Kelly (Brittany Ashworth) and Sophie (Anaïs Parello) are staying in a cabin near the foot of the Dolomite mountains in Italy, preparing to make the climb early the next morning. Their peaceful preparations are soon interrupted by the arrival of four very loud men who are staying in a nearby cabin and are clearly very […]
The Cuphead Show is a 12 episode animation series, coming to Netflix on February 18th. It is based on the critically acclaimed run-and-gun 2017 video game Cuphead (aka Cuphead: “Don’t Deal with the Devil”), originally an Xbox console exclusive, before making its way onto the Nintendo Switch, which was where I first encountered it. Inspired
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Moonfall is the latest movie from German writer/director Roland Emmerich, the man behind disaster blockbusters such as Independence Day, 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow. If you’ve seen the trailer for Moonfall, you’ll have gathered that this is yet another completely bonkers disaster movie from the guy who loves destroying things on a huge scale.
As the camera drifts across a scorched desert it settles on a small oasis of green and a large glasshouse that is nestled among the lush vegetation. Housed within the glasshouse are a family of survivors in a world that has been all but lost to a major pandemic. Yes, Glasshouse is yet another pandemic
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I usually kick off my reviews of book or graphic novel adaptations by talking about how I don’t really read very much, so have no point of reference for the movie/TV version that I’ve watched. Well, despite the fact that I have actually started reading a fair bit since the first lockdown, I’m yet to
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Directed by Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley is based on a 1946 noir novel by William Lindsay Gresham, having already received a movie adaptation back in 1947. It’s the directors star-studded follow up to his best picture winner The Shape of Water, only this time around the only monsters to be found are those of
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Pitched as Midsommar meets Wrong Turn, The Devil to Pay is a revenge thriller from director/writers Lane and Ruckus Skye, headed to digital platforms on 17th January. Not being a fan of Midsommar, the implied resemblance here was initially of some concern, but thankfully I needn’t have worried in the slightest. Our setting is the
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I made a conscious decision this year to try and watch a lot more low budget, lesser-known movies than I have done in previous years. However, despite the fact that I did end up watching some real gems this year, much smaller movies that I actually rated really highly, my top 5 for 2021 is
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Coming to Netflix from November 28, Elves is a six-part Danish series from the creators and executive producers behind The Rain. It’s a Christmas tale, but with a little touch of horror thrown in for good measure. Perfect. A family of four are travelling by ferry to a remote Danish island for a Christmas break
There was a lot of negativity surrounding the 2016 Ghostbusters movie and the introduction of a new all-female team of Ghostbusters. I personally didn’t feel before seeing the movie that any of that negativity was warranted or necessary, even though the trailers really didn’t do it any justice, but I actually ended up quite enjoying
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Arriving on Netflix tomorrow (November 19th), Hellbound is the latest Korean drama hoping to take the world by storm with an outlandish and violent storyline. Developed by writer/director Yeon Sang-Ho (Train to Busan, Peninsula) and illustrator Choi Kyu-Seok, this 6 part series has been adapted from their own webtoon “The Hell” and features a killer
Set in the near future (and featuring the now-obligatory reference to the latest variant of Covid that the world is now dealing with!) Warning is a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that explores the meaning of life through a number of interconnected stories. There’s no getting away from the comparisons to Black Mirror you’ll be making as
In the USA, the FBI reports that ‘Sextortion’ is currently the single largest growing threat to children on the internet, with only five states having made it a felony. In #Like, writer/director Sarah Pirozek gives us a look at one girl’s grief as she tries to come to terms with her sister’s suicide, and the
Eric Black (Tom Hughes) is struggling to come to terms with the recent death of his wife Rachel (Gaia Weiss), who was carrying his unborn child at the time. His house is untidy, he’s not going to work and he’s being haunted by some pretty disturbing visions and dreams. The details surrounding her death are
IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, is now available in the UK. The ad-supported streaming service debuts with IMDb TV Originals Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary, Moment of Truth, and Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, as well as a library of thousands of popular movies and television
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No One Gets Out Alive is based on the 2014 horror novel by British author Adam Nevill. Available to stream on Netflix from today, it tells the story of Ambar, an illegal immigrant who arrives in the US in search of the American Dream but finds herself in a whole heap of supernatural horror instead.
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