV show of 2019. It was a trippy, sci-fi drama dealing with grief, trauma and mental illness, all beautifully told using wonderfully effective rotoscope animation. That style of animation provided a huge sense of realism while allowing for the more trippy aspects of the story to
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Operation Mincemeat tells the strange but true story of an elaborate scheme that was formulated by British intelligence during the second world war in a bid to fool the Nazis into believing that they were invading Greece, and not their intended target of Sicily. It stars Colin Firth along with a host of well known
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In cinemas from April 1st and on digital from April 4th, Homebound is the feature film debut of writer/director Sebastian Godwin, a horror film that attempts to put an unsettling new spin on the familiar stepmother trope we’ve seen so many times before. Recently married couple Richard (Tom Goodman-Hill) and Holly (Aisling Loftus) are travelling
Produced by Sam Raimi and starring Sandra Oh, Umma (the Korean word for mother) is a horror movie that deals with generational trauma and mother-daughter relationships. After a run of watching some truly awful horror movies recently, I went into this one really hoping for a change in my luck… An ambiguous opening sequence leads
It’s 1999. James (Harry Shum Jr.) is a video archivist, working the late-night shift in a Chicago basement where he is currently logging old TV shows. He lives alone, following the disappearance of his wife Hannah three years ago, and regularly attends a support group for people whose loved ones are missing. While at work
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Coming to Netflix on March 18th, Black Crab is a Swedish action thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world torn apart by war. Directed by Adam Berg and starring Noomi Rapace, it’s a great looking film with war elements that really manage to strike a chord, with everything that’s currently going on in the world. Caroline
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