Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza star in Best Sellers, a heartwarming comedy from Lina Roessler about a reclusive novelist who goes on a book tour with his desperate publisher. Something which sees their relationship develop from one of constant conflict to one of a friendship and a newfound, deeper respect and understanding of each other. […]
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Following 3.5 million podcast downloads and sold-out live shows, The ParaPod now has the honour of becoming the first podcast to be turned into a film, thanks to its devoted fans providing crowdfunding financing. Three years in the making, the movie enjoyed a sell-out premiere and fan screenings back in early 2020 and was scheduled
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When the Screaming Starts is a comedy-horror mockumentary that received its premiere recently at FrightFest. It is billed as being for fans of What We Do In The Shadows and The Office, but I’m sorry to say that it is nowhere near as clever or as funny as either of those. Norman Graysmith (Jared Rogers)
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Coming to Netflix on 25th August, Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes is a vampire comedy-drama, the third Netflix title to come from Norwegian production company Motion Blue. For me, it definitely leans more toward drama than comedy, delivering an interesting and entertaining story of a girl who’s desperately trying to keep her newfound
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2016s Don’t Breathe was a real gem of a film that I’d had on my watchlist for a fair while before finally getting round to watching and then wishing I’d done so sooner. From Uruguayan filmmakers Rodo Sayagues and Fede Alvarez, it featured a relatively simple home invasion setup involving a group of young burglars
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The Return is an award-winning supernatural thriller from director BJ Verot. Richard Harmon stars as Rodger Emmerlich, a young physics student who is returning to his family home following the recent death of his father under ‘mysterious circumstances’. Joining him are girlfriend Beth (Sara Thompson) and best friend Jordan (Echo Andersson). We’re already wary of
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Originally due to be released back in July 2020, Jungle Cruise is yet another blockbuster movie that should have been and gone a long time ago. But, thanks to Covid, it now finds itself being released simultaneously both in cinemas and on Disney+ via premier access. Based on the Disneyland theme park ride of the
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Earlier this year, Netflix released The Mitchells vs The Machines (still my number one movie of the year so far!) after acquiring it from Sony Pictures Animation. Now, after opting to forgo a cinematic release, Sony have licensed their latest movie Vivo to Netflix, where it will be streaming from August 6th. Directed by “The
The Last Letter From Your Lover is the story of a doomed love affair, recounted over two different periods in time. It is an adaptation of the bestselling book by Jojo Moyes, who also wrote Me Before You, another novel that made it to the big screen and starred Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. Not
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After 3.5 million podcast downloads, sold-out live shows and hit specials, get ready to go on the road with hardwired sceptic Ian Boldsworth. Follow as he goes head-to-head with lifelong believer Barry Dodds to discover the truth about the supernatural. Taking to the roads of the UK in a souped-up hearse, they visit the UK’s most haunted
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Fear Street Part 3: 1666 is the final part of a trilogy of films that have been released weekly on Netflix, and is based on the book series of the same name by R.L Stine. My feelings towards parts 1 and 2 do differ slightly from Sarah, who reviewed both for us (see here and
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Alone is a tense thriller that follows a fairly simple narrative, the kind of thing you feel you’ve no doubt seen a hundred times before in other movies. I was definitely intrigued by the trailer, even though I felt it had possibly laid out far too many plot points. But while that is certainly the
Arriving almost eight months after its release in the US, Freaky comes from director Christopher Landon, who also directed the hugely entertaining Happy Death Day movies. It manages to take the tired old body swap genre and add a fresh horror spin, while still keeping things fun. It’s Wednesday the 11th. Vince Vaughn is the
Werewolves Within is a whodunnit horror-comedy from director Josh Ruben (Scare Me) and from a screenplay by Mishna Wolff. It is based on a video game of the same name and kicks off with a vicious attack on a man out in the snowy wilderness, which we assume is being carried out by a werewolf…
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Occupation Rainfall is the sequel to Occupation, a low budget Australian sci-fi movie from 2018 about a small group of town residents who band together against an alien invasion. To be honest, I had absolutely no idea that Occupation Rainfall was a sequel at all, until after I’d finished watching it! Luckily, from what I’ve
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Premiering on Amazon Prime tomorrow (July 2nd), The Tomorrow War is an epic action packed time travel and alien invasion story starring Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski. It has all the elements I love from blockbusters such as Independence Day and Edge of Tomorrow, while still managing to remain unique, and hugely enjoyable. I just
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